All posts by Phạm Thu Hương

I am chief admin, author and translator of DCN System, which includes dotchuoinon.com (the only Vietnamese-language website devoted exclusively to positive thinking), cvdvn.net (Conversations on Vietnam Development), and a number of related forums and Facebook pages. I am also legal assistant to attorney Trần Đình Hoành in legal cases involving Vietnam. I am studying and teaching the Bible and Buddhism. I am a Biotechnology Engineering graduate from Hue University of Sciences. I love living with nature. I practice the Energy Training exercise system for health, and enjoy gardening and life beauty as a hobby.

How to make the phrase “Made in Vietnam” an international success?

Dear brothers and sisters,

How to make the phrase “Made in Vietnam” an international success?

I think Vietnam need to have two things.

Firstly, free economic competition.

– Making it easy for all companies, both domestic companies and foreign invested companies, to open business and compete.

– Competition law must be enforced, in order to have a healthy competitive environment.

Secondly, our culture must focus on honest hard work, for everyone to be successful.

Let’s make the phrase “Made in Vietnam” an international success.

Have a nice day.

Phạm Thu Hương

Ballade Pour Adeline

Dear brothers and sisters,

“Ballade pour Adeline” (French for “Ballad for Adeline”) is a 1977 instrumental by Richard Clayderman, composed by Paul de Senneville. Paul de Senneville composed the piece as a tribute to his newborn daughter, Adeline. World-wide sales of the recording now have reached 22 million copies in 38 countries. It remains Clayderman’s signature hit.

The tender ballad. Enjoy.

Have a nice day.

PTH

Richard Clayderman – Ballade Pour Adeline

What a girl/woman should do so that the guys around her won’t treat her like the second-class gender…?

Dear brothers and sisters,

What a girl/woman should do so that the guys around her won’t treat her like the second-class gender, but will look at her as their equal peer (or even superior peer)?

I think:

Firstly, girls and women should do small daily tasks, such as small technical works for computers in the house, small electric works for the lights and the lamps in the house, small water works for waterlines in the house, small maintenance and repair works for electric stoves and microwave ovens, small maintenance and repair works for motorbikes and bicycles, and so on. Continue reading What a girl/woman should do so that the guys around her won’t treat her like the second-class gender…?

Tình yêu ơi

500 Greatest Songs of All Times

Chào các bạn,

Baby love là bài hát do nhóm nhạc người Mỹ Supremes trình diễn với thương hiệu Motown.

Phát hành vào tháng Chín năm 1964 và được đề cử giải Grammy năm 1965 cho Bản thu R&B (Rhythm & Blues) hay nhất, Baby love là một trong những bài hát ưa thích nhất cuối thế kỷ 20.

Báo nhạc Rolling Stone xếp Baby love hạng thứ 332 trong danh sách 500 bài hát hay nhất mọi thời đại.

Mời các bạn cùng nghe nhé.

Chúc các bạn một ngày tốt lành. Continue reading Tình yêu ơi

Khuyết tật Trời cho

Chào các bạn,

Mình chia sẻ với các bạn một điều thú vị về Dyslexic và sự nghiệp.

Mình là một Dyslexic (một người có khó khăn trong việc đọc nói riêng và việc học nói chung), thế nên con đường học hành và sự nghiệp của mình là một chuỗi cố gắng không ngừng. Chẳng thể nào kể được tên những cố gắng đó. Thế nên mình chỉ kể được vài chuyện để các nhà làm giáo dục, các bậc cha mẹ và các Dyslexic có vài thông tin, rồi từ đó có những định hướng phù hợp với Dyslexic, như hai bài này:

Continue reading Khuyết tật Trời cho

Quay lại

Chào các bạn,

Suis-moi là bài hát tiếng Pháp trong phim Hoàng tử bé.

Hoàng tử bé (The little Prince – Le Petit Prince) là phim hoạt hình Pháp, lời thoại tiếng Anh, phát hành năm 2015, dựa theo tiểu thuyết cùng tên của nhà văn và phi công người Pháp Antoine de Saint-Exupéry xuất bản năm 1943.

Turn around là bản tiếng Anh của bài Suis-moi. Bản tiếng Anh chỉ dùng phần nhạc của bản tiếng Pháp, còn lời thì khác. Continue reading Quay lại

Ban nhạc ĐCN – Greensleeves, Sắc màu và Sway

Chào các bạn,

Cuối tuần ban nhạc ĐCN tập 3 bài: Greensleeves, Sắc màu và Sway.

Đây là lời giới thiệu bài Greensleeves của anh Hoành trên ĐCN vào ngày Giáng sinh cách đây 11 năm, ngày 25-12-2009.

Chào các bạn,

Giáng Sinh là không thể thiếu Silent Night. Và Greensleeves – Tà áo xanh.

