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How the US continues to impact Vietnam 40 years on

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By An Dien, Thanh Nien News

Thursday, April 30, 2015 12:15

The irony hit its crescendo at the very place where the Vietnam War drew to its end 40 years ago.

Last week, a banner announcing the shareholders’ meeting of the Saigon Securities Incorporation flapped on the gates of the Independence Palace — the same place a pair North Vietnamese tanks made their dramatic entrance on April 30, 1975.

A woman wearing traditional hat pushes her bicycle past McDonald’s restaurant in Ho Chi Minh City March 9, 2015. Photo: Reuters

These days Ho Chi Minh City is awash with signs of capitalism and consumerism. Continue reading How the US continues to impact Vietnam 40 years on →

Thế giới, Trang tiếng Anh

Pay to Stay: Cambodia’s Refugee Policy

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by cogitASIA Staff • April 26, 2015

By Joshua Simonidis

Nauru offshore Australian processing facility for refugees being re-located to Cambodia. Source: DIPB images, used under a creative commons license.
Australia’s offshore processing facility on Nauru for refugees being relocated to Cambodia. Source: DIPB images, used under a creative commons license.

 

In September 2014 the Cambodian government signed an agreement with Canberra to resettle a potentially unlimited number of refugees originally destined for Australia in exchange for increased aid. Human rights groups criticized the agreement and Cambodia’s capacity to handle refugees, but Prime Minister Hun Sen shot back, noting that 85 refugees were resettled in Cambodia in 2009. Yet Phnom Penh’s treatment of Montagnard asylum seekers from neighboring Vietnam shows a disregard for its obligations under the 1951 Refugee Convention, in sharp contrast with the image Cambodia is trying to portray. Continue reading Pay to Stay: Cambodia’s Refugee Policy →

Giáo dục, Phát triển luật pháp, Trang tiếng Anh

Right to privacy in Vietnam media: we are still failing our children

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By Thanh Nguyen, Thanh Nien News

HO CHI MINH CITY – Monday, April 27, 2015 17:25

Students sing the national during a ceremony marking the new school year at a local elementary school in Hanoi. Photo: AFP
Students sing the national during a ceremony marking the new school year at a local elementary school in Hanoi. Photo: AFP

Earlier this month a national TV channel came under fire for a news report on some 17-year-olds smoking shisha.

While the problem was whether VTC14’s reporter tricked the children into smoking to stage the report, it was a rare case in which a Vietnamese media agency was openly criticized for violating ethical standards by revealing full information about underage people’s identities. Continue reading Right to privacy in Vietnam media: we are still failing our children →

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

Surf, sand and software turn Da Nang into Vietnam’s ‘IT’ city

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Wednesday, April 29, 2015 12:25

The six-lane Dragon Bridge of Da Nang, which breathes fire on weekends for tourists.
The six-lane Dragon Bridge of Da Nang, which breathes fire on weekends for tourists.

TTN – Chuck Palazzo was 18 when he took his first trip outside New York City. He went to Da Nang, Vietnam, courtesy of the U.S. Marines.

“You had mortar rounds going off in the mountains and you were surfing off China Beach,” he said. “It was ‘Apocalypse Now!’” Continue reading Surf, sand and software turn Da Nang into Vietnam’s ‘IT’ city →

Chứng Nhân, Lịch sử, Trang tiếng Anh, Văn

There is a hero – look inside your Mom

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Photo: Author’s mother on the right. Circa 1970s

Recalling back to the time when I was about from secondary school to high school, there was this thing that many of my friends had in their mind — some sort of hero or “idol”, in music, movies…

“Who is your hero?” I sometimes asked myself since I did not really have one. And I felt like I didn’t really need to have one or just only one hero. Say, in music, I listened to a mix of genres. However, now reflecting upon it, I think I did have many heroes or heroines, instead of one. My heroes were mostly characters in stories and books like Doreamon, Teppi, Tottochan, Little Princes, Peter Pan to Anna Frank, or the kids in In Desert and Wilderness, or in the kids in the famous Vietnamese novel Tuổi thơ dữ dội, or characters in big novel like Jean Valjean, Quasimodo… Continue reading There is a hero – look inside your Mom →

Trang tiếng Anh, Văn Hóa

Remember the ancestors: Millions flock to temples to honor Hung Kings

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PHU THO – TNN – Tuesday, April 28, 2015 12:14

People at a gate of the Hung temples complex on a mountain in Phu Tho Province. Photo credit: VnExpress
People at a gate of the Hung temples complex on a mountain in Phu Tho Province. Photo credit: VnExpress

Nearly five million pilgrims have traveled to Phu Tho Province to pay tribute to Hung Kings, the country’s legendary founding fathers, during their death anniversary this week.

Temples in the province, not far from Hanoi, started the festival five days before the main event on Tuesday, but many people had come here days before that. Continue reading Remember the ancestors: Millions flock to temples to honor Hung Kings →

Chứng Nhân, Mỗi ngày 1 tin sáng, Trang tiếng Anh

Mom with 35 kids has her hands and heart full

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At Thuy’s Hoa Sen centre, kids play a folk game after school in an April afternoon as their dinner is prepared. — VNS Photo Phuoc Buu.

by Phuoc Buu

THUA THIEN – HUE  (VNS) — “Having two children in the house can be tiring, but I have 35, so it is exhausting.”

