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Mỹ muốn đưa hàng không mẫu hạm thứ 2 đến Việt Nam trong năm nay

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04/04/2019 VOA Tiếng Việt

Hàng không mẫu hạm USS Carl Vinson là chiến hạm đầu tiên của Mỹ tới Việt Nam kể từ khi chiến tranh kết thúc. Bộ Quốc phòng Mỹ cho biết có thể sẽ có một chiến hạm thứ hai tới Việt Nam trong năm nay.Hàng không mẫu hạm USS Carl Vinson là chiến hạm đầu tiên của Mỹ tới Việt Nam kể từ khi chiến tranh kết thúc. Bộ Quốc phòng Mỹ cho biết có thể sẽ có một chiến hạm thứ hai tới Việt Nam trong năm nay.

Mỹ có thể sẽ gửi hàng không mẫu hạm thứ hai đến Việt Nam trong năm nay và cam kết giúp Hà Nội bảo vệ chủ quyền quốc gia giữa lúc Trung Quốc không ngừng các hoạt động quân sự hóa trên vùng Biển Đông có tranh chấp.

Trợ lý Bộ trưởng Quốc phòng Mỹ phụ trách các vấn đề an ninh khu vực Ấn Độ Dương-Thái Bình Dương Randall Schriver cho biết như vậy hôm 3/4 tại cuộc thảo luận làm thế nào để Mỹ và Việt Nam có thể thúc đẩy các mối quan hệ an ninh và quốc phòng chặt chẽ hơn tại Trung tâm Nghiên cứu Chiến lược và Quốc tế (CSIS) ở Washinhton.

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Practical reforms required for better agriculture: Gov’t

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Update: April, 02/2019 – 09:00 vna

A man is carrying a tuna to Tam Quan Fishing Port in Hoài Nhơn District, central province of Bình Định. — VNA/VNS Photo Quang Quyết

Viet Nam NewsHÀ NỘI — Prime Minister, the Government and enterprises want ministries and agencies to carry out practical reforms, particularly those removing unnecessary administrative procedures, to create a better business climate in agriculture, a Government official said.

Minister and Chairman of the Government Office, Mai Tiến Dũng, who is also head of the Prime Minister’s working group, made the statement on Monday at a meeting with ministries to address issues in agricultural production and trade.

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Thông Tin, Trang tiếng Anh

Google fined twice by EU in 8 months (2 articles)

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Google Fined $1.7 Billion by E.U. for Unfair Advertising Rules

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European regulators said Google had violated antitrust rules by imposing unfair terms on companies that used Google’s search bar on their websites in Europe.CreditCreditPaulo Nunes dos Santos for The New York Times

By Adam Satariano

LONDON — European authorities on Wednesday fined Google 1.5 billion euros for antitrust violations in the online advertising market, continuing its efforts to rein in the world’s biggest technology companies.

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Innovative solutions to help famers replant ageing coffee trees

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Update: March, 28/2019 – 09:00 vnn

Trần Văn Nhiên (first from left), a coffee farmer in Quảng Hiệp, Cư M’Gar, Đắc Lắc Province with his cofee farm applying drip protection solution in the pilot phase, bringing healthier and taller coffee trees in comparison with curent farmer practices. — VNS Photo
Viet Nam NewsĐẮK LẮK — Coffee trees in Việt Nam are ageing and innovative technical solutions are needed to help farmers successfully replant them, a seminar, “Making use of plant protection products through drip irrigation system”, heard in Đắc Lắc Province on Wednesday.

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Boy, 13, cycles 60 miles through mountains to Hanoi to see sick brother

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vnexpress By Trong Nghia   March 29, 2019 | 01:45 pm GMT+7

Without a map or knowing the route beforehand, a 13-year-old boy has cycled from Son La to Hanoi to visit his hospitalized brother.

Vi Quyet Chien of Van Ho District in Son La, a province in Vietnam’s northern mountains, returned home from school on Monday afternoon and learned from his grandfather that his two-month-old youngest brother was admitted in a hospital in Hanoi 175 kilometers (109 miles) away.

13-year-old Vi Quyet Chien at at Vietnam National Childrens Hospital in Hanoi. Photos from Facebooks page of the doctor treating the baby.

13-year-old Vi Quyet Chien at the Vietnam National Children’s Hospital in Hanoi. Photos from Facebook’s page of the doctor treating his youngest brother.

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Môi trường, Trang tiếng Anh

Vietnamese supermarkets go back to leaves, leaving plastic bags

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By Thi Ha, Dat Nguyen   April 3, 2019 | 08:13 am GMT+7

Vietnamese supermarkets go back to leaves, leaving plastic bags
At least three supermarket chains in Vietnam are using banana leaves to wrap vegetables. Photo by VnExpress/Nghe Nguyen

Several Vietnamese supermarkets have started using banana leaves to wrap vegetables in an effort to reduce plastic waste.

Shoppers at Lotte Mart in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 7 were recently surprised to see scallions, okra and other vegetables produce wrapped in banana leaves.

A representative of the supermarket chain said that the company is experimenting with using leaves to wrap veggies in one outlet, and plans to expand this later to the entire chain in the country.

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Giáo dục, Trang tiếng Anh

New university recruitment regulation raises concerns

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Update: March, 30/2019 – 09:00 vna

Students submit applications for university admission at the National Economics University. – VNA/VNS Photo Quý Trung

Viet Nam NewsHÀ NỘI — A new regulation concerning recruitment quotas for public tertiary education institutions in Việt Nam has been at the centre of debate among educators and lawmakers.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) recently decided to use the percentage of students that gained employment after graduation as the basis to determine whether a university should be allowed to increase its recruitment quota for the next academic year.

