Conversations on Vietnam Development
NN – 11/05/2018, 09:11 (GMT+7) Trong khi ở Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, người dân Thủ Thiêm đang uất nghẹn, ngất xỉu với những cuộc tiếp xúc cử tri thì ở Hà Nội, nơi có một địa điểm vẫn được gọi là “làng Thủ Thiêm giữa Thủ đô”, hành trình đi đòi công lý vẫn đang miệt mài.
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| Bữa cơm của người dân Thủ Thiêm ở Hà Nội |
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| Painting of West Lake by Hanoi-based artist George Burchett. |
by George Burchett*
Around the time Admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly (1807-1873), under the orders of Emperor Napoleon III, fired the first canon shots of the Cochinchina campaign (1858-1862) to lay claim to what would become France’s colony of Indochina, Paris embarked on an epic renovation project directed by Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann, also under the Emperor’s orders. The plan was to modernise Paris and get rid of insalubrious slums – breeding ground for diseases as well as popular discontent. No doubt rich plunder from the colonies helped fund this – largely successful – imperial enterprise. Tiếp tục đọc “La folie des grandeurs”
A petroleum company has been caught red-handed dumping untreated waste in a protected forest on the outskirts of Hanoi.
Residents of Soc Son District started noticing lines of trucks queuing up to dump tons of waste shortly before the Lunar New Year (Tet).
Tiếp tục đọc “Petroleum company caught dumping untreated waste in protected Hanoi forest”
TS – 07/03/2018 08:00 – Ann Hibner Koblitz*
Gần như tất cả các nền văn hóa trên thế giới đều có những nữ khoa học, nữ bác sĩ và nhà phát minh nữ nhưng vì nhiều lí do, tên tuổi của những người phụ nữ này vẫn bị khuất lấp hoặc không được ghi nhận. Đến thời kì “làn sóng nữ quyền lần thứ hai” trỗi dậy vào giữa những năm 1960 đến cuối những năm 1980, những nhà sử học theo chủ nghĩa nữ quyền đã khôi phục lại tên của vô vàn những người phụ nữ vĩ đại trong quá khứ, bao gồm các nhà khoa học và phát minh nữ. Những học giả này đã thách thức các định kiến giới trong những trang sử của hàng thế kỉ đã xóa đi những đóng góp của người phụ nữ trong rất nhiều lĩnh vực bởi các nhà sử học nam.
Nhà toán học Miryam Mirakhani. Ở Iran, quê hương cô, nghiên cứu toán học được coi là một nghề nữ tính. Trong ảnh là bìa của một tờ báo ngày tại Iran vinh danh Mirakhani sau khi cô qua đời. Tiếp tục đọc “Phụ nữ trong khoa học: Những góc nhìn”
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| A part of the Nhuệ River running through Thanh Trì District’ Hữu Hòa and Tả Thanh Oai communes. — VNA/VNS Photo Trọng Đạt |
Lê Tuấn Định, deputy head of the department, said the level of pollution in the water had steadily worsened and that many stretches of the river were seriously polluted, especially during the dry season.
He said, the water quality in the Nhuệ and Đáy rivers would improve when they received water from the Hồng (Red) River.
However, statistics from the department show that the water level of the Hồng River has been low since 2003. Tiếp tục đọc “Nhuệ-Đáy river basin polluted despite clean-up efforts”
The murals painted on the sealed archways of the railway viaduct on Phung Hung Street, Hanoi have been completely finished, bringing a new, lively look to the area.
19 paintings by artists from Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s from November, 2017. Tiếp tục đọc “Colourful street murals in Hanoi” |
Hanoi seems to be warmer with beautiful peach blossoms and kumquat trees.
The Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) is still a month away, but gardeners in Nhat Tan flower village, Hanoi are taking special care of peach blossoms and kumquat trees to meet consumers’ demands during Tet. Tiếp tục đọc “Kumquat trees and peach blossoms beautify Hanoi’s winter” |
There is still one week left before Christmas but the festive atmosphere is hard to avoid with many streets colourfully decorated in the capital city of Hanoi.
 Preparations have been underway at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Nha Chung Street, Hanoi for two weeks before Christmas. Tiếp tục đọc “Sparkling Hanoi streets welcome Christmas” |
The underground military operation bunker where the Vietnamese government worked during the American War in Thang Long Imperial Citadel has been opened to visitors for the first time.
The Thang Long Heritage Conservation Centre opened the bunker and exhibition about the general command headquarters on the occasion of 45th anniversary of victorious air defence of Hanoi during the American bombing raids of Christmas 1972.
The bunker was built in early 1965 by military engineers. They demolished the two-storey command building to disguise and cover the bunker. The bunker has three rooms, covering 64 square metres. The roof is 1.5 metres higher than the ground and has three layers to protect officers against falling bombs and rockets. It was supposed to be a shelter even against nuclear or chemical weapons.
Decisions issued during the 1972 air battle and supply routes for the south were from the site. The first sirens warning of US air force attacks were approved in the bunker.
After 1975, the bunker was largely abandoned until it was renovated in 2012.
Some photos of the bunker:
 Tiếp tục đọc “Thang Long Citadel bunker opened to the public” |
Young people in Hanoi have been flocking to gardens on the outskirts of the city to witness the beauty of blooming canola flowers.
A canola field is filled with its signature yellow blooms in a Hanoi suburb. Photo: Tuoi Tre Tiếp tục đọc “Hà Nội – blooming yellow with canola flowers”
Stores and building facades in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been colourfully decorated over the last days, warming up the atmosphere on the threshold of Christmas.
 A colourful Christmas tree decorates the front of Hotel Metropole Hanoi Tiếp tục đọc “Hanoi & HCMC streets sparkling ahead of Christmas” |
Bloomberg news agency has recently unfolded a list of 12 restaurants across the world worthy to try at least once in life. Surprisingly, Cha Ca La Vong restaurant in the Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi took pride in securing a spot in the list.
Cha Ca La Vong in the Vietnamese capital city of Hanoi is recommended as a must-try dish for food lovers
In an article released by Kate Krader and Richard Vines on the news site http://www.bloomberg.com, food connoisseurs are advised to take a tour to the Vietnamese restaurant to taste cha ca (fried fish) with the vibrant and unique flavor of herbs, spices, and chilis. Tiếp tục đọc “Bloomberg touts Cha Ca La Vong as a must-try dish for gourmets”
Flower fields in Hanoi’s Tay Tuu Village have become more beautiful at night with light created by thousands of lamps.
The lamps are aimed to turn night into day to make flowers to bloom in time for the Tet Holiday. Tiếp tục đọc “Hanoi flower village sparkles at night” |
Hanoi plans to construct a super satellite city by 2030, with a total area of over 17,270ha located in two districts of Thach That and Quoc Oai and Son Tay Town.
The super satellite city on paper.— Photo tienphong.vn
The Hoa Lac super satellite city will be some 30km from Hanoi’s centre.
The plan is part of the master plan of Hoa Lac Urban Area, compiled by the municipal People’s Committee and recently submitted to the municipal People’s Council for approval. Tiếp tục đọc “Super satellite city planned in Hanoi”
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