Month: August 2017

Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Efforts in Vietnam Le Minh NHAT PhD – pdf

September 20, 2017 / Climate Change

Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Efforts in Vietnam Le Minh NHAT PhD Director of Climate Change Adaptation Division – DMHCC – MONRE E mail : nhatkyoto@gmail.com MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY, HYDROLOGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE 2 Outline 1. Climate change in Viet Nam 2. Adaptation Policies and Adaptation Measures Source: Slide …

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Rising seas puts Vietnam in climate change ‘bull’s-eye’ | Blaine Friedlander – Cornell Chronicle

September 20, 2017 / Climate Change

“In a tale of two life experiences, Mike Hoffmann went to Vietnam for the first time in 47 years: On his first tour of duty, he was a 19-year-old U.S. Marine, and for the March 2016 trip, Hoffmann returned as an environmental scientist. “Vietnam is in the bull’s eye when it comes to climate change,” …

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Ho Chi Minh City opened its first street food zone in District 1 – VietNam Breaking News.com

September 20, 2017 / Vietnam Post War Advances

Ho Chi Minh City opened its first street food zone in District 1 on Monday as part of the district’s acclaimed efforts to clean up its sidewalks. If you hadn’t already heard, the campaign is taking a zero-tolerance approach to remove cars, bikes, vendors and structures that invade the sidewalks and rob pedestrians of their …

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Hanoi: social insurance coverage reaches 78 percent – VietNam Breaking News

September 20, 2017 / Vietnam Post War Advances

“Hanoi (VNA) – About 52,000 out of 140,000 companies operating in Hanoi have joined the local social insurance network, bringing the local insurance coverage to 78 percent. The figure was released at a working session between municipal officials and an inspection group from the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour on October 5. As heard at …

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Hanoi publicises 500 firms with prolonged insurance debts – VietNam Breaking News

September 20, 2017 / Vietnam Post 1975 War Problems

“Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi Social Insurance has decided to publicise 500 local enterprises which failed to pay social premiums for their employees for three months upwards. Hanoi now has the highest debts of social, health and unemployment insurance, standing at 3,378 billion VND (148.8 million USD) owed by 23,955 enterprises, affecting the legitimate rights …

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Why Vietnam Was Unwinnable – by Kevin Boylan – NYT

September 20, 2017 / Vietnam-American War

“There is a broad consensus among professional historians that the Vietnam War was effectively unwinnable. Even the revisionists admit their minority status, though some claim that it’s because of a deep-seated liberal bias within the academic history profession. But doubts about the war’s winnability are hardly limited to the halls of academe. One can readily …

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It’s Not Too Late on North Korea – by Susan Rice – NYT | Inconvenient News Worldwide

September 20, 2017 / East Asia, Foreign Affairs and U.S.ForeignPolicy, Korea - North and South Korea

“We carefully studied this contingency. “Preventive war” would result in hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of casualties. Metropolitan Seoul’s 26 million people are only 35 miles from the border, within easy range of the North’s missiles and artillery. About 23,000 United States troops, plus their families, live between Seoul and the Demilitarized Zone; in …

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What Was Australia Doing in Vietnam? – The New York Times

September 20, 2017 / Vietnam-American War

“As Menzies saw it, the risk in American policy was not strategic overreach but isolationism, and what an American withdrawal from Asia in the face of defeat would mean for Australia and its neighbors. As a young man of military age during World War I, and as a youthful prime minister at the outbreak of …

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VN objects to Chinese cinema on island – Politics & Laws – Vietnam News

September 20, 2017 / Vietnam News and Current Events

“HÀ NỘI – China’s construction and opening of a cinema on Phú Lâm island in Việt Nam’s Hoàng Sa (Paracel) archipelago violates Việt Nam’s sovereignty over the archipelago, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng.Hằng made the statement yesterday in response to reporters’ queries about Việt Nam’s reaction to Chinese activities on Phú …

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