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Bnh Thun okays floating power plant (VNNews)

BNH THUN - The Peoples Committee in southern Bnh

Thun Province has given its approval in principle to the a

Nhim-Hm Thun-a Mi Joint Stock Company for a project on

a Mi Lake.
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the

company is allowed to conduct a research and feasibility study

to build a floating solar power project on the lake.

The plant is not on the list of power sources of the national

power planning until 2030, thus the committee has asked the

ministrys General Directorate of Energy to assess and add the

project to the list under current regulations.

The plant will cover 57ha of lake surface on which solar

panels will be installed and 67ha of land surface on which

transformer stations and inverters will be constructed.

With an investment of VN1.5 trillion (US$66.7 million), the

project will be able to produce an average of 69 million kWh in

the first year of operation.

Located in the districts of Tnh Linh and Hm Thun Bc, the

project is expected to begin operation in 2019.VNS

Argentina Amends its Immigration Law, Speeds Up

Deportations (VOALearningEnglish)

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Argentina made a major change to its immigration law

Monday. The change makes it easier to expel foreigners who do

crimes or who are under investigation.

President Mauricio Macri ordered the change to the 2003

immigration law.
The presidential order notes a rise in organized crime by

foreigners. It prevents entrance to immigrants who are serving

sentences or have criminal records. It also speeds up expulsion

for those who do crimes, including selling drugs and weapons

or hiding illegal money.

The government said officials had faced administrative

barriers in expelling foreigners who did such crimes.

The new law is designed to lower a sharp increase in crime.

The issue is a top concern among Argentinians who will vote in

congressional elections later this year.

Foreigners represent 4.5 percent of the 40 million people

living in Argentina. Human rights activists said the changed law

could cause Argentinians to wrongly judge that part of the

population.
The group Amnesty International said it is a mistake to think

of the migration crisis as just an issue of national security, and

to link immigrants with criminals.

The human rights group said a country cannot violate its

constitution and international human rights treaties to make

new immigration policies.

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Amnesty said the changes reduce guarantees of lawful

processes and violate immigrant rights to fair protection.

Argentine Vice President Gabriela Michetti defended the new

measure.
She told a local radio station that "Argentina is an open

country that will always be in favor of diversity.'' She also

rejected suggestions that the new law is like an immigration

order signed last month by Donald Trump, the new president of

the United States.

Argentine activist Adolfo Perez Esquivel said President Macri

is criminalizing immigration through executive orders that

change national laws and international commitments.

Esquivel won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1980 for his defense

of human rights during Argentina's "dirty war.

He said Argentine officials clearly violated human rights in

the name of security when they made the law without involving

lawmakers.
In his words, security problems can and should be solved

respecting our constitution and increasing our rights, not

reducing them.
Im Alice Bryant.
The Associated Press reported this story. Alice Bryant

adapted it for Learning English. Caty Weaver was the editor.

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migration - n. to move from one country or place to live or

work in another
diversity - n. the state of having people who are different

races or who have different cultures

dirty war - n. a period (1976-1983) when Argentinas

military-led government hunted down and killed opponents

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