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BÀ RỊA – VŨNG TÀU – Tiết trời không thuận lợi nhưng 1.000 cây mai 12 tuổi trồng trên dải phân cách ở huyện Châu Đức nở hoa đón Tết Quý Mão.
Đây là năm thứ 5, những cây mai trồng trên dải phân cách quốc lộ 56 và một số trục đường chính ở thị trấn Ngãi Giao nở hoa đúng dịp Tết Nguyên đán. Những cây mai này hơn 12 tuổi, được chính quyền mua lại từ các vườn nhà dân trên địa bàn với giá một triệu đồng mỗi gốc.
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The Vietnamese flag flies atop the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Monday, Sept. 10, 2018. Vietnam has averaged economic growth of 6.3 percent between 2005 and 2017, multiplying its per capita income six-fold to $2,385 last year from $396 in 2000, according to data from General Statistics Office in Hanoi. Photographer: Maika Elan/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)
washingtonpost – January 11, 2023 at 5:42 p.m. EST
Vietnam’s Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong has likened his anti-graft campaign to a “blazing furnace,” one that’s caught hundreds of senior officials, business executives and others in its blast over the years. While the country’s position has improved by more than 30 spots over the past decade on a global corruption perception index, it was still at 87th place out of 180 ranked in 2021. Now as Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing economy seeks to bolster its appeal as a destination for foreign investment in the midst of mounting trade tensions between the US and China, the fight seems to be flaring again.
Đọc tiếp How Vietnam’s anti-corruption fight keeps expanding
| Top of the Agenda Putin Replaces Russia’s Top General in Ukraine After Battlefield Setbacks Russia’s highest-ranking military officer, General Valery Gerasimov, was promoted to lead the country’s forces (FT) in Ukraine, replacing General Sergey Surovikin. Since Surovikin was appointed three months ago (CBS), Russia has lost control of the southern town of Kherson and struggled to provide basic equipment to the hundreds of thousands of troops it started conscripting in September. Surovikin has also faced criticism for housing hundreds of troops in a building that was bombed by Ukraine. He will now serve as one of Gerasimov’s deputies. Meanwhile, tensions have reportedly flared between Russia’s military and its Wagner Group of mercenaries over which forces deserve credit for alleged territorial gains in the town of Soledar. An unnamed source told the Financial Times that Surovikin’s demotion could be linked to the Wagner Group’s apparent successes. |
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“My behavior encroached on the physical and mental health of minors,” read a court-ordered apology issued by a tattoo artist in China’s Shaanxi province in September. “I am deeply aware of my mistakes,” he added.
The man, who had admitted giving tattoos to 43 minors, became one of the first people charged under a new age restriction law, which came into effect in June. But while many countries enforce similar rules banning young people from getting inked, Chinese state media coverage suggested that protecting minors was as much about ideology as medical welfare.
At the time, tabloid newspaper Global Times argued that tattoos are “driving minors away from establishing socialist core values,” as they can convey “harmful ideas” such as “feudal superstition,” “gang culture” and “overseas culture.”
An op-ed in Beijing Youth Daily meanwhile said that tattoo subculture “clashes” with the mainstream. The legislation, which bans people from even encouraging those aged under 18 to get tattoos, is just the latest move in an expanding crackdown on body art in China.
Đọc tiếp Inside China’s crackdown on tattoo culture
new york times – Sheng Thao, the daughter of refugees, will become the most prominent Hmong American politician when she leads the California city of 440,000 residents.
Sheng Thao at Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland last month. Carolyn Fong for The New York Times
By Amy Qin – Dec. 28, 2022
Over platters of fried rice, egg rolls and crab rangoon, Sheng Thao took the microphone and asked for support in June from several dozen people gathered at a Hmong restaurant in Wisconsin.
Ms. Thao, 37, was running to become the mayor of Oakland, Calif., but she took a detour to the Upper Midwest because it has some of the nation’s largest communities of Hmong Americans.
When Ms. Thao spoke, Zongcheng Moua, 60, found himself nodding along, never mind that he lived 2,000 miles away from California. Like Ms. Thao’s parents, Mr. Moua landed in a refugee camp in Thailand after fleeing the war in Laos nearly 50 years ago. His siblings, like Ms. Thao’s parents, struggled to adapt to life in the United States after arriving with no money, formal education or language skills.
Đọc tiếp Hmong-American Sheng Thao, mayor-elect of Oakland, Californiaworld bank – APRIL 28, 202
The poverty and equity agenda is no longer only about raising minimum living standards and tackling chronic poverty; it is also about creating new and sustainable economic pathways for a more aspirational population.
