Dismissed agency head named to Formosa oversight team

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Lương Duy Hanh (standing), dismissed from his post over the Formosa fish deaths disaster, is currently working at the Legal Department of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. – Photo thanhnien.vn
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI – Lương Duy Hanh, dismissed as head of the Environmental Protection Department for his wrongdoings in the 2016 Formosa plant pollution disaster, was later appointed deputy head of the team inspecting the company’s activities.

The appointment was discovered by the local media recently, raising questions about its suitability. Tiếp tục đọc “Dismissed agency head named to Formosa oversight team” →

Experts fear as coal ash, slag mounting in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta

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The lack of an effective treatment process has resulted in mountains of the coal-fired electric power plants’ byproducts collecting in the delta

By Tuoi Tre News

October 4, 2017, 13:59 GMT+7

​Experts fear as coal ash, slag mounting in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
The land where coal ash is dumped at a coal-fired power plant in south-central Vietnam.
Huge mountains of coal ash are looming large in southern Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, experts said at a conference on Tuesday.

Most coal-fired electric power plants produce coal ash in the form of fly and bottom ash, left after coal is combusted.

During the coal-burning process, fine powdery fly ash is carried up the smoke stack, while the coarser bottom ash, also known as slag, falls to the bottom. Tiếp tục đọc “Experts fear as coal ash, slag mounting in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta” →

Women in developed countries more educated than men, but still earn less – OECD

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by Lin Taylor | @linnytayls | Thomson Reuters Foundation
Wednesday, 4 October 2017 09:00 GMT
If there was an equal number of female and male entrepreneurs, global GDP could rise by 2 percent, equivalent to about $1.5 trillionBy Lin Taylor

LONDON, Oct 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Women in developed countries are now more educated than men, yet they still earn less, are poorly represented in politics, and less likely to join the top ranks in business or become an entrepreneur, a global think-tank said on Wednesday. Tiếp tục đọc “Women in developed countries more educated than men, but still earn less – OECD” →

The magic of Khmer classical dance

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Sexual assaults and violent rages… Inside the dark world of Buddhist teacher Sogyal Rinpoche

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Mick Brown 21 SEPTEMBER 2017 • 6:00AM
telegraph.co.uk_In August last year, Sogyal Rinpoche, the Tibetan lama whose book The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying has sold more than three million copies around the world, and made him probably the best known Tibetan Buddhist teacher after the Dalai Lama, gave his annual teaching at his French centre Lerab Ling.

Sogyal’s organisation Rigpa – a Tibetan word meaning the essential nature of mind – has more than 100 centres in 40 countries around the world, but Lerab Ling, situated in rolling countryside in L’Hérault is the jewel in the crown. Boasting what is said to be the largest Tibetan Buddhist temple in the West, it was formally opened in 2008 by the Dalai Lama, with Carla Bruni Sarkozy, then France’s first lady, and a host of other dignitaries in attendance.

Sogyal is regarded by his students as a living embodiment of the Buddhist teachings of wisdom and compassion, but a man who teaches in a highly unorthodox way, known as ‘crazy wisdom’.

At Lerab Ling, more than 1000 students were gathered in the temple as he walked on stage, accompanied by his attendant, a Danish nun named Ani Chokyi. Sogyal, who is 70, is a portly, bespectacled man who requires a footstool to mount the throne from which he customarily teaches. Approaching the throne, he paused, then turned suddenly and punched the nun hard in the stomach.

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Quản lý giá biệt dược: Làm gì để thị trường thuốc không “nhảy múa”?” – 5 kỳ

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Quản lý giá biệt dược: Làm gì để thị trường thuốc không “nhảy múa”?”

THÙY GIANG (VIETNAM+) Bản in

Những cửa hàng thuốc tư nhân san sát nhau trên tuyến phố Quán Sứ (Hà Nội). (Ảnh: TTVN/Vietnam+)

Tổng kết công tác khám chữa bệnh của Bộ Y tế trong năm 2015 cho thấy, các chỉ tiêu tổng hợp như số lần khám bệnh, số bệnh nhân nội trú, ngoại trú, số ngày điều trị nội, ngoại trú, số phẫu thuật, thủ thuật, chẩn đoán, xét nghiệm… đều tăng so với năm 2014, đạt bình quân 2,34 lượt khám/người/năm.