My Lady Greensleeves, họa sĩ Danta Gabriel Rossetti 1864

Continue reading Ban nhạc ĐCN – Greensleeves, Sắc màu và Sway

Về quê

Dear brothers and sisters,

I miss my hometown, both Thái Bình province – where my dad and mom were born, and Đà Nẵng city – where I was born. I miss Thái Bình with images in the song Về quê. I miss ĐN, especially Cù Lao Chàm with the blue sea, white sand and golden sunshine. I really really miss Cù Lao Chàm, although staying at Cù Lao Chàm only 1 day 1 night, I miss ĐN very much.

Oh, my sea, my sand, my sunshine… I miss you.

Sharing with you all.

Enjoy the song and have a nice day. Continue reading Về quê

How to close economic gap between city people and country people?

Dear brothers and sisters,

Generally, there is a huge economic gap between city people and country people. How to close that gap?

To close that gap, we should help the poor become richer.

For country people to become rich, we should bring economic development  into rural areas – every district of every province. Many things to do, but I think we should focus on 2 things: agricultural economics and information technology. We should focus on agricultural economics because the strength of rural areas is agriculture. And IT, we should also focus on it because we can do IT work wherever we sit. Continue reading How to close economic gap between city people and country people?

Khi một anh yêu một chị

Khi một anh yêu một chị

Khi một anh yêu một chị,
Anh không thể để tâm vào điều gì,
Anh sẽ thay đổi thế giới vì điều tốt anh đã tìm được.
Nếu chị tệ, anh không thể thấy điều đó,
Chị không thể làm sai,
Anh bỏ bạn anh nếu bạn anh dìm chị

Khi một anh yêu một chị,
Anh sẽ tiêu ngay xu cuối cùng
Cố nắm chặt điều anh cần.
Anh sẽ từ bỏ mọi tiện nghi
Và ngủ ở ngoài mưa,
nếu chị nói đó là cách
phải xảy ra. Continue reading Khi một anh yêu một chị

Learning to live together

Dear brothers and sisters,

When I hear the news that Huế khôi phục dạy môn nữ công gia chánh trong trường học (my translation: woman’s skills and family management), I’m so happy. Schools should teach subjects like this – subjects about how to live together.

Previously, a friend of mine and I have talked about the topic: “We should open a school that teach girls act like a lady and teaching boys act like a gentleman. Surely many parents will want to bring their children to our school, because they know learning to live together is an important skill for their children’s future.” Continue reading Learning to live together

Hungarian Dance No. 5

Dear brothers and sisters,

A funny tune, enjoy.

This is Hungarian Dance No.5 by Johannes Brahms. Brahms wrote the Hungarian Dances, a set of 21 lively dance tunes based mostly on Hungarian themes, in 1879. They are among Brahms’s most popular works and were the most profitable for him. Each dance has been arranged for a wide variety of instruments and ensembles.

Martynas – Hungarian Dance No.5 in G Minor (Official Video)

Johannes Brahms – Hungarian Dance No. 5

What should we do to have a better business environment?

Dear brothers and sisters,

Looks like, in Vietnam, all kinds of sellers do all kinds of lying to customers: Jacking up the price sometimes up to 200% or 300% (nói thách); clean vegetable is indeed not clean; fake merchandise; lying about the origin of the products, lying about the quality of the products, deceptive advertising… What should we do to have a better business environment, in which people are more honest?

I think we should do 4 things. Continue reading What should we do to have a better business environment?

P. I. Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 – Itzhak Perlman

Dear brothers and sisters,

Why do I listen to classical music?

Because I want to close the heart of the world.

This is the Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, the only concerto for violin composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1878, and one of the best-known violin concertos.

Itzhak Perlman (born 31 August 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and music teacher. Over the course of his career Perlman has performed worldwide, and throughout the United States, in venues that have included a State Dinner at the White House honoring Queen Elizabeth II, and at the Presidential Inauguration of President Obama.

He has conducted the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and the Westchester Philharmonic. In 2015, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. He has been awarded 16 Grammy Awards, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and four Emmy Awards.

Enjoy.

Have a nice day.

PTH

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P. I. Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 – Itzhak Perlman
Soloist: Itzhak Perlman
Conductor: Eugene Ormandy
Philadelphia Orchestra

Heart seed with wings

Dear brothers and sisters,

I want to tell you a little about dipterocarpus seeds (hạt dầu).

Dipterocarpus is the third-largest and most diverse genus among the family Dipterocarpaceae. The family name, from the type genus Dipterocarpus, is derived from Greek (di = two, pteron = wing and karpos = fruit) and refers to the two-winged fruit.

Dipterocarpus has about 70 species, occurring in Southeast Asia. The species are well known for timber, but less acknowledged for use in traditional herbal medicine. Continue reading Heart seed with wings