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Doàn Thi Huong condamnée à trois ans et quatre mois de prison

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01/04/2019 16:50 Lecourrier

La justice malaisienne a condamné lundi 1er avril la Vietnamienne Doàn Thi Huong à trois ans et quatre mois de prison pour “blessure volontaire avec des moyens dangereux” au lieu de “meurtre”.
Doàn Thi Huong sur le chemin menant à la Haute Cour de Shah Alam, le 1eravril en Malaisie. Photo: EPA/VNA/CVN

Dans l’affaire de meurtre survenu en 2017 à Kuala Lumpur du ressortissant nord-coréen Kim Chol, la Vietnamienne Doàn Thi Huong était accusée de “blessure volontaire avec des moyens dangereux”. Elle a dit croire participer à une émission de télé-réalité et clamé son innocence.

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Môi trường, Trang tiếng Anh

Project to restore Central Highlands forests gets nod

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Update: March, 27/2019 – 10:46 VNN

More than VNĐ28.5 trillion (US$1.23 billion) has been earmarked for a project to protect, restore and sustainably develop forests in the Central Highlands until 2030. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — More than VNĐ28.5 trillion (US$1.23 billion) has been earmarked for a project to protect, restore and sustainably develop forests in the Central Highlands until 2030.

The project, which was approved by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc last week, aims to cut forest losses and restore the coverage rate to 49.2 per cent, or 2.72 million hectares.

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China’s activities in Hoàng Sa violate Việt Nam’s sovereignty: spokeswoman

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Update: March, 29/2019 – 09:00 vietnamnews

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Lê Thị Thu Hằng at a press conference on Thursday.— VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam has once again demanded China respect its sovereignty over the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) and Trường Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes in response to China’s live-fire drills and construction plans in Hoàng Sa.

Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Lê Thị Thu Hằng made the statement on Thursday at a press conference.

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Forming value chains to enhance competitiveness for pig farmers

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Update: March, 30/2019 – 09:00 vnn

Pigs are raised in a farm belonging to Bùi Đức Luận in Sơn Vi Commune, Lâm Thao district in the northern province of Phú Thọ. Farmers are urged to form value chain to enhance the competitiveness for their products. — VNA/VNS Photo Vũ Sinh

Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The pig industry plays an important role in the Asia Pacific, but, like other sectors, is facing challenges such as price volatility, food safety concerns and recently reported outbreaks of African swine fever. Therefore, solutions are needed to promote smallholder pig production in a sustainable way, experts said.

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Quảng Ninh tops competitive index again

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Landscape of Hạ Long City, Quảng Ninh Province.The northern coastal province topped the Provincial Competitive Index (PCI) out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide for the second consecutive year in 2018. — Photo qtv.vn

Viet Nam News

Hà Nội: The northern coastal province of Quảng Ninh topped Competitive Index (PCI) out of 63 provinces and cities nationwide for the second consecutive year in 2018.

In the PCI 2018 report, released on Thursday by the Việt Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID), the city earned the top score of 70.36 points on a 100-point scale.

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More Party cells needed in VN’s private businesses

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Update: March, 28/2019 – 10:00 vna

The Secretariat of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee has issued a new instruction on the need to have Party cells in all private Vietnamese economic entities.– Photo thesaigontimes

HÀ NỘI – The Secretariat of the Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee has issued a new instruction on the need to have Party cells in all private Vietnamese economic entities.

Instruction No 33-CT/TW highlighted Party and Government policies to make private economic entities into a driving force for the country’s socialist-oriented market economy. The document also emphasised the need to develop party cells and mass organisations in any economic entity operating in Việt Nam.

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Môi trường, Nông nghiệp

As Bayer’s Roundup cancer costs accumulate, questions linger about the wisdom of its Monsanto Merger

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A jury awarded plaintiff Dewayne Johnson $289 million after he claimed Monsanto's weedkiller caused his cancer. A judge later cut that award to $78 million. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP)
A jury awarded plaintiff Dewayne Johnson $289 million after he claimed Monsanto’s weedkiller caused his cancer. A judge later cut that award to $78 million. (Photo by JOSH EDELSON / AFP)

By DAVID MEYER Fortune 4:00 AM EDT

Bayer has to pay out $81 million in damages to a man who claims the Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer, a jury ruled Wednesday. In a similar ruling last year, the sum was $289 million, reduced to $78 million on appeal. Since that first verdict, Bayer’s shares have lost 40% of their value—and there are still around 11,300 such cases waiting in the wings.

All of which begs the question: was it foolhardy for Bayer to buy Roundup maker Monsanto?

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Huế goes ahead with historic evacuation plan

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Update: March, 29/2019 – 09:00 vna

Illegal houses on top of a citadel wall section. — VNS Photo Phước Bửu

Viet Nam News THỪA THIÊN-HUẾ — Huế authorities have announced plans to evacuate 4,200 families out of the citadel walls and buildings in an attempt to stop illegal lodging on relics.

The People’s Council of Thừa Thiên-Huế Province early this week approved the evacuation plan designed by the local People’s Committee.

Following the approved plan, the evacuation of 4,200 families living illegally on relics built during the Nguyễn Dynasty (1802-1945) in the city will take place in two stages. The first starts this year and is expected to be complete in 2021, removing 2,938 families from on and around the citadel walls and relocating them.

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