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What does the ‘rescue’ of Vietnam Airlines reveal?

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22/11/2020    15:07 GMT+7 vietnamnet

The national airline of Vietnam finally saw “the light at the end of the tunnel” when the National Assembly agreed with the Government’s proposal for solutions to help Vietnam Airlines overcome difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the resolution of the 10th session, the 14th National Assembly approved two options. Firstly, the State Bank of Vietnam refinances and extends no more than two times for credit institutions (excluding those under special control) to allow Vietnam Airlines to borrow additional capital to serve production and business activities.

Thấy gì qua cuộc ‘giải cứu’ Vietnam Airlines
A Vietnam Airlines flight from Alaska brought Vietnamese citizens back to their home country in May. Photo: Ted Stevens Anchorage Airport, Alaska

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Energy companies make a beeline for central Vietnam

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By Dat Nguyen   November 23, 2020 | 10:50 am GMT+7 vnexpressEnergy companies make a beeline for central VietnamAn LNG tanker passes by the Strait of Singapore. Photo by Shutterstock/Igor Grochev.

Several foreign and domestic companies have expressed interest in building multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas power and storage plants in the central province of Khanh Hoa.

Four foreign firms, Millennium Group of the U.S., Sumitomo Corporation and J-Power of Japan and a venture between Vietnam’s Embark United and the U.S.’s Quantum, want to build plants in the Van Phong Economic Zone, province authorities said in a recent statement.

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In Singapore, one single person may be counted as a crowd

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Singapore activist in court over one-man ‘smiley face’ protest

Jolovan Wham is facing charges under Public Order Act after posing for a photo with his placard in March.

Jolovan Wham is being charged for an offence under the Public Order Act for holding a placard with a smiley face outside a police station on March 28 [Jolovan Wham/Handout via Reuters]
Jolovan Wham is being charged for an offence under the Public Order Act for holding a placard with a smiley face outside a police station on March 28 [Jolovan Wham/Handout via Reuters]

23 Nov 2020 Al Jazeera

Social worker and activist Jolovan Wham appeared in a Singapore court on Monday morning accused of illegal assembly after standing alone outside a police station holding a placard with a hand-drawn smiley face in March.

Wham, who has had a number of run-ins with the authorities in the tightly controlled country, wore a white T-shirt emblazoned with a smiley face and matching mask on his way to court.

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Sông Trăng

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Sông Trăng – Moon River là bài hát do Johnny Mercer (lời) và Henry Mancini (nhạc) sáng tác, được Audrey Hepburn thể hiện trong phim Bữa sáng ở Tiffany – Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961) và giành Giải Oscar cho Ca khúc phim hay nhất. Bài hát cũng mang về cho tác giả giải Grammy cho Bài hát của năm và Thu âm của năm.

Có nhiều nghệ sĩ trình diễn bài hát này. Trong số đó, mình thích phiên bản của Frank Sinatra hơn cả vì romantic nơi anh làm mình mỉm cười. Continue reading Sông Trăng →

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Cái đầu để làm gì?

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Có thông tin mới đây là Việt Nam có tỉ lệ người lớn chơi computer games cao nhất thế giới. Wow, có lẽ đây là một vinh hạnh chúng ta không muốn nhận. Người lớn là trên 18 tuổi. Các bạn người lớn mà không dùng cái đầu vào việc gì tốt hơn là chơi games hay sao?

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Biden’s US to remain active in South China Sea, but confront China less: analysts

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By Viet Anh   November 21, 2020 | 08:00 am GMT+7U.S. VNExpress

President-elect Joe Biden is likely to mobilize the power of multilateral mechanisms to deal with the South China Sea and other issues involving China, analysts say.

“I expect President-elect Biden will be considerably more hawkish on China than some fear, the entire Democratic Party has shifted in that direction given China’s moves in the South China Sea, Xinjiang, Hong Kong,” Gregory Poling of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a U.S. think tank, told VnExpress International.

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping have a history of working together, but the U.S.-China relationship is much more fractured now than it was when Biden was vice president under Barack Obama. Photo by Reuters/Lintao Zhang.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden (L) and Chinese President Xi Jinping have a history of working together, but the U.S.-China relationship is much more fractured now than it was when Biden was vice president under Barack Obama. Photo by Reuters/Lintao Zhang.

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Faithful dog guards his master’s grave for 3 years

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22/11/2020    09:50 GMT+7

A black dog in the southern province of Long An has become famous after a heartbreaking story was recently shared on social networks.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Ut, 58, from Hamlet 1, Tan Thanh commune, Tan Thanh district, Long An province, said her family began raising a black dog named Muc (Black) when her grandchild named Kiet was 2 years old.

