Đừng bỏ cuộc – Don’t give up

Chào mọi người,

Mình tình cờ biết đến bài hát này khi mình tìm nghe bài “You raise me up” trên youtube từ channel của Josh Groban, và mình thích bài hát ngay từ lần đầu tiên mình nghe nó. Giọng hát nhẹ nhàng, êm dịu và ấm áp của Josh Groban, từng lời của bài hát, giai điệu của bài hát… đều chạm đến trái tim mình. Mỗi lần nghe nó đều làm cho trái tim mình ấm áp hơn, bình an hơn – như là Cha đang trò chuyện với mình qua giọng hát của Josh Groban. Continue reading Đừng bỏ cuộc – Don’t give up

Goal and non-attachment

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

We have talked about having a major goal in each period of our life, and persistently aiming at that goal to move forward until we reach the goal. Then setting a new goal for the next period. Most of the time, we work more effectively if we have a clear goal to pursuit.

However, if you are so hung up about your goal, you will become attached to it, with all the harmful effects of attachment. For example, you have a goal of having your own house before the age of 30. And you really focus on making money to fulfill that goal, to the degree that you are willing to join a corruption gang to do bribery deals, to make quick money. That is attachment with potential jail sentences. Continue reading Goal and non-attachment

Blue Security – A maritime exchange project

The Blue Security Program engages with and facilitates high quality research on issues of critical maritime security across the Indo-Pacific.

Bringing together leading regional experts in politics, international law and strategic studies, Blue Security focuses on three key pillars of maritime security: order, law and power.

Blue Security is a collaboration between La Trobe Asia, Griffith Asia Institute (GAI), University of New South Wales Canberra (ADFA), University of Western Australia’s Defence and Security Institute (DSI), United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney and the Asia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy & Defence Dialogue (AP4D). It produces working papers, commentaries, and scholarly publications related to maritime security for audiences across the Indo-Pacific.

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Red Sea tension likely to affect garment and footwear exporters from Q2: insiders

By VNA   January 21, 2024 | 02:11 pm GMT+7

Red Sea tension likely to affect garment and footwear exporters from Q2: insiders

Workers at a garment factory in HCMC’s Thu Duc City, November 2023. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Tung

The tension in the Red Sea, which has led to increases in logistic costs and shipping time, is forecast to affect Vietnamese exporters of garment, textile, footwear and leather products from the second quarter of 2024 if it persists.

The Vietnam Leather, Footwear and Handbag Association (Lefaso) and the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) Vice President and General Secretary Truong Van Cam said that domestic enterprises are keeping a close eye on the situation to negotiate new export deals.

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