Link trên Wikipedia:
https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi%E1%BA%BFn_tranh_Vi%E1%BB%87t_Nam
Sự kiện Tết Mậu Thân (Tổng công kích và nổi dậy Tết Mậu Thân 1968)
Chiến dịch Xuân – Hè 1972 (Mùa hè đỏ lửa)
Khái quát về Đạo Cao Đài
nghiên cứu lịch sử – Tháng Hai 27, 2023,
Giáo sư Lê Quang Sách
(Cao Đài giáo Hải ngoại, 2007)
CHƯƠNG I: Ý NGHĨA của HAI CHỮ CAO ĐÀI
Giống với hầu hết mọi từ ngữ, hai chữ Cao Đài vừa tượng trưng cho một thực tại vừa bao hàm khái niệm. Tuy thế, hơn hẳn các từ ngữ khác, hai tiếng Cao Đài chứa đựng một nội dung thiêng liêng vì đó là danh xưng của một tôn giáo hiện có hơn bốn triệu tín đồ trên địa cầu và hàng ngàn thánh thất, tịnh thất ở trong nước Việt Nam cùng trên khắp thế giới tại những đô thị lớn có người Việt hải ngoại cư ngụ. Giáo thuyết của tôn giáo này được trình bày giản dị mà sáng sủa trong các văn bản Việt ngữ và Pháp ngữ, Anh ngữ, Đức ngữ, v.v.
Vậy Cao Đài là gì? Cao là ở trên cao, cũng có nghĩa là tài giỏi. Đài là cái đài, cái tháp.
Trước tiên, Cao Đài có nghĩa là một cái đài cao đặt ở cõi thiêng liêng, nơi Đấng Thượng đế Chí tôn ngự mỗi khi Ngài chủ trì Đại hội Thiên cung.
Thứ đến, Cao Đài mang ý nghĩa tối thượng, trọng đại hơn mọi sự vì đó là danh xưng của chính Ngọc hoàng Thượng đế, Đấng Chí tôn. Ngài là Thầy, là Đấng Tạo hóa cõi vũ trụ, trong đó chúng ta cùng với muôn loài muôn vật đang sống. Ngài là Đấng Tạo dựng các vị giáo chủ, cũng là vị hiền phụ của chư Thần, Thánh, Tiên, Phật khắp Càn khôn Vũ trụ.
Sau cùng, Cao Đài còn là tên gọi được Đấng Chí tôn đặt cho một tôn giáo do chính Ngài đích thân thành lập và trực tiếp ban thánh ý mọi mặt, đó là: Cao Đài Đại đạo Tam kỳ Phổ độ.
A bench and a grandmother’s ear: Zimbabwe’s novel mental health therapy spreads overseas
Siridzayi Dzukwa, a grandmother, right, talks to a colleague while seated at a bench in Hatfcliffe on the outskirts of the capital Harare, Zimbabwe, Saturday, May 11,2024. In Zimbabwe, talk therapy involving park benches and a network of grandmothers has become a saving grace for people with mental health issues. Now the concept is being adopted in parts of the United States and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
BY FARAI MUTSAKAU pdated 12:41 PM GMT+7, July 5, 2024
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — After her son, the family’s shining light and only breadwinner, was arrested last year, Tambudzai Tembo went into meltdown. In Zimbabwe, where clinical mental health services are scarce, her chances of getting professional help were next to zero. She contemplated suicide.
“I didn’t want to live anymore. People who saw me would think everything was okay. But inside, my head was spinning,” the 57-year-old said. “I was on my own.”
A wooden bench and an empathetic grandmother saved her.
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Life in Bhutan: This Himalayan country is now opening up to the world. Few images show that contrast better than these Buddhist monks passing some young men using smartphones. Click through the gallery to learn more about this nation.Paula Bronstein/Getty Images
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Is China’s high-tech ‘overproduction’ killing jobs in the West?
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VIETNAM’S CHALLENGE TO PARTIAL AWARD IN UNCITRAL TREATY ARBITRATION IS STAYED, PENDING OUTCOME OF PARALLEL BID TO SET ASIDE EARLIER AWARD ON JURISDICTION
This case is the first VN case handled by The Vietnam International Arbitration Centre undre UNICTRAL rules since 2017. Below is a report of the case in 2017. We (CVDVN) don’t have access to the current documents in the case.
Vietnamese centre hosts first case under UNCITRAL (United Nations Commission On International Trade Law) rules
10/30/2019
The Vietnam International Arbitration Centre has handled its first ad hoc international commercial arbitration under the UNCITRAL rules – a case over architecture design services that raised issues regarding the appointment of a sole arbitrator and the interplay between the rules and the law of the seat. This incident has been published in the Global Arbitration Review under the name of two authors, Mr. Chau Viet Bac and Mr. Nguyen The Duc Tam.
