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New elevation measure shows climate change could quickly swamp the Mekong Delta

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New Elevation Measure Shows Climate Change Could Quickly Swamp the Mekong Delta
Ground truthing shows the vast Mekong Delta averages only 0.8 meter above sea level instead of the 2.6 meters officially quoted. Credit: Linh Pham Getty Images

A stunning 12 million people could be displaced by flooding in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta within half a century, according to new research led by Philip Minderhoud, a geographer at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. Minderhoud and his colleagues arrived at that surprising conclusion after analyzing ground-based measurements of the Mekong’s topography that the Vietnamese government shielded from Western scientists  for years. The results, published today in Nature Communications, show the Mekong’s elevation over sea level averages just 0.8 meter, which is almost two meters lower than commonly quoted estimates based on freely available satellite data.

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Maritime Claims of the Indo-Pacific

Maritime Claims of the Indo-Pacific

AMTI has expanded and improved its interactive Maritime Claims of the Indo-Pacific map to include all the Pacific Islands and more. The database of nearly 40 countries in South Asia, East Asia, and the Pacific is the most comprehensive and accurate resource on maritime claims available to the public. Users can search claimants by name or select up to six from a list of available countries. Claim types can be toggled on or off, including territorial baselines, territorial seas, exclusive economic zones, continental shelves, and the nine-dash/U-shaped line.

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Japanese researcher helps Vietnam tackle AO/dioxin-related health issues

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Tokyo (VNA) – A Japanese researcher has just announced a project on training Vietnamese health workers in addressing problems related to Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin chemical that was sprayed on the country during the war.

Japan’s national broadcasting organization NHK quoted Professor Kido Teruhiko from the Kanazawa University and officials from the Japan International Cooperation Agency as saying the project will last for three years in the Vietnamese central province of Binh Dinh’s Phu Cat district.

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US ambassador pays respects at Vietnamese military cemetery

VNexpress – By Minh Nga   August 28, 2019 | 10:36 am GMT+7

US ambassador pays respects at Vietnamese military cemetery
U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink burn incense at Truong Son Cemetery in Quang Tri Province, August 27, 2019. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi.

Daniel Kritenbrink has become the first ever U.S. ambassador to Vietnam to visit the Truong Son Cemetery for soldiers killed in the Vietnam War.

More than 10,000 Vietnamese soldiers killed during the war (1955-1975) were laid to rest in the cemetery in Gio Linh District, Quang Tri Province in central Vietnam.

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Google to move Pixel smartphone production to Vietnam, report says

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The move comes as labor costs are rising in China along with added pressure from spiraling tariffs due to the ongoing Sino-U.S. trade tensions.
Image: Google Pixel
A member of the media tries a Google Inc. Pixel 3 smartphone after its sales launch event at a SoftBank Corp. store on Nov. 5, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.Tomohiro Ohsumi / Getty Images file

 / Source: Reuters

Alphabet’s Google is shifting its Pixel smartphone production to Vietnam from China starting this year as it builds a cheap supply chain in Southeast Asia, the Nikkei business daily reported on Wednesday.

Học tiếng Anh để làm gì?

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Học tiếng Anh để làm gì?

Để yêu người.

Nếu học tiếng Anh mà không có mục đích yêu người, ta chỉ học tiếng Anh như một công cụ ăn nói, chẳng có gì hơn. Mọi trao đổi (nghe, nói, đọc, viết) chỉ là trao đổi vật thể, chẳng có liên hệ đến tâm linh. Mọi trao đổi học tập, giảng dạy, làm việc, đầu tư, làm ăn, ngoại giao… giữa VN và người nước ngoài chỉ là trao đổi vật thể, chẳng có liên hệ đến tâm linh. Continue reading Học tiếng Anh để làm gì?

Pentagon Accuses China of ‘Bullying Tactics’ in Waters Off Vietnam

FILE – A Chinese Coast Guard vessel is seen in the South China Sea, June 13, 2014.

China is carrying out “coercive interference” in oil and gas activities in waters claimed by Vietnam, the Pentagon said Monday, accusing Beijing of using “bullying tactics.”

A Chinese survey vessel on Saturday extended its activities to an area closer to Vietnam’s coastline, ship tracking data showed, after the United States and Australia expressed concern about China’s actions in the disputed waterways.

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Buddhist event sparks environmental controversy for releasing 30,000 plastic lanterns to sea

tuoitrenews – Tuesday, August 27, 2019, 15:46 GMT+7

Lit-up lanterns are seen floating on Lan Ha off Hai Phong, northern Vietnam, on August 10, 2019. Photo: Thanh Trung / Tuoi Tre

An annual Buddhist festival held earlier this month in the northern Vietnamese city of Hai Phong has attracted environmental criticism as it purportedly involved people setting as many as 30,000 plastic lanterns afloat on a local bay.

On the night of August 10, hundreds of people gathered in Cat Ba Town on Cat Hai Island, a district administered by Hai Phong, to observe Vu Lan Occasion, a festival Buddhist followers hold annually to pay homage to their parents and ancestors.

As part of the celebration, participants joined a ritual to release 30,000 water lanterns to the local Lan Ha Bay.

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Làm mọi điều cùng Thượng đế – Học tiếng Anh cùng Thượng đế

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Làm mọi điều cùng Thượng đế nghĩa là sống, học, làm việc, chơi, tập thể dục, yêu người… cùng Thượng đế. Thế nên học tiếng Anh cũng là học tiếng Anh cùng Thượng đế.

Học tiếng Anh cùng Thượng đế – khi đó tiếng Anh chẳng chỉ là tiếng Anh, chẳng chỉ là một môn học và chẳng chỉ là một thứ vật chất mà ta đang nỗ lực để có nó trong tay. Tiếng Anh là điều thánh. Continue reading Làm mọi điều cùng Thượng đế – Học tiếng Anh cùng Thượng đế

Sống đơn giản: Học tiếng Anh đơn giản

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Sống đơn giản là mọi thứ trong đời sống đều cần phải đơn giản. Ăn, mặc, học, làm việc, chơi… đều đơn giản. Học tiếng Anh cũng đơn giản.

Học tiếng Anh đơn giản là nghe, dịch, đọc, viết… tiếng Anh đơn giản. Continue reading Sống đơn giản: Học tiếng Anh đơn giản

How to cross beyond all suffering?

Dear brothers and sisters,

Life contains suffering. There are eight kind of suffering.

– Birth is suffering
– Old age is suffering
– Illness is suffering
– Death is suffering
– Losing what we like is suffering
– Contacting what we don’t like is suffering
– Unfulfilled desires is suffering
– All five skandhas being strong is suffering (ngũ uẩn thân ta quá mạnh là khổ) Continue reading How to cross beyond all suffering?