Category Archives: Trang tiếng Anh

Amid land grabs and evictions, Cambodia jails leading activist


Cambodians demonstrating in support of land rights activist Tep Vanny are detained outside the Phnom Penh Municipal Court on Thursday. | REUTERS

JAPAN TIMES by and

Thomson Reuters Foundation Feb 25, 2017

PHNOM PENH – Even before a Cambodian judge sentenced land rights activist Tep Vanny to prison, her fellow campaigners said her fate had already been sealed.

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Vietnam localities defend receiving costly cars gifted by local businesses

TUOI TRE NEWS – Updated : 02/24/2017 16:48 GMT + 7

Authorities from one Vietnamese city and another province have addressed public concerns over luxury cars gifted to the local governments by local businesses, saying the practice is by no means a legal or ethical issue.

State entities in the central city of Da Nang and the southernmost province of Ca Mau have attracted public attention following reports from local media outlets that a number of state-owned cars at their disposal were presents from the local business community.

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Maze-like sidewalk fences pose challenges for pedestrians in Ho Chi Minh City

Tuoi Tre News– Updated : 02/26/2017 11:21 GMT + 7

An entrance to the sidewalk around Cho Ray Hospital in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, is fenced with a maze-like set of barriers. Tuoi Tre

Sidewalks along a major hospital in Ho Chi Minh City have been equipped with a complicated system of barricades, an effort originally meant to reclaim space from vendors for pedestrians but now turning out to create immense difficulty for the latter.

Promenades along the sections of Thuan Kieu and Nguyen Chi Thanh Streets that surround Cho Ray Hospital, considered the city’s best general infirmary located in District 5, have been fenced up to prevent sidewalk drivers and street vendors from encroaching on the spaces.

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Old loves highlight Japan and Vietnam’s new bonds

Japan Today – By My Pham Feb. 25, 2017 – 06:00AM JST

Old loves highlight Japan and Vietnam's new bonds
Vietnamese Nguyen Thi Xuan, 94, who married Japanese soldier Nguyen Van Duc during World War Two, poses with a portrait of him at her house in Hanoi, Vietnam. Reuters photo

HANOI — “This is my husband,” said 94-year-old Nguyen Thi Xuan, holding up a pillow wrapped in a Vietnamese flag, with a Japanese army shirt pushed inside. She sleeps with it every night.

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New casino rule attracts big investors, new players

Last update 16:00 | 22/02/2017

VietNamNet Bridge – A flight carrying the representative of a US-based group which runs many large casinos worldwide landed in Vietnam just days before Vietnam’s traditional Tet holiday. A closed negotiation was conducted in an effort to enter the domestic casino market.

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Just days later, Decree No 03 on casino management  [Nghị Địnn 3/2017/NĐ-CP], which allows Vietnamese to go to casinos, was issued.

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Bodies, individuals related to Formosa disaster made public

Viet Nam News – Update: February, 23/2017 – 09:59

Infringements and defects committed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Party Civil Affairs Committee and individuals involved in the Formosa fish deaths were serious and must be punished, announced the Central Inspection Commission. — VNA/VNS Photo Võ Dung

HÀ NỘI – Infringements and defects committed by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment’s Party Civil Affairs Committee and individuals involved in the Formosa fish deaths were serious and must be punished, announced the Central Inspection Commission.

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Asia-Pacific freedom tested: US admiral

news.com.au February 23, 20178:00am

By Peter Mitchell, AAP US Correspondent Australian Associated Press

One of America’s top military commanders has painted a bleak picture of the Asia-Pacific, declaring freedom, justice and the rules-based international order hang in the balance.

Admiral Harry Harris, head of the US Pacific Command, told a conference in San Diego the path to stability in the region faces four considerable challenges: North Korea, China, Russia and Islamic State.

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Japan’s ‘zero waste town’ is so good at recycling that it is attracting foreign visitors

South China Morning Post

Residents of Kamikatsu diligently sort their waste into 45 different categories so it can be recycled, reused or composted

A small town in western Japan has become so good at recycling that it has been attracting foreign visitors, after its efforts became widely known via YouTube.

The documentary video, titled How This Town Produces No Trash with English narration and captions, explains how the 2,000 or so residents of town of Kamikatsu in Tokushima Prefecture diligently sort and recycle their waste according to 34 designated categories, peeling off labels and removing bottle caps as they go. Since the video was produced in late 2015, the categories have been increased to 45.

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The Paracels: Beijing’s Other South China Sea Buildup

AMTI Published: February 8, 2017

While China’s expansion of its seven outposts in the Spratly Islands has dominated headlines since large-scale dredging began at the end of 2013, efforts to upgrade its capabilities in the Paracels farther north have received relatively little attention. But the island chain plays a key role in China’s goal of establishing surveillance and power projection capabilities throughout the South China Sea. To this end, Beijing has undertaken substantial upgrades of its military infrastructure in the Paracels.

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Keen singer to police cell – Vietnamese suspect in Kim murder

Reuters, Wednesday Feb 22, 2017

Doan Thi Huong in an undated photo. Royal Malaysia Police/Handout via Reuters

Doan Thi Huong in an undated photo. Royal Malaysia Police/Handout via Reuters

By Matthew Tostevin

The Vietnamese woman suspected of helping to kill the North Korean leader’s half-brother was a keen singer whose Facebook pages featured pouting portraits and pictures of parties.

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