Vietnam seeks environmental protection help from foreign scientists

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Tuoi Tre News

Updated : 03/09/2017 17:32 GMT + 7

Vietnam needs assistance from foreign scientists in its efforts to protect the environment, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha remarked at an international conference on environmental pollution, restoration, and management on Wednesday.

Speaking to more than 200 experts from 25 nations and territories in Quy Nhon City, the capital of the south-central province of Binh Dinh, Minister Ha confirmed that Vietnam faces many environmental challenges, including rising pollution, decreasing biodiversity, limitations to environmental management, lack of forecasting capability, and insufficient resources to deal with environmental incidents. Tiếp tục đọc “Vietnam seeks environmental protection help from foreign scientists” →

Dancers set Kong’s Vietnam premiere ceremony on fire, literally

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TUOI TRE NEWS

Updated : 03/10/2017 09:41 GMT + 7

A ten-meter tall model of the cinematic beast King Kong caught fire on Thursday at the Ho Chi Minh City premiere of ‘Kong: Skull Island’.

The ceremony was held in front of the SC Vivo City shopping mall in District 7, where government officials, U.S. diplomats, celebrities, and representatives from Warner Bros. Pictures gathered to celebrate the opening of the first Hollywood blockbuster to be shot mainly in Vietnam.

Towering of the ceremony’s stage was a ten-meter tall model of King Kong, the enormous fictional ape-like beast whose name was given to the film’s title.

At around 7:10 pm, when the event’s emcee was delivering a monologue following a lively performance from fire dancers in tribal costume, smoke and flames began to rise from the left hand of the Kong model. Tiếp tục đọc “Dancers set Kong’s Vietnam premiere ceremony on fire, literally” →

Hà Nội’s lakes cleaned up

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Update: March, 09/2017 – 17:45

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Lake cleaners pour Redoxy-3C to purify a lake in Hà Nội. – Photo thanglong.chinhphu.vn

HÀ NỘI — All lakes in the inner city and 36 of the 140 polluted lakes on the outskirts have been cleaned, the Hà Nội Water Drainage Company said on Wednesday.

Of the 36 lakes, 14 are in Đông Anh District, six are in Thạch Thất District and six are in Ba Vì District, said Phan Hoài Minh, deputy director of the company. The remaining ones are in Chương Mỹ, Gia Lâm, Sơn Tây, Thanh Oai, Ứng Hòa and Mê Linh districts.

Minh said that in 2016, following proposals submitted by district and town authorities, the company assessed the pollution level of 150 lakes on the outskirts of the capital city. Of these, 140 lakes were severely contaminated and needed urgent clean-ups to protect their bio-systems, safety levels and the surroundings. Tiếp tục đọc “Hà Nội’s lakes cleaned up” →

South Korean court confirms impeachment of President Park

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ChannelNewsAsia

  • Posted 10 Mar 2017 10:22  Updated 11 Mar 2017 00:09

SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-hye was fired on Friday (Mar 10) as a court upheld her impeachment over a corruption scandal that has paralysed the nation at a time of mounting tensions in East Asia.

The unanimous decision brought to a climax months of political turmoil that saw millions of people take to the streets in weekly protests, and triggers a new presidential election to be held within 60 days.

That will offer South Korea a chance to draw a line under the scandal, which has occupied its attention for months, even as the North has unleashed new missile launches and threats that have raised international alarm. Tiếp tục đọc “South Korean court confirms impeachment of President Park” →

Về một bộ sưu tập văn học đồ sộ: Thơ Bạn Thơ

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Mai An Nguyễn Anh Tuấn

Dự án sách Thơ Bạn Thơ của hai nhà thơ Nguyễn Nguyên Bảy & Lý Phương Liên đã thực hiện được 6 cuốn (dự tính là 8 cuốn) – cùng những ấn phẩm phụ trợ mà nội dung & hình thức cũng “hoành tráng” không kém, như Văn Bạn Văn, Chém Gió Muôn Màu, Vườn Thơ 5 Nhà – cho đến nay, sau gần 5 năm, đã đi tới chặng cuối. Có thể nói, đây là một công trình lớn mà lịch sử văn học Việt Nam sau này sẽ buộc phải ghi nhận và bàn đến như một “hiện tượng Văn học” đáng kể. Tiếp tục đọc “Về một bộ sưu tập văn học đồ sộ: Thơ Bạn Thơ” →

