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During these early days of winter in Beppu (Japan)—the city where I currently live, famous for its underground geothermal waters—fog often blankets the mountainsides. Looking from a distance, the plumes of white steam rising from hundreds of hot springs look little different from the smoke billowing from the industrial zones of Oita Prefecture, just 30 kilometers away. But the difference lies in their nature: one is the healing breath of the earth, the other is a burden on th

Analyses of English scores in this year's high school graduation exam converge on one point: the exam differentiated students well. However, the rate of 38% of students scoring below average—all of whom voluntarily chose English as a graduation exam subject—shows that there are still issues with the quality of English teaching and learning in schools.

My colleagues and I suddenly have more work when grading students' assignments, because we have to determine whether they are using AI tools excessively.

Recently, air pollution has become a hot topic for Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The press has repeatedly reported that Hanoi is among the most polluted cities in the world, with the Air Quality Index (AQI) in Hanoi ranging from over 200 to over 300.

In Japan, Temu penetrated the market in July 2023. I first learned about Temu due to a series of ads inserted on YouTube, Netflix, or Google with high frequency.

While watching badminton at the Paris Olympics, I noticed that during matches, the shuttlecock was replaced every 3-5 minutes. On average, players changed shuttlecocks about 20 times per match. What happens to these shuttlecocks after use?

Whenever I return to Vietnam, I have a habit of walking in a large park in the center of Hanoi, and I frequently see many used medical masks discarded by the roadside or floating on the surface of the lake.

Vietnam has just received a payment of 51.5 million USD from the World Bank for reducing carbon emissions by limiting forest degradation and deforestation. 10.3 million tons of carbon emissions reduced from forests in six North Central provinces were transferred at a value of 5 USD/credit, bringing in an estimated profit of 1,250 billion VND. Essentially, the forest has turned into gold—potentially a lot of gold.