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		<title>Vietnamese domestic workers need real protection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2021 13:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In Vietnam, domestic workers are now subject to labor laws, but the challenge that Vietnam currently faces is compliance with the law. These are the comments of the International Labor Organization (ILO) in its latest report published on June 15. Domestic workers have been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo: ILO) In Vietnam, domestic [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>In Vietnam, domestic workers are now subject to labor laws, but the challenge that Vietnam currently faces is compliance with the law. These are the comments of the International Labor Organization (ILO) in its latest report published on June 15.</strong><br />
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<p> <em> Domestic workers have been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. (Photo: ILO)</em> In Vietnam, domestic workers are now subject to labor laws, but the challenge that Vietnam currently faces is compliance with the law. These are the comments of the International Labor Organization (ILO) in its latest report published on June 15. On the occasion of International Labor Day Domestic Workers (June 16), the ILO released the Report Making Decent Work a Reality for Domestic Workers: Progress and Prospects in Asia and the Pacific Duong. The report shows that, ten years after the adoption of the Domestic Workers Convention of 2011 (Convention No. 189), the majority of domestic workers in the Asia-Pacific region ( 61.5%) are still completely out of the scope of national labor laws while 84.3% of them still work in informal jobs. The absence of national labor laws and the high level of informality continue to severely affect the working conditions of domestic workers in the Asia-Thailand region. Binh Duong. <strong> More than 50% of domestic workers are concentrated in the Asia-Pacific region</strong> Chihoko Asada Miyakawa, Director of the ILO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, said that there is an urgent need to formalize domestic work in Asia and the Pacific, starting with employment. domestic help is regulated by labor law and social security to ensure this important worker enjoys the protection and respect they deserve. The Philippines is the only country in the Asia-Pacific region that has ratified the Domestic Labor Convention ten years after its ratification. According to statistics, the Asia-Pacific region has 38.3 million domestic workers aged 15 and over (of which 78.4% are female), equivalent to 50.6% of domestic workers. families around the world, and this is the largest employer of domestic workers worldwide. In which, China accounts for the majority of these workers (22 million). This is also the region that employs the most male domestic workers, accounting for 46.1% of the male labor rate. families around the world. The data shows that the majority of domestic workers in the region are not subject to any limits on working hours (71%) or enjoy weekly leave (64%) under the provisions of the Labor Code. current labor law. The report also shows that domestic workers are often the lowest paid in the labor market, especially when they work in the informal sector. It is estimated that the Covid-19 pandemic has had a major impact on domestic workers in the Asia-Pacific region due to the high level of informality and the lack of protections provided for in the law. leading to job loss. Their risk of losing their job is 2-3 times higher than that of other workers. <strong> Domestic workers in Vietnam need to be protected in practice</strong> Vietnam is one of the few countries in the region bringing domestic workers under the scope of labor law. The Labor Code 2019 and the accompanying Decree No. 145/2000/ND-CP stipulate that family workers must have a written contract that meets certain standards, including limits on working hours. and rest time. Among Southeast Asian countries, only in Vietnam are domestic workers entitled to a minimum wage at least equal to the minimum wage for other workers. According to ILO Vietnam Director, Dr. Chang-Hee Lee, although Vietnam has made significant progress, which includes bringing domestic workers under the protection of the labor law, But the challenge facing today is how to strengthen compliance with the law and close the gap between the protections provided in the law and the actual experience of domestic workers. According to a new ILO report, 19% of domestic workers in Vietnam work through service providers, and the number of domestic workers migrating abroad has continuously increased over the past decade. by. Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, domestic workers have become much more vulnerable to job loss than other types of workers. Compared to the fourth quarter of 2019, the rate of domestic workers decreased by 17% in the second quarter of 2020, while the unemployment rate of other hired workers in the same period was only 6.1%. . In parallel with some domestic workers losing their jobs, others have reduced working hours. Both of these situations lead to a significant reduction in total wages received. In the second quarter of 2020, the working hours of domestic workers in Vietnam decreased by 24.7% compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. Due to job loss and reduced working hours, the wages that laborers earn Domestic helpers in Vietnam received decreased by 26.2%. By 2026, Vietnam is expected to ratify the ILO Domestic Workers Convention (Convention No. 189). In the Asia-Pacific region, there are still 61.5% of domestic workers who are not subject to labor laws. &#8211; 84.3% of domestic workers in the informal sector work in informal work, while this figure for other workers is 52.8%. &#8211; 64% of domestic workers in the Asia-Pacific region are not entitled to weekly leave&#8230;</p>
