Auld lang syne, bản nhạc chấm dứt, là bản nhạc phổ thông số một trên thế giới, vì ai trên thế giới cũng biết. Và bản nhạc đầu năm, Happy New Year của ABBA, cũng có thể là bản nhạc trên thế giới ai cũng biết.
Đương nhiên là người Việt Nam nào cũng biết Auld lang syne. Tuy nhiên lời chính thức thì có lẽ là đại đa số người Việt đều chỉ biết có một lời chính thức: Ò e Rô-be đánh đu, Tặc-dăng nhảy dù, Zô-rô bắn súng, chết cha con ma nào đây, thằng Tây hết hồn, thằn lằn cụt đuôi. 🙂 Và tên Việt Nam chính thức của bản nhạc là “Ò E” 🙂 Continue reading Auld lang sine – Happy New Year→
Many generations before us served the country well with their courage, blood and life, fighting for our country’s survival and independence. Of course, the entire nations were in those struggles, but the main force was always the young, 18 and up, going to battles.
0h10 Fireworks light up HCMC skies Fireworks explode above the Saigon River tunnel in HCMC at midnight to welcome the new year. Photo by Thanh TungThousands of people gather at the Bach Dang Port to see the fireworks. Photo by Thanh Tung
People flocked to downtown areas of Hanoi, HCMC and other cities across Vietnam to join New Year’s Eve firework shows and countdown events Sunday night.
0h10 Fireworks light up HCMC skies Fireworks explode above the Saigon River tunnel in HCMC at midnight to welcome the new year. Photo by Thanh TungThousands of people gather at the Bach Dang Port to see the fireworks. Photo by Thanh Tung
From January to October, 2023 had already seen the highest levels of violence from Israeli Security Forces (ISF) and Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since United Nations records began in 2005. This was against a backdrop of ever-growing settler population and increasing risks of annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank and of forcible transfer Palestinians out of their homes, especially in Area C.
From January to October, 2023 had already seen the highest levels of violence from Israeli Security Forces (ISF) and Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, since United Nations records began in 2005. This was against a backdrop of ever-growing settler population and increasing risks of annexation of parts of the occupied West Bank and of forcible transfer Palestinians out of their homes, especially in Area C.
Thánh kinh có một cuốn sách tên là Ecclesiastes, công giáo dịch là Giảng Viên, đọc rất giống Phật pháp, cho đến nỗi người ta có giả thuyết tác giả nó là ai đó đã từng sang Viễn Đông (Far East) học và trở về vùng Do thái (Trung Đông, Middle East). Sau đây là một đoạn để chúng ta chiêm nghiệm (bản tiếng Việt là bản công giáo, mình chỉ thay đổi đầu đề cho hợp bản tiếng Anh).
Lời thánh kinh này đã được ban The Byrds viết thành bản nhạc “Turn! Turn! Turn!” trong thập niên 1960s. Mình có 3 clips của The Byrds, của Judy Collins, và của Bruce Springsteen với The E Street Band ở đây cho các bạn, sau đoạn thánh kinh. Continue reading Một thời cho mỗi thứ→
Do you know what is most important in teaching and learning?
That is repetition.
Learning anything, you need to repeat what you learn often, again and again, to gradually have a deeper and deeper understanding of that subject. Continue reading Repetition→
(Sen Nguyen is a Vietnamese journalist – the author of this article won the 2023 Global Media Competition on Labour Migration, hosted by the International Labour Organization. Her entry, titled “Risk, rewards and remittances in Vietnam’s Nghe An province” published in Al Jazeera, was chosen out of more than 400 entries from 85 countries.)
39 Vietnamese people died being smuggled into the UK in 2019. Most were from Nghe An province.
Hoang Thi Ai holds up her phone showing a photo of her son, Hoang Van Tiep, who she later discovered was among the 39 people who were found dead in a truck container in Essex, the UK, in 2019 [File: Hau Dinh/AP Photo]
In late October 2019, ambulance crews in the United Kingdom were called to a scene of horror.
On a quiet road in a nondescript industrial park in Essex, the bodies of 39 people were found when the heavy steel doors of a refrigerated truck trailer were opened.
The victims had suffocated. Death came slowly as oxygen levels inside the airtight container depleted for the 28 men, eight women and three children as their attempt to be smuggled into the UK ended tragically.
The youngest were two 15-year-olds. All were from Vietnam and the majority were from one province – Nghe An.
“I’m sorry Dad and Mum,” 26-year-old Pham Thi Tra My tapped out in a final text message she composed for her parents.
