October 16, 2019
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — One-third of children worldwide under age 5 — about 200 million youngsters — are either undernourished or overweight, undermining their full potential to grow and develop, the U.N. children’s agency said in a report Tuesday.
UNICEF also said almost two-thirds of children aged 6 months to 2 years are not fed food that supports their rapidly growing bodies and brains.
dw – In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data scandal, Facebook is being forced to answer tough questions in Southeast Asian countries on whether its platform is being abused and if citizens’ data has been misused.
After the latest turn in the ongoing Cambridge Analytica user data scandal, Indonesia’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology said Friday it would investigate Facebook over possible violations of Indonesian privacy law.
In a statement released Wednesday, Facebook revised the amount of its data unlawfully collected by Cambridge Analytica to 87 million users, including data from 1.1 million Indonesian users that could have been “improperly shared” with the Britain-based political consulting firm.
Worldwide, 800,000 people die by suicide each year – one every 40 seconds – making it the second leading cause of death among young people (aged 15 to 29), the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday, spotlighting suicide prevention as the theme for this year’s World Mental Health Day.
“Mental health has been neglected for too long,” Secretary-General António Guterres said in a video message for the Day, saying it needs to be addressed urgently, as a matter “that concerns us all.”
vietnamnews – Update: October, 16/2019 – 16:41
HÀ NỘI — Two Vietnamese women have been named among the BBC’s 100 most inspiring and influential women for 2019.
Conservationist Trang Nguyễn and co-founder of the Will to Live Center Nguyễn Thị Vân were honoured by the British public service broadcaster.
The annual list, which this year asks what the world would look like if it were ran by women, also includes American politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, teen Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg and World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe.
landmines.org.vn – Ba Tơ, Quảng Ngãi (24 September 2019) — Project RENEW Coordination Office and representative of Quang Tri Mine Action Center (QTMAC) were present in Ba To District today for attending the final review of Mine Risk Education (MRE) program hosted by Quang Ngai Provincial Red Cross Association, with local representatives from Ba To District People’s Committee, relevant bureaus, Youth Unions and principals of schools.
Jesus,
I think I should practice hard to become a healer by miracles.
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(Few minutes later.)
My mom is coughing.
Would you want to heal my mom?
Let’s start. Continue reading Prayer 680
Before we were born, Mom and Dad have loved us. They wished we would be born healthy, beautiful and blessed.
The day we were born, Mom and Dad hoped we would live a life full of happiness, contentment and joy. For God, he welcomed and invited us to rejoice in His kingdom.
We all are born in Love. Continue reading Born in Love
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VCN – After a 2-year delay, from January 1, 2020, quotas on sugar imports from ASEAN will officially be removed and have an import tax rate of 0% in accordance with the commitments of the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA). However, Vietnam’s sugar industry is not really ready.
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| The Sugar Association recommends importing raw sugar to refine and applying import licenses to monitor the import volume in order to ensure supply and demand at certain times. |
vietnamlawmagazine – Updated: 07:32’ – 28/12/2018
1. Law on Cyber Security
Passed on June 12 and set to take effect on January 1 next year, the Law on Cyber Security prescribes activities of protecting national security and ensuring social order and safety in cyberspace and responsibilities of related agencies, organizations and individuals.
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| The session on cyber security held within the framework of the World Economic Forum on ASEAN 2018 in Hanoi on September 12__Photo: Nguyen Khang/VNA |
PRESS RELEASE
Illicit Financial Flows are Significant and Persistent Drag on Developing Country Economies
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Illicit financial flows are hard to stop
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January 28, 2019
This is the latest in a series of reports, issued on a roughly annual basis by Global Financial Integrity (GFI), which provides country-level estimates of the illicit flows of money into and out of 148 developing and emerging market nations as a result of their trade in goods with advanced economies, as classified by the International Monetary Fund.
vietnamlawmagazine – Updated: 07:46’ – 02/08/2017
In Duong Lam, an old village in Son Tay town just 50 km west of Hanoi, having a son is almost a responsibility toward the family line every couple must shoulder.
Kieu Thi L. has given birth six times to have a son since her husband is a family line head who is burdened with the duty of maintaining the continuance of his clan. L. and her husband have no choice but have a boy to fulfill their obligation as in Duong Lam, no excuse for not having a son will be accepted for a family line head.
This Research Guide provides links to primary documents, reports, periodical articles, and books on disputes and state claims in the South China Sea.
vnexpress – By Viet Anh October 3, 2019 | 08:25 pm
A report saying Vietnam tops a list of countries by dollar value in illicit inflows is ‘inaccurate’, the Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Thursday.
Le Thi Thu Hang was responding to a request for comments on a January report by Washington DC-based think tank Global Financial Integrity, which said Vietnam tops the list of countries ranked by dollar value of illicit inflows in the 2006-2015 period at $22.5 billion.
vnexpress – By Hung Le September 27, 2019 | 06:33 pm
A report on Vietnam’s 500 most profitable companies has found foreign enterprises have better profitability ratios than state and local private firms.
Their return on equity ratio averaged 26.4 percent compared to 24.2 percent for Vietnamese private companies and 17.6 percent for state-owned firms, according to the VNR Profit500, a listing of the 500 companies with the highest profits between July 2018 and June 2019 published Thursday.
vneconomictimes – 18:39, 01/10/2019 – by Nghi Do
Stretch of road laid at DEEP C Industrial Zone in Hai Phong.
Ambassador of Belgium to Vietnam, H.E. Paul Jansen, attended the inauguration of the first asphalt road using recycled plastics on October 1 in the northern city of Hai Phong, together with representatives from the Hai Phong People’s Committee and related departments.
Dow and DEEP C Industrial Zones completed the 200-meter section of road enhanced with recycled plastics at the DEEP C Industrial Zone in the city. The project is a collaborative effort between Dow and DEEP C to provide innovative solutions to address plastics waste and advance a circular economy in Vietnam.
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