Quảng Trị, công khai đốn hạ cây gỗ trong rừng phòng hộ – 2 kỳ

~ Phạm Thu Hương ~ 1 bình luận
  • Kỳ 1: Theo dấu lâm tặc
  • Kỳ 2: Tự “tê liệt”, những người giữ rừng mặc rừng bị tàn sát 

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KỲ 1: THEO DẤU LÂM TẶC

LĐ PHÓNG SỰ ĐIỀU TRA CỦA HƯNG THƠ – ĐĂNG KHOA
11:9 AM, 03/08/2016

Bất chấp lệnh đóng cửa rừng tự nhiên vừa được Thủ thướng Chính phủ Nguyễn Xuân Phúc tuyên bố hôm 20.6.2016, tại các cánh rừng tự nhiên thuộc lâm phần Ban Quản lý rừng phòng hộ lưu vực sông Bến Hải (huyện Vĩnh Linh, tỉnh Quảng Trị) vẫn đang “chảy máu” ồ ạt từng ngày. Lâm tặc đưa ôtô, xe trâu, cưa máy vào rừng, cây lớn, cây bé bị triệt hạ nằm ngổn ngang khắp các lối đi, trên triền đồi, giữa những vực sâu bạt ngàn, mọi việc diễn ra như thể khu rừng này chưa bao giờ có chủ!

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Seoul finding looming THAAD deployment a hot potato politically, economically

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Protesters shout slogans during a rally to oppose the plan to deploy the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system, or THAAD, in front of the Defense Ministry in Seoul Tuesday. U.S. missile launchers and other equipment needed to set up the controversial missile defense system have arrived in South Korea, the U.S. and South Korean militaries said Tuesday, a day after North Korea test-launched four ballistic missiles into the ocean near Japan. | AP

japan  times AP Mar 8, 2017

SEOUL – As South Korea begins the deployment of an advanced U.S. anti-missile system that it says will allow it to better cope with North Korean threats, the reaction from its belligerent rival is hardly its only concern.

The plan to deploy the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system, or THAAD, this year has angered not only North Korea, but also China, South Korea’s largest trade partner, which considers the system a security threat.

Residents in a rural South Korean town where THAAD is planned to sit have furiously protested over rumored health hazards they link to the system’s powerful radar, and some of the country’s potential presidential candidates have vowed to walk back on the deal if they win office. Tiếp tục đọc “Seoul finding looming THAAD deployment a hot potato politically, economically” →

British man on mission for justice after wife gunned down in Philippines

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Guardian

Stuart Green’s wife Mia, a lawyer, was killed in a barrage of bullets that narrowly missed his children in a hit he blames on gangsters linked to one of her cases

Stuart Green with his wife Mia and their three children. ‘They know every move that we make,’ he says of the people he believes were responsible for her death.
Stuart Green with his wife Mia and their three children. ‘They know every move that we make,’ he says of the people he believes were responsible for her death. Photograph: Supplied

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Wednesday 8 March 2017 00.30 EST Last modified on Wednesday 8 March 2017 22.11 EST

The two gunmen flanked the modest, family-sized Toyota at a busy intersection. Aiming at the driver, they fired a barrage of bullets, nine of which fatally hit Mia Mascariñas-Green in her head and neck.

In the back seat, her 10-year-old daughter and 23-month-old twins watched. Their nanny – who was sitting in the third row – jumped over the divide to shield the children with her body. One of the attacker’s guns jammed and they fled on motorbikes.

Stuart Green, a marine biologist from Hertfordshire in the UK, relates the last moments of his wife’s life with a mixture of anger and extraordinary grief. Tiếp tục đọc “British man on mission for justice after wife gunned down in Philippines” →

Isis militants disguised as doctors kill 38 in Kabul hospital attack

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Guardian

Gunmen dressed as medics fought security forces for hours in assault on military hospital in Afghan capital

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Islamic State has claimed responsibility for an attack on a Kabul military hospital by gunmen disguised as doctors who entered the facility and battled security forces for hours.

At least 38 people died and dozens more were injured, the hospital said.

The attack began with a suicide bombing at the rear of the hospital complex in the Afghan capital. Officials said at least three gunmen dressed as medical staff then entered the 400-bed Sardar Mohammad Daud Khan facility and took up positions on the upper floors. Tiếp tục đọc “Isis militants disguised as doctors kill 38 in Kabul hospital attack” →

Multi-nation patrol to target ISIL-linked Abu Sayyaf

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Al Jazeera

Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia to patrol common seas against armed group, carrying out kidnappings and beheadings.

