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TPP11 – quality pact remains significant, vital

Update: November, 05/2017 – 09:00 vietnamnews

While the US’s withdrawal is a big blow to the TPP, the agreement forged after five years of negotiations still has a lot to offer. Võ Trí Thành explains.

In February 2016, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), one of the world’s biggest and most-awaited multinational trade deals was signed by 12 member economies in New Zealand. The deal was the fruit of negotiations that had lasted five years.

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Anticipated geomorphic impacts from Mekong basin dam construction

By Z.K RUBIN, G.M. KONDOLF, AND P. CARLING (2014)


Dam locations are indicated for two scenarios: definite future, and full-build. 
Main stream dams are included in full-build scenario, but represented separately.


Bedrock channel of the Mekong River with surficial sand deposits 1-2 m thick, near Xayaburi, Laos. (photo by Kondolf, January 2012)

Abstract

The Mekong River is undergoing rapid dam construction. Seven main stream dams are under construction in China and 133 proposed for the Lower Mekong River Basin (LMRB).

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As online sales boom, fast-delivery services thrive

 vietnamnet –  Last update 12:00 | 01/08/2017

VietNamNet Bridge – Many businesses, from startups to big express delivery firms, have jumped into the market of fast delivery services for online shops.

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Giving up a job as a technical official for a television company in HCMC, Tran Tue Man decided to provide a delivery service.

Man is optimistic about the new business after six months of operation. The business he set up has been recruiting new workers as the business is scaling up.

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Ghosts of Vietnam stirring as Trump preps for Asia trip

NEW YORK (AP) — For more than 50 years, every American president has been forced to grapple, in one way or another, with the quagmire of the Vietnam War. Now it’s Donald Trump’s turn.

The ghosts of Vietnam are stirring anew, just as Trump prepares to visit the nation on his first presidential tour of Asia. Vietnam war hero Sen. John McCain, who spent more than five years in a prisoner of war camp after his plane was shot down, this week put an unwelcome spotlight on Trump’s five draft deferments to avoid military service. And Trump’s prolonged political tussle over the proper way for presidents to honor and grieve with the families of fallen soldiers has focused attention on his lack of military service as well.

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Chàm Island saves threatened turtle

vietnamnews – Update: August, 31/2017 – 18:32

Turtle haven: Green turtle eggs are laid at nests on the beach of Chàm Island in Quảng Nam Province. It’s the first stage of the endangered turtle species conservation programme in the island. — VNS Photo Lê Xuân Ái

Viet Nam News QUẢNG NAM  — The Chàm island’s Marine Protected Area (MPA) management board started conservation of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) by hatching 450 eggs taken from Côn Đảo Island on August 30.

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China, South Korea agree to mend ties after THAAD standoff

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A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test. (Photo: REUTERS/US Department of Defense)

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SEOUL/BEIJING: Seoul and Beijing on Tuesday agreed to move beyond a year-long stand-off over the deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea, a dispute that has been devastating to South Korean businesses that rely on Chinese consumers.

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‘Half of Southeast Asia’s renewable energy projects are unbankable’

Southeast Asia has the potential to leapfrog fossil fuel-based energy generation methods, but only if the renewable energy sector can attract investors.

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An electricity substation in Myanmar. About 65 million people in Southeast Asia have no access to power. Image: judithbluepoolCC BY-NC 2.0

By Hannah Koh – 

eco-business_Renenwable energy could bring electricity to the 65 million people in Southeast Asia without it—if industry and governments can improve market regulations and the bankability of renewables projects.

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Six Asian countries take steps to regulate imports of illegal timber products

Author Marigold Norman and Kerstin Canby

ecosystemmarketplace_Many countries have ended deforestation domestically, only to import it from other countries through lax regulation. Now six Asian countries have joined the 28 Member States of the European Union, the United States, and Australia in vowing to prevent timber harvested illegally from finding its way into their domestic markets.

13 October 2017 | In the past 12 months, Japan, the Republic of Korea, China, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Malaysia have all taken steps to develop import regulations designed to keep illegally logged timber out of their markets.

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Small shoulders: The children forced to work in Vietnam

Authorities struggle to eliminate child labour despite unprecedented economic growth

Nguyen Van Thanh worked 17-hour days in a garment factory. He was rescued after a year. Photograph: Adrien le Coärer

Nguyen Van Thanh worked 17-hour days in a garment factory. He was rescued after a year. Photograph: Adrien le Coärer

irishtimes_A female singer belts out a Vietnamese love song on the radio as a tear rolls down Tran Bao Ngoc’s cheek. Her voice falls to little more than a hush.

“I was lied to about my job. I wanted to leave but at some point, I realised I wasn’t allowed to go. Nobody had to tell me but I knew I was trapped,” says the 22-year-old. “I didn’t know where I was or how to go home.”

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Nga can thiệp rộng rãi vào bầu cử tổng thống Mỹ năm 2016

English article follows Vietnamese version

Chỉ với Facebook, ảnh hưởng của Nga đã đến với 126 triệu độc giả

By MIKE ISAAC and DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI OCT. 30, 2017 New York Times

Facebook và Google đã bị áp lực từ các nghị viên quốc hội sau khi có thông tin Nga can thiệp vào cuộc bầu cử. Các thượng nghị sĩ Amy Klobuchar và Mark Warner nói về các quảng cáo chính trị trực tuyến của Nga và việc đề phòng nước ngoài can thiệp vào bầu cử Mỹ. Ảnh Al Drago cho The New York Times

 
WASHINGTON — Các nhân viên đặc vụ Nga nhắm vào tạo bất hòa trong nhân dân Mỹ phát tán nhiều bản tin kích động tới 126 triệu người dùng Facebook, phát hành hơn 131 ngàn tin nhắn trên Twitter, và tải hơn 1 ngàn videos lên YouTube của Google, theo các báo cáo những công ty này đã soạn mà New York Times (Thời báo New York) nhận được.

Thông tin chi tiết, gửi đến Quốc hội Mỹ hôm thứ hai [30/10/2017] từ các công ty có sản phẩm được sử dụng rộng rãi trên Internet, tới trước chuỗi điều trần tuần này về việc những tác nhân thứ ba đã dùng các mạng xã hội và dịch vụ trực tuyến cách nào để ảnh hưởng đến hằng triệu người Mỹ trước ngày bầu cử tổng thống năm 2016.
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