At the request of the Hanoi People’s Committee, many restaurants and eateries closed to receive guests, parks, flower gardens, and public places were empty, causing people’s living and shopping habits to change. prepare only the most essential things in the midst of this COVID-19 pandemic. “Normally on weekends, I often invite my friends to have breakfast and then have coffee, but on epidemic days like this, I only eat breakfast at home, I don’t dare to go out. The Ministry of Health, both conscious of the community and protecting those around, shared Mr. Quang (27 years old, Dong Da district, Hanoi). VIDEO: At the weekend, the streets of Hanoi were deserted because of the COVID-19 epidemic On weekends, places that are usually crowded such as the Cathedral, Ta Hien, Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc square, the Opera House… are all quiet. The old town area, which was once bustling with restaurants and coffee shops on weekends, is now quiet. The area of ​​Ta Hien street is no longer crowded, tourists are hanging out. Many shops are closed after the request of the Hanoi People’s Committee. The chain of stores closed simultaneously. The area of ​​Dong Kinh Nghia Thuc square is rarely visited by people. At the weekend, many people choose to stay at home instead of going out, leaving the streets of the Capital deserted.Hi The image of the intersection of Trang Tien and Dinh Tien Hoang is like the first day of Tet. The crowded and bustling area of ​​Dong Xuan market is no longer bustling. The banks of Hoan Kiem lake rarely see people walking even though it’s the weekend. On non-epidemic days, this area welcomes thousands of visitors on weekends. Dinh Tien Hoang Street is wide when there is no traffic. Ly Thai To flower garden area is empty of people. Dinh Le Street on the weekend. No longer bustling at the Opera House area. Hue Street on weekends. Busy Thanh Nien Street is also deserted in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic

Bui Vien West Street is planned as a pedestrian street, often crowded on weekends, attracting not only foreign guests but also domestic guests. The COVID-19 epidemic has taken place for more than 1 year, this place has closed many times, restricting trade. In the latest period of separation from 0:00 on May 31, 2021, bar owners, cafes and compliance staff, all closed to stop serving. Only a very few shops are still open for take-out, but the number of customers coming to buy is almost nonexistent. PV’s Note Tien Phong at West Bui Vien Street in the morning of May 31, 2021. Most of the shops on Bui Vien West Street have been closed since 0:00 on May 31, 2021 A few employees selling drinks to take home Although there is a sign: “Only for takeout” but there is no sign of visitors The bars have hung up all colored lights Crowded cafes are now empty On the street, only workers pass by From where there are tens of thousands of visitors every day, creating jobs for many households, Bui Vien West Street is going through difficult days because of COVID-19 Uncle Hanh (right) 85 years old living in the alley to the street to sit and cool off. Uncle said: “I have never seen the streets so empty as now. Everyone has gone.” Rarely does a tourist walk on the sidewalk without seeing anyone waving A resident takes care of a statue of the god of fortune on Bui Vien Street with the hope that the epidemic will soon be controlled so that this street can be crowded again.

This year, however, the situation is completely different. Talking to VTC News, Ms. Van Anh, an employee of a famous photography studio with lotus photography packages with an address in Trung Liet, Dong Da, said that due to the COVID-19 epidemic, the studio lost 90% of its revenue. revenue compared to previous years. The lotus photography service lost hundreds of millions of dong because of the outbreak. According to Ms. Van Anh, every year when the lotus season comes, the studio serves about 30-40 visitors to take photos of lotus a day. On weekends, the number of visitors is even more crowded. The lotus photography package that customers often choose is the basic package for VND 699,000. Thus, each day the revenue from taking photos of lotus can reach from 20 to 29 million VND. This year, the epidemic broke out right in the lotus blooming season, so the photography service with lotus was stopped, almost no customers. “ It is estimated that the studio loses about 600-800 million VND in revenue from lotus photography service in a month “, said Ms. Van Anh. Thanh Nam, a freelance photographer, said that at the beginning of summer every year, he had to schedule a whole week to take photos of lotus flowers for guests. But this year, the lotus flower has bloomed, but no guests have booked an appointment yet. “ Even if someone booked an appointment, I had to make an appointment for them to finish the translation before taking pictures. But when will the epidemic end, while lotus blooms only have a season and do not last ‘, Nam said sadly. Lotus flowers are in full bloom in West Lake, Hanoi but are absent from visiting. It is known that the price of a set of lotus photos of this photographer ranges from 400,000 to 600,000 VND excluding makeup and costume rental. In the lotus season, he takes pictures for about 2-3 guests every day. The epidemic caused him to lose millions of money every day. Mr. Chung, owner of a lotus pond in West Lake, where photographers often go to take photos of lotus for guests, shared: “ How much does it cost to sell lotus flowers, the income only depends on the photographer, but now the photographer doesn’t bring customers to take pictures anymore, it is considered a hungry year “. In addition to the income from the entrance fee collected by visitors when taking photos at the lotus lake, in previous years, Mr. Chung also opened a rental service for costumes on the spot, this service also brought a significant source of revenue. This year, in the context of the outbreak of the epidemic, these revenues are considered to be zero, causing the owner of the lotus garden to struggle and struggle. Only counting the entrance fee to the lotus garden, lotus pond owners like Mr. Chung lose millions of dong a day because of the epidemic. 10 kiosks for renting costumes at the West Lake lotus pond are empty because there are no customers. Ms. Hoang Anh, the owner of a costume rental shop including camisole, ao dai, ba ba shirt… said that in previous years, in the lotus season, every day, customers asked to rent a camisole, every weekend they could earn it. million from this “follow-up” service. Her shop sometimes doesn’t even have enough items to rent to customers. However, this year almost no guests asked to rent anymore. On the way to the West Lake lotus garden, you can easily see street vendors selling both pink and white lotus flowers. Ms. Tuong, a seller, said that every year, at the beginning of the season, lotus flowers are expensive, selling as much as they can. Many customers buy each bunch of 10 flowers to make photo props. But this year, it’s much more sluggish, only 30,000 VND for the whole bunch and still no buyers. Street vendors filled with lotus flowers at the beginning of the season. Mai, a customer who likes to take photos of lotus, shared: “For four years now, every year I take pictures with the West Lake lotus. There are years when you have to book an appointment with a photographer, making an appointment a week before it’s your turn. This year is the season, although I am very excited and know that if I take photos at this time, I will not have to jostle and compete, but due to the epidemic, I have to comply with the regulations on distance, so I have to wait for the epidemic to end before I can take photos.” .