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		<title>Biodiversity conservation heroes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hà Cúc]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2021 10:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Honoring the &#8216;heroes&#8217; of wildlife conservation in the period 2010-2020. Mr. Le Van Hien, born in 1961, in Thanh Son commune, Kim Bang district, Ha Nam province, was recently awarded the title of Conservation Hero by the Disney Conservation Foundation (USA). Notably, in the past, Mr. Hien was a hunter, then he changed his mind [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Honoring the &#8216;heroes&#8217; of wildlife conservation in the period 2010-2020.</strong><br />
<span id="more-18093"></span> Mr. Le Van Hien, born in 1961, in Thanh Son commune, Kim Bang district, Ha Nam province, was recently awarded the title of Conservation Hero by the Disney Conservation Foundation (USA). Notably, in the past, Mr. Hien was a hunter, then he changed his mind and decided to give up this profession, and actively participated in survey and research missions in Kim Bang forest. .</p>
<p> The information and images collected by him are valuable documents to help scientists and experts of FFI discover the world&#8217;s second largest population of langurs in Kim Bang forest. After that, Mr. Hien volunteered to join the Community Conservation Team and was appointed as team leader. Thanks to this Community Conservation Team, from 2016-2018, the number of langurs recorded grew from 40 individuals to more than 100 individuals. Stories like Mr. Hien became the inspiration in the Program &#8220;Honoring organizations and individuals who have made great contributions to wildlife conservation in the period 2010-2020&#8221; in response to the International Day of Biodiversity. (22.5). <img fifu-featured="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_05_23_203_38939150/71727efe6abc83e2daad.jpg" width="625" height="642"> The period 2010-2020 was declared by the United Nations General Assembly as the &#8220;United Nations Decade for Biodiversity&#8221;. Photo: vuonquocgiavuquang.vn. The period 2010-2020 has been declared by the United Nations General Assembly as the &#8220;United Nations Decade for Biodiversity&#8221; in order to achieve a shared commitment of countries to protect more than 8 million species of flora and fauna in the world. threatened to balance life on the planet. “Humanity may never know the precious opportunities of incurable diseases or other beneficial discoveries from nature because many ecosystems are permanently destroyed or soils are polluted. unusable,” said Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations, calling on all humanity to protect the biodiversity on Earth. The call comes as biodiversity on Earth is declining at an increasingly faster rate. More than 1 million species are in danger of extinction. Human activities have changed 75% of the land surface and 66% of the ocean area. Vietnam is in the Top 16 countries with the highest biodiversity in the world, but biodiversity is under increasing pressure due to human activities and climate change. It is noteworthy that human activities are increasingly seriously harming the balance of nature. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="lazy-img" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_05_23_203_38939150/14311dbd09ffe0a1b9ee.jpg" width="625" height="761"> To counter this trend, over the past decade, many individuals, scientists and conservation organizations have worked to protect wildlife with a series of research, new species discovery and initiatives, jointly provide many effective conservation solutions in Vietnam. Some newly discovered species include Euscorpiopsis Cavernicola scorpion (in Ba Be district, Bac Kan province) and Vietbocap thienduongensis scorpion (Phong Nha &#8211; Ke Bang national park, Quang Binh province). The new findings not only have scientific significance but also have high practical value because scorpion venom is a potential natural raw material for the current and future pharmaceutical industry. In addition, precious tree species such as Moc Huong (Aristolochia), genus Arachniodes,&#8230; are also studied for their phylogenetic and evolutionary relationships to serve practical applications. Through research, many plant species with medicinal and production value are identified and have a reasonable conservation plan. