Quang Binh plans to build world’s longest zip-line system

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Last update 19:33 | 06/02/2018

The People’s Committee of central Quang Binh province has approved a detailed planning scheme to develop the world’s longest zip-line system in Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park.

The zip-line system, alongside a world-class tourism service complex, will be built in a mountainous area of 350,000 sqm in the Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park, which is home to Son Doong Cave.

It will run over Chay River to the entrance of Toi (Darkness) Cave to offer travellers a magnificent view of the nature and wildlife there.

The zip-line and the complex will be capable of serving 1,000 tourists per day.

It is part of the province’s efforts to develop tourism, a key industry expected to fuel Quang Binh’s socio-economic development.-VNA

How big is Vietnam’s informal economic sector?

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Last update 12:00 | 06/02/2018

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VietNamNet Bridge – Fulbright University estimates that Vietnam’s informal economic sector makes up 25-30 percent of total GDP and has 57 percent of total number of workers, but the General Statistics Office (GSO) believes that the informal sector is not that large.

How big is Vietnam’s informal economic sector?

Nguyen Bich Lam, Director General GSO at a conference to review the activities of the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) on January 15 said MPI will submit a scheme on informal economic statistics to the Prime Minister for approval this year. The operation of the informal business sector contributed to the economy, but it was not yet accounted for in calculating GDP. Tiếp tục đọc “How big is Vietnam’s informal economic sector?” →

Vietnam at regional bottom in global economic freedom ranking

07.02.2018 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Last update 06:20 | 07/02/2018

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Vietnam takes the bottom position in the region in the newest Index of Economic Freedom just announced by the U.S.-based Heritage Foundation, which uses data from global institutions like the World Bank or the International Monetary Fund to compile the rankings.

According to the 2018 report released last Friday, Vietnam ranks 141st in the 2018 Index although the country’s economic freedom score does inch up by 0.7 point to 53.1. Vietnam’s score lags behind all regional economies. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam at regional bottom in global economic freedom ranking” →

Heritage Foundation – 2018 Index of Economic Freedom

07.02.201807.02.2018 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Vietnam ranks 141 in 170 countries

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rank	country	overall	change	rank	country	overall	change
1	Hong Kong	90.2	+0.4	4	Switzerland	81.7	+0.2
2	Singapore	88.8	+0.2	5	Australia	80.9	-0.1
3	New Zealand	84.2	+0.5	6	Ireland	80.4	+3.7

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Vietnam needs $10.2 billion for clean water supply projects

07.02.2018 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Last update 07:38 | 07/11/2017

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Vietnam needs up to US$10.2 billion to invest in new water supply and sewerage projects to meet increasing clean water demand, which will approximate 10 million cubic meters a day by 2020.

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Residents use tap water in Phuoc Kien commune, Nha Be district, HCMC

According to Technical Infrastructure Bureau under the Ministry of Construction, Vietnam now has nearly 800 urban areas with clean water supply capacity totaling 7.4 million cubic meters a day, up 1.6 times over ten years ago.

By 2020, the number of urban residents is forecast to reach 44 million people and clean water demand will increase to 9.6-10 million cubic meters a day.

So the country needs $3.3 billion to build new water plants and improve the existing water supply systems and other works. Investment need in urban household wastewater treatment facilities will reach $6.9 billion in the next five years Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam needs $10.2 billion for clean water supply projects” →

Overseas Vietnamese say complicated procedures make it difficult to buy houses

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Last update 16:00 | 08/11/2017

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VietNamNet Bridge – Many overseas Vietnamese, or Viet Kieu, have given up the plan to buy houses iand settle down here because they cannot meet required procedures.

Huynh Dang Hai, a Viet Kieu in France, said soon after the government released the decision allowing Viet Kieu to buy houses in Vietnam, he returned to Vietnam to purchase a villa.

However, he could not obtain house ownership certificate because he could not prove he was born in Vietnam. Some relatives and neighbors met the local authority officials and acted as witnesses for Hai. However, this was not enough. Tiếp tục đọc “Overseas Vietnamese say complicated procedures make it difficult to buy houses” →

‘Daughter, I’ve wronged you’: Guilt and longing, as those torn apart by one-child policy search for each other

06.02.2018 ~ Đào Thu Hằng ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

03 Feb 2018 06:15AM (Updated: 03 Feb 2018 06:24PM)

How can development cooperation address ocean plastic pollution?

