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Lời cầu nguyện 651 – Prayer 651

Chuỗi bài cầu nguyện

Giêsu ơi,

Giêsu thật sự lắng nghe em.

Em đã kể cho Giêsu nghe nhiều điều về thành phố của em.
Và giờ đây thành phố đang thay đổi.
Nàng tốt hơn.
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US slaps 400%-plus import tariffs on Vietnam steel

Updated at Wednesday, 03 Jul 2019, 16:37

The Hanoitimes – Customs officials have been ordered to collect cash deposits at rates as high as 456.23% on imports of the steel products produced in Vietnam using material from South Korea and Taiwan.

The US Commerce Department decided to imposed import duties of more than 400% on steel imports from Vietnam, accusing some businesses of shipping products from the Southeast Asian nation to evade the levies in a further escalation of tension between the two trading partners, Bloomberg reported.

Illustrative photo.
Illustrative photo.

New research shows public interest damage caused by corporate justice

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CEO, TNI, FOEE and FOEI | 24 June 2019

New research shows public interest damage caused by corporate justice

Amsterdam, Brussels (June 24, 2019) — New research published today reveals the devastating consequences of the controversial Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) system. A common ingredient in international trade and investment agreements, ISDS creates a parallel justice system that rolls out the red carpet for corporations to sue states when they act in the public interest. Red carpet courts: 10 stories of how the rich and powerful hijacked justice, by Corporate Europe Observatory, the Transnational Institute and Friends of the Earth Europe/International, gathers 10 recent cases from around the world that show why ISDS and its copy-paste rebranding pushed by the EU have no place in any international agreement. The research comes one day before EU member states’ likely approval of a new EU-Vietnam investment agreement, which includes ISDS-style courts (25 June).

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How China’s Belt and Road Initiative could lead Vietnam away from renewable energy and towards coal

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Even as China turns away from coal-fired power domestically, its financial institutions continue to fund coal plants overseas, including in countries like Vietnam, which have great potential for wind and solar power generation

Published: 4:00pm, 11 Jun, 2019

A a child on a Saigon waterbus brandishes a pinwheel as he passes Landmark 81, Vietnam’s tallest building, in Ho Chi Minh City on June 6. While Vietnam has enormous potential for wind and solar power generation, funding for coal-power electricity plants under China’s Belt and Road Initiative could derail its renewable energy push. Photo: Reuters

A a child on a Saigon waterbus brandishes a pinwheel as he passes Landmark 81, Vietnam’s tallest building, in Ho Chi Minh City on June 6. While Vietnam has enormous potential for wind and solar power generation, funding for coal-power electricity plants under China’s Belt and Road Initiative could derail its renewable energy push. Photo: Reuters

Innovative methods could transform Vietnam’s robusta farms into carbon sinks

A cold brew latte served at one of Ho Chi Minh City's many specialty coffee shops. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.A cold brew latte served at one of Ho Chi Minh City’s many specialty coffee shops. Photo by Michael Tatarski for Mongabay.

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Chinese Power Projection Capabilities in South China Sea


June 28, 2019  |  AMTI Interactive

Chinese Power Projection Capabilities in the South China Sea

(This is the latest in a series of major updates to AMTI’s interactive maps of the Asia Pacific.)Since 2014, China has substantially expanded its ability to monitor and project power throughout the South China Sea via the construction of dual civilian-military bases at its outposts in the disputed Spratly and Paracel Islands. These include new radar and communications arrays, airstrips and hangars to accommodate combat aircraft, and deployments of mobile surface-to-air and anti-ship cruise missile systems.

 

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Your secret gardens

I sincerely bet, everyone had a secret garden in childhood. Of course I did.

Don’t you see all children have an adventurous kind of spirit in their blood that constantly beckons them to take daring journeys into secret places. I, too, had that kind of spirit.

As a kid, no less than once, I wished to “escape” from home, to be independent, to pitch a tent in my own secret garden. It was a bush near my home, someone’s home that had been abandoned, where I happily believed no one would ever find me there, or it was simply a blanket tent in my bed. The secret garden is where, we, the kids were the King, the Queen and the Lords of our own Kingdom. Continue reading Your secret gardens

U.N. says more than 4 million people have left Venezuela

June 7, 20194:24 PM ET

Oscar Martínez, one of more than four million Venezuelans who have left their country, rests at a roadside stand near Cucuta, Colombia. Ryan Kellman/NPR

Venezuela has hit a worrying milestone. The United Nations says more than 4 million refugees and migrants have left the country, which is suffering from political chaos, food shortages and hyperinflation.

The U.N. has called this exodus the “largest in the recent history of Latin America and the Caribbean.”

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Too little, too late for US ‘recommitment’ to Mekong countries? China’s already there

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  • As Beijing floods the Mekong with much-needed cash, the US finds itself pushing back against the tide to retain influence
  • But some nations in the region think the competition can work to their advantage
The Greater Mekong Subregion is a 2.6 million sq km area that covers five Asean countries as well as China’s Guangxi region and Yunnan province. Photo: AFP

The Greater Mekong Subregion is a 2.6 million sq km area that covers five Asean countries as well as China’s Guangxi region and Yunnan province. Photo: AFP

US officials say Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will “recommit” the United States to supporting the five countries along Southeast Asia’s longest river, the Mekong, when he makes his first duty visit to Bangkok in July.

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World Bank: New research on development issues in Vietnam – Volume 11, number 5 (2019 May)

Kết quả hình ảnh cho dotchuoinon World Bank: New research on development issues in Vietnam

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AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

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Lời cầu nguyện 648 – Prayer 648

Chuỗi bài cầu nguyện

Giêsu ơi,

Chiến tranh có thể giảm,
hòa bình có thể tăng
nếu có nhiều phụ nữ lãnh đạo đất nước hoặc quốc phòng.

Thế giới có nhiều chiến tranh trong nhiều ngàn năm qua
có lẽ vì thế giới có nhiều nam lãnh đạo. Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 648 – Prayer 648

One more city experiments with battery-powered electric buses to serve tourists

vietnamnet 06/06/2019    01:52 GMT+7

Hoi An city which was recognized as a World Heritage site by UNESCO is the tenth city to be allowed to experiment with battery-powered electric buses inner city to serve tourists.

One more city experiments with battery-powered electric buses to serve tourists

According to the project, in the first phase, 30 buses out of 120 electric buses each carrying 8-14 passengers will run. The remaining fleets will be used in the second phase after report of effectiveness of the first phase.

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