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A 100-year-old alley in town – Hẻm Hào Sĩ Phường, Sài Gòn

While Hanoi has been famous for its 36 old streets attached to the history and culture of the 1,000-year-old capital, Saigon, the former name of HCMC, can take pride in an age-old alley that has maintained its original architecture and special traits for decades. 

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Located at 206 Tran Hung Dao B in HCMC’s District 5, the 100-year-old alley Hao Si Phuong attracts passers-by by a small drinks stall in front of the alley

The 100-year-old alley in the city’s District 5, better known as Hao Si Phuong, is worth visiting as tourists can take a close look at Chinese-influenced unique architectural features and gain an insight into daily lives and spiritual values of the Chinese community there.

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A bird and a cat teach me about the Nature of Thing 

You might have known about the Buddhist teaching of The Suchness or be familiar with The Nature of Thing phenomenon in our life. It could be as natural as a lion hunts a deer in the wild. Or it is as simple as birth-aging-illness-and death in every human being life. I, too, have read and studied about those teaching and concept and contemplated about that Nature of Thing. It’s been my assumption that I can comprehend the concept with simple explanations. Probably many of us have the same assumption. Continue reading A bird and a cat teach me about the Nature of Thing 

Scant oversight, corporate secrecy preceded U.S. weed killer crisis

 vietnamnet – Last update 17:01 | 09/08/2017

As the U.S. growing season entered its peak this summer, farmers began posting startling pictures on social media: fields of beans, peach orchards and vegetable gardens withering away.

U.S., weed killer crisis, crop damage, investigationJohn Weiss looks over his crop of soybeans, which he had reported to the state board for showing signs of damage due to the drifting of Monsanto’s pesticide Dicamba, at his farm in Dell, Arkansas, U.S. July 25, 2017.

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Ministry backtracks on dumping

VIETNAMNEWS – Update: August, 10/2017 – 01:00

Hòn Cau marine protected area in Tuy Phong District, central province of Bình Thuận.The environment ministry has agreed not to dump nearly one million cubic metre of waste mud discarded by Vĩnh Tân 4 thermal power plant into the sea area. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — The environment ministry has agreed not to dump nearly one million cubic metre of waste mud discarded by a power plant into Bình Thuận Province’s sea following public outcry against the plan.The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Ministry reported on Wednesday that it approved a proposal by Bình Thuận authorities in which the mud and waste sand of Vĩnh Tân 1 thermal power plant would be dumped at Vĩnh Tân Port instead of the sea.

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Vietnamese, US defence chiefs hold talks

VIETNAMNEWS – Update: August, 10/2017 – 01:00

Defence Minister, Gen. Ngô Xuân Lịch (right) met US Secretary of Defence James Mattis in Washington D.C. on August 8. — VNA/VNS Photo

Washington D.C –  Defence Minister Gen. Ngô Xuân Lịch held talks with US Secretary of Defence James Mattis in Washington DC on Tuesday following a welcome ceremony the same day.Lịch, who is on a visit to the US from August 7-10, said Việt Nam considers the US one of its most important partners and always prioritises the development of bilateral ties based on the principles of equality, respect for political regimes, independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of each country.

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Regional countries agree on safe labour migration

Last update 16:31 | 03/08/2017 –  vietnamnet

VietNamNet Bridge – Ministers of labour from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam (CLMTV) – agreed to improve their migration management system and share responsibilities in contributing to safe labour migration.

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A welder work at a mechanical workshop. Ministers of labour from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Viet Nam agreed to boost safe migration workers among countries in a conference in Da Nang. Photos: Cong Thanh/VNS

The reaffirmation was included in the CLMTV joint declaration on safe labour migration at the 2nd Ministerial Conference on Labour Co-operation in CLMTV in Da Nang yesterday.

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Lời cầu nguyện 220 – Prayer 220

Chuỗi bài cầu nguyện

Giêsu ơi,

Giêsu có muốn biết em đang nghĩ gì không?

Em đang nghĩ về tương lai đất nước chúng em.
Một ngày nào đó, thế giới sẽ nói về chúng em:
“Nhìn kìa!
Họ là bạn của Chúa.
Họ biết Chúa
và tay trong tay với Chúa.” Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 220 – Prayer 220

Vietnam challenges China at security talks

Indiatimes AFP – Aug 05, 2017, 08.08 PM IST

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Vietnam on Friday night sought to insert tough language against China in an ASEANstatement that was scheduled to be released after the Southeast Asian ministers wrapped up their own talks on Saturday

 MANILA: Vietnam urged other Southeast Asian nations to take a stronger stand against Chinese expansionism in the South China Sea on Saturday, as a tense regional security forum began with North Korea also under fire over its nuclear programme.

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Will the mountain of nix particles in Khanh Hoa be cleared?

Last update 07:10 | 01/08/2017 –  vietnamnet

VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists are concerned about the nix particle treatment solution planned by Hyundai Vinashin (HVS), saying that the particles may be dispersed in the air during transportation. 

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HVS, the Khanh Hoa-based shipbuilding yard, has signed a contract with three companies on carrying nix particles (copper slag) out of Khanh Hoa province to be provided to factories which will use the particles as additives in cement manufacturing.

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Police kill Reynaldo Parojinog and wife in drug raid

30 JULY 2017 AL JAZEERA

Ozamiz city mayor was among list of officials publicly shamed last year by President Duterte of being linked to drugs.


Philippine police have reported killed nearly 3,200 people in drug raids since June 2016 [File: Francis R Malasig/EPA]

Phillippine police have killed a city mayor, his wife and 10 others during a series of pre-dawn anti-drug raids in the south, officials said.

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