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Artificial island, Biển Đông, Quốc phòng, Thế giới, Trang tiếng Anh

An Operational South China Sea Strategy for the United States

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By Marvin Ott • June 24, 2015

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer U.S.S. Fitzgerald transits the South China Sea on the evening of April 17, 2015. Source: USNavy's flickr photostream, U.S. Government Work.

 – China’s campaign of overt territorial expansion in the South China Sea constitutes an increasingly urgent strategic challenge to the United States and its security partners in Southeast Asia. Absent effective countermeasures, the predictable future for the South China Sea will include China’s piecemeal seizure of additional territory and its further deployment of naval and air assets until it has de facto control of all the South China Sea within the “nine-dash line” demarcated on Chinese maps. International maritime passage through the South China Sea will be subject to Chinese regulation and approval. Continue reading An Operational South China Sea Strategy for the United States →

Môi trường, Trang tiếng Anh, Văn Hóa

Vietnam’s ancient town to limit number of visitors to popular islands to preserve biosphere

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By Hua Xuyen Huynh, TNN

HOI AN – Thursday, June 25, 2015 18:42


Tourists on Cu Lao Cham, Hoi An. Photo: C.T.V

Facing the recent huge influxes of tourists, Hoi An’s authorities have decided to allow only 3,000 people to visit its Cu Lao Cham Islands every day, saying the biosphere recognized by UNESCO needs to be protected.

The new rule is slated to take effect on July 1. Continue reading Vietnam’s ancient town to limit number of visitors to popular islands to preserve biosphere →

Phát triển luật pháp, Trang tiếng Anh

Foreigners need border permits

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A number of tourist spots like Co To Island, Can Gio Biosphere Reserve and Mu Cang Chai mountainous commune are included in the list of restricted border areas. — File Photo

HA NOI (VNS) — Starting July 11, non-Vietnamese citizens will be required to obtain permits from the Immigration Management Office of the Ministry of Public Security to enter certain areas along the border.

The new requirement is mentioned in a recent regulatory circular covering border region operations. Continue reading Foreigners need border permits →

Môi trường, Trang tiếng Anh

Filling canals to develop projects raises environmental concerns in Ho Chi Minh City

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TTN -UPDATED : 06/22/2015 14:41 GMT + 7

A man rows his boat on Ca Cam Canal, with buildings of the Riviera Point project seen in the background, in Ho Chi Minh City. Tuoi Tre

While lowlands and canal systems are crucial for the drainage of Ho Chi Minh City, large areas of such land plots have been zoned for realty projects, whose developers do not hesitate to fill the waterways to serve construction.

The real estate developers, however, do not violate any laws in doing so as they have been allowed by local authorities to fill canals when obtaining the investment license.

In some projects, the developers are required to create lakes for water moderation to prevent flooding in case of heavy downpours, but not all businesses comply with the requirement. Continue reading Filling canals to develop projects raises environmental concerns in Ho Chi Minh City →

Môi trường, Trang tiếng Anh

Rhino horn demand plunges

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Ambassador Ted Osius of the United States rides a bicycle yesterday in Ha Noi as part of a campaign calling on people to protect the rhino. Demand for rhino horns has decreased sharply a year after the campaign was launched, officials say. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Son

HA NOI (VNS) — Rhino horn demand has decreased by 77 per cent in Ha Noi and 38 per cent across Viet Nam, more than a year after a campaign was launched to eliminate its use.

The numbers show the country’s determination to tackle the long-existing problem, said Nguyen Ba Ngai, deputy head of the Viet Nam Forestry Administration under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Develoment. Continue reading Rhino horn demand plunges →

Năng lượng tái tạo, Trang tiếng Anh

EU FTA to unlock green-growth

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Viet Nam would be able to profit from the EU’s successful experience in developing a renewable energy sector, Herceg said. — Illustrative image/ Photo VNA

HCM CITY (VNS) — The free trade agreement being negotiated between Viet Nam and the EU is expected to encourage businesses to reform and update technology, an important factor in promoting green growth in the country, according to the deputy chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee.

Tat Thanh Cang, speaking at a briefing organised by EuroCham and its Green Growth Sector yesterday in HCM City, said that Viet Nam should target green growth to ensure sustainable development. Continue reading EU FTA to unlock green-growth →

Artificial island, Biển Đông, Quốc phòng, Trang tiếng Anh

Diplomacy changes, construction continues: New images of Mischief and Subi Reefs

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June 18, 2015

amti.csis – On June 16, 2015, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang announced that “as planned, the land reclamation project of China’s construction on some stationed islands and reefs of the Nansha (Spratly) Islands will be completed in the upcoming days.” He went on to note that after land reclamation on existing features was complete, China would continue to construct facilities on its new islands. As of June 17, AMTI assesses that two of China’s land reclamation projects are fully complete, three are nearly complete, and two are ongoing, with active land reclamation still taking place. The map below shows the current status of China’s Spratly building projects.

Continue reading Diplomacy changes, construction continues: New images of Mischief and Subi Reefs →

ASEAN, Phát triển kinh tế, TPP, Trang tiếng Anh

TPP: An Important First Step in the Process of Asia-Pacific Economic Integration

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 • June 17, 2015

By Shinichi Isobe

Source: CSIS External Relations.

