File photo of Malaysian members of parliament meeting in Kuala Lumpur. (Photo: AFP/Tengku Bahar)
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian parliament passed a Tourism Tax Bill in a record session that lasted for almost 20 hours, ending Thursday (Apr 6) morning.
Parliament was adjourned after the Tourism Tax Bill 2017 that was tabled by Tourism and Culture Minister Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz was passed with a big majority.
TUOI TRE NEWS Updated : 04/05/2017 16:03 GMT + 7
‘Doi song gia dinh’ (Family life), a painting by Le Pho
A painting by 20th-century Vietnamese painter Le Pho has been sold for nearly US$1.2 million at an auction in Hong Kong on Sunday, setting a new record for the highest priced Vietnamese painting ever.
The painting, Family Life (Doi song gia dinh), depicts an intimate family moment during a leisurely day.
Jesus,
I take refuge in you,
only in you,
for only in you I trust.
I believe all who take refuge in you will be glad
and they will ever sing for joy.*
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
Hallelujah!
Amen.
PTH
Update: April, 04/2017 – 08:00
Fishermen unload tuna at Cát Lở Port in Vũng Tàu City. Workers face risks of being kidnapped for labour trafficking in the area. — VNA/VNS Photo Xuân Trường
Viet Nam News BÀ RỊA-VŨNG TÀU — At about 5pm on the last day of January, 24-year-old Nguyễn Đức Hiển from An Giang Province jumped off a fishing vessel as it was getting ashore near Cát Lở Port in Vũng Tàu City.After being rescued by another fishing boat and handed over to the border guards of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province, Hiển revealed that he was tricked by a xe ôm driver in HCM City and sold to the leader of a labour trafficking ring for VNĐ3.5 million (US$154).
Gutsy girls skateboard, climb trees, clamber around, fall down, scrape their knees, get right back up — and grow up to be brave women. Learn how to spark a little productive risk-taking and raise confident girls with stories and advice from firefighter, paraglider and all-around adventurer Caroline Paul.
Giêsu ơi,
Khi nắm tay người đàn ông em yêu, hồn em nhớ you.
Khi nắm tay you, em cảm thấy you cũng nắm tay người ấy,
em bình an.
Em bình an vì you nắm tay em
và tay người ấy.
Giêsu ơi,
TUOI TRE NEWS Updated : 04/03/2017 16:28 GMT + 7
Consumers are seen at a pork stall at a small market in Ho Chi Minh City.
A recent World Bank report claiming that up to 40 percent of pork in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City is potentially contaminated with the salmonella bacteria has raised concern and doubt as to whether the ratio is too high compared with Vietnam’s own statistics.
The World Bank data may not truly reflect the meat safety situation in those cities, according to local insiders.
Thai Rangers patrol in the Rangae district of Thailand’s restive southern province of Narathiwat on Mar 4, 2016. (Photo: AFP/Madaree Tohlala)
YALA, Thailand: Insurgents fired hundreds of shots into a police booth in restive Muslim-majority southern Thailand on Monday, wounding 12 officers in what police called the biggest such attack in years.
A decades-old separatist insurgency in the provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat has claimed more than 6,500 lives since it escalated in 2004, according to independent monitoring group Deep South Watch.
This new REN21 Renewables Global Futures Report presents views of 114 renowned energy experts from around the world, on the feasibility and challenges of achieving a 100% renewable energy future. Their thoughts are grouped into 12 Great Debates ranging from the future of heating and transport, the interconnection of sectors, the role of mega-cities and what utilities of the future could look like. The report does not predict the future but should spur debate about the opportunities and challenges of a 100% renewable energy future.
Read more at: http://www.ren21.net/future-of-renewables/global-futures-report/
Jesus,
You are the true light that give light to all of us.
You are with us,
full of grace and truth.
Out of your fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given.* Continue reading Prayer 113
An Indian boy walks along a flooded bank of the Ganges River in Allahabad on July 10, 2016. | AFP-JIJI
JAPAN TIMES AFP-JIJI Apr 2, 2017
DEHRADUN, INDIA – An Indian court has recognized Himalayan glaciers, lakes and forests as “legal persons” in an effort to curb environmental destruction, weeks after it granted similar status to the country’s two most sacred rivers.
In a decision that aims to widen environmental protections in the mountainous region, the court granted the legal standing to the glaciers Gangotri and Yamunotri,m which feed India’s venerated Ganges and Yamuna rivers, which won the status in a landmark judgment in March.
Giêsu ơi,
Làm sao để chúng em có một trang web tiếng Anh nhiều người dân chúng em thích đọc?
Một trang web, blog, Facebook, tờ báo trực tuyến…
bất cứ thứ gì được viết bằng tiếng Anh dành cho người Việt mà nhiều người chúng em thích đọc. Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 112 – Prayer 112
English: Southeast Asia’s war on drugs doesn’t work – here’s what does
Cuộc chiến đẫm máu đối với ma tuý của Tổng thống Rodrigo Duterte chỉ là một vấn đề mới nhất trong khu vực mà việc sử dụng ma tuý thường đối mặt với các biện pháp khắc nghiệt. 13 năm trước Thái Lan tiến hành một cuộc chiến chống ma tuý đã gây nên tình cảnh tương tự như Philippines
Ngày nay, các nhà làm luật ở Philippines đang lên kế hoạch khôi phục án tử hình để thúc đẩy chiến dịch chống ma tuý. Nhưng việc này, cũng vậy, không hiệu quả ở khu vực này.
Key facts
VIETNAM NEWS Update: March, 30/2017 – 09:00
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| Leaders of six provinces on Tuesday sat down with relevant ministers to talk about the construction of a coastal highway route, the detailed plan for which was approved back in 2010. — Photo vnexpress.net |
HÀ NỘI – Leaders of six provinces on Tuesday sat down with relevant ministers to talk about the construction of a coastal highway route, the detailed plan for which was approved back in 2010.
Đọt Chuối Non 