Jesus,
We’ll go to my friend’s wedding tonight.
So would you choose an outfit and makeup for me?
…
Wow, very nice.
Thank you.
I’m so pleased.
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Signaling sovereignty: Chinese patrols at contested reefs
September 26, 2019 | AMTI Brief
Signaling Sovereignty: Chinese Patrols at Contested Reefs
China Coast Guard (CCG) vessels have been harassing a drilling rig operating in a Vietnamese oil and gas block near Vanguard Bank, an underwater feature in the South China Sea, since June. Meanwhile, a large contingent of CCG ships have since July been escorting the Chinese state-owned survey ship Haiyang Dizhi 8 operating off the Vietnamese coast farther north. These actions have drawn attention to the CCG’s increasing role in asserting Chinese claims over seabed resources throughout the South China Sea. They also highlight how the CCG’s access to newly-built port facilities on artificial islands in the Spratlys allows it to sustain such deployments. But less appreciated is the persistent presence the CCG maintains around several symbolically important features in the South China Sea: Luconia Shoals, Second Thomas Shoal, and Scarborough Shoal.
Volunteers help homeless people
vietnamnews – Update: September, 08/2019 – 08:48 –
Trần Hoàng Nam
On a stormy Friday night, Nguyễn Thị Vân, 80 something, shivered in her worn out raincoat. Leaning against a wall on a quiet Hà Nội street, she wiped her dark and wrinkled face.
A group of young people approached her and gave her some food and a bottle of water.
“Charity food is so delicious and hot,” the woman said after eating for a while. “I long for it every Friday night. I just wonder why they are so kindhearted.”
Donated land gives the gift of education
vietnamnews – Update: July, 28/2019 – 08:32 – By Hồng Điệp
Poor children in Bôn Sar Village, in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, are now able to read and write thanks to Nay Bim, an elderly villager who donated land and funds to build a school.
The school has just five small classrooms, each big enough for about 22 children, but it has been operating effectively for nearly 15 years. Children from poor families are able to get an education and improve their lives.
Villagers benefit from reviving natural farming practices
vietnamnews – Update: August, 25/2019 – 08:56
by Bùi Hoài Nam
A group of farmers in Thanh Đông Village, nestled in the busy suburban tourist destination of Hội An’s Cẩm Thanh Commune, have transformed their land into a healthy organic garden and a favourite rendezvous for nature lovers by moving away from their prolonged use of pesticides and fertiliser.
It was one of the first villages in the suburbs of Hội An that completely stopped using chemical-based nutrients and protective substances, setting the stage for the development of a unique organic agricultural destination.
Việt Nam’s energy transition faces challenges
VNN – Update: September, 20/2019 – 09:09
Việt Nam News talks to Vietnamese and Danish lawmakers and experts about barriers that Việt Nam has faced in energy transition to reach sustainable development goals, experience from Denmark and the two countries’ partnership in the field.
Wake up and smell the cinnamon
vietnamnews – Update: September, 08/2019 – 08:13
By Thanh An
Cinnamon might smell like Christmas to many in the West, but to some Vietnamese farmers, it smells like prosperity.
The spice has been long seen by farmers of Phong Dụ Thượng Commune in the northern province of Yên Bái as a path to escaping poverty.
Charity class makes dreams come true for needy children
vietnamnews – Update: August, 18/2019 – 08:40
HCM CITY On an area of 10 square metres in a narrow alley on Sài Gòn riverbank is a special classroom which has operated for more than 20 years making literary dreams come true for many underprivileged children in the city.
The class, affectionately called the ‘Phú Mỹ Love Class’, offers knowledge to about 30 children of different ages including orphans and those with autism or disabilities.
Prayer 678
Jesus,
Next to a big road is a small street.
Next to a noisy road is a quiet street.
Next to a fast road is a slow street.
I love small, quiet and slow streets.
I love tree-lined streets.
I love enjoying those streets.
The wind!
So fresh. Continue reading Prayer 678
English teacher makes dream come true
Update: March, 03/2019 – 09:00
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| Inspiring: Teacher Trần Thị Thúy (left) talks with one of her students during an English lesson. — Photo baohungyen.vn |
Viet Nam News by Mai Khuyên
HƯNG YÊN — Teacher Trần Thị Thúy, 32, from Đức Hợp High School in the northern province of Hưng Yên remembered how her dream started, when she got hold of a bilingual magazine in 1999.
“That was really an unforgettable moment. A new world opened up and I was inspired, so I pledged to study English as a way to help myself realise my dream,” said Thúy.
Prayer 677
Jesus,
Today is beautiful.
Sunny morning.
White clouds in the blue sky.
We’ve just had breakfast together.
So peaceful.
…
Do you want me to think about Song of songs of Solomon?
Yes, I do.
Prayer 676
Jesus,
Mary, your mother, was brave.
When the angel said to her,
“You will conceive and give birth to a son,
and you are to call him Jesus.”
“How will this be,” Mary asked the angel,
“since I am a virgin?” Continue reading Prayer 676
To my sweetheart on our first Valentines’ Day
Dear M. sweetheart,
I could not be more grateful for you to appear in my life. Your words are beautiful and touching my heart. It seems like I was living in the moments with you again and again. I see your smiles and deep eyes, our loving hugs and first kisses. I see the moments when you laugh and you cry. Your tears to me is like a string of pearls, as precious and genuine as ever. No ordinary man could be so brave to let a woman see him crying in her arms. It must be a man in love and deep sincerity and I am just lucky to be a witnesses. Continue reading To my sweetheart on our first Valentines’ Day
Prayer 675
Jesus,
I’m going to meet my friend.
I wish our talking is full of your love and peace.
So please fill my heart with your love and peace.
Help me listen to my friend.
Make me an instrument of your peace.
I wish my friend is peaceful.
…
We’ve just talked together.
So happy, joyful and peaceful.
Thank you.
Love you, Jesus.
Amen.
PTH
Lời cầu nguyện 674 – Prayer 674
Giêsu ơi,
Ăn bún mắm nhá.
Em thích bún mắm.
Em thích ăn bún mắm ở quán vỉa hè nhỏ
gần chợ cóc.
Ngồi xuống đây, Giêsu.
Chờ chút.
Quán lúc nào cũng đông.
Đọt Chuối Non 