Nguyen Ngoc Thuy is smiling as she says this. The diminutive 38-year-old native of Thua Thien – Hue Province in central Viet Nam actually is, in fact, a de-facto guardian for hundreds of disadvantaged children. Continue reading Mom with 35 kids has her hands and heart full →

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

Local firms lack knowledge of FTAs

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An employee checks a packaging production line at Ngoc Bich Engineering and Construction Co in Thai Binh Province. Many local enterprises are unaware of the TPP and AEC free trade agreements which are expected to help them integrate on global and regional scales. — VNA/VNS Photo Tran Viet

HA NOI (VNS) — Many local enterprises do not know much about the TPP and the AEC free trade agreements (FTAs) that are expected to be signed this year.

Adequate knowledge about these FTAs would help domestic firms in Viet Nam prepare for business integration at a global and regional scale. Continue reading Local firms lack knowledge of FTAs →

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

Call to make haste on TPP agreement

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National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan meets with Senator John McCain. — Photo vov

WASHINGTON (VNS) — National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan called for a prompt signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, describing it as a crucial step toward an elevated Asian- Pacific nexus. Continue reading Call to make haste on TPP agreement →

Giáo dục, Phát triển kinh tế, Trang tiếng Anh

Job training helps thousands

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Since 2010, the capital city has provided training courses for more than 100,000 workers by implementing a Government project on rural training. — Photo VNA

HA NOI (VNS) — Vocational training for rural workers in greater Ha Noi has not only helped economic restructuring, but created jobs for thousands of people in rural areas.

Since 2010, the capital city has provided training courses for more than 100,000 workers by implementing a Government project on rural training. Continue reading Job training helps thousands →

Trang tiếng Anh, Y tế

400 patients receive stem cell transplant: Report

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A patient received stem cell transplantation at the Ha Noi-based Stem Cell Centre. — VNA/VNS Photo Duong Ngoc

LAM DONG (VNS) — About 400 patients have been treated through stem cell transplant therapy across Viet Nam since the first case was recorded in HCM City two decades ago, a report revealed.

The report was shared at a conference focusing on the application of the medical technology, which was held in Da Lat, Lam Dong Province. Continue reading 400 patients receive stem cell transplant: Report →

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

Impact of TPP Agreement on Vietnam’s Garment Industry: Weak Spot Could Become Its Major Gain

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by  • April 17, 2015

By Nigel Cory

Ando International, a Vietnamese garment firm in Ho Chi Minh City. Source: ILO in Asia and the Pacific's flickr photostream, used under a creative commons license.

Even before the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement is completed by negotiators, foreign and domestic companies with stakes in Vietnam’s garment sector have begun making investments as if the TPP was already in force. These moves suggest how much the business community expects Vietnam’s garment industry to benefit from the trade agreement. Continue reading Impact of TPP Agreement on Vietnam’s Garment Industry: Weak Spot Could Become Its Major Gain →

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

Flimsy Island Claims Pose Risk to Asia Geopolitics

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Wsj – In wrangle to plant a flag on specks in South China Sea, protagonists include a fishing magnate looking for guano

A handout picture made available by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Public Affairs Office shows Chinese construction on a reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in February.
A handout picture made available by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Public Affairs Office shows Chinese construction on a reef in the disputed Spratly Islands in February. PHOTO: ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES/EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY

By ANDREW BROWNE I Updated April 21, 2015 9:47 a.m. ET

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Except for the fact that the South China Sea is now on the front lines of U.S.-China strategic rivalry, the exploits of “Admiral” Tomas A. Cloma Sr., a Philippine fishing magnate, might be no more than a whimsical footnote to history. Continue reading Flimsy Island Claims Pose Risk to Asia Geopolitics →

Các vấn đề xã hội, Trang tiếng Anh

Kidneys, newborns, wives for sale: Human trafficking on the rise in Vietnam

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By Minh Hung, TN News

HO CHI MINH CITY – Tuesday, April 21, 2015 16:31

Officials from the Ministry of Public Security and six southern provinces discuss a program to tackle human trafficking at a confence in Ho Chi Minh City on April 21, 2015. Photo: Minh Hung
Officials from the Ministry of Public Security and six southern provinces discuss a program to tackle human trafficking at a confence in Ho Chi Minh City on April 21, 2015. Photo: Minh Hung

Human trafficking is on the rise in Vietnam, with 3,862 victims having been trafficked for forced labor, prostitution and organ trade since 2011, officials told a conference in Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday. Continue reading Kidneys, newborns, wives for sale: Human trafficking on the rise in Vietnam →

Trang tiếng Anh, Văn Hóa

Illegal tour operators take over Nha Trang with dodgy services

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By Hien Luong – N.Tran Tam, TN News

KHANH HOA – Tuesday, April 21, 2015 12:05

A tour operator's booth in Nha Trang. Photo: Hien Luong
A tour operator’s booth in Nha Trang. Photo: Hien Luong

The more isn’t the merrier when it comes to travel services in Nha Trang.

One of Vietnam’s most popular destinations, the coastal resort town in Khanh Hoa Province is now having its tourism industry crippled by unauthorized tour operators and guides, forcing several local travel companies to halt some of their operations. Continue reading Illegal tour operators take over Nha Trang with dodgy services →