Nhà máy điện phân nhôm đầu tiên Việt Nam ‘ì ạch’ cả thập kỷ

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Nhà máy điện phân nhôm đầu tiên Việt Nam ‘ì ạch’ cả thập kỷ

11/08/2024 | 05:30

TPO – Được kỳ vọng tạo bước ngoặt quan trọng cho ngành nhôm và công nghiệp phụ trợ, nhưng hơn 10 năm qua Nhà máy điện phân nhôm đầu tiên của Việt Nam vẫn chưa hoàn thành.

Đó là Nhà máy điện phân nhôm Đắk Nông, đặt tại Khu công nghiệp Nhân Cơ (xã Nhân Cơ, huyện Đắk R’lấp, Đắk Nông).

Dự án do Công ty TNHH Luyện kim Trần Hồng Quân làm chủ đầu tư, tổng mức đầu tư xây dựng trên 12.000 tỷ đồng. Đây là dự án Nhà máy điện phân nhôm đầu tiên Việt Nam, được kỳ vọng tạo bước ngoặt quan trọng cho ngành nhôm và công nghiệp phụ trợ.

Bên trong dự án Nhà máy điện phân nhôm Đắk Nông.

Cách đây hơn 10 năm (năm 2014), UBND tỉnh Đắk Nông và nhà đầu tư tổ chức lễ khởi công dự án rất hoành tráng. Nhà máy được xác định là mắt xích quan trọng kết nối chuỗi sản phẩm từ alumin (sản phẩm được sản xuất ra từ 2 nhà máy alumin Nhân Cơ – Đắk Nông, Tân Rai – Lâm Đồng) và công nghiệp phụ trợ, đáp ứng nhu cầu tiêu thụ nhôm trong nước.

Theo dự kiến, cuối năm 2016 nhà máy đi vào hoạt động, công suất từ 300.000 – 450.000 tấn nhôm/năm, doanh thu ước khoảng 1,35 tỷ USD/năm… Thế nhưng, đến thời điểm này nhà máy vẫn chưa hoàn thành.

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China confirms natural gas find in South China Sea

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South China Morning Post – 9-8-2024

China announced the discovery of a major natural gas field in the South China Sea on August 7, 2024. Named Lingshui 36-1, the site is said to be the world’s first “ultra-shallow gas field in ultra-deep waters”. Located southeast of China’s southern island of Hainan, the field lies around 1,500 metres below the sea surface. Its discovery is expected to boost energy security for China, the world’s-largest natural gas importer. But developing oil and gas resources in the South China Sea could raise tensions among rival claimants to parts of the disputed waters.

Made in China only: China looks domestically for growth but will it succeed? 

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CNA Insider – 18-6-2024

Whether by choice or circumstance, China is looking inward for its economic growth.

President Xi Jinping wants Chinese consumers to spend their way to growth, buying up domestically made goods. At the same time, the government will invest more in “New Productive Forces” – A.I, Green Tech and Advanced Computing – all for the goal of moving up the value chain and shedding China’s reliance on foreign technology.

In this period of “de-coupling” and trade wars, Beijing might have little choice but to become more self-sufficient. Yet, an overly inward-looking and nationalistic China could discourage foreign investors. Are domestic consumption and production enough to jumpstart China’s sputtering economy?

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Societal shifts are shaking traditional values in China, South Korea and Taiwan

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CNA Insider – 25-7-2024

East Asian societies are steeped in Confucian ideals and the emphasis on education, authority and age. But with the region undergoing drastic economic, social and demographic changes in recent decades, some of these values are being put to the test. CNA Correspondent examines the societal shifts.

In China, Emil Wan follows 24-year-old Feng Jiajia and her husband who run a housekeeping company in the eastern city of Wuxi. The couple is among a growing number of young people in China who have ditched air-conditioned offices for blue-collar jobs as China’s economy reaches a critical juncture.

In South Korea, Lim Yun Suk takes a deep dive into the factors contributing to the growing bullying and harassment of teachers by students and parents, as the country navigates a demographic crisis. In Taiwan, Victoria Jen investigates how stagnant wages and soaring home prices have contributed to the growing prevalence of poor mental health among its young people.

00:00 Chinese youth embrace blue-collar jobs amid economic shifts

08:06 South Korea confronts teacher abuse amid demographic crisis

16:24 Taiwan battles youth mental crisis amid housing woes

Cambodia PM launches project linking Mekong river to sea via canal

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VNE – By AFP   August 5, 2024 | 11:05 am GMT+7

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for the Funan Techo Canal in Kandal province on Aug. 5, 2024. Photo by AFPCambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Manet on Monday launched a US$1.7 billion canal project that aims to provide a new link from the Mekong River to the sea.

