Vocabulary note – Jun 10, 2025
▶️ Reduce (v) To make less of something: Giảm, cắt giảm.
▶️ Waste (n) Trash, things you throw away: Rác thải.
▶️ Environment (n) The world around us (air, water, land, trees): Môi trường.
▶️ Necessary (adj) Something you really need: Cần thiết.
▶️ Recycle (v) To make old things into new things (like turning old paper into new paper): Tái chế.
▶️ Sustainable (adj) A way of doing things that is good for the environment for a long time: Bền vững.
▶️ Ambassador (n) The most important person who represents their country in another country: Đại sứ.
▶️ To visit (v) / A visit (n) To go to a place to see it or meet people. In the original text, “had the honor of welcoming” is a very formal way to say “someone visited us.”: Thăm, chuyến thăm.
▶️ Delegation (n) A group of people who are visiting for an official or business reason: Phái đoàn.
▶️ To receive (v) In this context, it means to welcome or greet a guest: Tiếp đón.
▶️ Managing Director (n) The top leader or manager of a company in a specific country or region: Giám đốc điều hành.
▶️ Cooperation (n) The action of working together with someone to achieve a goal: Sự hợp tác.
▶️ Strategic Plans (n) A company’s important, long-term goals and ideas for the future: Các kế hoạch chiến lược.
⚓ Port (n) A place where ships arrive and leave, loading and unloading goods: Cảng biển.
📍 Hub (n) A central and very important place for an activity: Trung tâm, đầu mối.
🎯 To specialize in (v) To focus on a particular product, skill, or area of work: Chuyên về.
🤝 Relationship (n) The way people or groups work together or deal with each other: Mối quan hệ.
🌟 Essential (adj) Very important and necessary: Thiết yếu, quan trọng.
⚡ Efficient (adj) Working well, quickly, and without wasting time or energy: Hiệu quả.
🤝 Collaboration (n) The action of working together with other people: Sự hợp tác.
🤝 Partnership (n) A relationship where two people or groups work together as partners: Mối quan hệ đối tác.
📌 To be committed to (v) To promise seriously that you will do something: Cam kết.
👩💼 Colleague (n) A person that you work with in a company: Đồng nghiệp.
🏆 Tournament (n) A competition with a series of games to find a final winner: Giải đấu.
👶 Beginner (n) A person who is just starting to learn or do something: Người mới bắt đầu.
🔀 To shuffle (v) To mix things up or change their order. In the game, it means the teams were mixed and changed often: Xáo trộn.
🔥 Competitive (adj) Having a strong desire to win or be the best: Có tính cạnh tranh.
🎯 Focus (n) The main or most important thing you are paying attention to: Sự tập trung, điều quan trọng nhất.
🏅 Trophy (n) A prize, like a cup or a medal, that you get for winning a competition: Cúp, giải thưởng.
⚖️ Tiebreaker (n) An extra game or question used to decide the winner when the scores are equal: Hiệp phụ (để phân định thắng thua).
