Gold standard: Deuter’s factory in Vietnam. Deuter is an outdoor wear company that has dealt with excessive overtime (a major trigger for harassment and abuse) and is an example of good practice and how brands can influence change. Photograph: Deute
Female factory workers producing clothing and shoes in Vietnam – many probably for major US and European brands – face systemic sexual harassment and violence at work, the Observer can reveal.
Jesus,
I feel a little down.
This suit isn’t as good as I think.
…
Our people now seem to like dress sexy or casually
instead of dressing formally in business.
And I dress like a person living in 1920, not 2020.
…
The wind comes.
You are comforting me?
You are bringing me joy?
…
Jesus, would you like to give me money?
Then you’ll lead me to another good tailor shop to make other suits?
Then you’ll buy pearl necklaces for me?
Nice watches, heels and many other things?
🙂
I’m poor
but I live as a princess.
My mom always tells me that.
Yes, I always think I’m a princess.
And truly I’m a Princess of God.
So I should live as who I am, right?
…
Would you like to clothe me so nice? 🙂
I love you, my God.
Amen.
PTH
Technologyreview February 7, 2019
2018 was the fourth warmest year since records began in 1880, according to studies out today from NASA, the UK Met Office, and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Record-breaking: The NASA study found that Earth’s global surface temperature last year was 0.83 °C warmer than the 1951-1980 mean. That temperature was topped only in 2016, 2017, and 2015. The data shows that the last five years are collectively the warmest ever recorded, while 18 of the 19 hottest years have taken place since 2001. The NOAA study, which uses a different methodology, agreed.
By Emily Dixon and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN
Updated 9:36 AM ET, Thu April 11, 2019
London (CNN)Police entered the Ecuadorian embassy in London Thursday morning, arresting Julian Assange and bringing the WikiLeaks founder’s seven-year stint there to a dramatic close.
Video showed a heavily bearded Assange shouting and gesturing as multiple officers hustled him into a waiting police van.
Giêsu ơi,
Vì Giêsu là ánh sáng*
Giêsu ngồi ở ghế có ánh sáng chiếu
còn em sẽ ngồi ở ghế trong râm. 🙂
Ăn sáng thôi, Giêsu. Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 625 – Prayer 625
April 8, 2019 | AMTI BRIEF
Vietnam continues to quietly upgrade its facilities in the Spratly Islands, though apparently without facing the same reaction from China’s maritime militia forces as the Philippines recently has. Vietnam occupies 49 outposts spread across 27 features in the vicinity of the Spratly Islands. Of those 27 features, only 10 can be called islets while the rest are mostly underwater reefs and banks.
Spratly Island is the largest of Vietnam’s outposts and the administrative center of its presence in the area. In 2015-16, Vietnam undertook an expansion of the island to extend its small runway and create a protected harbor.
Proposals to change recommendations and curb conspiracies were sacrificed for engagement, staff say.
By Mark Bergen
Updated on
A year ago, Susan Wojcicki was on stage to defend YouTube. Her company, hammered for months for fueling falsehoods online, was reeling from another flare-up involving a conspiracy theory video about the Parkland, Florida high school shooting that suggested the victims were “crisis actors.”
Last update 16:24 | 03/04/2019 vietnamnet
Joining Vietnam’s fishermen on a basket boat ride in Hoi An has been named among the 10 most favourite travel experiences of 2019, according to a list released by Tripfuser, a marketplace for private tailored travel.
Hoi An shines in Tripfuser’s list favourite travel experiences of 2019.
The iconic basket boat is Vietnamese fishermen’s retaliation to the hefty taxes placed on boats during the French colonial era. Now, it’s become a symbol of Vietnam’s coastal destinations.
Chuỗi bài cầu nguyện
Giêsu ơi,
Đây là đường Trần Phú.
Đường này có rất nhiều cây cổ thụ ở Đà Nẵng.
Ba thường nói với tụi em:
“Ba chở mẹ đi dạo mỗi ngày
bằng xe đạp trên đường Trần Phú
từ ngày ba mẹ bắt đầu hẹn hò
đến ngày có mấy con.” Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 624 – Prayer 624
The Conversation – 27 March 2019
When even winning is losing. The surprising cost of defeating Philip Morris over plain packaging
By Pat Ranald
Australia scored a victory over the tobacco giant Philip Morris in the High Court in 2012. The court held that Australia’s plain cigarette packaging lawswere legal and did not constitute an unjust confiscation of trademarks and intellectual property. Philip Morris had to pay all of Australia’s costs.
vietnamnet The Earth Day Compostable Campaign to minimize the use of plastic bags and replace them with compostable bags made from corn starch has been officially launched on the occasion of Earth Hour by An Phat Holdings. It is estimated that dozens of tons of plastic bags will be replaced thanks to the campaign.
Supermarket, restaurant chains and residential areas in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are working with An Phat Holdings to minimize the use of plastic bags.
Jesus,
No car in Da Nang?
The idea seems impossible
but it can come true,
because I’ve seen my impossible ideas have been coming true.
The impossible ideas have been coming true
because I believe in you.
Believing that
“What is impossible with man is possible with God.”* Continue reading Prayer 623
Philippine president warns of possible military action if Beijing ‘touches’ Thitu island in South China Sea.
Friday April 5, 2019 AlJazeera
![China, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam have all staked claims to various islands [Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2017/2/22/4364690f37ad44e6985144afb222610c_18.jpg "Back off from Thitu island: President Duterte tells China")
China, the Philippines, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan and Vietnam have all staked claims to various islands [Al Jazeera]
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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned China to back off from a disputed island in the South China Sea, warning of possible military action if Beijing “touches” it amid rising tensions over the key waterway.
As the world becomes increasingly aware of the plastic crisis, more and more people are saying no to plastic straws. To combat the issue, people all over the world have come up with new, more sustainable materials to make straws from. Most recently, a young Vietnamese entrepreneur released a straw made of wild grass, which has been taking off on social media.
Giêsu ơi,
Đà Nẵng nên là thành phố phi lao.
Giêsu biết không,
14 năm trước,
rừng phi lao bao quanh bờ biển chúng em.
Rừng rậm rạp.
Không chỉ là một hàng cây như Giêsu thấy hôm nay.
Đọt Chuối Non 