Jesus,
Our country seeks to expand its economy.
To attract foreign investment,
we can’t depend on “golden forest, silver sea”,
and low-cost labor.
To attract foreign investment,
our country should have high-price labor. Continue reading Prayer 300
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has underlined three key solutions for boosting Vietnam’s development
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| Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc greets the attendees at the Vietnam Business Summit in the central city of Da Nang on November 7, 2017. Photo: Tuoi Tre |
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has underlined three key solutions for boosting Vietnam’s development during a business summit held in parallel with the ongoing 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) week.
LONDON (AP) — One of the men tortured in Sri Lanka said he was held for 21 days in a small dank room where he was raped 12 times, burned with cigarettes, beaten with iron rods and hung upside-down.
Another man described being abducted from home by five men, driven to a prison, and taken to a “torture room” equipped with ropes, iron rods, a bench and buckets of water. There were blood splatters on the wall.
Science, technology, engineering, and math are more important than ever, so we’ve put together a list of books to encourage girls to persevere in these subjects.
edutopia_Representation matters: Girls do better on science tests when their textbooks include images of female scientists. And a 2017 survey by Microsoft found that girls in Europe begin to show interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields at 11 years old but lose it at around 15—and a lack of female role models is one reason for the drop in interest.
Giêsu ơi,
Người dân chúng em nên làm việc ở nước ngoài.
Làm việc ở nước ngoài nên trở thành niềm tự hào của đất nước chúng em.
Và những người lao động ở nước ngoài xứng đáng được coi là anh hùng dân tộc. Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 299 – Prayer 299
Last update 07:30 | 07/11/2017 vietnamnet
VietNamNet Bridge – More and more parents believe that it is necessary to let their children grow ‘in a natural way’, and that ‘all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy’. However, the ‘natural way’ remains unclear to them.
Tran Thanh Huong in Hoang Mai district in Hanoi, who has a son in primary school, always encourages the boy to spend more time to relax. She thinks that he spends too much time on studying and doing homework.
Update: November, 03/2017 – 09:00
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| Repair work is conducted on a drainage system on Điện Biên Phủ Street in central Huế City. About 22km of drainage pipelines in the city are going to be upgraded with financial support from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). — Photo baothuathienhue.vn |
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — The Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) Board of Directors has approved US$170 million in loans to help the Government of Việt Nam upgrade urban infrastructure and address climate change, benefiting about 116,000 households in Huế, Vĩnh Yên, and Hà Giang cities.
Jesus,
You say, “learn from me”*.
And you are in all things.
So I learn from all things.
I wish I learn from you,
gentleness and humbleness in heart.
Amen.
PTH
Update: November, 06/2017 – 09:00
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| Illegally felled logs that floated in floodwaters gathered in a village in Yên Bái Province. Massive, unchecked deforestation has compounded the impact of natural disasters in the northern province . — Photo laodong.vn |
Viet Nam News YÊN BÁI — In recent years, the mountainous province of Yên Bái in the north has consistently been among the hardest hit by natural disasters.However, it is patently obvious that human activities have exacerbated the devastation caused.
In fact, most Vietnamese college students have a tight weekly schedule at school, so the need for a good rest prevails
By Tuoi Tre News November 5, 2017, 14:45 GMT+7
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| Vovinam is a popular sport in Vietnam. Photo: Vovinam Club, Ho Chi Minh City University of Law |
A large proportion of young people in Vietnam are living a sedentary lifestyle as they spend more time surfing the internet, playing online games, working on computers, or simply just sitting down doing nothing.
Giêsu ơi,
Một ngày nào đó ở đất nước chúng em,
tất cả trẻ sơ sinh đều được sinh ra,
bất kể là bé gái hay bé trai,
bất kể mẹ của các bé đã kết hôn hay chưa.
Một ngày nào đó ở đất nước chúng em,
gia đình ủng hộ con gái đi học
và không giục con gái kết hôn,
như gia đình ủng hộ con trai đi học
và không giục con trai kết hôn. Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 297 – Prayer 297
Basel Institute of Governance – International Center for Asset Recovery
World ranking of Money Laundering risk in ASEAN countries and China:
Laos – 5
Cambodia – 9
Myanmar – 13
Vietnam – 18
Thailand – 44
China – 51
Indonesia – 61
Philippines – 65
Malaysia – 70
Hong Kong (China) – 89
Singapore – 117
Taiwan (China) – 136
2017 Basel AML Index
The Basel AML Index is an annual ranking assessing country risk regarding money laundering/terrorism financing. It focuses on anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing (AML/CTF) frameworks and other related factors such as financial/public transparency and judicial strength.
United Nations, Nov 1 (Prensa Latina) By 191 votes of 193 possible, the General Assembly of the United Nations overwhelmingly condemned today the US economic, financial and commercial blockade on Cuba and demanded its end.
Only the US and Israel voted against the Cuban resolution on the Need to Put an End to the Economic, Financial and Commercial Blockade of the United States on Cuba. It’s the 26th times, since 1992, that the international community slams that hostile policy.
Update: November, 05/2017 – 09:00 vietnamnews
Watchful: Lê Nguyện (left) supervises the process of making dragonfruit wine at her co-operative in Bình Thuận Province. She wants to expand the co-operative to making dragonfruit juice as well, but like many other SMEs, lacks funds. Photo Courtesy of Lê Nguyện
Viet Nam News
Empowering female entrepreneurs is a no-brainer in the most important areas – employment generation and sustainable development; the evidence is that they are more responsible stewards, writes Thu Vân.
Đọt Chuối Non 