Jesus,
Tomorrow,
if I die,
I’ll be satisfied,
for in this life I know You.
For I know I’m from You
and I’m coming back to You,
I love my Mom so much. Continue reading Prayer 144
Category Archives: Trang tiếng Anh
Malaysia’s zero waste ambition
Though progress on reducing and managing waste in Malaysia has been slow and patchy, there are heartening stories of companies, governments and individuals leading the way. Persistence is key to winning the war on waste say those fighting it.
Malaysians produce 37,000 tonnes of garbage every day, and waste 15,000 tonnes of food every daily. Image Campusplus
eco-business_Auto City is an unlikely place for one of corporate Malaysia’s more ambitious zero waste initiatives.
Located on mainland Penang, it is a busy commercial hub spread over eight hectares and dedicated to retail, dining and entertainment. Given the nature of its business, kitchen waste is inevitable but waste going to a landfill is not, the company’s founder Gary Teoh believes.
Vietnamese designers raise body-shaming awareness through print ads
TUOI TRE NEWS – Updated : 05/08/2017 15:32 GMT + 7
Print ads aimed at crushing stereotypes about physical beauty are the theme of a competition held for young designers in Vietnam.
The designs send a haunting message about body shaming, the practice of making negative comments on a person’s body shape or size.
The 16 best designs were voted on by Facebook users, ten of which will be selected by a board of judges for exhibition at a festival this weekend at the Ho Chi Minh City campus of the Foreign Trade University.
Hoang Su Phi terraced fields in rainy season
vietnamnet Last update 12:52 | 01/08/2016
VietNamNet Bridge – The fairy scene of the terraced fields in Hoang Su Phi is a worthy gift for tourists who overcome a long road full of obstacles.
Unlike Mu Cang Chai or Y Ty, the terraces in Hoang Su Phi (Ha Giang provinces) are steeper and more tottery. This makes the scene even more spectacular.
In the harvesting season, Hoang Su Phi is in yellow but in the rainy season, it is a mixture of young green of rice and sparkling light of water on hundreds of stairs stretching from the peak to the foothills.
Lời cầu nguyện 143 – Prayer 143
Giêsu ơi,
Chiều nay mình có nên tô màu một chút không?
Gác công việc sang bên.
Thư giãn và thả lỏng.
Nếu muốn nhanh, hãy chậm lại.
Mình sẽ tô màu cuốn sách nào? Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 143 – Prayer 143
Watchdog says Vietnamese officials bribed by log smugglers
Posted May 8, 2017 4:29 am EDT
Last Updated May 8, 2017 at 5:20 am EDT
FILE – In this July 2002 file photo, dust flows from under the truck loaded with logs as it makes its way on a rural road in Preah Vihear province, north of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. An environmental watchdog has accused Vietnamese government and military officials of taking payoffs to ignore vast smuggling of lucrative lumber from neighboring Cambodia. Millions of dollars in bribes have been paid by Vietnamese timber traders to both Vietnamese and Cambodian officials, the report issued Monday, May 8, 2017, by the U.K.-based Environmental Investigation Agency alleges. (AP Photo/ Heng Sinith, File)
BANGKOK – An environmental watchdog has accused Vietnamese government and military officials of taking payoffs to ignore vast smuggling of lucrative lumber from neighbouring Cambodia.
Chinese association poses high risk in anti-dumping investigation
vietnamnet – Last update 16:00 | 09/05/2017
VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam will have to pay a heavy price if its products continue to be associated with Chinese, economists have warned.
Many products including iron, steel and wood from Vietnam are under an investigation by the US Department of Commerce (DOC) and may be subject to anti-dumping duties.
Dinh Son Hung, former deputy head of the HCMC Institute for Development Studies, said the US side said it decided to investigate products from Vietnam because it suspects they originated from China but were labeled as Vietnamese.
Bau Sen – An oasis in Mui Ne’s sand dunes
vietnamnet Last update 09:00 | 03/03/2017
VietNamNet Bridge – In Phan Thiet City, Binh Thuan Province, which is dubbed the “capital of resorts”, tourists should not miss a chance to visit the breathtaking sand dunes and Bau Sen (lotus lagoon).