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="lazy-img" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_05_23_203_38939150/c43dceb1daf333ad6ae2.jpg" width="625" height="277"> Many organizations and individuals that have made great contributions to wildlife conservation in the period 2010-2020 also recognized many initiatives and solutions, contributing to improving the effectiveness of efforts of all levels, sectors and the whole society. association in species conservation. For example, the breeding solution has successfully preserved the white-crested pheasant &#8211; a rare endemic bird of Vietnam. The distribution area of ​​this rare chicken is in Quang Tri province, previously there were almost no birds and animals due to hunting, trapping and illegal wildlife trade. As a result, the population of the wild Lam pheasant decreased sharply, the last individuals were in danger of extinction. In addition, the breeding pairing of white-bellied Cao Cat (located in Section II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora &#8211; CITES) has also been successful, serving environmental education. and preserved in the future. Besides breeding solutions to conserve endangered species, other initiatives also focus on saving wildlife. In which, there are volunteer groups that have rescued 100 sea turtles, of which 94 individuals have been released into the sea; or the bear rescue process, bear farming in a semi-wild environment&#8230; These efforts contribute to changing people&#8217;s awareness of the importance of wildlife in the ecosystem associated with human life. In a recent report, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) said that 90% of Vietnamese people support closing the wildlife trade market; 91% support the closure of restaurants that sell illegal and unregulated wildlife.</p>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nguyễn Hiếu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2021 05:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In the past year, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the first type of heated tobacco product to be marketed in this market, designated as a reduced tobacco product. exposure to substances harmful to the body compared to cigarettes. This FDA decision is also a response to some of the concerns of [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>In the past year, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the first type of heated tobacco product to be marketed in this market, designated as a reduced tobacco product. exposure to substances harmful to the body compared to cigarettes.</strong><br />
<span id="more-17252"></span> This FDA decision is also a response to some of the concerns of governments around the world about the increase in young users. Other concerns were also addressed by experts.</p>
<p> <strong> “Logically, minimizing exposure will help reduce harm.”</strong> To date, health authorities have argued that the FDA&#8217;s decision only allows the product to be designated &#8220;reduced exposure&#8221;, but that does not prove that heated tobacco products reduce the risk of disease to the health of the user. use. In addition, there have also been some medical experts who have made statements that contradict the FDA&#8217;s decision, saying that the product is not different from cigarettes. According to official information from the FDA, studies on heated tobacco have demonstrated that the aerosols produced by these products still contain high levels of harmful and potentially harmful ingredients, including: formaldehyde, acrolein, carbon monoxide; NNN and NNK (substances related to diseases caused by tobacco smoke) but significantly lower than the currently circulating combustible cigarettes. Specifically, depending on the type of substance, the average concentration in aerosol gas will be reduced from 55% to 99% compared to the smoke of cigarettes. <img fifu-featured="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_05_21_323_38923350/16e550854bc7a299fbd6.jpg" width="625" height="364"> <em> The FDA declares a heated tobacco product to be marketed in the United States as a risk-modified tobacco product. </em> At the same time, the FDA also said that in the process of reviewing the records, FDA has consulted users. The results showed that users also found that the risk of using these products was lower than that of smoking cigarettes. However, they are also fully aware that using this heated tobacco product carries a higher risk than quitting smoking or using nicotine replacement products. PGS.TS.BS. Tran Van Ngoc &#8211; Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Respiratory Association said that, logically, minimizing exposure will help reduce harm. Assoc. Dr. Le Van Quang, Director of Central K Hospital also stated: <em> “From the oncologist&#8217;s perspective, when a patient smokes, the greater the amount of carcinogens exposed, the higher the cancer risk. And for cigarettes, one thing is important: nicotine is not the cause of cancer caused by smoking, but the cause of cancer is the molecules in the smoke created by the combustion of cigarettes. leaves&#8221;. </em> <strong> Heated cigarettes: Young people are many times harder to access than cigarettes</strong> The US FDA is a reputable health authority in the US as well as globally. Accordingly, protecting the young generation and people&#8217;s health is the top goal of FDA. Therefore, allowing a single heated tobacco product to be allowed access to the US market shows that they have done thorough research and considered carefully before making a decision. Not only in the US, but in countries where this product is allowed to be sold, it is almost impossible