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  • How to Use Claude: A Practical Guide for Getting Real Work Done
  • Việt Nam's New Cybersecurity Decrees: Nghị định 333 and 327 Take Effect
  • Nghị định 30/2020/NĐ-CP: The Anatomy of a Vietnamese Administrative Document
  • How I Use AI Coding Agents in My Daily Workflow
  • Spaced Repetition: The Engine Behind Long-Term Vocabulary

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How to Use Claude: A Practical Guide for Getting Real Work Done

Claude is more useful than most people realise — if you know where to run it and how to talk to it. A hands-on guide from daily use: apps, Claude Code, and the prompting habits that actually matter.

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Posted on August 25, 2026Categories IT — AI & Coding

Việt Nam's New Cybersecurity Decrees: Nghị định 333 and 327 Take Effect

Two implementing decrees under the new Luật An ninh mạng took effect on 19 August 2026 — bringing Vietnamese phone-number authentication for accounts, 24-hour takedown clocks, and 12-month log retention for platforms.

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Posted on August 25, 2026Categories Việt Nam Law

Nghị định 30/2020/NĐ-CP: The Anatomy of a Vietnamese Administrative Document

Why every official Vietnamese document looks the same — and what the rules behind the Quốc hiệu, the numbering, and the Times New Roman actually say.

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Posted on August 10, 2026Categories Việt Nam Law

How I Use AI Coding Agents in My Daily Workflow

A year of working with agentic coding tools: what they are actually good at, where they still fail, and the habits that make the difference.

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Posted on August 2, 2026Categories IT — AI & Coding

Spaced Repetition: The Engine Behind Long-Term Vocabulary

Why cramming vocabulary fails, what the forgetting curve actually looks like, and how to set up a spaced repetition habit that survives contact with real life.

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Posted on July 18, 2026Categories Languages

Thăng Long to Hà Nội: One City, Many Names

The Vietnamese capital has carried more than a dozen names across a thousand years. Each one is a small history lesson in itself.

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Posted on July 5, 2026Categories History

Tết Nguyên Đán: More Than a New Year

Bánh chưng, the Kitchen Gods, first-footing, and lucky money — a field guide to the traditions that make Vietnamese Lunar New Year what it is.

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Posted on June 20, 2026Categories Culture

A Slow Weekend in Ninh Bình

Limestone karsts, river caves, and the ruins of a 10th-century capital — two unhurried days in the landscape they call "Hạ Long Bay on land."

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Posted on June 8, 2026Categories Travel
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