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Trang tiếng Anh, Văn

A bunch of daisies to make my day

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That was my usual day after school. I attended the weekly physical training session for table tennis. I was actually quite lazy to almost quit that session since I did not feel really well. After debating with myself for a while, I decided to go for the sport hall in order to refresh myself after recent headache days at work.

Finishing the session, I was quite exhausted since I did not attend any training last week. Plus, I lost most of the games today.

Walking back home, I realized I already had enough food for thought for today  but I still needed more food for the stomach. I needed to drop by a grocery store to get food for dinner. Continue reading A bunch of daisies to make my day →

Các vấn đề xã hội, Phát triển kinh tế, Trang tiếng Anh

Business as usual: Bribery remains a way of life in Vietnam

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By An Dien, Thanh Nien News

Thursday, April 16, 2015 23:41

A laborer of a state-owned bridge building company works at a construction site of a bridge in Hanoi April 1, 2015. In 2014, 66 percent of 9,859 Vietnamese firms surveyed said they usually pay extra informal charges to facilitate business activities while during the previous year, 41 percent of the respondents said they did so, according to the Vietnam Provincial Competitiveness Index 2014. Photo: Reuters

Several days ahead of Tet, Vietnam’s Lunar New Year holiday, the owner of two Hanoi hotels received a not-so-nice surprise from a state agency.

That organization had sent her a list of 35 public servants she was to hand “lucky money” — a symbolic gesture purported to bring the recipients good fortune in the new year. In the past, she’d received requests from other government agencies for money to cover their employees’ vacations. Continue reading Business as usual: Bribery remains a way of life in Vietnam →

GMO, Môi trường, Nông nghiệp, Thế giới, Trang tiếng Anh, Y tế

Argentina: The country that Monsanto poisoned? Photo essay *Update*

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Syddue – December 29, 2014

Argentina Agrochemicals
In this March 31, 2013, photo, Camila Veron, 2, born with multiple organ problems and severely disabled, stands outside her home in Avia Terai, in Chaco province, Argentina. Doctors told Camila’s mother, Silvia Achaval that agrochemicals may be to blame. It’s nearly impossible to prove that exposure to a specific chemical caused an individual’s cancer or birth defect, but doctors say these cases merit a rigorous government investigation. “They told me that the water made this happen, because they spray a lot of poison here,” said Achaval. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

OGTS – American biotechnology has turned Argentina into the world’s third-largest soybean producer, but the chemicals powering the boom aren’t confined to soy and cotton and corn fields. They routinely contaminate homes and classrooms and drinking water. A growing chorus of doctors and scientists is warning that their uncontrolled use could be responsible for the increasing number of health problems turning up in hospitals across the South American nation. Continue reading Argentina: The country that Monsanto poisoned? Photo essay *Update* →

Food, GMO, Nông nghiệp, Trang tiếng Anh

Farmers turn to GMO-free crops to boost income

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Christopher Doering, cdoering@gannett.com5:44 p.m. CDT April 18, 2015

DMR – WASHINGTON –When Justin Dammann enters his southwestern Iowa cornfield this month, the 35-year-old farmer will sow something these 2,400 acres have not seen in more than a decade — plants grown without genetically modified seeds.

The corn, which will head to a processor 20 miles down the road this fall, will likely make its way into tortilla shells, corn chips and other consumable products made by companies taking advantage of growing consumer demand for food without biotech ingredients. Continue reading Farmers turn to GMO-free crops to boost income →

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

U.S. lawmakers’ bill holds key to Pacific trade deal

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U.S. President Barack Obama (L), flanked by Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald (R), delivers remarks to participants in the Wounded Warrior Project’s Soldier Ride as they begin a 3-day bicycle ride to raise awareness for injured veterans with two laps around the South Lawn at the White House in Washington April 16, 2015.

UPDATED : 04/17/2015 08:09 GMT + 7

TTN – Senior U.S. lawmakers reached agreement on Thursday on a bill to give the White House “fast track” authority to negotiate a trade pact with 11 other Pacific nations that is central to President Barack Obama’s strategic shift toward Asia.

