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Hundreds of thousands of fish die off in Vietnam as heatwave roasts Southeast Asia

A mass fish die-off in a reservoir in southern Vietnam’s Dong Nai province has shone a new light on soaring temperatures in Southeast Asia.

Fishermen have been working to wade through and collect the hundreds of thousands of dead fish that have blanketed the 300-hectare Song May reservoir amid a ferocious heatwave.

Intense drought swept through Vietnam’s south in April as temperatures soared to nearly 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), leaving farmers struggling to keep their crops alive.

Community members and local media are blaming the drought, heatwave and problems with the reservoir’s management as contributing factors.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12699782

Vietnamese lore tells us that over two thousand years ago the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam was home to powerful indigenous kingdoms, fortified capitals, and exquisite bronze craftsmanship. In contrast, the neighboring Chinese Han Empire claimed the region was inhabited by unsophisticated “barbarians” in need of “civilizing”, prompting imperial annexation of the region. This lecture explores the region’s archaeological record and what it means for scholarly debates, as well as for Vietnam’s national imagination, cultural heritage, and descendant identities.

This is a post created to showcase the solidarity of Vietnamese artists with the Palestinians through the hashtag #VIETNAMwithHandala. The movement is still relatively obscure but is getting more and more attention from the Vietnamese art community.

#VIETNAMwithHandala is a subset of a larger movement on the Internet #withHandala. Artists around the world participate in the movement by drawing their characters standing still with their back turned towards the viewers, in the recognizable pose that Handala, a cartoon character, has in several artworks created by Paslestinian political cartoonist Naji Al-Ali. The movement has a strong presence across various social media. You can find more information about the movement by searching #with Handala, but most Vietnamese participants are active on Facebook. I believe that the earliest record of the movement in Vietnam could be traced back to this post by R-Posting.

You could also check out other Southeast Asian artists works that follow this hashtag by searching #SEAwithHandala.

So, without any further ado, here they are:

nobody is free until everybody is free. Artist: hà nguyễn

Từ sông sâu ra biển lớn, và Palestine sẽ được tự do!. Artist: Chung Tịch Bất Mị

Artist: Dulce Coco

Tis nothing much but its honest work. Artist: Đỗ Phúc

"From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free". Artist: Lan Hoàng

Artist: Mai Mỹ Bảo

Political much? Always has been

Ellie stands with Palestine. Artist: Minh Đăng

If you know any other Vietnamese artists who participate in the movement, you're more than welcome to link them in the comment section. Please follow, and participate in the movement #withHandala.

Save Tam Đảo is an Environmental Conservation Organization in Vietnam.

This is a re-post from one of Facebook posts on Save Tam Đảo page. For some reasons I could not find the link of the original post so I urge you to visit the page to read them first hand.

Here is the original post:

CÙNG XEM LẠI NHỮNG HÌNH ẢNH Ở KHU VỰC LÀM DỰ ÁN CỦA SUN GROUP

Đây là một hành trình chứng kiến những đau thương nhất của VQG Tam Đảo của chúng tôi từ cuối năm 2017.

Vốn là những người thích leo núi chúng tôi có những hành trình chinh phục ba đỉnh Tam Đảo, được ngắm những biển mây, cây cối xanh mướt, chúng tôi thuộc hết những đoạn đường mòn bắt đầu từ nhà sàn có tên là nhà hàng Thiên Đường. Tôi còn nhớ như in lần ngủ qua đêm ở ngay khu Tam Đảo 2, khi đó chỉ có hai anh em, ngủ qua đêm ở đây đúng là một trải nghiệm có một không hai, nửa đêm trời rất lạnh chỉ có tiếng gió rừng, tuy nhiên xung quanh lại rất sáng như hàng trăm ngọn nến, anh Phương (người bản địa) đi cùng tôi nói rằng đó là phản quang từ lá khô, đến khoảng 2h sáng thì biển mây từ phía Thái Nguyên tràn sang, lướt qua chỗ chúng tôi, trông như tiên cảnh.

Sáng sớm, ánh nắng chiếu lên thảm rêu xanh phủ khắp cánh rừng từ ngọn cây cho đến những tảng đá tạo thành một khung cảnh vô cùng kỳ diệu…

Và còn nhiều lần khác, chúng tôi đi bằng nhiều con đường khác nhau để lên khu Tam Đảo 2, sau đó mới chinh phục ba đỉnh, cho đến ngày Sun Group cho làm cánh cổng cấm người qua lại.