Although congressional authorization of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) is in limbo now, the House decided to take up the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) bill again by the end of Julyand kept the window of opportunity open. The TPA bill passed the House on June 12 but the TAA bill failed. Both are bundled as one package of a bill, and thus TAA needs to pass the House for the president to sign it. Once they are signed into law, the United States and Japan may conclude bilateral trade talks and that will lead to the conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations. Joint participation in TPP presents a significant opportunity for both countries to assume a leadership role in shaping the rules and norms for trade in the Asia Pacific, but TPP is one step in a long process of regional economic integration that will unfold in the years to come. Continue reading TPP: An Important First Step in the Process of Asia-Pacific Economic Integration →

Thể thao, Trang tiếng Anh

Vietnam finishes 3rd at SEA Games, now aims for 2016 Olympics

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TNN – SINGAPORE – Tuesday, June 16, 2015 17:24


Nguyen Thi Anh Vien, 19, has won 8 gold medals and broke 8 records at the 28th Southeast Asian Games in Singapore. Photo: Kha Hoa

Ranked third at the 28th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games with 73 gold medals, Vietnam has exceeded the target of 60 golds, with many young athletes now aiming to compete at the 2016 Olympics.

Tran Duc Phan, who led the Vietnamese delegate to the biennial multi-sport Games for the 11-nation block in Singapore from June 5-16, said the country’s participation has been successful. Continue reading Vietnam finishes 3rd at SEA Games, now aims for 2016 Olympics →

Bang giao quốc tế, Phát triển kinh tế, Trang tiếng Anh

Vietnam’s trade deficit with China suspected to be much higher than reported

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By Nguyen Nga – Tran Tam , TNN

HA NOI – Monday, June 15, 2015 08:07

Goods smuggled from China being destroyed. Photo: Ngoc Thang

Many Vietnamese economists have been raising questions about the actual trade deficit with China, saying that there is a huge mismatch between figures released by the two governments.

At a meeting of the National Assembly last week, Mai Huu Tin from the southern province of Binh Duong raised the issue, pointing out that while Vietnam reported the deficit at US$28.9 billion last year, Chinese statistics pegged it at $43.8 billion. Continue reading Vietnam’s trade deficit with China suspected to be much higher than reported →

Artificial island, Biển Đông, Phát triển chính trị, Phát triển kinh tế, Quốc phòng, Thế giới, Trang tiếng Anh

Southeast Asia’s Geopolitical Centrality and the U.S.-Japan Alliance

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By Ernest Z. Bower, Murray Hiebert, Gregory B. Poling, Phuong Nguyen

 

JUN 11, 2015

 
CSIS – Building on a careful analysis of Southeast Asia’s recent history, politics, economics, and place within the Asia Pacific, this report looks forward two decades to anticipate the development of trends in the region and how they will impact the U.S.-Japan alliance. How will Southeast Asian states come to grips with the political and economic rise of China? How will they modernize their military forces and security relationships, and what role can the United States and Japan play? Continue reading Southeast Asia’s Geopolitical Centrality and the U.S.-Japan Alliance →

Trang tiếng Anh, Y tế

Rights for disabled high on VN agenda

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Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga. — Photo VNA

NEW YORK (VNS) — The protection of the rights of people with disabilities was high on Viet Nam’s agenda, said Ambassador Nguyen Phuong Nga, Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to the United Nations (UN)

“We have put in place legal, regulatory and policy frameworks to this end,” she said at the eighth Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that opened on Tuesday in New York. Continue reading Rights for disabled high on VN agenda →

Các vấn đề xã hội, Trang tiếng Anh

Viet Nam has some 1.75 million child labourers

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Around 1.75 million children, or nearly 10 per cent of children age 5 to 17 in Viet Nam, are child labourers. — Photo baogiaothong.vn

HA NOI (VNS) — Some 1.75 million children, or nearly 10 per cent of children age 5 to 17 in Viet Nam, are child labourers, according to an International Labour Organisation (ILO) report.

The report was released on June 12 to coincide with World Day Against Child Labour. Continue reading Viet Nam has some 1.75 million child labourers →

Artificial island, Biển Đông, Thế giới, Trang tiếng Anh

Australia Has a Larger Role to Play in the South China Sea

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by  • June 4, 2015

Both the tone and substance of South China Sea discussions in Australian policy circles has undergone an important shift in recent months. What was previously a second-tier security concern to be watched closely and engaged diplomatically, but at a safe distance, has become a heated discussion about concrete responses. Australian policymakers are as concerned as anyone about China’s breakneck land reclamation in the Spratly Islands and the threats, both legal and military, they pose to the global commons. Australian officials and thinkers are seriously considering options to contest Chinese assertiveness, in tandem with the United States and other partners, which would have seemed distant possibilities a year ago. Continue reading Australia Has a Larger Role to Play in the South China Sea →

Phát triển chính trị, Phát triển kinh tế, Trang tiếng Anh

Vietnam obliged to buy Chinese trains for Hanoi’s urban railway: minister

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By Mai Ha, Thanh Nien News

HA NOI – Tuesday, June 09, 2015 20:11

The design of Cat Linh – Ha Dong elevated railway in Hanoi. Photo credit: Transport Ministry’s project management unit

Vietnam is obliged to buy 13 trains from China for Hanoi’s first urban railway line under a bilateral financing agreement, Transport Minister Dinh La Thang said on Tuesday, responding to question about the rationale for the purchase.

The Cat Linh – Ha Dong project is implemented in accordance with an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) arrangement, meaning that Vietnam has to hire Chinese companies for the work and use Chinese equipment, he said. Continue reading Vietnam obliged to buy Chinese trains for Hanoi’s urban railway: minister →