Jesus,
You were weaker.
You were angry.(1)
You wept. (2)
You were sorrowful. (3)
And you despaired. (4) Continue reading Prayer 247
Jesus,
You were weaker.
You were angry.(1)
You wept. (2)
You were sorrowful. (3)
And you despaired. (4) Continue reading Prayer 247
Last update 10:19 | 05/09/2017 – vietnamnet
Whenever a new year approaches, low-income workers start to fret about finding schools, tuition fees, and arranging to drop off and collect their children at school.

A migrant worker of Thang Long Industrial Zone in Hanoi picks up her children.
Poor migrant workers, many without the all-important residential registration books, always face more difficulties in enrolling their children, reports the Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper.
Last update 10:05 | 23/08/2017 – vietnamnet
VietNamNet Bridge – Many people are familiar with grilled pork, but far fewer have ever tasted grilled pork wrapped in grapefruit leaves. The dish is even unfamiliar to many food connoisseurs in Viet Nam, but not for the Muong ethnic group in Hoa Binh Province, the third largest among Viet Nam’s 53 minority groups.
Unique: Cha cuon la buoi can only be found in Hoa Binh Province. — VNS Photo Thai Ha
Jesus,
Love between a man and a woman is wonderful,
right?
When we can feel this kind of love,
the concrete love on earth,
we should easily feel a abstract love,
the love of God in heaven. Continue reading Prayer 246
NDTV – China and Vietnam have long traded barbs over the strategic and resource-rich South China Sea, which Beijing claims most of.
World | Agence France-Presse | Updated: September 06, 2017 10:40 IST

Tensions have flared in recent months between the two countries over the disputed sea
Hanoi: Vietnam has delivered a sharp rebuke to China over military drills in the South China Sea, the second such warning in a week as tensions rise between the countries over the disputed waterway.
Last update 15:38 | 06/09/2017 – vietnamnet
The Vietnamese Buddhist community welcomed the gods into their presence today (September 5) at pagodas and temples throughout Vietnam in celebrations to honour parents, both living and those who have followed the sun.

The Le Vu Lan festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the 7th month of the lunar calendar and can be considered the most prominent celebration within Buddhism in the Southeast Asian country.
Giêsu ơi,
Nhìn lá cờ của chúng em này.
Một ngôi sao năm cánh.
Và sao vàng.
Hơi giống hình ngũ giác.
Hơi giống sao Kim,
biểu tượng của tình yêu, sắc đẹp, hoàn hảo và nữ tính. Continue reading Lời cầu nguyện 245 – Prayer 245
Snake hunters have been risking their lives in order to make a living
By Tuoi Tre News – September 5, 2017, 11:34 GMT+7
The hunters wade across streams throughout the night to stalk on snakes and other wild animals. Photo: Tuoi Tre
A number of ethnic minority men from the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong have been making a living hunting snakes, including venomous ones, in a strip of forbidden forest for over a decade now.
Al Jazeera – Why are the more than one million Rohingya in Myanmar considered the ‘world’s most persecuted minority’?

Newly arrived Rohingya refugees sit inside a shelter at the Kutupalang refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]
Last update 08:23 | 31/08/2017 – vietnamnet
VietNamNet Bridge – More and more households plan to install solar panels on their roofs to generate electricity. Once EVN completes its policy on electricity purchase, households will be able to join the electric power market.

Research shows that HCM City has an abundant source of energy from sunlight, with high radiation, about 1,581 kWh/m2/year on average. The highest radiation level of 6.3 kWh/m2/day can be obtained in February and the lowest of 3.3 KWh/m2/day in July. There are 100-300 sunny hours every month.
Jesus,
I don’t know how I am now.
I’ll open the Holy Bible
and you’ll give me your answer?
Yes…
I make myself a cup of coffee, no sugar no milk. Continue reading Prayer 244
Thieves have even stolen a bowl of pork bones and a chopping knife
By Tuoi Tre News – September 03,2017, 14:15 GMT+7

Rooms rented by low-income workers and peddlers in Tan Tao Ward, Binh Tan District in Ho Chi Minh City are often ‘visited’ by thieves, even in broad daylight. Photo: Tuoi Tre
An increase in theft, muggings and robberies have worried neighborhoods around industrial parks in Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring provinces, despite law enforcers’ best efforts to reduce them.
Al Jazeera – Criticism of Pyongyang’s sixth nuclear test is voiced around the world from South Korea and the US to China and Russia.
![World leaders unite in condemnation of North Korea Pyongyang claimed a "perfect success" with its sixth and most powerful nuclear test [Toru Hanai/Reuters]](https://i1.wp.com/www.aljazeera.com/mritems/imagecache/mbdxxlarge/mritems/Images/2017/9/3/ed94fdac52fe4f739a9c86240a7089b5_18.jpg)
Pyongyang claimed a “perfect success” with its sixth and most powerful nuclear test [Toru Hanai/Reuters]
President Donald Trump has reacted to what he is calling “a major nuclear test” by North Korea, branding the North “a rogue nation” whose “words and actions continue to be very hostile and dangerous” to the United States.
Last update 09:00 | 03/09/2017 – vietnamnet
VietNamNet Bridge – Disconnected from the outside world for a long time, a village in the middle of a huge reservoir is discovering the benefits of community-based tourism, Luong Thu Huong reports.

Not too long ago, Ngoi Village was living in a world of its own, quietly minding its own business, virtually unnoticed in the midst of a massive reservoir created by a hydropower project.
Jesus,
You want me to teach you martial arts?
You are a master…
Okay.
I’m practicing stretch…
Oh, you join in the session now? Continue reading Prayer 243