Kiet loved the dog very much. The two played together like friends. But six months after Muc joined the family, baby Kiet died in an accident.

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Vietnam emerges as sole economic winner in Southeast Asia, said Nikkei Asia

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 November 20, 2020 | 15:55 

Vietnam is shaping up as Southeast Asia’s single economic success story in the coronavirus era, maintaining steady positive growth as other economies struggle to recover, said Nikkei Asia in a recent journal.

AFP praised 24-year-old Vietnamese who quited his stable job to save abandoned cats
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With more goods going out of Vietnam, big container ships have begun stopping there directly, cutting transport costs and time for exporters. (Photo: Reuters)

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Resham Firiri

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Resham Firiri (tiếng Nepal: रेशम ेरररी) là bài hát dân gian rất nổi tiếng ở Nepal. Bài hát được Buddhi Pariyar sáng tác và phát hành năm 1969.

Hầu hết người dân Nepal đều biết và hát được bài này. Họ hát trong các bữa tiệc, lễ hội và tự giải trí. Đây cũng là bài hát nổi tiếng để Nepal giới thiệu truyền thống và văn hóa Nepal cho người nước ngoài. Với người nước ngoài ở Nepal, họ sẽ nghe bài hát này khi trekking, tham quan du lịch, các chương trình văn hóa, tiệc tùng và một số hoạt động xã hội. Continue reading Resham Firiri →

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Tạo năng lượng tích cực cho thế giới

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Thế giới có quá nhiều vấn đề, và mỗi khi ta nhìn các vấn đề của thế giới – từ vấn đề của chính ta, đến những người quanh ta, đến thành phố ta, đất nước ta, rồi cả thế giới – ta thấy bị tràn ngập xao xuyến bởi khối lượng vĩ đại của vấn đề và nỗi tuyệt vọng về giải pháp.

Nhưng đừng bỏ cuộc. Thế giới còn tồn tại đến ngày nay cũng vì luôn có những người cố gắng làm đẹp và xây dựng thế giới. Nếu không thì loài người đã tuyệt chủng lâu lắm rồi. Continue reading Tạo năng lượng tích cực cho thế giới →

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Canada opposes military build-up in South China Sea

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Canada opposes military build-up in South China Sea
Chinese structures are pictured at Vietnam’s Spratly Islands in the East Sea, 2017. Photo by Reuters/Erik De Castro.

By Phuong Vu   November 18, 2020 | 08:30 pm GMT+7 vnexpress

Canadian defense minister Harjit Sajjan has made it clear that his nation is against militarization in the South China Sea.

“Canada opposes unilateral actions that have escalated tensions in the region and undermined stability in the South China Sea. We are against the threat or use of force, large-scale land reclamation, building outposts on disputed entities and using them for military purposes in the sea,” he said.

The Canadian Minister of National Defense was speaking at the 12th South China Sea International Conference held November 16-17 in Hanoi. Vietnam calls the waterway the East Sea.

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Hanoi sidewalks with projected 70-year lifespan crumble after 3 years in use

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Wednesday, November 18, 2020, 15:30 GMT+7 vnexpress

Hanoi sidewalks with projected 70-year lifespan crumble after 3 years in use
Stone tiles are seen in poor conditions on the sidewalk of Nguyen Trai Street in Hanoi. Photo: Pham Tuan / Tuoi Tre

Claimed to last for at least 50-70 years, stones used to pave major streets in Hanoi are falling apart only a few years after they were installed.

Three years ago, Hanoi’s authorities introduced a new set of regulations on road renovation, which slated a complete transition of paving material from bricks to natural stone on 900 streets of the capital city for the end of 2020.

In the process, natural stone was praised as a sturdy paving material which can last for at least 70 years. 

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Rape, abuses in palm oil fields linked to top cosmetic brands: AP

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AP investigation on treatment of women workers in palm oil plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia finds sexual and other forms of abuse.

A female worker sprays herbicide in a palm oil plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia [Binsar Bakkara/AP]
A female worker sprays herbicide in a palm oil plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia [Binsar Bakkara/AP]

18 Nov 2020

A 16-year-old girl describes how her boss raped her amid the tall trees on an Indonesian palm oil plantation that feeds into some of the world’s best-known cosmetic brands. He then put an axe to her throat and warned her: “Do not tell.”

At another plantation, a woman named Ola complains of fevers, coughing and nose bleeds after years of spraying dangerous pesticides with no protective gear.

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