Continue reading U.S. lawmakers’ bill holds key to Pacific trade deal →

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

G7 Foreign Ministers’ Declaration on Maritime Security in Lübeck, 15 April 2015

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    TĐH: This declaration of G7 is a very well coordinated global maritime strategy to deal with all issues related to maritime security of the world. And it contains the strength of a dominant group of naval powers of the world: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and the European Union (which is very much the entire Europe, not just one country).

    In this long document East and South China Sea is the first item of concern. So we need to understand that China’s aggressive behavior has the benefit of bringing the world together to deal with China, with laws and naval powers. China will see its undoing eventually. The world will slowly squeeze China in so many ways, on so many fronts, one step at a time.

date of issue15.04.2015

Logo of the G7 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Lübeck
Logo of the G7 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Lübeck © G7

The maritime domain is a cornerstone of the livelihood of humanity, habitat, resources and transport routes for up to 90 per cent of intercontinental trade. It connects states and regions and makes otherwise distant nations neighbours. Humankind depends on a safe, sound and secure maritime domain in order to preserve peace, enhance international security and stability, feed billions of people, foster human development, generate economic growth and prosperity, secure the energy supply and preserve ecological diversity and coastal livelihoods. As the world’s population grows, our reliance on the oceans as a highway for commerce and a source of food and resources will increase even more. The free and unimpeded use of the world’s oceans undergirds every nation’s journey into the future. Continue reading G7 Foreign Ministers’ Declaration on Maritime Security in Lübeck, 15 April 2015 →

Các vấn đề xã hội, Giáo dục, Trang tiếng Anh

In Vietnam, children cherry-pick chili after harvest to earn a living

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UPDATED : 04/15/2015 17:01 GMT + 7

Huynh Thi Thanh Thao, 6, is seen working with her parents in the chili field. Tuoi Tre

TTN – Singling dried and fresh chili out from decayed one after harvest has become a livelihood in Thanh Binh District of the southern province of Dong Thap and many children have had to work at a very early age to help their families.

Chili pickers will receive VND4,000 (US$0.19) when they get a basket of fresh chili, equal to around 7kg, done and VND10,000 for a kilo of dried chili. Continue reading In Vietnam, children cherry-pick chili after harvest to earn a living →

Phát triển kinh tế, Trang tiếng Anh

Economists skeptical of Vietnam’s chances to industrialize by 2020

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By Bao Van, TN News

HANOI – Wednesday, April 15, 2015 17:54

A factory in Hanoi where technology has not been upgraded for years. Photo: Ngoc Thang
A factory in Hanoi where technology has not been upgraded for years. Photo: Ngoc Thang

There are only five years left for Vietnam to implement its target of becoming an industrialized country by the end of the decade.

However, the goal seems improbable with the country lagging far behind even members of the regional bloc ASEAN like Malaysia and Thailand in terms of technology, infrastructure and living standards. Continue reading Economists skeptical of Vietnam’s chances to industrialize by 2020 →

Nông nghiệp, Phát triển chính trị, Trang tiếng Anh

Vietnam restricts takeover of farmlands for other purposes

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Thanh Nien News

Friday, April 10, 2015 14:39

Vietnam restricts takeover of farmlands for other purposes

TNN – The government has issued a resolution that limits the acquisition of farmlands for other purposes and contains other provisions supporting agriculture.

It constrains local authorities from taking over land from farmers, an act that often triggers conflicts and sometimes even violence. Continue reading Vietnam restricts takeover of farmlands for other purposes →

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

Many foreign investors are evading taxes, polluting Vietnam: experts

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By Ha Nguyen, Thanh Nien News

HA NOI – Sunday, April 12, 2015 13:40Email Print


Laborers work at a construction site in Hanoi. Photo: Bloomberg

TNN– Vietnam has taken pride in its ability to attract foreign investment in recent years, but many are now worried that multinational corporations do not play fair when operating in the country.

