Last update 14:54 | 02/08/2017 – vietnamnet
The People’s Court in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau announced an appeal verdict forcing 11 businesses to give 33 households VND5.5 billion ($242,000) in compensation for mass fish deaths in the Cha Va river on Tuesday.
Fish death in the Cha Va river
The highest compensation which a business must pay is VND1.2 billion and the least amount is VND58 million.
Last update 16:40 | 29/07/2017 – vietnamnet
VietNamNet Bridge – People often say it’s not easy to change one’s habits, but a man from Cu Pua Village in the central province of Quang Tri has succeeded and inspired others to follow.
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| A big sign that says “No drinking at home – Drink-free village” is hung at a prominent spot in Ho E Not’s house. – VNS Photo Duy Loi |
Ho E Not, 44, said the villagers in Dakrong District used to consider tobacco and alcohol indispensable. Most men and women smoked cigarettes and drank alcohol, whatever the occasion. “It had become a custom. Drinking when celebrating new crops, at weddings and funerals,” he said.
Jesus,
You are the light,
the one and only light.
Please allow us to gaze at your light
and be one with you.
Amen.
PTH
Hi everybody,
I don’t think I’ve ever written any poem before. So the poem is the Moon talking to the Sun . And is me talking to God and to the light of others brought to me. And it’s also the Oneness expression in Buddhism. To be One with God.
Or it can be anything as you feel. Hope you enjoy.
I am named of a Moon
I am of dust, cold and hard rock
I radiate ’cause you shine
I am not able to thrive without your light
Deep inside
I am of an eternal fire.
Thu Hằng
Last update 07:15 | 03/08/2017 – vietnamnet
VietNamNet Bridge – For 15 years, a Vietnamese scientist has been devoted to the work of using sand to produce solar energy with polycrystalline technology, which absorbs light and turns it into power even on dark days.
Prof Tu Trung Chan
In 2002, Chan returned to Vietnam to work for the Research and Development Center at the HCM City Hi-Tech Park.
Do you still persist in the dream of producing clean energy and getting a patent for producing silicon-based solar energy?
Jesus,
Why is this the most important sentence in Bible?
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”*
‘Cause it is the easiest teaching, isn’t it? Continue reading Prayer 216
Last update 16:00 | 02/08/2017 – vietnamnet
VietNamNet Bridge – Experts believe that no less than $8-9 billion flows out of Vietnam every year through different channels, despite Vietnam’s tight forex policy.
A report from NAR (National Association of Realtors) showed that in the last fiscal year, from April 2016 to March 2017, foreigners spent $153 billion to buy 284,455 real estate products in the US.
Of this amount, $3.06 billion, or 2 percent, was spent by Vietnamese. Since 2007, Vietnamese have been among the biggest realty buyers in the country, accounting for 1 percent, except in 2009 and 2012.
Last update 07:40 | 05/06/2017 – vietnamnet
VietNamNet Bridge – Many apps have been developed for intelligent farming which aim to change the way farmers work.
GMA, a green app developer, focuses on building up software solutions to solve the problem of information and communication between farmers and local authorities.
It has been used in 11 districts and towns of An Giang province.
Last update 16:13 | 02/08/2017 – vietnamnet
VietNamNet Bridge – On July 29, a supermarket in District 1, HCM City, handed over a diamond worth over VND150 million ($7,500) to a customer – Ms. Bui Thi Minh Thien – who dropped the diamond at the supermarket.
A supermarket representative returns the diamond to the customer (second left).
Earlier, an employee at the supermarket – Ms. Nguyen Huynh Ngoc Han – saw a woman struggling to find something under the floor. Han came to ask for help but the woman did not answer.
Jesus,
Why is this the most important sentence in Bible?
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son,
that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”*
‘Cause it has the most important phrase, hasn’t it?
“For God so loved the world.” Continue reading Prayer 215
Jesus,
You know,
when I learned literature in high school, from junior to senior,
there was a phrase I always had to use,
from colonial literature to modern literature.
It was:
“The passionate patriotism and the deep hatred of the enemy.”
(“Lòng yêu nước nồng nàn và lòng căm thù giặc sâu sắc.”) Continue reading Prayer 214
Mongabay Series:
Part 1 – Will climate change sink the Mekong Delta?
Part 2 – Vietnam sweats bullets as China and Laos dam the Mekong
Part 3 – Mother Nature and a hydropower onslaught aren’t the Mekong Delta’s only problems
Part 4 – A plan to save the Mekong Delta
13 October 2016 / David Brown
Climate change and dams going in upstream are threatening to render the crucial region unviable. But are the Delta’s biggest problems of Vietnam’s own making?
Jesus,
Today I want to continue reading a novel of Hồ Đình Ba,
“Trôi dạt dòng đời – Drifting lifes“.
I lived at the Catholic quarters in Hue for about 5 years
and had a close neighborhood in there,
but I knew nothing about their spiritual world.
The novel opens my eyes. Continue reading Prayer 213
Water puppetry comes full circle in new play
Last update 14:27 | 19/06/2017 – vietnamnet
VietNamNet Bridge – The latest show by theatre director Viet Tu, performed on a 1.5 hectare lake, has broken new ground in more ways than one.
Making a splash: 140 local farmers and other residents villagers of the Da Phuc Village in Sai Son Commune are performers in The Quintissence of Tonkin, a show directed by Viet Tu. – Photos courtesy of the show’s producer
For one, it has humans perform roles played by puppets in traditional water puppetry shows.
Giêsu ơi,
Giêsu và em đang lắng nghe chị.
Chị sống gần nhà em cỡ 10-12 năm.
Chị bán trứng vịt lộn và nhiều loại sữa ngũ cốc.
Trong lúc em đang uống sữa đậu phộng
– có lẽ em là khách đầu tiên trong ngày của chị,
chị đột nhiên kể em nghe về gia đình chị.
Trong khi chị đang nói, vài khách đến, nên chị dừng lại để phục vụ họ.
Đọt Chuối Non 