for young people to access the product. In order to make a purchase, the buyer must go through a background check to ensure that the buyer is a smoker and is of legal age of majority in the country of origin. At the same time, although allowing this tobacco product to be commercialized, FDA also requires manufacturers to regularly update their sales and trade processes to ensure control of young people&#8217;s access to the product. This product is at its lowest. Meanwhile, compared to heated cigarettes, young people can easily buy cigarettes anywhere with as cheap as giving. FDA representative, Dr. Priscilla Callahan-Lyon, confirmed that the FDA has carefully studied the issue of the product&#8217;s impact on young people. Accordingly, in terms of appearance, a heated cigarette is a rather large set of equipment, difficult to conceal and is not cheap, must be used with its own custom cigarette, and this product also does not contain attractive aromas. young. Not only in the US, but in countries that allow the circulation of heated cigarettes, the level of impact of this product on young people or new users is almost under control. Despite accounting for 85% of global sales of heated cigarettes, only 0.1% of middle and high school students in Japan use heated cigarettes daily, which is only one-fifth of the total. percentage of students smoking burned cigarettes. It is worth noting that the number of students using heated cigarettes is the same group of students who have used cigarettes before. According to an independent study of 7,000 teenagers in Germany, the number of people aged 12-17 who used a heated tobacco product in the 30 days before the survey was almost zero. One study Another independent study of more than 11,000 teenagers aged 11-15 years old in Switzerland also found that less than 2% had ever used heated tobacco, while the number of people who smoked lit cigarettes in this same age range increased. to over 33%. <strong> Regulating heated tobacco: No violation of the FCTC . Framework Convention </strong> In a seminar held recently, Ms. Tran Thi Trang, Deputy Director of the Legal Department, Ministry of Health said: “The Ministry of Health proposes not to allow the import and sale of e-cigarette products, heated cigarettes because these products are addictive, harmful to health, and cannot be piloted for people&#8217;s health.&#8221; If according to the above argument, invisibly, cigarettes &#8211; the product with the highest level of addiction and harm to the health of users and the community &#8211; becomes a product that is protected exclusively and consumers. no longer have the right to choose harm reduction products. &#8220;Smokers don&#8217;t deserve to die just because they don&#8217;t know about less harmful nicotine products,&#8221; said Cliff Douglas, director of the University of Michigan&#8217;s Tobacco Research Network and former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. American Cancer Society (ACS) Tobacco Control Policy, former Advisory Counsel on Tobacco Control Policy to the US Surgeon General. Meanwhile, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) of the World Health Organization (WHO) also recognizes heated tobacco as a tobacco product. Therefore, if Vietnam manages heated tobacco like the current tobacco control law in the host country, it is also completely consistent with what the Framework Convention has stipulated. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="lazy-img" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_05_21_323_38923350/cb298f49940b7d55241a.jpg" width="625" height="625"> <em> Lawyer Phan Hoang Lam, Law Firm DT LAW. </em> On the other hand, Lawyer (LS) Phan Hoang Lam, DT LAW Law Firm said that: The Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harms 2012 defines “tobacco is a product produced from all or part of tobacco ingredients, processed in the form of cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, pipe tobacco or other forms&#8221;. On this basis, heated tobacco is considered &#8220;tobacco&#8221; because it contains tobacco leaf ingredients, consistent with the concept of &#8220;tobacco&#8221; under the current legal provisions of Vietnam. Therefore, this drug should absolutely be regulated by Vietnam&#8217;s Drug Prevention and Control Law. According to LS Lam, in order to manage smokeless tobacco products more effectively, Vietnam needs to consider international scientific bases to evaluate and compare the level of harm to health of tobacco. smokeless compared to burned cigarettes. At the same time, with the function of State management, in order to create free and fair competition among manufacturers and products and protect the interests of consumers, protect public health, regulatory agencies The state should immediately come up with a plan to build a legal corridor for the production, circulation and control of these products.</p>