The Abu Sayyaf are holding 31 foreign and local Filipinos hostages including six Vietnamese seamen [EPA]

The Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia will within months launch joint patrols in piracy-plagued waters, after a wave of attacks that saw armed groups affiliated to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) kidnapping and murdering their victims.

Philippine defence chief Delfin Lorenzana announced on Thursday that he and his counterparts in Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta had agreed to patrol a sea lane where commercial vessels could pass with protection from the three nations’ navies. Tiếp tục đọc “Multi-nation patrol to target ISIL-linked Abu Sayyaf” →

Dạy và học toán: phải thay đổi!

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09/03/2017 09:13 GMT+7

TTO – “Phải thay đổi chương trình dạy toán. Đó là một cuộc cách mạng. Học sinh của chúng ta rất thông minh, nhưng bị kìm hãm khi phải học thêm quá nhiều những cái không cần thiết”.

Dạy và học toán: phải thay đổi!
Giờ học môn toán của học sinh lớp 12A10 Trường THPT Nguyễn Hữu Thọ, quận 4, TP.HCM – Ảnh: Như Hùng

Đó là ý kiến của ông TRẦN PHƯƠNG – giáo viên dạy toán, phó giám đốc Trung tâm hỗ trợ phát triển tài năng thuộc Liên hiệp các Hội khoa học kỹ thuật Việt Nam – trong cuộc trò chuyện với Tuổi Trẻ mới đây.“Học toán bậc phổ thông ở nước ta hiện nay nhiều kiến thức bị lãng phí: học rất công phu nhưng chỉ sử dụng vào các kỳ thi. Trong khi thế giới mênh mông, kiến thức vô tận, cần ưu tiên học những gì vừa phát triển tư duy vừa tiệm cận với cuộc sống sẽ thiết thực, hữu ích hơn…”. Tiếp tục đọc “Dạy và học toán: phải thay đổi!” →

Hồi âm CV 327 của Sở Y tế Đắk Lắk: Nếu không ngăn sai phạm, tổn thất lớn không chỉ ngân sách

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Báo Tiền Phong đã nhận công văn 327 “V/v làm rõ một số nội dung trong các bài viết của báo Tiền Phong” do ông Doãn Hữu Long giám đốc Sở Y tế Đắk Lắk (SYT) ký ngày 22/2/2017. Theo CV 327, thì cùng ngày 22/2  SYT còn có CV 321 “trả lời các nội dung nêu trong bài”, còn CV này chỉ “làm rõ hơn các nội dung đã nêu”. Tuy nhiên, SYT không gửi CV 321 cho báo Tiền Phong.

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‘Parched’ Chinese city plans to pump water from Russian lake via 1,000km pipeline

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Guardian

Urban planners in Lanzhou have drawn up proposals to pipe water into the chronically dry region from Siberia’s Lake Baikal.

Lake Baikal
Lake Baikal is the deepest freshwater lake on earth. Photograph: Kirill Shipitsin/TASS

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China is reportedly considering plans to build a 1,000km (620 mile) pipeline to pump water all the way from Siberia to its drought-stricken northwest.

According to reports in the Chinese media, urban planners in Lanzhou, the capital of Gansu province, have drawn up proposals to pipe water into the chronically parched region from Russia’s Lake Baikal, the deepest freshwater lake on earth.

Li Luoli, an academic who is one of the plan’s cheerleaders, claimed the mega-project – roughly the equivalent of pumping water from Lake Como to London – was both theoretically feasible and “certainly beneficial” to China. Tiếp tục đọc “‘Parched’ Chinese city plans to pump water from Russian lake via 1,000km pipeline” →

Violence against Rohingya may amount to ‘crimes against humanity’: UN rights chief

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ChannelNewsAsia

  • By May Wong
  • Posted 08 Mar 2017 20:55
  • Updated 09 Mar 2017 01:33

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein. (Photo: AFP/Fabrice Coffrini)

YANGON: The severity of the reported violations against the Rohingya in Myanmar warrants the attention of the International Criminal Court, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Wednesday (Mar 8).

Mr Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said the violations, “against a backdrop of severe and longstanding persecution”, amount to the “possible commission of crimes against humanity”.

He was addressing the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, where he highlighted the current major human rights issues in more than 40 countries. Tiếp tục đọc “Violence against Rohingya may amount to ‘crimes against humanity’: UN rights chief” →