Manet called the 180-km (110-mile) project “historic” and vowed to “finish it at all costs.”

“We must build this canal at all costs,” Manet said at the project’s launch ceremony before fireworks shot into the air and drums sounded after he pressed the launch button for the project.

The Funan Techo canal will run from the Mekong River, about an hour’s drive southeast of Phnom Penh, to the sea in the Gulf of Thailand.

The government says the canal will offer an alternative to transit via Vietnam and will reduce dependence on Vietnamese ports, generating economic activity worth 21-30% more than its cost.

It would create tens of thousands of jobs in the country, though it has not provided detailed evidence for those forecasts.

An Open Letter from Catholic Bishops to the International Olympic Committee

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Có bài tiếng Việt liên quan ở dưới bài tiếng Anh.

“If then my people, upon whom my name has been pronounced, humble themselves and pray, and seek my face and turn from their evil ways, I will hear them from heaven and pardon their sins and heal their land.” (2 Chr 7:14)

With shock the world watched as the summer Olympics in Paris opened with a grotesque and blasphemous depiction of the Last Supper. It is hard to understand how the faith of over 2 billion people can be so casually and intentionally blasphemed. Tiếp tục đọc “An Open Letter from Catholic Bishops to the International Olympic Committee” →

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump?

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Al Jazeera – 4 thg 8, 2024

The Democratic party has united around their new presidential candidate, Kamala Harris, after Joe Biden dropped out. Harris has injected new energy into the party and the campaign, but it looks set to be a very tight race against Donald Trump.

Start Here with Sandra Gathmann explains how Kamala Harris has shaken up the race for the White House and runs through the big issues that are playing out in Harris’ campaign. Chapters:

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Laws against forced marriage in Australia

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Photo Illustration by CNN, Shutterstock, aph.gov.au, Victoria County Court

She wanted ‘the world’ for her daughter. Instead, she got a landmark prison sentence

By Hilary Whiteman, CNN

 9 minute read 

Published 5:27 PM EDT, Sat August 3, 2024

Forced marriage is considered a form of gender-based violence that predominantly affects young women, whose control over their lives is passed without consent from their parents to their partners. It can lead to decades of physical and psychological abuse, and in some cases suicide or murder.

For more than two decades. Forced marriages have been reported within communities from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Indonesia and India, among others. Tiếp tục đọc “Laws against forced marriage in Australia” →

China’s youth are ditching city life for countryside: What’s the allure?

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CNA Insider – 3- 8-2024

In the past two years, digital nomad enclaves have been springing up across China’s rural towns and villages. The country’s biggest digital nomad hubs are both in Anji County, in the Eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang. How have DN Yucun and DN Anji become magnets for a wave of young Chinese professionals seeking to redefine their approach to work and life?

Elsewhere, Chinese youth are leaving prestigious jobs in big internet firms in Beijing and Shanghai and returning to their rural roots.

In the west of China, in the province of Sichuan, a former ByteDance product manager gave up a career at ByteDance to become a new farmer, with plans to revolutionise farming practices in his rural hometown. Not far from him, a young couple with postgraduate degrees, left their jobs in Beijing – and an annual salary of 800,000 yuan, or 110,000 US dollars – to pursue dreams of being rural influencers. What enticed them to do so? Discover why attitudes towards rural living have been changing in China.

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A critical system of Atlantic Ocean currents could collapse as early as the 2030s, new research suggests

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Angela Fritz

By Angela Dewan and Angela Fritz, CNN

Updated 10:56 AM EDT, Sat August 3, 2024

Light blue and turquoise phytoplankton seen through the clouds highlight the ocean currents off the coast of Greenland. New research suggest an important system of these currents is at risk of collapsing as soon as next decade.

Light blue and turquoise phytoplankton seen through the clouds highlight the ocean currents off the coast of Greenland. New research suggest an important system of these currents is at risk of collapsing as soon as next decade. NASA Earth/Shutterstock/FILECNN — 

A vital system of Atlantic Ocean currents that influences weather across the world could collapse as soon as the late 2030s, scientists have suggested in a new study — a planetary-scale disaster that would transform weather and climate.