“Mum, I love Dad and you so much. I’m dying because I can’t breathe … I am so sorry, Mum,” she wrote in a phone message that was widely reported on at the time.
The message was delivered long before her death was officially confirmed by police investigators in the UK.
Video Duration 01 minutes 41 seconds01:41Vietnamese family fears their daughter may be among Essex victims
In 2021, seven people were jailed in the UK for a total of 92 years for their role in the deaths of the 39. This week, an eighth suspect, described as a “right-hand man” in the smuggling ring, was sentenced to 12 years and seven months in prison by a UK court.
BY ISABELLA O’MALLEY, JENNIFER MCDERMOTT AND ALEXA ST. JOHN Updated 9:50 PM GMT+7, December 27, 2023 AP
Led by new solar power, the world added renewable energy at breakneck speed in 2023, a trend that if amplified will help Earth turn away from fossil fuels and prevent severe warming and its effects.
Clean energy is often now the least expensive, explaining some of the growth. Nations also adopted policies that support renewables, some citing energy security concerns, according to the International Energy Agency. These factors countered high interest rates and persistent challenges in getting materials and components in many places.
The IEA projected that more than 440 gigawatts of renewable energy would be added in 2023, more than the entire installed power capacity of Germany and Spain together.
Here’s a look at the year in solar, wind and batteries.
“Palestine sẽ được tự do” là bài hát do Maher Zain sáng tác (cùng với Hamza Namira và Bara Kherigi) và thể hiện, được phát hành vào tháng 8-2009.
Maher Zain (sinh ngày 16-7-1981) là ca sĩ, nhạc sĩ và nhà sản xuất âm nhạc R&B người Lebanon-Thụy Điển.
Diện tích Palestine hiện tại (màu cam) sau khi bị Israel lấn chiếm, gồm dải Gaza và West Bank. Lebanon ở phía bắc của bản đồ.
Video âm nhạc của bài hát này kể về em gái người Palestine dũng cảm, không bao giờ mất hy vọng về tương lai tốt đẹp hơn dù thực tế quanh em có khắt nghiệt thế nào. Continue reading Palestine sẽ được tự do→
See how Vietnam navigated the tumultuous currents of 2023 in a series of images capturing moments of both sorrow and joy, highlighting the unique and everyday moments of life.
Crowds fill Nguyen Hue Pedestrian Street in downtown Ho Chi Minh City for the countdown to 2023.
Kori Schake, a senior fellow and the director of foreign and defense policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, sits down with James M. Lindsay to discuss where the fighting in Ukraine is headed.
1.) The front lines of the war haven’t changed much since the start of the counteroffensive. Kori pointed to the difficulty of clearing deeply entrenched Russian troops sitting behind heavily mined front lines. She attributed Russia’s ability to fortify its defenses in part to the Joe Biden administration, whose “six months of slow dispersal of weapons to Ukraine gave the Russians time to dig in.” She also noted the incredible difficulty of clearing minefields, while adding “the Ukrainians are doing it methodically.”
Dưới đây là bài hát phổ nhạc một đoạn ngắn trong một bài Thánh vịnh của vua David, Thánh vịnh 4:7-8.
Thánh vịnh 4 nằm trong Cựu Ước. Cựu Ước là phần đầu của Thánh kinh. Thánh kinh có hai phần, Cựu Ước (là phần đầu và là phần cũ) và Tân Ước (là phần hai và là phần mới).
Cựu Ước có trước khi Chúa Jesus ra đời, nghĩa là có cách đây từ 2.023 năm trở về trước. Thánh vịnh 4 nằm trong Cựu Ước và được viết cách đây gần 3.000 năm. Continue reading Người đặt mừng vui vào tim con→
Most of the things we should do, we already know. The question is: Are we doing them? If not, why?
Say, you should not get angry. When was the last time you get angry? For the last month, how many times you get angry? Continue reading Better your self→
Traveling along Highway 4C to Sa Pa Town in the northern highlands, visitors are greeted by rows of cherry blossom trees standing out against the green tea hills.
In the final days of December, as one journeys approximately 7 kilometers from O Quy Ho Pass to Sa Pa along Highway 4C, they can come across thousands of cherry blossom trees blooming in striking shades of pink amid an oolong tea farm.
Fireworks explode above the Saigon River tunnel in HCMC at midnight to welcome the new year. Photo by Thanh Tung
Thousands of people gather at the Bach Dang Port to see the fireworks. Photo by Thanh Tung
Đọt Chuối Non 