Như vậy, trong năm qua, mỗi người dân đạt bình quân có hơn 2 lần tới các cơ sở y tế khám chữa bệnh. Và mỗi năm, lượng thuốc được tiêu thụ trong khám chữa bệnh không hề nhỏ. Tiếp tục đọc “Quản lý giá biệt dược: Làm gì để thị trường thuốc không “nhảy múa”?” – 5 kỳ” →

Biến dạng tại dự án BOT giao thông – 5 kỳ

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Nội bộ nhà đầu tư Dự án BOT Pháp Vân - Cầu Giẽ đang tố cáo sự thiếu minh bạch trong quá trình thu phí hoàn vốn dù mới vận hành được nửa năm. Ảnh: A.MNội bộ nhà đầu tư Dự án BOT Pháp Vân – Cầu Giẽ đang tố cáo sự thiếu minh bạch trong quá trình thu phí hoàn vốn dù mới vận hành được nửa năm. Ảnh: A.M

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Biến dạng tại dự án BOT giao thông (kỳ 1)

Hàng trăm ngàn tỷ đồng được huy động, “trùng điệp” nhà thầu chuyển thành nhà đầu tư, hàng chục trạm thu phí BOT xuất hiện đồng loạt là những gì dễ nhận thấy nhất trên các quốc lộ huyết mạch trong 5 năm trở lại đây. Tiếp tục đọc “Biến dạng tại dự án BOT giao thông – 5 kỳ” →

2 women plead not guilty to killing Kim Jong Nam

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FILE PHOTO: Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong (L) and Indonesian Siti Aishah are seen in this combination picture from undated handouts released by the Royal Malaysia Police to Reuters on February 19, 2017. Royal Malaysia Police/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
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KUALA LUMPUR: Two women accused of killing the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pleaded not guilty to murder charges in a Malaysian court on Monday (Oct 2).

Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi Huong, a Vietnamese, are charged with assassinating Kim Jong Nam by smearing his face with VX, a chemical poison banned by the United Nations, at Kuala Lumpur’s international airport on Feb 13. Tiếp tục đọc “2 women plead not guilty to killing Kim Jong Nam” →

Di dân tự do vẫn nóng ở Tây Nguyên – 4 kỳ

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Di dân tự do vẫn nóng ở Tây Nguyên – Kỳ 1: Làng lập, rừng mất

25/09/2017 13:39 GMT+7

TTO – Đến thời điểm này, vấn đề người di cư tự do vẫn đè nặng lên các tỉnh Tây Nguyên với nhiều áp lực từ nạn phá rừng và các vấn đề xã hội.

Di dân tự do vẫn nóng ở Tây Nguyên - Kỳ 1: Làng lập, rừng mất - Ảnh 1.

Loại thuốc diệt cây cỏ cực độc được người di cư tự do dùng để “diệt rừng” – Ảnh: THÁI LỘC

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Monsanto lobbyists barred from European Parliament

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By Cécile Barbière | EURACTIV.fr | translated by Paola Tamma

 Sep 29, 2017

Monsanto Lobbyists cannot enter the doors of the European Parliament until further notice. [Shutterstock]

euractive_Monsanto has paid for its refusal to appear before the European Parliament by losing its right to enter it, as MEPS have shut the door on their lobbyists until further notice. EURACTIV France reports.

The Conference of the Presidents – composed of the leaders of the European Parlaiment’s groups – decided on Thursday (28 September) to withdraw the right of the American company’s lobbysts to access the Parliament’s buildings.

“We have just officially refused access to the European Parliament to Monsanto lobbyists. This decision has been taken by the Conferenfe of the Presidents on 28 September,” explained Marc Tarabella, head of the Belgian Socialist Party delegation, in a press release.

