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Vietnam’s Party chief Trong presented as presidential candidate

VNE – By Viet Tuan   October 3, 2018 | 06:59 pm GMT+7

Vietnam’s Party chief Trong presented as presidential candidate
Vietnam’s Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is seen at a reception ceremony in Hanoi, January 23, 2018. Photo by Reuters/Kham

The Party’s Central Committee has nominated General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to be the country’s next president.

The committee voted on Wednesday to introduce Trong as a candidate for the head of state post to Vietnam’s legislative National Assembly, which will be in sesssion between October 21 and November 19. No other candidates have been proposed for the job.

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Just watching the rain

October is coming – the rainy season is coming.

The first rains always make Snail feel a little joy. The first rains are often showers. People say, if it showers on the first date, that couple will get married. “Funny”, Snail smiles, although she keeps on believing in that legend.

Usually each shower lasts for a short time. Though only for a little time, earth and heaven seem closer than they are. Continue reading Just watching the rain

Lời cầu nguyện 537 – Prayer 537

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* Artist: Mai Trung Thu (1906–1980) * Title: L’OISEAU SUR UNE BRANCHE (THE BIRD ON A BRANCH), 1967 * Medium: ink and gouache on silk in the original frame by the artist * Size: 20 x 15 cm. (7.9 x 5.9 in.)

Chuỗi bài cầu nguyện

Giêsu ơi,

Em yêu nghệ thuật thị giác.
Em ước tranh của chúng em sẽ được trong sáng và sâu sắc.

Thứ nhất, phải trong sáng.

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What is investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)?

Kết quả hình ảnh cho What is investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS)?

Chuỗi bài liên hệ: Những bí mật về một tòa án siêu toàn cầu

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ISDS is a mechanism included in many trade and investment agreements to settle disputes. Settling these investor disputes relies on arbitration rather than public courts. Under agreements which include ISDS mechanisms, a company from one signatory state investing in another signatory state can argue that new laws or regulations could negatively affect its expected profits or investment potential, and seek compensation in a binding arbitration tribunal. Corporations typically seek compensation which may amount to millions or billions of US dollars.

The system only provides for foreign companies to sue states, not the other way around.

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RCEP countries open to easing investment rules, agree to ease ISDS clauses

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Business Standard | 10 September 2018

RCEP countries open to easing investment rules, agree to ease ISDS clauses

by Subhayan Chakraborty

Despite treading diametrically opposite paths on tariffs and market access, India and China, along with other nations, have hit it off on talks regarding investment norms in the proposed Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) pact.

In a bid to fast-track the deal, most nations have agreed to ease the investor-state-dispute settlement (ISDS) clauses.

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Canada strips Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi of honorary citizenship

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Canadian lawmakers vote unanimously to revoke symbolic honour from Myanmar leader over her handling of Rohingya crisis.

Canada strips Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi of honorary citizenship
Myanmar military’s campaign has driven more then 700,000 Rohingya into neighbouring Bangladesh since last August [Altaf Qadri/The Associated Press]

Canada’s parliament has unanimously voted to strip Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi of her honorary citizenship over her handling of the Rohingya crisis.

Thursday’s vote came a week after Canadian lawmakers approved a motion recognising the crimes committed against Rohingya Muslims as genocide.

Aung San Suu Kyi received the honour from Ottawa in 2007, when she was a democracy advocate long under house arrest. But the Myanmar leader has been under fire for her failure to condemn the military campaign that has driven more than 700,000 Rohingya into neighbouring Bangladesh in what the UN human rights chief called “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing”.

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Investment protection in EU Vietnam FTA

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Vietnam Briefing | 24 August 2018

Investment protection in EU Vietnam FTA

by Koushan Das

Vietnam and the EU recently completed the legal review of their EU Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA). The agreement will now be translated into 22 EU official languages and sent to the European Parliament for final approval. Along with the FTA, EU and Vietnam has also concluded their discussions on an Investment Protection Agreement (IPA), which they decided to keep it separate from the FTA. The IPA, which is currently undergoing a legal review, aims to protect investors and investments in EU and Vietnam.

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What is the true merit?

Dear sisters and brothers,

What is the true merit?

The true merit is to reach one Buddha heart.

Things such as doing charity, volunteering, social activities, knowledge sharing, spirituality sharing,… are things without merit.

To know a thing has merit or not, let’s listen to the talk between Bodhidharma and Emperor Wu of Liang.

Bodhidharma was the 28th Indian patriarch, and the first Chinese patriarch, of Zen Buddhism. Emperor Wu of Liang was the emperor of China and the person promoted Buddhism. Continue reading What is the true merit?

Community-based tourism and new livelihoods in Vietnam

Visitors to Camn Thanh in round bottom boats operated by locals as part of their community-based tourism. Credit: HanoiTV.vn

By Tran Thuy Binh

Can Thanh, Vietnam, September 17, 2018

Despite knowing the damage she was causing, Nguyen Thi Vang still walks through the coral reef in the Tam Hai sea to collect seaweed for her daily meals. “When I walk, I heard its broken sound and I feel painful,” said Nguyen. “Yet I need seaweed.”

When seaweed dies it floats on the water. But due to high demand locals pick the seaweed while it is still alive, walking over and often breaking parts of the coral reef. While the harvest season traditionally starts in May, Nguyen and other locals collect earlier. “People from other communes come and if we do not harvest they will collect it all,” said Nguyen.

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Vietnam’s vaccine champion

PATH.org – September 24, 2018 by Katie Regan

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Dr. Le Van Be, director of the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC) in Nha Trang, Vietnam, is driven by a childhood encounter with rabies to improve the health outcomes of the people of Vietnam. Photo: PATH/Hai Trinh.

Dr. Le Van Be, director of the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals, believes in the power of vaccines. And he is committed to seeing locally made influenza vaccine become a reality.

When Dr. Le Van Be was a child, a young girl in his town contracted rabies. Passed from an infected dog, the virus raced through her body, first bringing fever, headaches, and nausea, then eventually, hallucinations, paralysis, and death.

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Always with me

Nhạc phim Spirited away – Sen và Chihiro ở thế giới thần bí
Always with me
Luôn ở cùng em – Always with me

Hi sisters and brothers,

I love this melody.

Listening to the melody, I feel every piano sound looks like a springy step. I see a beautiful day. Sunny morning. The smell of flowers in the wind. So sweet and fresh. I walk, I jump, then I dance as a kid. And the wind comes. The wind raises me up. Rising up to the heaven. I feel the rhythm of my heart – the heart suddenly realizes that Love loves me.

Yes, Love loves me.

Love is around me. Love is always with me. Love loves me. I didn’t know. Then one day I felt Love loved me, my heart was suddenly full of love. And it has been that way ever since. Magical!

Enjoy and have a nice day. Continue reading Always with me