Several studies in recent years have suggested the crucial system — the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC — could be on course for collapse, weakened by warmer ocean temperatures and disrupted saltiness caused by human-induced climate change. Tiếp tục đọc “A critical system of Atlantic Ocean currents could collapse as early as the 2030s, new research suggests” →

Ân nhân của những dòng kênh

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YẾN TRINH – 03/08/2024 05:53 GMT+7

TTCT – Nhóm Sài Gòn Xanh thành lập tháng 12-2022 do hai bạn trẻ Nguyễn Lương Ngọc và Hồ Văn Vĩ khởi xướng. Đến nay, nhóm có 50 thành viên thường trực và hơn 1.400 tình nguyện viên.

Đoạn rạch dưới chân cầu Rạch Lăng sau khi vớt rác. Ảnh: YẾN TRINH

Họ đã bắt đầu đi dọn rác trên kênh từ tháng 12-2022. Họ đã dọn được hơn 2.000 tấn rác từ 150 dòng kênh ở nhiều tỉnh thành. Nhưng “Một nhóm Sài Gòn Xanh dọn không hết rác, 1.000 nhóm dọn cũng không hết rác, chỉ khi mỗi người không xả rác thì mới hết rác” – lời của nhóm Sài Gòn Xanh.

Sáng sớm, Nguyễn Vũ Hùng – sinh viên Trường ĐH Khoa học Tự nhiên (ĐH Quốc gia TP.HCM) – chạy xe từ TP Thủ Đức đến gửi gần cầu Rạch Lăng (quận Bình Thạnh) để tham gia vớt rác với các bạn mình trong nhóm Sài Gòn Xanh. 

Mặc đồ bảo hộ (gồm áo phao, quần yếm, ủng, ba loại găng tay), Hùng lội xuống dòng kênh bùn sình đen kịt, gỡ từng giề lục bình ra khỏi phao chắn rác rồi chuyển lên bờ.

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US requested to continue commitment and soon recognise Việt Nam’s market economy status

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VNN – August 03, 2024 – 09:49

Vietnamese agencies and businesses have actively coordinated with the US Department of Commerce to provide many convincing arguments affirming that Việt Nam’s economy has fully met six market economy criteria in line with the US law.

Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Phạm Thu Hằng. — VNA/VNS Photo 

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam requests the US to continue implementing its commitment to broad, strong and constructive coordination and to soon recognise the market economy status of Việt Nam, Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Phạm Thu Hằng has said.

Hằng made the statement on August 3 while answering a reporter’s question about Việt Nam’s reaction to the US Department of Commerce (DOC)’s decision on continuing to identify Việt Nam as a non-market economy.

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83 earthquakes recorded in July in Kon Tum and Thanh Hóa provinces

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VNN – August 01, 2024 – 13:35

An expert said earthquakes in Kon Tum are expected to continue and affect densely populated areas and key infrastructure, especially near the epicentre.

A view of Kon Plong District in the central highland province of Kon Tum. A total of 82 earthquakes occurred in the district in July. VNA/VNS Photo Dư Toán

KON TUM – A total of 83 earthquakes occurred in July, with 82 reported in Kon Plong District, Kon Tum Province, the Institute of Geophysics under the Việt Nam Academy of Science and Technology announced on Thursday.

Only one earthquake was recorded in Ngọc Lạc District in Thanh Hoá Province. Most of the earthquakes ranged in magnitude from 2.5 to 5.0.

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World Bank recommends Vietnam to impose 155% alcohol tax

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VNE – By Phuong Dung   July 31, 2024 | 11:13 am GMT+7

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The World Bank has recommended that Vietnam consider implementing a 155% special consumption tax on alcoholic beverages in response to the rising number of alcohol-related deaths and illnesses.

The bank has proposed to the Ministry of Finance that an absolute tax of VND16,500 ($0.65) per liter of alcohol be applied in addition to the existing 65% tax per product, according to a consultancy report.

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Gen Z & lonely in the Philippines: Why do Filipino youths feel so alone?

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CNA Insider – 30-7-2024

Last November, the World Health Organisation declared loneliness a ‘Global Public Health Concern’. Meanwhile, Gen Zs are emerging as the loneliest generation ever. Filipino youths are the loneliest in Southeast Asia. About 6 in 10 Filipinos say they are lonely, more than double the global average, and much higher than neighbouring countries in ASEAN. For a country known for their friendliness, why do young Filipinos struggle with social alienation? From the stigma around mental health, to the overuse of social media, to poverty, Insight explores why young pinoys feel increasingly alone.

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