Vietnam-based market research director with an interest in Asia market culture; digital-social convergence; and empowerment at the local level.

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
Joined September 2009
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THAILAND/CAMBODIA: Thai police issue arrest warrant for Cambodian senator Ly Yong Phat for alleged ties to laundered scam proceeds. Anti-Money Laundering Office (AMLO) officials searched 36 locations in Bangkok and Trat province linked to Ly. bangkokpost.com/thailand/gen…
.@WhaleHunting_ @brazenFM The official line says there’s “no clear evidence of a weapon.” Our investigation traces Havana Syndrome to two nations with the means and motive to weaponize microwave energy: Russia and China. One of them has done it before. whalehunting.projectbrazen.c…
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“Jon Adgemis, definitely bankrupt” For a limited time, this article is outside the paywall and available to everyone. rampart.news/jon-adgemis-def…
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Amazing story of survival: Phan Duy Quang, 47, from Ly Son island, was rescued after drifting 42 hours in the sea. The boat carrying Mr Quang and 2 others was capsized in Typhoon Kalmaegi on 6 Nov. All three survived and rescued in different places.
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$MSTR Ponzi scheme is blowing up. $689M interest due in 2026 that they don’t have. Saylor is enticing investors by raising yield by +25 bps to 10.5% on preferred shares to raise capital to keep running the ponzi, while collateral deflates in value. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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🇻🇳🇻🇳 Vietnam will be the first country in the world to develop & promulgate the Population Law It creates a unified & synchronous legal basis to contribute to institutionalizing the Party's guidelines, policies & guidelines on population & overcoming limitations & shortcomings, meeting the requirements of population development in the new situation. Inheriting the provisions of the Population Ordinance, ensuring the legitimate rights and interests of individuals and organizations in population work; referring to international legal experiences and some countries in the world to ensure compliance with international treaties to which Vietnam is a member. The Draft Population Law has been developed and completed in the direction of inheriting, adjusting 10 articles, amending 01 article & abolishing 26 articles of the 2003 Population Ordinance to be suitable, meet practical requirements & overcome difficulties & obstacles in population work. The Ministry of Health has also studied & supplemented 15 articles including regulations on: communication, mobilization, education on population; adjusting population size, structure & distribution; improve population quality; conditions to ensure population work implementation The draft Population Law has many innovative contents compared to the Population Ordinance, focusing on standardizing 4 major policies: Maintaining replacement fertility, minimizing gender imbalance at birth, adapting to population aging, aging population & improving population quality. The scope of this adjustment is consistent with the 04 policies approved by the Govt & does not stipulate the contents that have been adjusted in other laws. New additional contents compared to the provisions of the Population Ordinance on maintaining replacement fertility: increasing maternity leave, financial support when giving birth, adding priority criteria for buying or renting social housing according to the provisions of the law on housing. The Law proposes to increase maternity leave when giving birth to a second child; financial support for a number of target groups (ethnic minority women; women in localities with low fertility rates; women who give birth to two children before the age of 35); Priority to buy or rent social housing according to the provisions of the law on housing. The Draft Population Law also clearly states that men with 2 children whose wives have died are in the priority group to buy social housing. To reduce the gender imbalance at birth & bring the gender ratio at birth back to a natural balance, the draft Population Law has a number of regulations: Prohibiting the selection of the gender of the fetus in any form except for the case of determining the gender for the diagnosis and treatment of genetic diseases related to gender; encouraging the inclusion of the content of not favoring males over females and not choosing gender at birth in the village covenants and conventions of the residential community. For medical staff, medical practitioners who announce, notify, or disclose information about the gender of the fetus to customers will be suspended, except for cases of determining gender for the purpose of diagnosing & treating genetic diseases related to gender as prescribed by the Ministry of Health. To adapt to population aging & aging population, the Law has many contents to support elderly care, develop human resources for elderly care; provide, process information, notify & denounce acts of infringement, or prevent the elderly from exercising their legal rights. The draft Law mentions the need for suitable day care and boarding facilities for the elderly. Care centers are entitled to investment incentives to carry out this work. With the content of improving population quality, the draft Law proposes to conduct pre-marital health consultation and examination; prenatal and neonatal screening, diagnosis, and treatment.
Vietnam’s TFR actually went below 2.1 replacement level in 1999, reached the current 1.9 in 2005, then it went back to 2.1 in 2014 and have hovered around 1.9 since 2018 data.worldbank.org/indicator…
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At a National Assembly session on November 5, a delegate argued that Vietnam’s anti-corruption law should not automatically trigger asset verification when a public servant’s wealth increases by one billion dong. dautu.kinhtechungkhoan.vn/da…
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Russian president Vladimir Putin has awarded state medal & presidential awards to Mrs Thái Hương on All-People Unity’s day for her contribution on strengthening Russia’s great national unity. vietnam.vn/en/tap-doan-th-va…
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On Oct 18, ChatGPT structurally changed how it recommends and recognizes brands. 1. The avg. number of brands mentioned per response dropped from 6 to 3.5 2. At the same time, average brand visibility fell 31% 3. The competitive gap between 1st and 10th compressed by 23%.
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EXCLUSIVE: KuCoin, which secretly took over Thai securities firm Finansia X to wash Chinese-Cambodian criminal money, is now tied to Iran sanctions evasion, creating a dangerous bridge to Thailand's financial sector. Thailand's SEC has done nothing.👇 whalehunting.projectbrazen.c…
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Noo broooooo Japan is SO YIELD STARVED METAPLANET MOST UNDERVALUED CO IN THE WORLD ITLL 10x soon bro Please bro Pls
AEON Mall in Hue. Japanese long-term strategic thinking. Holding up well because it's built to last. And AEON company out helping the community.
Telling indeed
This chart (thanks @chrismartenson for sharing) proves without shadow of a doubt that gold is indeed in a bubble
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Record-breaking floods have struck central Vietnam, killing at least 29 people and leaving five missing, the country’s disaster agency said. 📍Da nang, vietnam. Thu Bon River surged past its 1964 record. Authorities have issued over 10.5 million warning messages to alert residents.
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Most people on Twitter will never get it. It's not about ivory tower academics and ideology. People weren't rich but we weren't poor either. We grew OUR food on OUR soil. What the land provided, we ate. Maybe the Trabant was no Mercedes, but WE built it and it fulfilled its purpose. Maybe it was oppressive, but it was still OUR country, a country of Germans. Strong. Hard. Discipline. Community. Solidarity. In its way the last echo of old Prussia. Blood and Steel. Not a gayish neurotic only fans sellout cucked entity with zero Identity. The GDR was the country of the Red Spartans and man for man no one could stand against us. Maybe we hadn't much, but we had PRIDE, FAMILY, HERITAGE. A nation, a people...
🚨🇩🇪 REPORT: Over 57% of East Germans miss Communism; say life was better under the GDR. Source: Der Spiegel Follow: @RTSG_News
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In the US, rich people enjoy beautiful infrastructure. In China, amazing things are open to everyone, even the poorest of the society. That’s capitalism versus socialism. A park in Chengdu.
Mercure Daisen Hotel in Tottori Prefecture, Japan
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