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  • “But China can sustain that (situation) much more so than American politicians can,” he said. That’s, in part, because China’s ruling Communist Party leaders do not face swift feedback from voters and opinions polls.
    Analysis: Why China’s Xi Jinping is not backing down on US-China trade escalation that has no end in sight | CNN Business
  • Publicly, Beijing has drummed up fervent nationalism around its retaliation – part of a strategy it’s been quietly preparing for more than four years since Trump was last in office. While China has long said it wants to talk, Trump’s rapid escalation instead appears to have confirmed for Beijing that the US doesn’t. And in Xi’s calculation, observers say, China is prepared not just to fight back, but to use Trump’s trade turmoil to strengthen its own position.
    Analysis: Why China’s Xi Jinping is not backing down on US-China trade escalation that has no end in sight | CNN Business
  • Small states have a more limited range of human and material resources to devote to security
    DIPLOMACY OF SMALL STATES: trends in 2024
  • Khái niệm về quốc gia tầm trung trở nên phổ biến trong quan hệ quốc tế kể từ sau Chiến tranh lạnh và bắt đầu được đề cập đến nhiều ở Việt Nam trong những năm gần đây. Mặc dù còn nhiều tranh luận, song các quốc gia tầm trung thường được xác định dựa trên những tiêu chí chức năng, thực lực, hành vi chính sách hoặc bản sắc (tự định vị) của nước đó. Trong đó, thực lực và bản sắc/hành vi là những yếu tố quan trọng để xác định tầm mức “tầm trung” của một quốc gia, phụ thuộc nhiều vào sức mạnh vật chất (sức mạnh cứng) của quốc gia và chiến lược ngoại giao được thực thi bởi quốc gia đó(1).
    Các quốc gia tầm trung trong bối cảnh mới và hàm ý chính sách đối với Việt Nam đến năm 2030 - Tạp chí Cộng sản
  • Thành tựu nổi bật nhất của nỗ lực ngoại giao đa phương đến nay là đã góp phần duy trì hòa bình và an ninh quốc tế, ngăn ngừa cuộc chiến tranh hủy diệt nhân loại thông qua việc xây dựng, phát triển hệ thống luật pháp quốc tế và cơ chế quốc tế để giải quyết tranh chấp(5); việc xây dựng và triển khai khuôn khổ hợp tác về giải trừ quân bị, chống phổ biến vũ khí hủy diệt hàng loạt, tiến tới xóa bỏ hoàn toàn các loại vũ khí này(6), cũng như việc thúc đẩy biện pháp xây dựng lòng tin, trung gian hòa giải, gìn giữ hòa bình(7). Bên cạnh đó, ngoại giao đa phương còn ghi dấu ấn trong việc xây dựng và triể…
    Ngoại giao đa phương đưa đất nước hội nhập toàn diện và sâu rộng trong thời đại mới - Tạp chí Cộng sản
  • Thành tựu nổi bật nhất của nỗ lực ngoại giao đa phương đến nay là đã góp phần duy trì hòa bình và an ninh quốc tế, ngăn ngừa cuộc chiến tranh hủy diệt nhân loại thông qua việc xây dựng, phát triển hệ thống luật pháp quốc tế và cơ chế quốc tế để giải quyết tranh chấp(5); việc xây dựng và triển khai khuôn khổ hợp tác về giải trừ quân bị, chống phổ biến vũ khí hủy diệt hàng loạt, tiến tới xóa bỏ hoàn toàn các loại vũ khí này(6), cũng như việc thúc đẩy biện pháp xây dựng lòng tin, trung gian hòa giải, gìn giữ hòa bình(7). Bên cạnh đó, ngoại giao đa phương còn ghi dấu ấn trong việc xây dựng và triể…
    Ngoại giao đa phương đưa đất nước hội nhập toàn diện và sâu rộng trong thời đại mới - Tạp chí Cộng sản
  • Because the internet has been cut off since the coup and phone signals are weak, Sagaing residents could not tell the outside world what was happening. The city is overrun by soldiers and militia who closely monitor arrivals of people and aid.
    Myanmar Quake Death Toll Tops 2,000 as Help is Slow for War-Torn Sagaing - The New York Times
  • “If we don’t show up and China shows up, that sends a pretty strong message.”
    Trump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar - The New York Times
  • “Being charitable and being seen as charitable serves American foreign policy,”
    Trump’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts Hobble Earthquake Response in Myanmar - The New York Times
  • Treated like prisoners It was shortly before midnight on September 25 when Ramos Miembro and her team were given an hour to pack so they could be moved to Sihanoukville, a 10-hour drive away. In the rush, Ramos Miembro was able to remove a work mobile from the office and reach out for help. The long journey created a window of opportunity for contacts on the outside to issue an urgent request for rescue from a police unit based along the bus’s route, which was unconnected to the compound and willing to intervene. At about 10am the following day, the convoy of vehicles – the bus and an escortin…
    ‘Just as scared’: Cyberscam victims in Cambodia find no freedom in rescue | Human Trafficking News | Al Jazeera
  • Indonesian fruit seller Budi was seeking better prospects when he signed up for an IT job in Cambodia. But he found himself detained in a heavily guarded compound where he was forced to carry out online scams. “When I arrived there, I was told to read a script,” said Budi, not his real name. “It turned out that we were asked to work as scammers.” The 26-year-old was put to work 14 hours a day in a site ringed by barbed wire and patrolled by armed guards, he said. His days were punctuated by threats from his supervisors, and the nights were short.
