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In a time of a global crisis such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it is easy to note how people move through different phases to buckle up for such unprecedented and arduous times.
In the very beginning of the pandemic last year, we observed an epidemic of fear , where it was all about the calamitous nature of a totally unknown virus and its worrying contagiousness and mortality rate. A few months later, with lockdown and restrictions already in place across the world, the fear was replaced by an epidemic of explanations , where people even in their naivety, started to seek a sense of comfort by placing the blame on someone or something out of their control.
Wednesday, 20:00, 19/05/2021
A new study has confirmed the important roles and significant contributions of female deputies to the National Assembly and People’s Councils during the 2016-2021 term, and called on voters to select competent and qualified candidates, regardless of their gender.
Party and State leaders pose for a group photo with women representatives at the 13th National Party Congress.
The study’s findings were shared and discussed on May 19 at a virtual thematic discussion, jointly convened by the University of Social Sciences and Humanities (USSH - Vietnam National University in Hanoi), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam, and other partners.
Update: May, 15/2021 - 08:29 | Phượng plays Nguyễn Thị Hòa, a beautiful and sensitive nurse at a Catholic hospital in 1930 s French Indochina in Invisible Love. Photo courtesy of the producers HÀ NỘI - Vietnamese actress Hoàng Thị Bích Phượng has been raking in the plaudits for her performance in the film
Tình Yêu Vô Hình (Invisible Love). She won the Best International Actor award at the 2021 Paris International Film Festival in February and was nominated for Best Asian Actress at the 54th annual WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival, though she lost out to Japanese actress Nao Hasegawa last month.
Analysts: Vietnam Expanding Fishing Militia In South China Sea
12 May 2021, 19:35 GMT+10 TAIPEI - Vietnam s maritime militia in the South China Sea shows signs of growing over the past decade, say scholars and a research institution in China where the government disputes parts of the waterway with Hanoi.
According to the National Institute for South China Sea Studies, a research organization based in the Chinese province of Hainan, the 12-year-old militia numbers between 46,000 to 70,000 personnel. It says 13 platoons with a combined 3,000 people operate near the sea s contested Paracel Islands and another 10,000 people operate armed fishing boats off southern Vietnam.
Ten years ago the militia was just starting up , said Yun Sun, East Asia Program senior associate at the Stimson Center in Washington.
Vietnam’s maritime militia in the South China Sea shows signs of growing over the past decade, say scholars and a research institution in China where the government disputes parts of the waterway with Hanoi. According to the National Institute for South China Sea Studies, a research organization based in the Chinese province of Hainan, the…