Giêsu ơi,
Khôn ngoan của Giêsu là khôn ngoan thật.
Khôn ngoan ấy vượt lên trên mọi nhị nguyên –
đúng sai,
tốt xấu,
yêu ghét…
Và đó là nguồn gốc của tình yêu vô điều kiện của Giêsu. Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 160 – Prayer 160
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The Fat Lady finally sings: Bob Kerrey quietly resigns from Fulbright University Vietnam leadership position
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“One simply cannot engage in barbarous action without becoming a barbarian… one cannot defend human values by calculated and unprovoked violence without doing mortal damage to the values one is trying to defend.”
– J William Fulbright, The Arrogance of Power
More than 48 years after mortal damage was inflicted with a vengeance on both human beings and human values in a quiet village in Bến Tre province in the Mekong Delta, justice, fairness, and common decency won a minor victory when Bob Kerrey, former Nebraska governor, U.S. senator, New School president, decorated veteran, and self-confessed war criminal, quietly resigned from his high-profile position as chairman of the Fulbright University Vietnam (FUV) board of trustees, according to reliable sources.
Why Vietnamese street food is sending tourists away
TUOI TRE NEWS Updated : 05/29/2017 17:02 GMT + 7
Editor’s note: Nguyen Phu, a former director of development with travel agency Peak Viet, explains why street food drives tourists away from Vietnam.
The opinions expressed below are the author’s own.
When the way to a man’s goodbye is through his stomach
Street food is always appealing to tourists. Visitors from developed countries are captivated by food for sale on the street, as it looks unfamiliar and delicious.
Shop offers free clothes to people in need in southern Vietnam
Tuoi Tre News Updated : 05/28/2017 16:28 GMT + 7
Nguyen Thi Tuyet Van helps a ‘customer’ try on a shirt at the ‘Zero Dong Store’ in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang.
A woman from An Giang Province, located in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, has been running a shop that offers free-of-charge clothes to the disadvantaged.
The venue, named “Zero Dong Store,” is owned by Nguyen Thi Tuyet Van in Tri Ton Town, An Giang, which has become popular not only with local residents but also with people from other localities.
Prayer 159
Jesus,
When flames consume me for 18 thousand days and more,
please help me hold them dear at all times.
Help me see their gentle beauty
and regard them still as your precious gift.
Amen.
PTH
VN women shoulder the burden of unpaid care
vietnamnews – Update: May, 26/2017 – 10:30
A woman prepares lunch for her family in Hà Nội. — VNS Photo Trương Vị
HÀ NỘI — As a mother of two, 32-year-old Nguyễn Bích Liên in Hà Nội’s Hoàng Mai District says working outside and doing chores exhausts her. Liên is typical of working women in a Vietnamese city, who work eight hours or more while still take care of most of a household’s domestic work.
Liên said she and her husband leave for work at half past six in the morning. On the way to work, they drop their two children – a 5-year-old daughter and a 2-year-old son – at their parents’ house where the children have breakfast, then the grandfather takes the girl to school and the grandmother looks after their son until late afternoon.
Milk competition gets fierce in Vietnam
TUOI TRE NEWS – Updated : 05/28/2017 15:23 GMT + 7
Milk brands in Vietnam are pouring millions of dollars into promotional campaigns and the development of new products to secure their foothold in the increasingly competitive market.
The domestic milk market is seeing an explosion in the range of products offered by manufacturers in their attempt to appeal to customers who are paying more and more attention to the content of their milk.
HCM City pushes for use of eco-friendly bags
vietnamnet – Last update 17:32 | 23/05/2017
HCM City has urged the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to strengthen promotion of eco-friendly plastic bag usage, to limit the impact of nylon bags on the environment.
All supermarkets in HCM City have committed to using eco-friendly bags. Retailers and traders in traditional markets are being encouraged to commit to using eco-friendly plastic bags instead of nylon bags.
Drastically limiting the use of plastic bags, which do not decompose, the city’s People’s Committee has also asked the ministry to study and issue regulations on the use of nylon bags at markets, trade centres, convenience stores and bookstores.
Prayer 158
Jesus,
By Your grace and love,
I summon You from the far place into my present awareness.*
And now, I know You are with me, I am still.
When I walk through the fire,
You cover me up with Your wings
and the flame does not scorch me. Continue reading Prayer 158
Việt Nam launches book to prevent child abuse
vietnamnews – Update: May, 23/2017 – 17:00
The handbook titled “Respect! My Body!”, a guide for adults and teachers to talk to children about body boundaries and sexual abuse. — VNS Photo Thu Trang
HÀ NỘI — A handbook titled “Respect! My Body!”, a guide for adults and teachers to talk to children about body boundaries and sexual abuse, was launched on Tuesday in Hà Nội.
The event was organised jointly by the Swedish Embassy, Save the Children in Việt Nam and Việt Nam Programme for Internet and Society.
Japanese students clean classrooms to learn life skills
New home for rescued capitive bears in Vinh Phuc
vietnamnet – Last update 17:11 | 17/05/2017
Vietnam Bear Sanctuary in Tam Dao National Park, Vinh Phuc, the first of its kind in the country, is opening for visitors to raise public awareness of protecting the endangered species.
 Operating since April 2008, the sanctuary spans 1.2 hectares and can accommodate 200 bears.  Two newly-inaugurated semi-natural outdoor enclosures linked with two double bear houses cover a total area of more than 5,600 square metres. |
Lời cầu nguyện 157 – Prayer 157
Giêsu ơi,
Giêsu ăn uống với những người thu thuế và người tội lỗi.*
Giêsu thấy mọi người đều như nhau,
và không phân biệt đối xử với người công chính cũng không phân biệt đối xử với người tội lỗi.
Trái tim Giêsu là trái tim bình đẳng. Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 157 – Prayer 157
Zinc deficiency rampant in VN women, children
VIETNAMNEWS – Update: May, 24/2017 – 09:00
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| VNS infographic Đoàn Tùng |
HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese people are zinc deficient at an alarming rate, especially pregnant women and young children.The information was announced on Monday at a symposium to welcome Việt Nam Micronutrient Day (June 1-2).
A survey conducted in 2015 showed that nearly 70 per cent of children under five suffer from zinc deficiency. Children from mountainous areas are most affected, at 80.8 per cent. The figures are 71.6 per cent for children in rural areas and 49.7 per cent for children in urban areas.
Hon Do coral island – new destination for summer retreat
vietnamnet – Last update 14:41 | 05/05/2017
The south-central province of Ninh Thuan has been known for Thap Cham (Cham Towers), Hang Rai (Rai Cave) and Vinh Hy Bay. However, a new destination, the pristine, romantic and peaceful Hon Do coral island was recently recommended.
Hon Do, around 20km from the city’s centre, is a new destination in NinhThuan.
It still preserves a pristine natural beauty with clean beaches, gold dust, green trees and salt marsh.
Đọt Chuối Non 