    ‘Modern slavery’: Thousands of Indonesians in clutches of scam syndicates | The Straits Times
  • Shahin did his homework. Mr Price, the popular South African fashion retailer Somon claimed to work for, had a prominent footprint online. He saw an article, written in Vanuatu’s local newspaper just days earlier, that proclaimed “Mr Price was coming” to the Pacific country. It quoted Somon and senior Vanuatu ministers talking excitedly about the new project. It all seemed to check out in Shahin’s mind.
    Paradise prison: How 107 Bangladeshis became enslaved on a Pacific island | Slavery News | Al Jazeera
  • At 3.28am on 29 June 2021, Xu Mingjian crept out of a dorm room inside a gated compound in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, and made his way to the second floor, where his friend, another victim of trafficking, was waiting. The two had hatched a desperate plan to escape the modern slavery nightmare they’d been in since Xu was sold to an online scam company in the same building three months earlier, believing a well-paid data entry job awaited him. They jumped from the balcony onto the first floor of the building next door, hoping to climb down to the ground and run. But Xu landed badly, injuring his s…
    Cambodia’s modern slavery nightmare: the human trafficking crisis overlooked by authorities | Cambodia | The Guardian
  • While Diep was now allowed to interact with other women – some of whom were also Vietnamese – elsewhere in the house, they were all forced to take crystal meth. Their captors claimed the drug increased women’s endurance and libido. She wanted to escape but soon realised how dangerous that might be – and that it could get her killed. “I cannot believe I was in that situation,” Diep said. “Even in my worst nightmares, I never thought my life would become like that.”
    Traffickers switch to Myanmar after China erects border fence | Human Trafficking News | Al Jazeera
  • Back in Vietnam, Khanh is again working as a construction worker during the day and taking English lessons at night because he is planning to make another attempt at working overseas. This time in Australia, where he wants to train to become a rehabilitation physiotherapist. People from Nghe An have a reputation for being driven, he tells Al Jazeera, of working hard in school in order to get ahead in life. But some have to work even harder in life, he says. “In my hometown, education is low. Plus, if your parents come from a lower class in society and earn little income, then it is very hard f…
    In Vietnam, risking all in the search for a better life | Poverty and Development News | Al Jazeera
  • Nạn nhân chủ yếu 18-35 tuổi, có nhu cầu tìm kiếm việc làm thông qua mạng xã hội. Sau khi qua Campuchia, họ phải làm việc cho các tổ chức lừa đảo như đánh bạc trực tuyến, kinh doanh tiền ảo... trên mạng, bị cưỡng ép làm việc 12-16 tiếng/ngày, không cho ra khỏi cơ sở. Khi bị vắt kiệt sức, nạn nhân lại bị bán sang tổ chức khác.
    80% nạn nhân buôn người bị bán qua biên giới
  • Việt Nam có khoảng 5.000 km đường biên giới đất liền, tiếp giáp với ba nước; Trung Quốc ở phía Bắc; Lào ở phía Tây và Campuchia ở hướng Tây Nam. Hôm 4/7, Bộ Công an đã phát đi cảnh báo về tình trạng nhiều lao động Việt Nam bị lừa bán sang Campuchia với chiêu trò dụ dỗ "việc nhẹ, lương cao".
    80% nạn nhân buôn người bị bán qua biên giới
  • An anonymous police officer reported that near the China Project, law enforcement officers find bodies every other week, but cannot separate murders and suicides. Sometimes bodies have messages written on their arms indicating that the death was not by suicide.
    CAMBODIA Modern slaves exploited by Chinese bosses in Sihanoukville for online scams
  • A need for cooperation Despite being heavily criticised, statistics show that Cambodia has beefed up its effort to combat trafficking. According to Interior Ministry, Cambodia cracked down on human trafficking and sexual exploitation, dealing with 359 cases in 2021, a significant rise from 155 cases in 2020.
    Ending ‘slavery’ is more than two sides to a coin - Khmer Times
  • Meanwhile, it looks like help is being poured in. For example, The US Agency for International Development (USAID) last week announced a new initiative to assist Cambodia in investigating and prosecuting human trafficking.
    Human trafficking in Cambodia: A problem that’s as wicked as the issue - Khmer Times
  • “First of all, they have to make their citizens know that there is no easy job with big money. Instead of blaming Cambodia for being the destination of trafficking, they have to teach their people to question the lucrative job offers, especially when they do not have the skill to match.”
