Cấm đánh bắt mùa sinh sản ở Phan Rí Cửa

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NN – Cập nhật: 08:30, Thứ 5, 19/07/2018

Năm 2015, tỉnh Bình Thuận đã ban hành Quyết định 61, cấm tàu giã cào có công suất 150 mã lực trở lên hoạt động từ ngày 1/4 đến hết ngày 31/7 (mùa sinh sản), nhờ đó, nguồn lợi thủy sản sinh sôi phát triển.

Đội tàu cá làm nghề giã cào cao tốc tại Phan Rí Cửa. Ảnh: Mai Nghiên

Chỉ còn gần 2 tuần nữa là đến ngày mở cửa cho tàu giã cào cao tốc ở Phan Rí Cửa hoạt động trở lại sau mùa cấm năm 2018. Quy định này giúp nguồn hải sản phát triển bền vững, nhưng cũng gặp không ít khó khăn. Tiếp tục đọc “Cấm đánh bắt mùa sinh sản ở Phan Rí Cửa” →

Bờ biển đẹp trở thành bãi chứa hàng tấn rác thải

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NZ – 07:00 17/06/2018

 Suốt nhiều năm, người dân xả thải bừa bãi ra bờ biển làm bãi cát đẹp trở thành nơi chứa rác thải, ô nhiễm nghiêm trọng.

Trên bãi biển ô nhiễm, những đứa trẻ ở thị trấn Phan Rí Cửa (huyện Tuy Phong, Bình Thuận) dùng rác làm đồ chơi, chạy nhảy trên cát đầy rẫy túi nylon và mảnh sành, thủy tinh.
Bo bien dep tro thanh bai chua hang tan rac thai hinh anh 1
Tình trạng ô nhiễm đang diễn ra ở bãi biển thị trấn Phan Rí Cửa (huyện Tuy Phong, Bình Thuận). Tại đây, gần 2 km bãi cát ngập trong các loại rác thải, chất thải.

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Saigon Botanic Garden – The First Botanic Garden in Vietnam

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Botanic Gardens Conservation International

Volume 2 Number 4 – December 1994

Nguyen Nghia Thin

Saigon Botanic Garden (SBG) was established in 1864 – the first botanic garden in Vietnam. This was the work of French Government in Vietnam, according to a Resolution of 23 March 1864 during the first years of occupation. Mr Germein was appointed to manage and establish the garden. An area of 12 ha. was chosen for the garden, situated a few hundred metres from the city. The ground was leveled and a plant nursery was started. In 1865, Louis Pierre, a herbarium curator from Calcutta Botanic Garden, India was appointed as Director of the Saigon Botanic Garden.

The original aim of the Garden was to grow a mixture of local and exotic species which has been continued to the present day.

In 1877, Marine Correy was appointed Director of the Garden as M. L. Pierre returned to France. M. Corroy published a list of plants in cultivation in the Garden in Annales du Jardin Botanique et de la Ferm‚ exp‚rimentale des Mares 2nd fase Juillet 1878 br. in 4 p. 30-90. The same year, Karl Schroeder also published an article in which 902 species in the botanic garden were cited. In 1898 and 1905, two further lists were published by E. Haffner, a later Director of Garden.

On the 1st January 1919, SBG was affiliated to the Scientific Institute of Indochina (SII) headed by Xavier Salomon. Nguyen Duc Hiep was a specialist who was responsible for living plants and the herbarium. At that time the number of plant species grown was 1,500. Tiếp tục đọc “Saigon Botanic Garden – The First Botanic Garden in Vietnam” →

An 11-Year-Old Changed The Results Of Florida’s Presidential Vote At A Hacker Convention. Discuss.

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Headshot of Kevin Collier

Kevin Collier BuzzFeed News Reporter

Reporting From Las Vegas, Nevada

Posted on August 11, 2018, at 3:04 p.m. ET

A hacker’s laptop hooked up to an ES&S M650 Optical Scan Tabulator.

Molly Hall

A hacker’s laptop hooked up to an ES&S M650 Optical Scan Tabulator.