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		<title>It is necessary to build a legal corridor for the production, circulation and control of smokeless tobacco</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2021 23:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In order to create free and fair competition among manufacturers and products, and protect the interests of consumers, and protect public health, state management agencies need to immediately draw up plans to build building a legal framework for the production, circulation and control of smokeless tobacco products, commented Lawyer Phan Hoang Lam, DT LAW Law [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>In order to create free and fair competition among manufacturers and products, and protect the interests of consumers, and protect public health, state management agencies need to immediately draw up plans to build building a legal framework for the production, circulation and control of smokeless tobacco products, commented Lawyer Phan Hoang Lam, DT LAW Law Firm.</strong><br />
<span id="more-17161"></span> The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the first heated tobacco product to be marketed in this market.</p>
<p> Accordingly, heated tobacco products are designated as tobacco products that reduce exposure to harmful substances to the body compared to cigarettes. This decision of the FDA is also a response to some concerns of governments around the world about the ability of products to reduce harm. In addition, other concerns were also answered by experts. <strong> The risk is lower than with cigarettes, higher than that of quitting</strong> To date, health authorities are concerned that the FDA&#8217;s decision to only allow products to be designated &#8220;reduced exposure&#8221; does not prove that heated tobacco products reduce the risk of disease to human health. use. In addition, some medical experts have made statements that contradict the FDA&#8217;s decision, saying that the product is not different from cigarettes. According to official information from the FDA, studies on heated tobacco have demonstrated that the aerosols produced by these products still contain high levels of harmful and potentially harmful ingredients, including formaldehyde. , acrolein, carbon monoxide; NNN and NNK (substances related to diseases caused by tobacco smoke) but significantly lower than the currently circulating combustible cigarettes. Specifically, depending on the type of substance, the average concentration in aerosol gas will be reduced from 55% to 99% compared to the smoke of cigarettes. At the same time, the FDA said that in the process of reviewing the records, FDA has consulted users. The results showed that users found that the risk of using these products was lower than that of smoking cigarettes. However, they are also fully aware that using this heated tobacco product carries a higher risk than quitting smoking or using nicotine replacement products. PGS.TS.BS. Tran Van Ngoc &#8211; Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Respiratory Association said that in logic, minimizing exposure will help reduce harm. Assoc.Prof.Dr. Le Van Quang, Director of the Central Hospital for Cancer, also stated: “From the perspective of an oncologist, when a patient smokes, the greater the amount of carcinogens exposed, the higher the cancer risk. And for cigarettes, one thing is important: nicotine is not the cause of cancer caused by smoking, but the cause of cancer is the molecules in the smoke created by the combustion of cigarettes. leaves&#8221;. <strong> Low accessibility to young people</strong> The US FDA is a reputable health authority in the US as well as globally. Accordingly, protecting the young generation and people&#8217;s health is the top goal of FDA. Therefore, allowing a single heated tobacco product to be allowed access to the US market shows that they have done thorough research and considered carefully before making a decision. FDA Representative, Dr. Priscilla Callahan-Lyon affirmed that the FDA has carefully studied the issue of the product&#8217;s impact on young people. Accordingly, in terms of appearance, a heated cigarette is a rather large set of equipment, difficult to conceal and is not cheap, must be used with its own custom cigarette, and this product also does not contain attractive aromas. young. Not only in the US, in countries where this product is allowed to be sold, it is almost impossible for young people to access the product. In order to make a purchase, the buyer must go through a background check to ensure that the buyer is a smoker and is of legal age of majority in the country of origin. At the same time, although allowing this tobacco product to be commercialized, FDA also requires manufacturers to regularly update their sales and trade processes to ensure control of young people&#8217;s access to the product. This product is at its lowest. Meanwhile, compared to heated cigarettes, young people can easily buy cigarettes anywhere with as cheap as giving. On the other hand, in countries that allow the circulation of heated tobacco, the impact of this product on young people or new users is almost under control. Despite accounting for 85% of global sales of heated cigarettes, only 0.1% of middle and high school students in Japan use heated cigarettes daily, which is only one-fifth of the total. percentage of students smoking burned cigarettes. It is worth noting that the number of students using heated cigarettes is the same group of students who have used cigarettes before. According to an independent study of 7,000 teenagers in Germany, the number of people aged 12-17 who used a heated tobacco product in the 30 days before the survey was almost zero. One study Another independent study of more than 11,000 teenagers aged 11-15 years old in Switzerland also found that less than 2% had ever