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Sex education from church and state sends mixed messages in Vietnam
Marianne Brown in Hanoi
theguardian: As church activists hand out information on ‘safe sex days’ to students, Vietnam’s high abortion rate suggests a need for accurate contraception advice
A clinic offering 4D foetus imaging in Hanoi. For decades, communist Vietnam enforced a two-child policy, using a mix of administrative penalties and subsidised family planning. Photograph: Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP/Getty Images
On a Saturday morning, about 100 people gather for mass at Thai Ha church in Hanoi. During the sermon, the priest talks about the dangers of sex before marriage and the sin of killing an unborn child. Behind the pews, on a table, sits a small coffin containing foetuses and stillborn babies collected by volunteers over the week from private clinics. Today there are 13 in the box.
Growing the Future Fellowship
CSIS – The CSIS Global Food Security Project and the International Youth Foundation/CSIS Youth, Prosperity, and Security Initiative at CSIS brought together a select group of young agricultural entrepreneurs from Feed the Future focus countries for one week to Washington, D.C. to gather insights and inform U.S. policymakers on how to improve youth engagement in agricultural development.
Cambodia should be cautious when it comes to Chinese aid
9 July 2016
Author: Veasna Var, UNSW Canberraeastasiaforum: In a 2006 speech, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen praised China, saying that ‘China talks less but does a lot’. China is certainly doing a lot in Cambodia, becoming the country’s largest aid donor and source of foreign investment.
Helping businesses see the benefits of the Sustainable Development Goals
eco-business: Panelists at a forum for business leaders say that aligning business targets and sustainability practices as well as partnerships are essential in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Panelists at the inaugural session of the Thought Leadership Series. Speakers from Diageo, City Developments Limited, Save the Children, Unilever and Corporate Citizenship discuss the implications of the UN Sustainable Development Goals to businesses in Singapore. Image: Hive Consulting
Analysis: Can China Enforce a South China Sea Air-Defense Identification Zone?
July 18, 2016 10:58 AM
Map showing the location of Chinese bases in Hainan and reclaimed islands and infrastructure in the South China Sea.
Is China about to declare an Air-Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the South China Sea? And how effectively would it be able to enforce such a zone?
Dragon fruit brings farmers sweet success
VNN – Update: June, 05/2016 – 09:00
The day’s haul: A local farmer loads dragon fruit to sell at markets. VNA/VNS Photo Đình Huệ
Around 20 years ago, farmers in Long An Province’s Châu Thành District began to grow dragon fruit instead of paddy, which did not yield much profit. The fruit, now grown on almost 90 per cent of the land, has brought about a miraculous economic transformation, Văn Đạt discovers.
Vietnam’s zombie companies threaten long-term growth
6 July 2016 – Author: Ian Coxhead, University of Wisconsin-Madison – eastasiaforum
The biggest macroeconomic challenge facing Vietnam today is sustaining growth. Most doi moi-era growth has resulted either from efficiency gains associated with the introduction of a market economy (opening domestic markets and trade, relaxing restrictions on labour movement and land transactions) or from expanded endowments of low-skill labour and capital. GDP continues to grow at a very respectable rate, albeit lower than that projected in national planning documents.
China’s Page on South China Sea
TĐH: This is China’s page on South China Sea, by China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, very useful to understand China.
http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/nanhai/eng/
Introduction
Spokesperson’s Remarks
Vietnam: Corruption whistleblowers protection mechanism under current laws
Towards Transparency (TT)[1]
National Contact of Transparency International (TI) in Vietnam
vietnamlawmagazine – Denunciation is a fundamental right of citizens that is recognized in the Constitution of Vietnam and also a crucial channel for government agencies to access information about, detect and handle violations of the law. Vietnam has long recognized the rights of whistleblowers in general and corruption whistleblowers in particular in many different legal instruments. However, many legal provisions are just principles, non-specific and scattered in various legal instruments of different legal effects.
U.S. sanctions North Korean leader for first time over human rights
Reuters |
The United States on Wednesday sanctioned North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the first time, citing “notorious abuses of human rights,” in a move diplomats say will infuriate the nuclear-armed country.
The sanctions, the first to target any North Koreans for rights abuses, affect property and other assets within the U.S. jurisdiction. They include 10 other individuals besides Kim and five government ministries and departments, the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement.
For the past 15 years, this man has buried babies from abortion clinics
The former construction worker bought land atop a mountain called Hon Thom in the city of Nha Trang with his savings. Tong began burying the dead babies in this idyllic setting. At first, his wife thought he’d gone crazy, but Tong wouldn’t give up his dream. He’s buried more than 10,000 babies over the years, but what he really wanted to do was save these babies in the first place. He said his graveyard isn’t just a place for sadness, it’s a garden meant to touch women who are feeling uncertain
Heat wave safety tips
Stay Informed: Monitor local radio and television (including NOAA Weather Radio), internet and social media for information and updates.
How to response to excessive heat events
- Slow down: reduce, eliminate or reschedule strenuous activities until the coolest time of the day. Children, seniors and anyone with health problems should stay in the coolest available place, not necessarily indoors.
Speech by Dai Bingguo at China-US Dialogue on South China Sea Between Chinese and US Think Tanks 2016/07/05
China Ministry of Foreign Affairs
5 July, Washington D.C
I am delighted to attend the China-US dialogue on South China Sea between Chinese and US think tanks jointly organized by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies at Renmin University and meet with old and new friends. I would like to take this opportunity to thank both organizations for putting this dialogue together and my sincere thanks go to all of you here who have for long cared for and supported the development of China-US relations.
Plan to Fabricate a Genome Raises Questions on Designer Humans
What will scientists do with $100 million to mass-produce genes in the lab?
technologyreview – A proposal by a group of scientists and businesspeople to synthesize a human genome from scratch is attracting sharp criticism for dodging the big ethical questions such a step raises.
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