Jesus,
You want to eat?
Okay, we eat.
You want to sleep?
Okay, we sleep. Continue reading Prayer 258
Category Archives: Trang tiếng Anh
A taste of Cambodia in Saigon
Last update 09:00 | 27/06/2017 – vietnamnet
Its official name is Le Hong Phong Market, but for decades people have been calling this market in HCM City’s District 10 “Cambodian Market” simply because it sells certain products from Cambodia.
Cambodian Market has expanded with locals getting in on the act, but its true Cambodian soul is still preserved by around 15 stores run by the children and grandchildren of the families that fled Cambodia more than 40 years ago.
 Tu Xe stall |
Lời cầu nguyện 257 – Prayer 257
Giêsu ơi,
Hôm nay là ngày mới,
xin giữ em trong Giêsu cả ngày.
Dù cơn gió của thay đổi và rủi may bất ngờ ập đến,
em vẫn đứng vững vì tĩnh lặng của Giêsu bao phủ em cả ngày. Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 257 – Prayer 257
What was Australia doing in Vietnam?
Peter Edwards – VIETNAM ’67 AUG. 4, 2017
In July 1967 President Lyndon B. Johnson sent two of his principal advisers, Clark Clifford and Gen. Maxwell Taylor, to Australia and New Zealand with an urgent mission. Protests were raging in American streets and on university campuses. Hawks and doves were battling in Washington. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara was heading toward resignation, an admission that his Vietnam policy had failed.
Fishermen ‘kept like slaves’ in Taiwan
According to rights groups, exploitation of migrant workers is frequently reported in Taiwan, where around 600,000 foreigners are hired as caregivers, fishermen, construction and factory workers. (Photo: AFP/Sam Yeh)
19 Sep 2017 06:08PM
TAIPEI: A group of foreign fishermen in Taiwan were locked in tiny windowless rooms around the clock to stop them escaping while not at sea, prosecutors said in the island’s latest abuse case involving migrant workers.
Prayer 256
Jesus,
We grill bánh tráng.
The crack sound is joyful.
We eat it.
Crispy in our mouth. Continue reading Prayer 256
Vietnam Rubber Group stripped of Forest Stewardship Council certification for forest destruction, illegal land grabs and human rights abuses
globalwitness – Press release / Oct. 26, 2015
Rubber giant Vietnam Rubber Group (VRG) has been expelled from the world’s leading forest certification body, the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), following an investigation into illegal land and forest clearance in Cambodia. Responding to a complaint submitted by Global Witness last November, the FSC found that the state-owned company had illegally destroyed at least 50,000 hectares of forest for its rubber plantations in Cambodia alone, including wildlife sanctuaries and protected areas.
Thai Nguyen: uncontrolled mineral exploitation pushes locals to the wall
Dong Hy – VietNamNet Bridge –
The massive mineral exploitation at four sites in Dong Hy district in Thai Nguyen province has led to serious consequences: the houses of 133 families have been affected by subsidence and cracking, and locals do not have water for daily life.
A pit belonging to Thai Nguyen Black Metallurgical JSC is located in a residential quarter.
Duong Van Tuyen in Hoa Binh hamlet in Cay Thi commune, whose house is located next to a pit, said many years ago, there was no serious problem because the exploitation was carried out at shallows.
Unreasonable people: The genesis of social entrepreneurship in Việt Nam
vietnamnews – Update: September, 17/2017 – 09:00
The book is the brainchild of Phạm Kiều Oanh, a social worker and community developer, who first encountered the concept of social enterprises more than 10 years ago. — Photo baomoi.com
Viet Nam News “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” This aphorism, coined more than 100 years ago by George Bernard Shaw in his play Man and Superman, sums up the essence of the 27 women and men whose stories are told in Vietnamese and English in a newly published compilation entitled Redefining Success.
Prayer 255
Jesus,
Because “the Word was God”*,
while communicating with everybody,
I always turn my face toward the Word,
toward You.
When turning my face toward You,
the Light will shine on me
and the darkness will fall behind me. Continue reading Prayer 255
Son La Dam
internationalrivers – The Son La Hydropower Project is the largest and most complex dam project ever built in Vietnam. The project will displace more than 91,000 ethnic minority people, requiring the largest resettlement in Vietnam’s history. Most of these people will be moved between 50 to 100 kilometers away from their current homes and without access to the Da River—a source of livelihood for most of them.
A Blueprint for Fisheries Management and Environmental Cooperation in the South China Sea
CSIS – BY SOUTH CHINA SEA EXPERT WORKING GROUP | SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
This is the first product of the CSIS Expert Working Group on the South China Sea, which seeks to chart a feasible model for claimants to manage the maritime disputes.
On the top, the relatively healthy but overfished reef flat surrounding Thitu Island; on the bottom, a reef flat approximately 1.5 nautical miles away destroyed by Chinese clam harvesters. Both photos dated February 2016, courtesy of John McManus.
Hằng continues an endless journey
VIETNAMNEWS – Update: September, 17/2017 – 09:00
Friend of the war dead: Ngô Thị Thúy Hằng, Founder and Vice director of Centre of Legal Consultancy and Assistance for Families of Martyrs (MARIN). — Photo courtesy of CSIP
Viet Nam News by Nguyễn Hữu Phùng Nguyên
Ngô Thị Thúy Hằng gave up her stable, high-paid job in Hồ Chí Minh City to move to Hà Nội, almost 1,800 kilometres away. She has seemingly forsaken her youth in the quest for martyrs’ remains, leading the Centre of Legal Consultancy and Assistance for Families of War Martyrs (MARIN) through a long development journey of trials and tribulations.
Lessons from Holland on fighting rising sea levels
Prayer 254
Jesus,
‘Cause You want to make me happy,
not alone,
You bring friends to me?
The friends You bring to me are lovely
like You.
Thank You very much.
Amen.
PTH
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