used heated tobacco, while the number of people who smoked lit cigarettes in this same age range increased. to over 33%. <strong> Need a plan to build a legal corridor</strong> According to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) of the World Health Organization (WHO), which Vietnam has acceded to and entered into force in March 2005, in the definition under article 1, item (f) published on the website of the Foundation for Prevention of Tobacco Harms (Vinacosh) also clearly states: &#8220;tobacco products&#8221; means products which are wholly or partly derived from tobacco materials manufactured to for sucking, sucking, chewing or inhaling. The 8th Conference of the Parties (COP8) held by WHO at the end of 2018 also once again reiterated that heated tobacco is recognized as a tobacco product. From this definition and the COP8 guidelines, it can be seen that whether according to the definition of the 2012 Law on Drugs and Prevention of Vietnam, or within the definition of the WHO Framework Convention on FCTC 2005, heated tobacco is a products must be subject to the control of the current Law on Drug Prevention and Control. <img fifu-featured="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_05_21_236_21017822/772a88b893fa7aa423eb.jpg" width="625" height="477"> <em> Lawyer Phan Hoang Lam, Law Firm DT LAW</em> On the other hand, lawyer Phan Hoang Lam, DT LAW Law Firm, said that the Law on Prevention of Tobacco Harms 2012 defines “Tobacco is a product manufactured from all or part of medicinal ingredients. leaves, processed in the form of cigarettes, cigars, tobacco, pipe tobacco or other forms&#8221;. On this basis, heated tobacco is considered &#8220;tobacco&#8221; because it contains tobacco leaf ingredients, consistent with the concept of &#8220;tobacco&#8221; under the current legal provisions of Vietnam. Therefore, this drug is completely regulated by the National Drug Prevention and Control Law. According to Lawyer Lam, in order to manage smokeless tobacco products more effectively, Vietnam needs to consider international scientific bases to evaluate and compare the level of harm to the health of the drug. smokeless leaves compared to burned cigarettes. At the same time, with the function of State management, in order to create free and fair competition among manufacturers and products and protect the interests of consumers, protect public health, regulatory agencies The state should immediately come up with a plan to build a legal corridor for the production, circulation and control of these products.</p>
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		<title>Buying a soul?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2021 21:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>At the end of March, one of Twitter CEO&#8217;s first internet tweets, Jack Dorsey, was successfully auctioned, earning $ 2.9 million. And, the assets of this transaction are not only approximate.</strong><br />
<span id="more-5734"></span> <strong> Can&#8217;t touch but sell</strong> </p>
<p> Similarly, TIME has auctioned three of their covers on digital space and earned nearly half a million dollars. The New York Times also sold their &#8220;first article in nearly 170 years of history&#8221;, earning $ 560,000. This market is becoming more bustling than ever. A tweet by billionaire Mark Cuban sold for a thousand dollars. Beeple, a cartoonist who specializes in caricatures, has sold millions of dollars of his work, even though no one has ever touched his paintings! Video clips of basketball shoots are gathered on a &#8220;marketplace&#8221; called NBA Top Shot, and its weekly revenue can reach hundreds of millions of dollars. <img fifu-featured="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_04_19_99_38572350/9b9efe2ada6833366a79.jpg" width="625" height="351"> <em> Is digitization a tool so omnipotent that we have to deny the beauty of the real world? Photo source: Getty </em> In all of these deals, the asset is completely virtualized, and it is sold by a technology called Non-Fungible Token (NFT). NFT is a code that records that a certain original asset (tweet, clip, cover &#8230;) belonging to any owner is unique and does not have a second. This unique digital version certificate is purchased, not assets that are materialized in physical form. But, these virtual assets, despite the fact that they may not be as physically interactive as real paintings or newspapers, are costing many times as much as the real thing that can be touched, even if you can. Readers feel this is crazy: these things should not even be sold, in the conventional sense of most of us. Modern people are increasingly moving towards the digital world: today, only about 3% of the circulating money exists in physical form, the rest are simply numbers in bank accounts. . Technology companies digitize enormous amounts of data about a person for advertising and business. Never in history have we acted as both the most active producer and consumer of data, as we do now. In fact, we&#8217;ve been selling &#8220;untouchable&#8221; things for a long time: in 2018, the New York Times published a shocking article about the black market on social media. An American company called Devumi has sold hundreds of millions of followers to 200,000 famous customers, TV stars, athletes, and even pastors and models. On Facebook, user accounts were hacked and fanpages were