Election hackers have spent years trying to bring attention to flaws in election equipment. But with the world finally watching at DEFCON, the world’s largest hacker conference, they have a new struggle: pointing out flaws without causing the public to doubt that their vote will count.

This weekend saw the 26th annual DEFCON gathering. It was the second time the convention had featured a Voting Village, where organizers set up decommissioned election equipment and watch hackers find creative and alarming ways to break in. Tiếp tục đọc “An 11-Year-Old Changed The Results Of Florida’s Presidential Vote At A Hacker Convention. Discuss.” →

‘A monumental day’: Nebraska executes Carey Dean Moore in state’s first lethal injection

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TĐH: The execution was delayed for 38 years, due to legal wrangling in the State between pro-death-penalty and anti-death-penalty forces.

  • By Joe Duggan, Paul Hammel, Emily Nitcher and Martha Stoddard / World-Herald Bureau
Omaha.com

Bishops accused of brushing off sexual abuse complaints

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AP

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A priest raped a 7-year-old girl while visiting her in the hospital after she had her tonsils removed. Another priest forced a 9-year-old boy into having oral sex, then rinsed out the youngster’s mouth with holy water. One boy was forced to say confession to the priest who sexually abused him.

An estimated 300 Roman Catholic priests in Pennsylvania molested more than 1,000 children — and possibly many more — since the 1940s, according to a scathing Pennsylvania grand jury report released Tuesday that accused senior church officials, including the man who is now archbishop of Washington, D.C., of systematically covering up complaints. Tiếp tục đọc “Bishops accused of brushing off sexual abuse complaints” →

Japan’s open-door policy for foreign workers – a boon for Việt Nam

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VNN – Update: August, 13/2018 – 09:00

A Vietnamese intern working at a factory in Japan. — Photo Nikkei Asian Review

Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — With a rapidly aging population and declining fertility, Japan had to adopt a more open-door approach towards foreign workers to staff its labour-strapped industries, with Vietnamese workers among the fastest growing groups.

The country’s previously strict approach to immigration changed in June as the Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy, led by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, officially announced a set of measures to increase the flow of labour to the country, including the creation of “a new visa status for non-professional foreign labourers,” the Japan Times reported. Tiếp tục đọc “Japan’s open-door policy for foreign workers – a boon for Việt Nam” →

Chiến lược xuất bản cho đô thị 4.0: Bao giờ mới đến?

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SGGP 

Ngành xuất bản TPHCM (tính chung cả xuất bản, in và phát hành) chiếm vị trí chủ đạo trong cả nước. Thế nhưng, cho đến nay, lĩnh vực xuất bản tại thành phố vẫn chưa có một định hướng phát triển cụ thể, một hướng đi rõ ràng đáp ứng các nhu cầu chung của thành phố.

Chiến lược xuất bản cho đô thị 4.0: Bao giờ mới đến? ảnh 1 Trẻ em chọn mua sách tại Đường sách TPHCM Tiếp tục đọc “Chiến lược xuất bản cho đô thị 4.0: Bao giờ mới đến?” →

World Bank: New research on development issues in Vietnam – Volume 10, number 9 (2018 August 14)

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TABLE OF CONTENT

AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

· Evolution of Agricultural Mechanization in Vietnam: Insights from a Literature Review and Multiple Rounds of a Farm Household Survey.
· Efficiency and adoption of organic tea production: Evidence from Vi Xuyen district, Ha Giang province, Vietnam.
· Is Green Growth Possible in Vietnam? The Case of Marine Capture Fisheries.
· An assessment of UN- REDD in Lam Dong Province, Vietnam.
· Forestland and rural household livelihoods in the North Central Provinces, Vietnam.
· Payment for forest environmental services in Vietnam: An analysis of buyers’ perspectives and willingness.
· The impact of agricultural land use transition on income of households in Viet Tri’s peri-urban areas, Vietnam.
· Tenurial security and agricultural investment: Evidence from Viet Nam.
· Development of Rice Promising Lines Using Genomic Technology and Information in Vietnam. Tiếp tục đọc “World Bank: New research on development issues in Vietnam – Volume 10, number 9 (2018 August 14)” →

Bringing electricity to all corners of Southeast Asia

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IEA

By Ali Al-Saffar
IEA Energy Analyst
19 December 2017

Grid extensions have formed the bulk 

This commentary draws from the Southeast Asia Energy Outlook 2017, a WEO Special Report, published in October.