Chau Viet Bac, who is vice secretary general of the centre and Nguyen The Đuc Tam, a Vietnamese LLM at the University of Paris II, tell GAR the DP v VD case “sheds light on Vietnamese law concerning ad hoc arbitration by demonstrating how it operates in practice. Details of this first experience may be helpful for other Vietnamese arbitral institutions and for parties intending to use the UNCITRAL arbitration rules in Vietnam”.
The case arose from a 2014 agreement for architecture design services. The letter of appointment said the parties agreed that in the event of a dispute they would use their best efforts to settle their differences by negotiating with each other in good faith. If no solution was reached within 30 days, then either could refer the matter to arbitration in Vietnam.
The Vietnamese version of the agreement explicitly made reference to the Vietnam International Arbitration Centre, which was founded in Ha Noi in 1993 and, like the Vienna International Arbitration Centre, goes by the acronym VIAC.
The agreement continued that the parties would mutually appoint an arbitrator. In the event that they failed to reach an agreement on the appointment, an arbitrator could be “court-appointed according to the relevant regulations”.
It was agreed that all arbitration proceedings would be conducted in Vietnam and the UNCITRAL rules would be applied. The decision of the arbitrator would be final and costs and expenses would be apportioned as directed by the arbitrator or divided equally by the parties.
A dispute arose and the parties could not agree on the selection of the sole arbitrator. In September 2015, the People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City appointed a sole arbitrator who is a well-known VIAC arbitrator and professor of arbitration law.
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NGUYỄN VẠN PHÚ – 19/06/2024 15:44 GMT+7
TTCT – Chương trình học tiếng Anh ở nhà trường phổ thông sẽ càng lạc lõng với sự phổ biến của AI tạo sinh nếu không chịu thay đổi để đáp ứng.
Cách dạy và thi tiếng Anh, từ không chuyên đến chuyên, ở Việt Nam vẫn như mấy chục năm trước, trong khi ta đã ở thời của trí tuệ nhân tạo (AI) tạo sinh, chuyện học và thực hành ngôn ngữ đã khác rất nhiều.
Marcos’ Philippines Confronts China In South China Sea: Is Conflict Imminent?
CNA Insider – 4-62024
It has been two years since President Marcos Jr won the Philippines’ Presidential race, and tensions are high in the South China Sea. Each day brings new confrontations between Chinese and Filipino vessels in the disputed waters. In a departure from his predecessor, President Duterte’s stance, President Marcos Jr has had a tumultuous relationship with China. From cancelling BRI projects to brinkmanship in the South China Sea, relations between Manila and Beijing have deteriorated. At the same time, the Philippines draws closer to the US, potentially changing the complexion of US-China rivalry in the Indo-Pacific. As each side assert their claims, are we one miscalculation away from armed conflict?
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CNA – 21-6-2024
Vietnam says it is ready to hold discussions with the Philippines regarding Manila’s claims to an extended continental shelf in the South China Sea. Philippine assertions overlap with those from China and Vietnam. While clashes between Beijing and Manila have been high profile and sometimes violent, the Philippines and Vietnam have relied on diplomacy to settle their dispute. Buena Bernal reports.
China’s slave fishermen and the companies allegedly exploiting Uyghur labour
Al Jazeera English – 20-6-2024
Fish caught by Chinese vessels and processed in Chinese factories end up on dinner plates around the world.
China’s seafood industry is the world’s biggest, accounting for a fifth of international fishing trade.
But onboard China’s ships and in its processing plants, alleged human rights abuses and labour trafficking are rampant.
With footage filmed over several years on the high seas and additional reporting on land, 101 East investigates the deadly secrets of China’s massive fishing fleet, and the price we pay for seafood.
Slapped: Speaking Up In Thailand
Al Jazeera English – 11-4-2024
When tens of millions of baht disappeared from funds supposed to help lift Thai farmers out of poverty, Chutima Sidasathian began investigating.
The acclaimed journalist and human rights defender soon uncovered a banking scandal that has devastated her local community.
But a public figure implicated in the alleged fraud has filed criminal defamation complaints against her and now she’s facing up to 18 years in prison.
She’s just one of tens of thousands who have been slapped with these charges in the past decade.
101 East investigates how lawsuits are allegedly being used to intimidate whistleblowers and conceal corruption in Thailand.
A record number of NATO allies, will this year meet the alliance’s 2 percent defense spending goals, up from just three countries a decade ago
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By Amy Mackinnon and Jack Detsch
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s SitRep.
Flagpoles bearing national flags of NATO members adorn the entrance of NATO Headquarters in Brussels on June 13, 2024.SIMON WOHLFAHRT/AFP via Getty Images
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg was in Washington this week, dotting i’s and crossing t’s ahead of the upcoming Washington NATO summit next month.
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