Những hành trình ấy khiến chúng tôi yêu Tam Đảo thêm rất nhiều, hình ảnh về rừng cây nguyên sinh, những chú lợn rừng, gà gô hay thỏ mà chúng tôi thi thoảng vẫn bắt gặp. Nhưng rồi dần dần về sau hình ảnh đọng lại trong tâm trí chúng tôi là hàng loạt cây gỗ bị chặt hạ, con đường mòn chúng tôi hay đi bị máy xúc, máy ủi san phẳng, những hố cáp treo được đánh dấu khắp cánh rừng.

Xin được khẳng định lại rằng, khu vực Tam Đảo 2 là khu rừng đẹp và quý giá nhất của Vườn Quốc gia Tam Đảo, là một tiên cảnh của hạ giới, nó xứng đáng được bảo vệ cho tất cả mọi người và thế hệ sau, chứ không phải quây lại để dành cho một số người tham lam giàu có. [Xem bài viết này tồn tại được bao lâu nhé, mọi người có thể lưu lại trước khi bài bị biến mất hoặc page bị bay màu]

Hidden off of Bangkok's Sukhumvit 23, there's a Vietnamese restaurant where it's still turn-of-the-century French Saigon. It's in a building literally disassembled piece-by-piece in Vietnam, brought to Bangkok, and rebuilt- and inside, that's exactly what happened to the family behind Le Dalat.

This is the story of Doan Ngoc Hoa, better known as Madame Susan, and the incredible, opulent, harrowing, one-of-a-kind story that brought her- and her food- from Vietnam to Thailand, by way of old Paris. And it's a story about a dinner party that started in the 19th century and still hasn't stopped- and one that we were lucky enough to join for an unforgettable evening.

Có thể đọc bài báo bằng tiếng Việt theo đường dẫn ờ dưới:

Tiếng Việt | English

Canned foods serve as a good reminder that the food we eat, and hence our bodies are inextricably linked to the political-economic system that conditions one's life and communities and the uncomfortable history behind them. The stories of canned food also weave a common thread between people who are on the receiving end of imperialism and global capitalism — the Moroccan laborers on the ports of Safi, the poor Tamil migrants that were pushed to poverty by European colonizers, working-class French people and Vietnamese living in the country and overseas all share a page in history, a taste of the presence and a path to the future.

Có thể thấy, đồ hộp là lời nhắc nhở rằng mỗi con người và những món ăn nuôi dưỡng họ đều có một liên hệ mật thiết. Đó chính là hệ thống kinh tế-chính trị định đoạt cuộc đời của từng người, từng cộng đồng và chương lịch sử giông bão đằng sau đó. Những câu chuyện về đồ hộp cũng dệt nên mối tương quan giữa những người đang ở chương cuối cuối chủ nghĩa đế quốc và chương đầu của chủ nghĩa tư bản toàn cầu. Họ là người lao động Maroc trên các cảng cá Safi, người di dân Tamil nghèo khổ bị bần cùng hóa bởi thực dân châu Âu, người Pháp thuộc tầng lớp lao động và người Việt trong nước cũng như ngoài nước. Tất cả chúng ta đều chia sẻ chung một trang lịch sử, cùng nếm trải một hương vị, và một con đường hướng đến tương lai.

Risk, rewards and remittances in Vietnam 's Nghe An province

"Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces are the two regions in Vietnam that account for the majority of Vietnamese working illegally or living as undocumented workers in the UK"

"The majority of those who died in Essex in 2019 were from the two provinces, and most - 21 of them - were from Nghe An."

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Nvidia (NVDA.O) wishes to establish a base in Vietnam to develop the country's semiconductor industry as it considers the Vietnamese market an important one, the Vietnamese government said, citing the U.S. chipmaker's chief executive.

In his first visit to the Southeast Asian country, Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, said the company viewed Vietnam as its home and affirmed its plans to set up a centre in the country.

"The base will be for attracting talent from around the world to contribute to the development of Vietnam's semiconductor ecosystem and digitalisation," the Vietnamese government statement cited Huang after his meeting with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Nvidia, which has already invested $250 million in Vietnam, is set to discuss cooperation deals on semiconductors with Vietnamese tech companies and authorities in a meeting on Monday, Reuters reported on Friday.

Vietnam, which is home to large chip assembling factories including Intel's (INTC.O) biggest globally, is trying to expand into chip designing and possibly chip-making as trade tensions between the United States and China create opportunities for Vietnam in the industry.

The chipmaker has already partnered with Vietnam's leading tech companies to deploy AI in the cloud, automotive and healthcare industries, a document published by the White House in September showed when Washington upgraded diplomatic relations with Vietnam.