Providing electricity access for all remains a critical topic in many parts of the developing world. The challenge is especially acute in Southeast Asia, one of the most dynamic regions of the global energy system, but whose rich and varied environment defies one-size-fits-all energy solutions.

Thanks to growing economies and burgeoning and urbanising middle classes, energy demand in Southeast Asia grows at one of the fastest rates in the world. Still, around 65 million people across the ten Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries are without access to electricity. In a recent special report on the region, we looked in detail at how to close this gap.
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China plans super-grid for clean power in Asia

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Financial times

As hydropower hits problems, China plans renewable energy for region

The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), China’s ambitious outbound investment strategy which links at least 65 countries along terrestrial and maritime trade corridors, will open massive new opportunities for trade and investment in frontier markets. Energy infrastructure investments are a backbone of BRI, so aligning these investments with sustainable development goals is necessary for China to navigate regional patchworks of social, environmental and economic priorities. Tiếp tục đọc “China plans super-grid for clean power in Asia” →

Thông cáo báo chí về vấn đề an toàn các đập thủy điện ở lưu vực sông Mê Công

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vrn.org Đăng vào 13/08/2018

Ngày 23 tháng 07 năm 2018, công trình thủy điện Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy tại tỉnh Attapeu thuộc vùng đông nam Lào gặp sự cố vỡ đập. Lượng nước khổng lồ từ hồ chứa đã tràn xuống gây nên thảm họa kinh hoàng đối người dân vùng hạ lưu. Theo thông tin mới nhất từ Thời báo Viên Chăn (Vientiane Times), đến ngày 06 tháng 8 năm 2018, sự cố vỡ đập đã làm ngập 13 ngôi làng ở huyện Sanamxay, làm 34 người thiệt mạng và 100 người khác vẫn đang mất tích. Hàng ngàn người đã bị mất nhà cửa[1]. Tiếp tục đọc “Thông cáo báo chí về vấn đề an toàn các đập thủy điện ở lưu vực sông Mê Công” →

The History of Electrification

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Edison Tech Center

The power grid started with long distance transmission and soon led to interconnected systems, these are some of the landmark early power generation sites.
Background
List of important early power sites
Sites by geography (interactive maps)

The power grid as we know it began with isolated power generation systems across the world starting in the 1870s. The growth and unification of the systems into an interconnected AC power ‘grid’ helped raise the quality of life of people from all classes.

Direct Current Beginnings:

DC power systems dominated in the 1870’s and 1880s. “Small” systems were sold to factories around the world, both in urban areas, and remote undeveloped areas for industrial/mining use. Thomas Edison, Charles Brush, and Werner von Siemenslead the industry in DC systems. DC systems powered factories and small downtown areas but did not reach 95% of residents. Electric lighting was a luxury found only in hotels and other businesses as well as in the mansions of people like George Westinghouse and J.P. Morgan. Tiếp tục đọc “The History of Electrification” →

Milestones in the development the power system in Vietnam

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EVN

  • Construction of the first 35 kV power line in the North

In January 1958, the first 35 kV power line (Hanoi – Pho Noi) was built and in the third quarter of the same year was inaugurated and successfully energized. This was a remarkable milestone in the development of the Vietnam power network.

  • Construction of the first large scale thermal power plant in the North

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Slovakia probes reports of role in kidnap of Vietnamese ex-executive

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AUGUST 4, 2018 / 1:04 AM Reuters Staff

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia said on Friday it would send its interior minister and police chief to talk to police in Berlin following media reports that a Slovak state plane was used in the kidnap in Germany of a Vietnamese oil executive who was then spirited back to Vietnam.

The Most-Hid party, a junior member of three-party center-left ruling coalition, has called for a parliamentary committee to investigate the case after a Slovak media outlet reported a Slovak state plane was used in the abduction. Tiếp tục đọc “Slovakia probes reports of role in kidnap of Vietnamese ex-executive” →