    Human trafficking in Cambodia: A problem that’s as wicked as the issue - Khmer Times
  • “When citizens in other countries have been lured to work in Cambodia through the modern way of communication and they fell for it, it is that individual country which should bear responsibility for their citizen’s falling victim in trafficking,” she said. “While even more developed countries are having a hard time tracing these criminal activities, why do you expect Cambodia, a developing country, to do better?”
    Human trafficking in Cambodia: A problem that’s as wicked as the issue - Khmer Times
  • “Every day, I had to work 16 hours and could only rest at night,” he said. “If I didn’t do my job properly, I would be beaten, left to starve, or sold to another place.” A few months after he first arrived there, Nhon was sold to another company owned by Chinese people, and was forced to do the same job. He says he had to run cyber scams to make people into paying the company VND200-300 million ($8,396-$12,594) per month, or he would be forced to work overtime and see his salary reduced. Nhon said he also had to trick people into joining the company, explaining that he was promised $100 for ev…
    Human trafficking victim tricks to sell close friend to Cambodia - Khmer Times
  • Between 2020 and September 2024, the Indonesian government repatriated more than 4,700 of its citizens entangled in online scam operations from countries including Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam, according to Foreign Ministry data.
    ‘Modern slavery’: Thousands of Indonesians in clutches of scam syndicates | The Straits Times
  • The Cambodian authorities said they would crack down on such scam operators but also urged Indonesia and other countries to mount public awareness campaigns to inform citizens about the scams. “Don’t wait until there is a problem and point fingers at each other. That’s not a solution at all,” Ms Chou Bun Eng, vice-chairwoman of Cambodia’s National Committee for Counter-Trafficking, said. The Cambodian government “won’t let criminals work freely”, she stressed.
    ‘Modern slavery’: Thousands of Indonesians in clutches of scam syndicates | The Straits Times
  • Growing inequality is detrimental to economic growth and undermines social cohesion, increas- ing political and social tensions and, in some circumstances, driving instability and conflicts.
    Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere - United Nations Sustainable Development
  • The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development promises to leave no one behind and to reach those furthest behind first. Meeting this ambitious development agenda requires visionary policies for sustainable, inclusive, sustained and equitable economic growth, supported by full employment and decent work for all, social integration, declining inequality, rising productivity and a favorable environment. In the 2030 Agenda, Goal 1 recognizes that ending poverty in all its forms everywhere is the greatest global challenge facing the world today and an indispensable requirement for sustainable develop…
    Ending Poverty | United Nations
  • Within the 24-year period, most of the poverty reduction was observed in East Asia and the Pacific, as well as South Asia.
    Ending Poverty | United Nations
  • Nếu không duy trì được mức sinh thay thế và tiếp diễn mức sinh thấp, đến năm 2700, dân số Việt Nam sẽ chỉ còn vài chục nghìn người, theo cảnh báo của Liên Hợp Quốc. Ông Mai Trung Sơn, Phó Vụ trưởng Quy mô dân số - Kế hoạch hóa gia đình, Cục Dân số, hôm 26/12 dẫn cảnh báo trên, trong bối cảnh mức sinh năm 2023 của Việt Nam tiếp tục giảm, tỷ suất sinh chỉ 1,95 ca sinh/phụ nữ so với con số năm 2022 là 2,01 và kế hoạch mức sinh thay thế là 2,1. Vùng Đông Nam bộ và Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long, mức sinh tiếp tục xuống sâu (khoảng 1,5 con/phụ nữ). Mức sinh tại TP HCM là 1,27 con/phụ nữ, thấp nhất cả nước…
    Dân số Việt Nam còn 3,6 triệu người vào năm 2500 nếu vẫn giảm sinh - Báo VnExpress Sức khỏe
  • Việt Nam hiện là quốc gia đông dân thứ ba khu vực Đông Nam Á, sau Indonesia và Philippines, đứng thứ 15 trên thế giới. Song, tỷ lệ gia tăng dân số liên tục giảm từ năm 1999 là 1,7% xuống còn 1,14% năm 2019 và 0,85% vào năm 2023. Tổng cục Thống kê dự báo, ở phương án mức sinh trung bình, đến năm 2069, tỷ lệ tăng dân số bình quân Việt Nam sẽ về 0. Còn ở phương án mức sinh thấp, 35 năm nữa, Việt Nam sẽ đối mặt với tỷ lệ tăng dân số ở mức âm. % Tỷ lệ gia tăng dân số Bộ Y tế 1999 2019 2023 0 0.5 1 1.5 2 VnExpress 2019● null: 1.14 Tốc độ tăng tỷ số giới tính khi sinh đã được khống chế, nhưng vẫn ở m…
    Dân số Việt Nam đối mặt 'giảm sinh, thừa nam thiếu nữ' - Báo VnExpress Sức khỏe