Excerpt from Henry Kissinger and the Vietnam War

Kissinger had a low opinion of North Vietnam, saying "I can't believe that a fourth-rate power like North Vietnam doesn't have a breaking point"... In September 1969, Kissinger in a memo advised Nixon against "de-escalation", saying that keeping U.S troops fighting in Vietnam "remains one of our few bargaining weapons". In the same memo, Kissinger stated he was "deeply disturbed" that Nixon had started pulling out U.S. troops, saying that withdrawing the troops was like "salted peanuts" to the American people, "the more U.S troops come home, the more will be demanded", giving the advantage to the enemy who merely had to "wait us out". Instead, he recommenced that the United States resume bombing North Vietnam and mine the coast. Later in September 1969, Kissinger proposed a plan for what he called a "savage, punishing" blow against North Vietnam code-named Duck Hook to Nixon, arguing that this was the best way to force North Vietnam to agree to peace on American terms.

Truong My Lan, founder and chairwoman of property developer Van Thinh Phat Holdings Group, has been accused of orchestrating Saigon Joint Stock Commercial Bank’s (SCB) operations to withdraw over VND1,066 trillion (US$43.8 billion) from the bank between 2012 and 2022.

According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security, Lan held no post at the bank but assumed absolute power to manipulate and control its operations.

She used the money deposited by other individuals and businesses at the bank for her expenses.

Police said that before 2011, Lan started using other people’s names to acquire 80-98 percent of the shares in three joint-stock commercial banks with the aim of establishing a bank which would fund the Van Thinh Phat ecosystem.

In January 2011, the three banks merged into SCB with the initial charter capital of over VND10 trillion ($411.9 million). SCB has a head office, 50 branches, and 184 transaction points nationwide.

Lan arranged for her family members and those with experience in finance and banking that she trusted to hold senior positions at the bank. They followed Lan’s directions and were paid VND200-500 million ($8,222-20,600) per month as wages.

According to the police’s conclusion, Lan directed SCB general directors and deputy general directors over tenures to disburse loans.

Once they faced difficulties in paying due loans, they would inform Lan.

Lan later borrowed her friends’ assets or projects and mortgaged them as collateral for loans, which were used to pay previous loans.

Most of these assets and projects were not enough to secure loans but they were gouged through appraisal.

Whenever Lan needed money, she asked senior leaders of SCB to gather at the Times Square building in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, not the SCB headquarters, to work out solutions for taking out loans.

Former SCB leaders said they knew Lan’s acts were illegal but still obeyed her directions.

One of them, former SCB chairman Bui Anh Dung declared that Van Thinh Phat’s loan applications were signaled with ‘HSTT’ symbol so that the bank approved the credit without applying its lending process.

The loans were offered without appraising mortgaged assets, payment schedules, and customers’ background, police officers said.

Dung, while serving as SCB chairman, signed hundreds of decisions approving 207 loans totaling over VND203 trillion (8.4 billion) for 143 customers as of October 17 last year.

Vo Tan Hoang Van, former SCB general director, said he knew that Lan was the ‘real owner’ of the bank, so he followed all her directions to disburse loans although they were illicit.

Van said that loans offered to customers of the Van Thinh Phat ecosystem accounted for the majority of SCB’s lending.

Lan just made phone calls to Van whenever she needed money, Van noted, adding that the former used the money to pay her debts and loans at other banks, or invest in projects which went against lending plans.

Van inked thousands of statements related to the approval of 638 loans with the principal and interest amounting to VND405 trillion ($16.7 billion) for 402 customers of Van Thinh Phat.

Investigators from the Ministry of Public Security concluded that SCB disbursed 2,500 loans valued at VND1,000 trillion ($41.2 billion) to Lan and her accomplices between January 1, 2012 and October 7, 2022.

As of October 17 last year, SCB’s loans totaling over VND677 trillion ($27.8 billion) were bad debts with Lan’s credit making up 93 percent.

Lan directed the creation of 916 applications for loans at SCB, then appropriated over VND304 trillion ($12.5 billion), leading to a loss of accumulated interest of nearly VND130 trillion ($5.3 billion).

The Ministry of Public Security recommended charging Lan with bribery, violations of banking regulations, and embezzlement.

Lan was arrested in October last year for alleged fraud related to issuance and trading of bonds worth trillions of Vietnamese dong. (VND1 trillion = $41.2 million)

The ministry also proposed prosecuting 85 other people allegedly involved in the case, including Do Thi Nhan, former chief of the Inspectorate and Supervision Department II under the State Bank of Vietnam.

Nhan was accused of receiving bribes totaling $5.2 million, the largest-ever bribe received by an individual in a case in Vietnam, to cover up the wrongdoings of Lan and her accomplices.

The case also saw the highest number of victims, specifically 42,000 investors buying Van Thinh Phat bonds, and the highest embezzled amount of VND304 trillion ($12.5 billion).

Besides Nhan, all members of a team inspecting SCB took bribes, which ranged from VND100 million ($4,113) to VND8.7 billion ($357,695).