bought and resold for many purposes. But, the sale of NFT pushes the view of digital to an unprecedented extreme: internet products, based on bits of information, are practically something anyone can access and enjoy. The NFT eliminated this indulgence entirely, leaving only the single acknowledgment of ownership. This vision redefines our worldview: without touching and even enjoying it, we can still price and trade at a hefty price. We often tell ourselves that humans are becoming more and more &#8220;materialistic&#8221;, when the truth is that we are slowly denying the literal materiality of this world. The 1965 American installation artist Joseph Kosuth&#8217;s &#8220;One and Three Chairs&#8221; can make us reflect on our detachment from reality: it consists of a real chair in the middle, to the right of it. is a picture of a chair and to the left is the dictionary definition of a chair. Try digitizing these 3 objects and imagine how much memory it will take up on the computer&#8217;s hard drive. The line that defines the chair only needs about one kilobyte of data. The image even has the highest resolution increase, perhaps only up to 10 megabytes. The real chair can, in a way, be considered limitless. The most accurate digital scan can only produce a &#8220;map&#8221; of its surface features, and even these features can only be reflected with a certain degree of fidelity. No matter how detailed these data points can convey other subtle things, like the feeling of sitting on the chair, or the personality of the carpenter who made it. Digitization is, in this case, completely powerless against a universal object. <strong> Real world discrimination</strong> But stories that overblown the virtual world continued to be told. In 2014, venture capitalist Marc Andreessen cheerfully wrote a series of tweets on his Twitter account &#8211; he himself called them the &#8220;tweetstorm&#8221; &#8211; announcing that computers and robots were about to free it all. we are free from &#8220;the constraints of material needs&#8221;. He declared that, &#8220;for the first time in human history, we have been able to show our true integrity and integrity: we will be whoever we want to be&#8221;. Such prophecies can be easily refuted, but in fact they have shaped public opinion. By spreading a technological utopia, defining that progress is fundamentally just technology, these tycoons have encouraged the masses to give up important aspects of their lives and give them away. Allows entrepreneurs and financial professionals from Silicon Valley to freely recreate culture to suit their commercial interests. <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="lazy-img" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_04_19_99_38572350/141074a450e6b9b8e0f7.jpg" width="625" height="473"> <em> Pablo Neruda and what remains in his collection of &#8220;blunt rags&#8221;. Photo source: Alamy Stock </em> In the book &#8220;Digitalization&#8221; (published in 1995), Massachusetts Institute of Technology founder Nicholas Negroponte said: &#8220;Computers are no longer computers. It is about life ”. Silicon Valley is home to more devices and software than anywhere in the world, and more importantly, it has successfully sold an ideology. This &#8220;creed&#8221; is utopian technologicalism, with the tool of treating digitization as an all-powerful tool and of infinite value. The people from Silicon Valley are fierce materialists: what can&#8217;t be measured means nothing. But, they hate matter. From their point of view, the world&#8217;s problems, from inefficiency and inequality to illness and death all stem from its physical characteristics, embodying itself in chaos and lack of flexibility. The panacea is a virtual world, and the commonly told story is that this society will be recreated and redeemed by computer code, with a new garden of Eden built out of bits, dissolving the world of things. add to this virtual network. It has led to a huge rise in the price of virtual things, in the expression of a new wave of progress: a picture, no, even a certificate of ownership. Digital painting on the internet is now a thousand times more expensive than a real picture, something we can hang up, touch, look at it every day and see the beauty in it. The real beauty. Not painting stories. In the process of searching for information for this article, I came across a story by Chilean poet and politician Pablo Neruda: he was a collector of curious objects, such as tubes. bizarre carvings, masks of Africa look rather odd, ships in bottles and whales&#8217; teeth. He wrote in his book &#8220;Memories&#8221; (1974) that &#8220;in my house, I have gathered a collection of toys, large and small, that I cannot live without&#8221;. The poems Neruda wrote often praised these seemingly trivial and unique objects. &#8220;In my poems,&#8221; he wrote: &#8220;I cannot close the doors to the streets, just as I cannot close the doors to love, life, joy or sadness.