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Vietnamese researchers work hard to conserve cajuput genes

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Vietnam and Indonesia boast some of the world’s largest cajuput forests

By Tuoi Tre News

October 1, 2017, 10:33 GMT+7

Vietnamese researchers work hard to conserve cajuput genes
Bui Dac Thang, director of the Dong Thap Muoi Herbal Medicine Research, Conservation and Development Center, poses with a ‘bach dan chanh’ (Corymbia citriodora, commonly known as lemon-scented gum), which is rich in oil essences. Photo: Tuoi Tre
Vietnamese researchers have spent years dedicating themselves to conserving the shrinking cajuput gene pool in the Mekong Delta province of Long An as a means of boosting economic and tourism growth.

Two Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper journalists recently paid a visit to the Dong Thap Muoi (Plain of Reeds) Herbal Medicine Research, Conservation and Development Center, approximately 50km from Tan An Town.

The center’s ‘father,’ Pharmacist Nguyen Van Be, passed away in September 2016, leaving behind an unfinished effort to build it into an eco-tourism site and herbal medicine conservation hub. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnamese researchers work hard to conserve cajuput genes” →

Rice paintings in Kon Tum highlight Central Highlands

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Participation: A tourist learns to make a rice painting under the guidance of Đăng. — Photo Courtesy of Hồng Điệp

Viet Nam News by Phạm Thị Hồng Điệp

Kon Tum City, the capital of Kon Tum Province bordering Laos and Cambodia, is recognised for a massive assembly of ethnic groups and their distinctive cultures.

Part of its long history in Central Highlands culture are rice paintings. The best place to witness these paintings is at Hồ Village, located at Bắc Kạn Street, Kon Tum City. The village offers visitors a visual feast in art works. Tiếp tục đọc “Rice paintings in Kon Tum highlight Central Highlands” →

How the sight-impaired cross the river of failure

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Update: October, 01/2017 – 09:00

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Light in the dark: Dining in Noir Restaurant offers customers an impressive experience. — VNS Photo Hoàng Việt
Viet Nam News After it opened in 2014, there were many doubts about the future of  Noir, the HCM City restaurant restaurant operated by sight-impaired staff. However, after three years, the restaurant has continued to inspire. Many people have also grown up to pursue their own dreams. Nguyễn Toàn and Lương Hương reports. Tiếp tục đọc “How the sight-impaired cross the river of failure” →

Companies’ ‘zero deforestation’ pledges: everything you need to know

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 Guardian

Corporations globally have made hundreds of commitments on deforestation. But what do these pledges really mean and why do scandals keep happening?

Dead trees stand in a recently deforested section of the Amazon rainforest
Dead trees stand in a recently deforested section of the Amazon rainforest in Rondonia state, Brazil. Photograph: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Whether it’s the destruction of rainforest shared by elephants and orangutans in Sumatra to produce palm oil; reports linking fast food giants to the burning of tropical forests in Brazil and Bolivia; or the hundreds of thousands of hectares of tree cover loss per year in West Africa – the world’s forests are being razed to sate global demand for produce such as palm oil, beef and cocoa. Tiếp tục đọc “Companies’ ‘zero deforestation’ pledges: everything you need to know” →

Tens of thousands march to defend Hong Kong’s rule of law against China

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Tens of thousands marched in China-ruled Hong Kong on Sunday in an “anti authoritarian rule” march that called for the resignation of the city’s top legal official over the recent jailing of young democracy activists.

Pro-democracy activists carry a banner reading “no fear”, during a protest on China’s National Day in Hong Kong, China October 1, 2017. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
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HONG KONG: Tens of thousands marched in China-ruled Hong Kong on Sunday (Oct 1) in an “anti-authoritarian rule” march that called for the resignation of the city’s top legal official over the recent jailing of young democracy activists.

The march, an annual fixture over the past few years on China’s Oct 1 National Day, comes at a time of nascent disillusionment with Hong Kong’s once vaunted judiciary. Tiếp tục đọc “Tens of thousands march to defend Hong Kong’s rule of law against China” →