06.02.2018 ~ Đào Thu Hằng ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Institute of Development Studies

23 January 2018

In the first weeks of 2018 there were (for me) unexpected announcements from both the EU and the UK Government on the urgent global issue of ocean plastic pollution. The EU intends to make all plastic packaging on the European market recyclable by 2030 and in her speech announcing the UK’s 25 Year Environment Plan, Prime Minister Theresa May committed the UK to eliminating all “avoidable plastic waste” by 2042. The Prime Minister also said it would direct UK aid to help developing nations reduce plastic waste, which could indicate a new direction for the UK’s and other countries’ aid programmes.

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Education and Skills for Inclusive Growth, Green Jobs and the Greening of Economies in Asia: Case Study Summaries of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Viet Nam

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Download here https://www.adb.org/sites/default/files/publication/385041/education-skills-green-jobs.pdf

The green economy is a new economic paradigm which seeks to achieve economic development, while at the same time protecting the environment and achieving sustainable economic and social development. This requires transitioning to green jobs and green skills, and to creating new jobs in relation to the greening of workforces. Green jobs are relevant across all key sectors: agriculture, manufacturing, building, transport, tourism, and renewable energy. Skills acquisition and enhancement have great positive implications for all aspects of education and training, and for businesses.

Keywords Green jobs Green skills Green economy Green growth Sustainability Skills development priorities Waste management and recycling Renewable energy Skills acquisition and enhancement Skills toward sustainability Energy transition Smart cities Environmental goods and services Education and training

World Bank – New research on development issues in Vietnam – Volume 10, number 2 (2018 February 2)

05.02.2018 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

New research on development issues in Vietnam – Volume 10, number 2 (2018 February 2)

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Agriculture and Rural development

· Analysis of food demand in Vietnam and short-term impacts of market shocks on quantity and calorie consumption.
· The Challenges in Implementing Vietnam’s Nationally-Determined Contribution (NDC) in the Agriculture Sector under the Current Supporting Laws, Regulations, and Policies.
· Sustainable coffee supply chain management: a case study in Buon Me Thuot City, Daklak, Vietnam.
· Sustainable intensification of smallholder agriculture in Northwest Vietnam: Exploring the potential of integrating vegetables.
· Forest governance in Vietnam: A literature review.
· Performance Assessment of Irrigation Schemes and Water Pollution Issues Raised in the Red River, Vietnam.
· Self-governance and the Effects of Rules in Irrigation Systems: Evidence from Laboratory and Framed Field Experiments in China, India and Vietnam.
· Mapping land-use dynamic in the Vietnamese Mekong delta.
· Pig production and farm income in the pig value chain in Hung Yen and Nghe An provinces.
· Development of Climate-Related Risk Maps and Adaptation Plans (Climate Smart MAP) for Rice Production in Vietnam’s Mekong River Delta.
· Actively cautious: Industrialization and rural livelihood choices in contemporary northern Vietnam. Tiếp tục đọc “World Bank – New research on development issues in Vietnam – Volume 10, number 2 (2018 February 2)” →

Các Văn Kiện Cấm Đạo (4 phần)

05.02.201805.02.2018 ~ Phạm Thu Hương ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Các Văn Kiện Cấm Đạo (1)

catechesis.net – Được viết ngày Thứ ba, 16 Tháng 12 2014 15:35

Lm. Mai Đức Vinh

Để viết chương sách này, chúng tôi phải tham khảo nhiều tác phẩm liên quan đến Lịch Sử Việt Nam và Lịch Sử Giáo Hội Việt Nam, đặc biệt trong những thế kỷ cấm đạo hay những triều đại vua Lê chúa Trịnh và chúa Nguyễn, triều đại nhà Tây Sơn và triều đại nhà Nguyễn. Tuy nhiên, tác phẩm chúng tôi dùng nhiều nhất, trích dẫn nhiều nhất, vẫn là bộ sách ba cuốn của linh mục Vũ Thành, bộ DÒNG MÁU ANH HÙNG (1).