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There was significant progress in poverty reduction from 2010-2020, but Last Mile challenges in tackling poverty remain.
Đọc tiếp 2022 Vietnam poverty and equity assessment – From the last mile to the next mile
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A girl sits on her parent’s neck to watch the fireworks. Photo by Thanh TungBy VNExpress staff reporters December 29, 2022 | 06:15 am GMT+7
The first year after the pandemic, Vietnamese people have moved forward, overcome and stayed resilient. But challenges still loom.
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| Deputy Prime Ministers Phạm Bình Minh and Vũ Đức Đam (right) are no longer members of the 13th Party Central Committee. VNA/VNS Photos |
HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Ministers Phạm Bình Minh and Vũ Đức Đam are no longer members of the 13th Party Central Committee, according to a decision made on Friday.
Phạm Bình Minh’s membership at the Politburo was also removed, according to the decision made at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Việt Nam’s extraordinary meeting held Friday afternoon.
During the meeting, the Committee also gave opinions on two individuals that the Politburo would recommend to the 15th National Assembly to be approved as deputy prime ministers for the 2021-26 term.
Đọc tiếp Deputy PMs Minh and Đam resign from the Party Central Committee
16/12/2022: Eye on the ball
For years, controversy has surrounded FIFA’s choice of the 2022 World Cup host. Thanks to new Qatargate revelations, scathing headlines will haunt this year’s World Cup well after the final showdown between Argentina and France this weekend.
Last Friday, allegations emerged that the Qatari government has bribed current and former members of the European Parliament and their staff to tone down criticism in the lead-up to the prestigious tournament and win other favours.
European Parliament’s Bureau met without Eva Kaili, who has been implicated in the Qatargate scandal, on 12 December. Photo: Daina Le Lardic/European Parliament
Belgian authorities have already conducted 20 raids, seized 1.5 million euros in cash and arrested four people – including Eva Kaili, now-former Vice President of the European Parliament. If corruption allegations are true, they would explain why last month Kaili praised Qatar’s progress on labour rights despite well-documented abuses.
Đọc tiếp Transparency International – The week in corruption
December 15, 2022Posted byVietnam BriefingWritten byMark BarnesReading Time:4 minutes
Intellectual property (IP) law reform and enforcement in Vietnam has been at the center of a broad range of trade agreements the country has signed onto. But change has been slow, and enforcement has been lacking. Here’s how a spat between a cartoon wolf and a cartoon pig could change that.
The owners of the UK’s Peppa Pig, EOne, are suing Vietnam’s Sconnect, the owners of popular YouTube cartoon Wolfoo, alleging trademark and copyright infringement. More specifically, EOne is alleging Sconnect created Wolfoo to look and feel like Peppa Pig to imply the two cartoons were connected.
In its complaint, EOne claims that parts of Wolfoo’s audio have been taken directly from episodes of Peppa Pig and that images of Peppa Pig herself appear on items like clocks and watering cans in the background of Wolfoo videos.
This is currently before the courts in the UK.
But the courts have not been EOne’s only means of recourse.
YouTube, for example, took down 2,000 Wolfoo videos from August to October this year for copyright infringement at the request of EOne. This cost Sconnect US$2 million in lost revenue up to October, according to their own estimates.
In response, Sconnect has made overtures to the Vietnamese government looking for support. It has also countersued in Vietnam and has launched a lawsuit in Russia where, earlier in the year, a copyright infringement case brought by EOne was dismissed in response to sanctions imposed over the war in the Ukraine.
Đọc tiếp Intellectual property in Vietnam: One Little Pig and a Big Bad Lawsuit
The electric-car startup brought me to its Vietnam headquarters to drive its first EV meant for the U.S. market. It was the most bizarre experience of my life.
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By Kevin Williams, jalopnik.com
I was in Vietnam to sample the automotive fruits of VinFast; the fast-moving automotive startup had just begun selling electric cars in its home country and was already promising to bring them to the United States. I definitely learned something about VinFast, but it wasn’t exactly what the company wanted me to see.
Đọc tiếp The VinFast VF8 Is Simply Not Ready for AmericaLiên Hà 13:02 24/11/2022 Kinh tế đô thị
Kinhtedothi – Văn phòng đại diện Hà Nội là văn phòng thứ năm của PCA được thành lập ngoài trụ sở chính tại Cung điện Hòa Bình, thủ đô La Hay của Hà Lan. TIN LIÊN QUAN
Hà Nội cam kết tạo điều kiện tốt nhất cho Văn phòng đại diện PCA
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Sáng 24/11, Bộ trưởng Ngoại giao Bùi Thanh Sơn cùng Tổng Thư ký Tòa trọng tài thường trực (PCA) Marcin Czepelak đã chính thức khánh thành Văn phòng đại diện của PCA tại Hà Nội với biển tên “Ngôi nhà Hòa bình” tại 48A Trần Phú, Hà Nội.
