Jesus,
Tết is an occasion for family reunion.
Wishing all people return to their family safely
and reunite happily.
Amen.
PTH
Jesus,
Tết is an occasion for family reunion.
Wishing all people return to their family safely
and reunite happily.
Amen.
PTH
Jesus,
Our fishermen working around the Paracel Islands are poor.
Chinese vessels often chase their boats, sink their boats,
catch them, threaten them, beat them.
Please make our fishermen feel safe when they go out to the sea.
Amen.
PTH

straitstimes_The 11 countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) are set to sign their pact without an original partner, the United States, in March in Chile. The deal was reached on Tuesday (Jan 23) after two days of talks in Tokyo.
Here’s a look at what the latest deal, renamed the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) after Washington’s withdrawal, is about.
Last update 07:10 | 26/01/2018 vietnamnet
VietNamNet Bridge – The project on producing 23,000 PhDs for universities and junior colleges in 2010-2020, or Project 911, capitalized at VND14 trillion, failed at the end of 2016 as many targets were unattainable. As anticipated, the Ministry of Education & Training (MOET) had to stop enrolling PhD students in 2017.

Vietnam plans to produce more PhDs
Only 2,062 PhD students were enrolled in 2012-2016 for domestic training courses, fulfilling 36 percent of the enrollment plan.
Jesus,
Please reduce inequality within and among countries.
Amen.
PTH
* Goal 10 – Reduce inequality within and among countries, 17 Sustainable Development Goals
The Economist
The Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park, inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2003, covered 85,754 hectares. With this extension, the site covers a total surface area of 126,236 hectares (a 46 % increase) and shares a boundary with the Hin Namno Nature Reserve in the Peoples Democratic Republic of Laos. The Park’s landscape is formed by limestone plateaux and tropical forests. It features great geological diversity and offers spectacular phenomena, including a large number of caves and underground rivers. The site harbours a high level of biodiversity and many endemic species. The extension ensures a more coherent ecosystem while providing additional protection to the catchment areas that are of vital importance for the integrity of limestone landscapes.
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Jesus,
In my distress I call to you,
and you answer me.
From deep in the realm of the dead I call for help,
and you listen to my cry.
You, my God,
bring my life up from the pit.
My prayer rises to you.
I will make good what I have vowed.*
Please make me a channel of your peace.
Amen.
PTH
Jesus,
Please end poverty.
Please end hunger.
May all people have healthy lives.
Amen.
PTH
Despite a heart-breaking last-minute defeat to Uzbekistan in the final of the AFC U23 Championship on Saturday, the Vietnamese team has returned home to a jubilant reception.
Hailed as national heroes, South Korean coach Park Hang-seo’s team made history at the tournament with thrilling victories over regional powerhouses Australia, Iraq and Qatar.
It was the first time a Vietnamese national team has made it to the final of a continental championship, attracting attention from global football fans.
Thousands of supporters flocked to the streets from Noi Bai Airport to the city center to greet the team bus.
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VNExpress By Staff reporters January 24, 2018
Bien Hoa Airport is the largest remaining dioxin hotspot in Vietnam.
Vietnam and the U.S. have kickstarted the process of cleaning up the dioxin around Bien Hoa Airport, a heavily contaminated zone just outside Ho Chi Minh City.

The signing ceremony for the Memorandum of Intent between the Military Science Department under Vietnam’s Ministry of Defense and USAID on January 23, 2018. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi.
Last update 15:23 | 26/01/2018 vietnamnet
Several buildings, construction sites and streets in Hanoi have been covered with the image of the national flag to cheer U23 team which advanced to the AFC U23 Championship final.
After Vietnam defeated Qatar in the semi-final match on January 23, tens of thousands of Vietnamese people took to the streets across the country waving red national flags, turning city downtowns into seas of red.
A construction site on Nguyen Trai Street has been decorated with many red national flags. Meanwhile, a street corner nearby has also followed the suit with around 60 flags pasted on the wall.
Jesus,
Please end all forms of discrimination against women and girls.
Please give all women and girls a chance to live their life at the fullest.
Amen.
PTH
Last update 23:00 | 24/01/2018 vietnamnet
Some 72 per cent of Vietnamese women have joined the labour force, higher than the average world percentage (42 per cent), and ranking only behind Cambodia (81 per cent).

Percentage of female labourers in the labour force of Viet Nam compared with the world, East Asia-Pacific, low middle income countries and Cambodia.
These figures were revealed in a recently-released report of the Centre for Development and Integration, a Vietnamese non-governmental and non-profit organisation.
Jesus,
Land problem is always hot in our country.
Because all land belongs to the state
and private land ownership is not allowed,
land dispute between the state and people is one of the most tragic issues in our country.
We need to reform the land policy.
We need to privatise farmland.
Do you think so?
Please help our poor farmers have better life.
Amen.
PTH