Lý do, vì duy nhất chỉ nơi bộ sách này chúng tôi mới tìm ra nhiều ‘nội dung’ của các sắc lệnh hay chỉ dụ cấm đạo của vua chúa và nội dung các kiến nghị của quan triều các cấp. Và để giữ tính cách khách quan, chúng tôi chỉ nêu lên các sự kiện và bản văn có lịch sử tính còn ghi lại. Việc ‘phê bình lịch sử’ vượt khả năng của chúng tôi và ở ngoài tiêu đề của chương sách ‘Các Văn Kiện Cấm Đạo’.

Vì thế, khi đề cập đến một văn kiện cấm đạo, chúng tôi trình bày đơn giản, mục đích để độc giả nắm bắt dễ dàng: trong mỗi văn kiện, chúng tôi nêu bật – ‘nội dung văn kiện cấm đạo’, – ‘nguyên nhân đặc thù thúc đẩy việc dâng kiến nghị, việc ra sắc dụ hay chỉ dụ cấm đạo’, – ‘những vụ việc nổi bật xảy ra sau việc ban hành mỗi văn kiện cấm đạo’. Với lòng biết ơn chân thành, chúng tôi mong ước các nhà sử học bổ túc cho những thiếu sót gặp thấy trong chương sách này. Tiếp tục đọc “Các Văn Kiện Cấm Đạo (4 phần)” →

Thung Nai – miniature of Ha Long Bay in northwest

04.02.2018 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Last update 11:11 | 04/02/2018

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Thung Nai in Hoa Binh province, attracts tourists with landscapes as beautiful as Ha Long Bay.

Located 110 km from Hanoi, Thung Nai is a large valley surrounded by forests and mountains which are home to a large number of deer. In the afternoon, the deer come to the Da river to drink.

The construction of the Hoa Binh hydro power plant in 1994 created a large lake in the valley. Seen from above, the valley is spectacular.

Thung Nai is most crowded in the spring because that’s the best time to admire its beauty. Visitors can also explore Thac Bo cave and temple, Thac Bo market, and villages of the Muong ethnic minority. Tiếp tục đọc “Thung Nai – miniature of Ha Long Bay in northwest” →

Muong woman brings light to her village

04.02.2018 ~ Trần Đình Hoành ~ Bình luận về bài viết này

Last update 15:10 | 04/02/2018

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VietNamNet Bridge – For many ethnic people, solar energy is a new concept, but Pham Thi Nam, a 50-year-old Muong woman from Dong Luong Commune in Thanh Hoa Province’s Lang Chanh District, now knows what it’s all about.

Let theren be light: Tran Van An instructs Pham Thi Nam how to repair solar lanterns. — VNS Photo Tran Van An

Nam went to India to learn solar engineering skills and helped bring light to dozens of households in her village.

Nam was chosen with other four ethnic women in the northern province of Thanh Hoa to attend a six-month training course at Barefoot College in India in 2015 under a project that focuses on creating opportunities for poor women to learn about solar energy.

Upon hearing the news, Nam said, she felt joyful, but nervous. “I was scared. I didn’t know anything about electricity. Never before had I seen a bulb or electricity wire,” she said. Tiếp tục đọc “Muong woman brings light to her village” →

Vietnam fears effects of US tax bill on foreign investment

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Last update 10:38 | 04/02/2018

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Tax reform passed by the US Congress at the end of last year may affect Vietnam’s economy as US investors are likely to send their investment back home, where the corporate income tax (CIT) rate has been slashed, Vietnamese economic experts have warned.

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The sweeping tax reforms, signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 22, include reductions in the CIT rate from 35 per cent to 21 per cent and a minimum of 10.5 per cent rate on any foreign profits US companies send home.

The tax overhaul should encourage corporations to relocate or build new operations in the US instead of overseas, where the CIT rate is often lower.

The US Government also hopes that US companies will repatriate their foreign cash piles given the attractive 10.5 per cent tax rate. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam fears effects of US tax bill on foreign investment” →

VN seeks to accelerate agricultural restructuring

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Last update 10:28 | 04/02/2018

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Accelerating agricultural restructuring towards large-scale and high-tech production became critical for the sector involving 70 per cent of the country’s population but contributing just below 20 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).

Avocado fruits were packaged for export. Viet Nam is seeking measures to promote exports of agricultural products.

At a recent working session with the Prime Minister’s economic consultants team, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong said the agricultural sector was facing growing competition and technical barriers.

Cuong said the restructuring process helped improve the production capacity significantly with many products now in surplus. Tiếp tục đọc “VN seeks to accelerate agricultural restructuring” →

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