“Ngôi nhà Hòa bình”
Tại buổi lễ, Bộ trưởng Bùi Thanh Sơn chúc mừng Văn phòng PCA chính thức đi vào hoạt động, hiện thực hóa cam kết của hai bên tại Nghị định thư năm 2021. “Việt Nam đánh giá cao vai trò của PCA là cơ quan giải quyết tranh chấp quốc tế, đã đóng góp hiệu quả và tích cực vào giải quyết tranh chấp giữa các quốc gia và giữa quốc gia với các tổ chức, bảo đảm tuân thủ luật pháp quốc tế, góp phần duy trì hòa bình và an ninh quốc tế,” Bộ trưởng Bùi Thanh Sơn khẳng định.
Đọc tiếp Khai trương văn phòng đại diện Tòa trọng tài thường trực (PCA) tại Hà Nội
TS – – Nhung Nguyễn, Võ Kiều Bảo Uyên
Phải mất hàng nghìn năm, đồng bằng sông Cửu Long mới ra đời. Con người có thể chỉ cần vài thập kỷ để làm nó co rút. Sạt lở chỉ mới là triệu chứng khởi đầu.
Euro Cup 2016, sân vận động Parc des Princes (Pháp) nhuộm nỗi buồn của các cổ động viên Bồ Đào Nha khi cầu thủ của họ liên tục dứt bóng hỏng trước khung thành Áo. Cùng thời khắc ấy, ở một múi giờ khác cách Trung Âu sáu tiếng, nơi cuối dòng Mekong, trận bóng thất vọng của Bồ Đào Nha đã cứu một người đàn ông thoát chết trong gang tấc.
Đêm ấy, ông Trương Phi Hải không ngủ sớm như thường lệ. Người đàn ông 67 tuổi thức bên chiếc tivi, cổ vũ cho Cristiano Ronaldo, cầu thủ ông ái mộ. Phía sau nhà, dòng sông Tiền chảy qua thị xã Hồng Ngự (Đồng Tháp) đang trong con nước ròng, đâu đó vài chiếc sà lan chở cát nổ máy rì rì chạy ngang.
3h sáng, tiếng nước sôi xuất hiện, kéo ông Hải ra khỏi trận đấu. “Nó kêu ục ục. Tui đoán bọn cá lóc trong hồ trước nhà làm bọt bóng”, ông chủ trại cá nhớ lại. Nhưng âm thanh sủi bọt lớn dần, át cả giọng bình luận viên trên tivi. Lo cho đàn cá chỉ còn vài tiếng nữa là đến giờ hẹn bán, ông uể oải đứng lên kiểm tra. Được vài bước, bên tai ông vang tiếng “roạt-rầm”. Và nền đất dưới chân như ai đó bẻ ra, căn nhà tường gạch mái tôn ông vừa bước khỏi bỗng rớt gọn xuống con sông. Tủ, giường, bàn ghế, và cả chiếc tivi đang chiếu hình ảnh Ronaldo cũng trượt vào làn nước.
Trong tích tắc, mảnh sân sau ông Hải đang đứng biến thành một hòn đảo nhỏ giữa dòng nước xoáy đục ngầu. Rồi “hòn đảo” cũng tụt dần. Cú sốc đông cứng chân người đàn ông, ông ngồi thụp xuống, hai tay ôm đầu, phó mặc cho số phận. “Người tôi giống như đi thang máy vậy đó. Ngước mắt lên nhìn, không còn thấy trời, không còn thấy sao. Tôi nghĩ mình chết rồi”, ông Hải rít mẩu thuốc, nhớ lại giây phút sinh tử lúc đó.
Đọc tiếp Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long: Trước nguy cơ dần biến mất
Asiatimes – Samsung, Intel, Amkor Technology and others pouring billions into Vietnam’s chip industry as China decoupling gathers pace
By PHAN LE And HAI THANH NGUYEN
NOVEMBER 16, 2022
Samsung’s plant in Thai Nguyen Province, northern Vietnam. Photo: Samsung
The CEO of Samsung Electronics met with Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and announced a US$850 million investment to manufacture semiconductor components in Thai Nguyen province on August 5, 2022.
The investment will make Vietnam one of only four countries – alongside South Korea, China and the United States – that produce semiconductors for the world’s largest memory chipmaker. Vietnam’s selection over more developed locations speaks volumes about the country’s rising importance in the semiconductor value chain.
Đọt Chuối Non 