Several experts and officials with the Ministry of Planning and Investment pointed out at a recent conference in Hanoi that while foreign direct investment plays an important role in the local economy, there are still many problems that need to be fixed. Continue reading Many foreign investors are evading taxes, polluting Vietnam: experts →

Biển Đông, Quốc phòng, Trang tiếng Anh

How will China view the new maritime strategy?

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 Bryan McGrath

April 8, 2015

AMTI – The military services responsible for American seapower (Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard) recently released their new maritime strategy, entitled“Forward, Engaged, Ready: A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower.”  The reviews thus far have been positive, with most analysts praising the specificity of the document, as compared to its 2007 predecessor, as well as its harder, more combat-oriented edge.  One set of reviewers have yet to be heard from, however, and that is the large and garrulous community of Chinese military analysts.  This analysis attempts to anticipate what that reaction will be.

One of indication of how the Chinese military community will react is its past history.  The 2007 strategy did not name China as a challenge or threat, nor did it particularly focus on Chinese strategies already being discussed in navalist circles for denying U.S. freedom of action.  As the Team Lead for the production of that document, I was privy to high level conversations about the degree to which the document should “name names.”  Continue reading How will China view the new maritime strategy? →

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

The post-reclamation scenario in the South China Sea: The role of China and the United States

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Nong Hong
 March 23, 2015

AMTI – Since 2014, China has attracted tremendous regional and international attention through its land reclamation activities in some features of the Spratlys which it controls, namely Gaven Reef, Cuarteron Reef, Johnson South Reef and Fiery Cross. While many have criticisms and concerns, China feels this reclamation is necessary in order to keep up with others in the Spratlys who have earlier occupied features in the disputed Spratlys and built up military and civil facilities since.

Continue reading The post-reclamation scenario in the South China Sea: The role of China and the United States →

Biển Đông, Quốc phòng, Trang tiếng Anh

Terriclaims: The new geopolitical reality in the South China Sea

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Wilson VornDick
 April 8, 2015

AMTI – With revelations of China’s systematic and rapid reclamation or “island-building” of various features throughout the South China Sea, long-simmering dispute in the South China Sea seem closer to boiling over.Terriclaims, short for territorial reclamation, is a term that is useful for describing a nation’s reclamation activities when it seeks to preserve or expand territory as part of a broader geopolitical ambition. Continue reading Terriclaims: The new geopolitical reality in the South China Sea →

Lịch sử, Trang tiếng Anh

After the fall of Saigon

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Evacuation from a U.S. embassy building, Saigon, April 29, 1975. Hubert Van Es/Bettman/Corbis

Ngo Vinh Long

April 06, 2015

aucegypt.edu – The Vietnam War or Second Indochina War—known in Vietnam as the American War—was one of the most destructive conflicts in history, and ended with a triumphant victory for Ho Chi Minh’s Communist forces and the most humiliating military defeat the United States has ever experienced. If a single image represents the historical drama, perhaps it is the one of the Huey helicopter evacuating American personnel and Vietnamese associates from a U.S. embassy building rooftop. Continue reading After the fall of Saigon →

GMO, Trang tiếng Anh

Land grab in Ukraine is Monsanto’s backdoor to the EU

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Mon, Apr 6, 2015

By ORIENTAL REVIEW

The quest for Ukraine’s legendary black earth is almost complete. To the dismay of French, Polish, German farmers, the multinational agricultural corporation Monsanto, as well as DuPont Pioneer and John Deere, have all lobbied for access to the largest agricultural market in Eastern Europe. This will soon reshape the market for agricultural products in the EU and spell ruin for Europe’s farmers.

In Nov. 2013, the Ukrainian Agrarian Confederation drafted a legal amendment that will benefitglobal ag producers by allowing the widespread use of genetically modified seeds. Taking a backseat to the dramatic political developments there, this turn of events went almost unnoticed, although Monsanto has been lobbying within Ukraine’s agricultural market for quite a while. Back in 2007 the US embassy in Kiev demanded that the Ukrainian government take action against sellers of “fake” seeds (i.e., producers competing with Trans National Corporations — TNCs). Continue reading Land grab in Ukraine is Monsanto’s backdoor to the EU →

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