&#8221; Today, perhaps we do not often find such people who love things so often, not by the superficial preference of a consumerist, but by someone who understands being able to touch. something and feel it may be the most valuable thing in the world: &#8220;Someone who does not play has forever lost the child living in him and he will miss it very much&#8221; &#8211; Neruda wrote. For Neruda, children are considered materialistic in the purest and purest sense, enjoy the textures, sounds, colors, and smells of objects and are able to live fully in those moments. . In September 1973, during Neruda&#8217;s funeral, soldiers following the dictator Pinochet&#8217;s truth trampled on the collection and broke most of them. These rough gestures, in a sense, are also regrettable: they lost a chance to see beauty, as Neruda did. Today, no one takes away our right to touch real things with such rudeness. But, it seems that many of us are willing to give this up, for someone else&#8217;s story. About things that may not be of any value (compared to something in the flesh) but are being valued in millions.</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[An introverted lifestyle, loving the quietness of the host is clearly shown through a peaceful living space but still has a liberal and youthful character in Thai Nguyen. The work was built in Thai Nguyen province by the architects of AD + studio. The concrete frame system of the two main building blocks is retained, [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>An introverted lifestyle, loving the quietness of the host is clearly shown through a peaceful living space but still has a liberal and youthful character in Thai Nguyen.</strong><br />
<span id="more-5347"></span> <img fifu-featured="1" decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_03_22_119_38286545/a4cd4ec9798b90d5c99a.jpg" width="625" height="441"> </p>
<p> <em> The work was built in Thai Nguyen province by the architects of AD + studio. The concrete frame system of the two main building blocks is retained, reinforced by trusses because the roof structure steel truss is inspired by the surrounding context, creating a space that exceeds the span. </em> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="lazy-img" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_03_22_119_38286545/10a0e2a4d5e63cb865f7.jpg" width="625" height="1004"> <em> This solution both frees the view of the area below to the garden, while increasing the used area above, and at the same time creating a harmonious &#8220;stack of roof&#8221; building in the whole.</em> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="lazy-img" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_03_22_119_38286545/238fd28be5c90c9755d8.jpg" width="625" height="390"> <em> Standing in front of the house, through the glass brick wall between the green pavement and the front garden, the inner and outer division seems to be only approximate. </em> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="lazy-img" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_03_22_119_38286545/c45534510313ea4db302.jpg" width="625" height="430"> <em> The old building blocks a portion of the area for the garden and vegetation as adding a buffer between the bustling highway outside and the quiet living space inside. </em> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="lazy-img" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_03_22_119_38286545/67169812af50460e1f41.jpg" width="625" height="417"> <em> Narrow corridors connect the common space in front and the private space of the homeowner in the back. From each point in the house, you can see many different spaces. </em> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="lazy-img" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_03_22_119_38286545/c0c53ec10983e0ddb992.jpg" width="625" height="390"> <em> The living space and the green trees of the garden blend together, creating an airy atmosphere. </em> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="lazy-img" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_03_22_119_38286545/4b5fb65b811968473108.jpg" width="625" height="399"> <em> In the house, the group of architects opens up a sky well to catch the light. </em> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="lazy-img" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_03_22_119_38286545/1628ea2cdd6e34306d7f.jpg" width="625" height="417"> <em> Besides ventilation, the house is also full of comfort and modernity in daily life. </em> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="lazy-img" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_03_22_119_38286545/3024cb20fc62153c4c73.jpg" width="625" height="351"> <em> The spiral staircase and the large spaces create a strong visual impression in the house. </em> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="lazy-img" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_03_22_119_38286545/144cee48d90a3054691b.jpg" width="625" height="417"> <em> The materials and design styles are a bit nostalgic but still ensure high applicability. </em> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="lazy-img" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_03_22_119_38286545/edfe14fa23b8cae693a9.jpg" width="625" height="936"> <em> Works as a background of harmony between context, nature and people. </em> <img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="lazy-img" src="https://photo-baomoi.zadn.vn/w700_r1/2021_03_22_119_38286545/2de6d5e2e2a00bfe52b1.jpg" width="625" height="351"> <em> The shield roof is made up of two layers of colored tole placed on the glass ceiling, creating an air convection zone, limiting the heat to the functional areas while retaining the feel of the structure. </em></p>
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