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Experts discuss food safety issues

Vietnam Breaking News – May 6, 2016 by the saigontimes

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Vu Vinh Phu, chairman of the Hanoi Supermarkets Association, told the seminar that unsafe food has become a national crisis. It can be found at traditional wet markets, on the streets and even at popular supermarkets where customers believe they can acquire safe food.

 

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Making every voice count

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A few weeks ago I was fascinated to learn that local authorities in Da Nang have harnessed the power of social media to make their coastal city cleaner, greener, and more beautiful. People can go online to report a broken lamppost, flooded street or an illegal landfill. By helping to prioritize and direct the authority’s response, it has quickly become a success story for other cities and provinces to learn from.

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Drought forces Vietnam’s Mekong Delta residents to leave home, family for work

May 6, 2016 by tuoitrenews Leave a Comment

tuoitrenews – The devastating effects of this year’s severe drought and salinization have forced many residents from Vietnam’s Mekong Delta to leave their hometown and earn their living elsewhere.

According to Tran Sang, an official in Soc Trang Province, previously, the situation was only evident in poorer households.

“Now, the climatic condition has been so serious this year that many citizens have lost thousands of square meters of crops, forcing them to abandon their homes to find work in other provinces,” Sang said.

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CSIS – Southeast Asia from Scott Circle – June 23, 2016

ASEAN Learning to Navigate a New Age in Great Power Politics

By Phuong Nguyen (@PNguyen_DC), Associate Fellow, Southeast Asia Program (@SoutheastAsiaDC), CSIS

June 23, 2016

At the end of a recent ASEAN-China summit in Kunming, China, on June 13, Beijing pressured several ASEAN members close to it to withdraw their support for an ASEAN joint press statement expressing “serious concerns” about recent developments in the South China Sea. These events raised fundamental questions about the ability of the grouping to pull together amid challenges posed by the region’s new strategic realities.

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Global rice shortage caused by El Nino threatens price crisis

Experts say a bad monsoon season could see grain costs spiral by the end of the year

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A rice workers harvest rice from a paddy in Ninh Binh, Vietnam, in the shadow of the karst peaks Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty Images

Ảnh sinh hoạt hằng ngày – Jun 25, 2016 – The dance club in Da Nang

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This is the dance club on the sideway of Bach Dang Street , Da Nang city. They are dancing. They dance everynight. Most of them are between 40-70 years old.

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China’s ‘Historic Rights’ in the South China Sea: Made in America?

The Diplomat – The current understanding of “historic rights” in the South China Sea in China can be traced back to a U.S. diplomat.

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Vietnamese journalist’s press card revoked for slandering the defense forces on Facebook

By Toan Dao   June 21, 2016 | 12:04 am GMT+7 VNExpress

Vietnamese journalist’s press card revoked for slandering the defense forces on Facebook

The Ministry of Information and Communications has decided to revoke a press card it has granted a local journalist, accusing him of “seriously damage the reputation” of the defense forces.

In a statement on its website, the ministry said journalist Mai Phan Loi from the Ho Chi Minh City Law Newspaper has “seriously damage the reputation” of the Vietnam People’s Army, “hurt the feelings” of families and colleagues of the military personnel who have perished on duty and “damage the prestige of other journalists”.

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Vietnam’s cattle breeders anxious about contaminated fodder with tough law pending

TUOI TRE NEWS – Updated : 04/06/2016 15:33 GMT + 7

tuoitrenews.vn – Anxious cattle breeders in Vietnam must choose safe fodder brands for their herds, as a new law heavily punishing those that use banned chemicals will come into effect this July.

For the past month, Duong Thi Hoa, a cattle breeder in Dong Nai Province, has stopped mixing her own pig food from such ingredients as corn, soy beans, and premixes, which are a blend of various raw materials and additives that contain vitamins, minerals, antibiotics, and other essential ingredients.

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Earthquakes Triggered by Dams

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Sichuan earthquake damages building, 14 May 2008
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Earthquakes can be induced by dams. Globally, there are over 100 identified cases of earthquakes that scientists believe were triggered by reservoirs (see Gupta 2002). The most serious case may be the 7.9-magnitude Sichuan earthquake in May 2008, which killed an estimated 80,000 people and has been linked to the construction of the Zipingpu Dam.

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AEC poses tough challenges for Vietnam labor market

Updated: 16:54’ – 02/02/2016
vietnamlawmagazine – Vietnamese employees may face stiff competition from regional peers given the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) at the end of last year which allows a free movement of labor within the region.
A household electric and electro-mechanic enginerring class in the Intermediate Vocational School for Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Youth of Quang Nam province__Photo: Anh Tuan/VNA

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