Located in Hong Lam Village, Hoa Thang Commune, Bac Binh District, around 40 kilometers from Phan Thiet, Bau Sen is a natural fresh water lagoon which is divided into two smaller lagoons by a sand dune.
The lagoon is a primary source of fresh water for Cham ethic people in the locality.
Lời cầu nguyện 142 – Prayer 142
Giêsu ơi,
Giêsu muốn ăn cơm sáng không?
Lâu rồi em không ăn cơm (em cảm thấy vậy), em nhớ cơm.
Hôm nay ăn chút cơm cũng tốt.
Ngồi xuống đất nhé, thật mát.
Sáng nay nắng nhẹ gió nhẹ.
Một ngày hè đẹp. Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 142 – Prayer 142
$20,000 for a rice export license – fact or fiction?
vietnamnet Last update 10:05 | 06/03/2017
VietNamNet Bridge – Rice exporters complain they have to satisfy many requirements and pay under-the-table money to obtain a license to export rice.
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| Mr Ngo Van Nam |
Everyone knows that it is costly to obtain a license to export rice, but rice exporters had never revealed how much a license costs until the director of a rice export company mentioned this at a seminar recently.
Ngo Van Nam, general director of ADC Company Ltd, said that one license ‘costs no less than $20,000’.
Conserving the floods in the Mekong Delta: A story from the Vietnam component of the Integrated Planning to Implement the CBD Strategic Plan and Increase Ecosystem Resilience to Climate Change project
International Union for Conversation of Nature
Intensive rice production is the predominant cause for the loss of biodiversity and resilience to climate change in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. Today, less than 5% of the natural wetlands of the Delta remain. In order to intensively grow rice in the upper-delta deep flood zone, traditional low dyke systems that have supported 2 rice crops in a year while allowing floods to enter the dyke system in the flood season, have been converted into high dykes that displace the floods so that a third rice crop can be grown.
Photo: Diversified lotus farming systems as flood retention areas © IUCN Viet Nam
This costly hard infrastructure has disrupted the natural flood pulse of the Mekong Delta and reduced the amount of wetlands with devastating impacts on the aquatic biodiversity that underpins the fisheries livelihoods of particularly poor people, and the loss of sediment replenishment necessary for agricultural sustainability.
Prayer 141
Jesus,
I miss you.
Although you always stay around me, I miss you.
Everytime I miss you, I open the Holy Bible to read.
Reading the Holy Bible is reading your heart.
I want to understand you more.
(I’m opening the Holy Bible.)
What book do you want me to read? Continue reading Prayer 141
HCM City residents plagued by overloaded dumps
vietnamnet – Last update 11:57 | 21/04/2017
VietNamNet Bridge – HCM City faces a shortage of garbage collection stations, with empty pavements in public areas often used as makeshift stations.
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| A garbage collection station in District 3 of HCM City. |
At the collection stations, rubbish is collected, sorted for disposal and then transferred to dumping sites or treatment zones, but these unhygienic tasks have been performed in public areas.
Meanwhile, current garbage stations are dilapidated and overloaded, polluting the environment and becoming a nightmare for those living nearby.
Cities not ready for climate change: experts
VIETNAMNEWS – Update: April, 17/2017 – 09:00
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| A flooded alley in District 12, HCM City. High tides broke sewer No. 4 in the district’s Thạnh Xuân 25 Street during the rainy season in October last year, flooding the neighbourhood and disrupting the lives of residents. — VNA/VNS Photo Mạnh Linh |
HA NOI – Most Vietnamese cities lack the capacity to confront climate change challenges, experts say, calling for greater preparedness efforts.
Cities have to be ready to adapt to new situations and unexpected developments, ensuring essential services to residents at all times, they add.
Farm of tiny watermelon in Da Lat
vietnamnet – Last update 14:47 | 05/05/2017
The Pepino melon farm owned by Nguyen Dinh in Da lat has brought huge benefits to its owner while itself becoming a tourist attraction.
 The farm is next to Chien Thang Lake in ward 8, Central Highlands’ Da Lat City.
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