Category Archives: Trang tiếng Anh

Lien Chieu Port to play key role for a sustainable Da Nang

  Wednesday, Nov 13, 2019 08:45

A corner of the Tien Sa Port. Experts says Tien Sa Port should not be enlarged because a bypass system linking the port and the logistics centre would damage Da Nang City’s architecture planning. — VNS Photos

bizhub – Speeding up the construction of the new Lien Chieu Cargo Port would help promote Da Nang as a key international logistics centre, and allow the existing Tien Sa Port to be reserved for cruise ships only.

Former general director of Tien Sa Port, Nguyen Huu Sia, made the statement at a recent workshop held to discuss changes to the city’s Master Plan proposed by Sakae Holdings and Subarna Jurong Consultants from Singapore.

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Learning 1 but knowing 10

Dear brothers and sisters,

How to learn 1 but know 10?

Firstly, listen to your leader or teacher carefully.

Secondly, do exactly what your leader or teacher want you to do.

The higher your leader or teacher is, the more gentle he/she says. So if you don’t listen to your leader or teacher carefully, you never understand exactly and thus, never can do exactly. Continue reading Learning 1 but knowing 10

Good follower

Dear brothers and sisters,

How to become a good follower?

Communicate with your leader.

What does that mean?

It means:

1. Never make your leader feel shocked or surprised because of your acts. Before you do something, although that is a tiny thing, consult your leader. And when your leader has decided, follow your leader and do your best. Continue reading Good follower

PPP regulations to be changed to serve development

VNS –  Monday, Nov 11, 2019 07:54

Part of Ring Road 2 in Ha Noi, which was built under a public private partnership. — VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hung

 More than per 76 per cent of current investment projects following public private partnerships (PPP) are in the field of transport infrastructure, but investors still feel insecure.

Of the 289 PPP investment projects, there are 220 involved in transport infrastructure, said Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Nhat attending a conference themed “Solutions to promote investment in the development of transport system structure under PPP” in the capital last week.

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China companies worst in Asia for environmental sustainability, Hong Kong firms fare best—report

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A Chinese junkman searches a garbage dump for useful products at a landfill on the outskirts of Guiyang city, in southwest China’s Guizhou province.  Image: Imaginechina-Editorial, CC BY-SA 2.0

The failure of China’s largest corporations to meet waste management and emissions reductions targets have given them the lowest score in a ranking of how companies report their environmental impact. Singapore companies also fare poorly while Hong Kong firms top the list.

Companies from the world’s second-largest economy rank the lowest among Asia’s most developed economies on how they report their environmental impact, research by a United Kingdom-based financial markets data provider has revealed.

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Buying first home remains a pipe dream for young Vietnamese

vnexpress.net By Dat Nguyen   November 1, 2019 | 11:10 am

Buying first home remains a pipe dream for young Vietnamese
Apartment buildings seen in Hoang Mai District, Hanoi. Photo by VnExpress/Nhat Quang.

Surging prices and a decline in the supply of affordable apartments are making it almost impossible for young Vietnamese to buy their first home.

Pham Hoai Nam used to think that being a grown-up means having a stable job, a good salary, a beautiful girlfriend, and his own house.

Now, at age 28, he is able to check off all of those items except the last one.

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Save the whole world

Dear brothers and sisters,

The world has many bad people, the wicked, the sinners… We live in the world, why do we not die because of the negative energy?

Because the world has saints.

The saints are the persons loving God, loving people.

Although the world has a few saints, we don’t die, we’re alive. Love from a few saints saves the whole world. Continue reading Save the whole world

English proficiency of Vietnamese hits five-year low: EF report

tuoitre – Wednesday, November 06, 2019, 14:05 GMT+7

English proficiency of Vietnamese hits five-year low: EF report
A foreign teacher shows a student a picture during an English lesson at an elementary school in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Nhu Hung / Tuoi Tre

Vietnamese people’s proficiency in using English has fallen for the third year in a row to reach the lowest point since 2015, according to the 2019 English Proficiency Index compiled by the global education firm Education First (EF).

Vietnamese’ English skills improved from “very low” to “low” between 2011 and 2014, before maintaining a “moderate” proficiency level between 2015 and 2018, according to the annual EF report.

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How governments use immigration to boost their economies

Van Linh Nguyen left Vietnam for a construction job in Japan. PHOTOGRAPHER: KEITH BEDFORD

People from abroad bring brains and energy, but there’s always the risk of a backlash.

By  Michelle Jamrisko, Jason Clenfield, Sandrine Rastello, and Matthew Bristow

From New Economy Forum

Governments the world over are grappling with how to make immigration work for their economies without fanning political flames. Nativism helped crystallize support for Brexit in the U.K. and almost cost German Chancellor Angela Merkel a fourth term. President Trump says the U.S. immigration system is “broken”—and while some of his opponents may grudgingly agree with that, there is little common ground on how to repair it.

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Việt Nam, US co-operate in dioxin cleanup at Biên Hòa airbase

VNN – Update: November, 01/2019 – 21:09

Major General Bùi Anh Chung (right), Deputy Commander of the Air Defence-Air Force Command and Bonnie Glick (left), Deputy Administrator of USAID, sign the land handover to initiate dioxin remediation at Biên Hòa airbase. — VNA/VNS Photo Dương Giang

HÀ NỘI — An area measuring 37ha at Biên Hòa airbase was handed over to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for a dioxin clean-up project at Biên Hòa Airport in Đồng Nai Province, the most contaminated spot in the country.

USAID Deputy Administrator Bonnie Glick, US Ambassador to Việt Nam Daniel J. Kritenbrink, Vice Minister of National Defence Senior Lieutenant General Nguyễn Chí Vịnh, and USAID-Việt Nam Mission Director Michael Greene attended the handover ceremony at the Việt Nam Ministry of National Defence’s headquarters in Hà Nội on Friday morning.

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Hanoi first metro line starts 20-day trial run

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By Doan Loan   October 29, 2019 | 12:25 pm GMT+7

Hanoi’s first metro line, the Cat Linh-Ha Dong route, has begun a 20-day commercial operation run for inspection purposes.

The trial will check all aspects or the line’s operations, from functioning stations with staff on duty at operation rooms and ticket booths. Electronic signs and loudspeakers are turned on to instruct metro commuters. Six to nine trains will operate on the route.

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