At the end of April, our country had the 4th outbreak of COVID-19 epidemic. In Hoi An city, Quang Nam province, the first and only case of COVID-19 in the community up to now was announced in 5/5. As soon as the case of COVID-19 was recorded, Hoi An City decided to suspend the sale of tickets for sightseeing and walking street activities. In addition, a series of non-essential entertainment and entertainment activities must also be suspended. Since then, the ancient town of Hoi An has fallen into the doldrums of tourists. An Hoi Bridge connects the two banks of Hoai River, located in the center of the old town, which attracts a lot of tourists walking but is now deserted. The intersection between 3 main streets in the Old Quarter: Bach Dang, Nguyen Thai Hoc, and Chau Thuong Van is the most crowded place for tourists, but since the COVID-19 outbreak re-emerged, the scene here has been deserted. like sheet. From the date of suspension of ticket sales, many monuments and attractions in the old quarter are always in a state of closed doors. Pictured is Hoi An Traditional Performing Arts House located on Bach Dang Street. Cantonese Assembly Hall – a sightseeing spot on Tran Phu Street, is also closed. Meanwhile, the Phuoc Kien Assembly Hall was open, but there was not a single person in sight. In addition to attractions, most souvenir shops, cafes and restaurants in the old quarter are also closed and temporarily closed for business. “From May 10, the local government requested that food and beverage businesses are only allowed to sell takeaways, not serve guests on-site. Since then, me and many business households in the old quarter decided to close the shop. From last year until now, the COVID-19 epidemic has caused most of the business households that depend on tourists like my family to be in dire straits. ancient times to welcome visitors back,” shared Nguyen Mai Ly, the owner of a cafe on Bach Dang Street.

Ms. Be said that from the beginning of May until now, people in her hometown have begun to enter the days of squash harvest. “My hometown is Vu Thu, Thai Binh. The whole district cultivates this type of squash a lot. Most of them are Hai Duong solid green squash varieties with high yield. This type of squash has a lot of pulp, is fragrant, and has a beautiful fruit design. In addition to being grown in the traditional way, Vu Thu people also grow squash on top of a truss, or horizontal truss along a sturdy concrete column. This type of squash is very good this year, but due to the complicated situation of the Covid-19 epidemic, traders from other places cannot go back to their hometown to take pumpkins to sell in other provinces. As a result, the price of squash dropped dramatically. “Currently the squash is in the harvest season, but there are no traders coming to ask for it. The gardens are no longer crowded with buyers and sellers, but deserted. Last year, the average selling price of pumpkin was 10,000 VND/kg. However, this year, when people switched to planting squash with higher efficiency than rice, the price of zucchini was only 6,000 VND/kg. The price of squash has never been so cheap,” lamented Be. This small trader commented, the green squash at the beginning of the season is sweet, fragrant and guaranteed to be a clean food. To support the consumption, every two days, parents and family members will transfer to Ms. Be 1-2 kilos of squash for her to help sell in Hanoi, at the price of 6,000 VND/kg. If they can’t sell, people just cut back home and pile up to eat. The rest in the garden had to accept damage. After harvesting, the copper quality in the house, the price dropped dramatically Because her house can be transported for her family, she has such a good price. Therefore, I hope everyone will support to rescue squash for Vu Thu and Thai Binh people. “The fruit has come to harvest time, but there is no trader asking to buy it, so the squash is piled up, or people bring it to the market to sell. retail price of 2,000-5,000 VND/kg hoping to recover some of that capital, even though 1kg can’t buy a sandwich. Many families here are trying to contact, find sources of income or ask acquaintances in the city to sell online,” said Be. According to her, every 2 days she sells about 1 quintal of zucchini. “Because of the pandemic, people order online a lot. Those who buy less are 5kg, those who buy more are tens of kg to eat gradually. Compared to going to the market to buy toads, this price is too cheap.” People buy it, slice it, and dry it Can make delicious winter squash tea According to a survey of PV, at the toad markets and wholesale markets in Ha Dong and Thanh Xuan, Hanoi, the price of zucchini fluctuates at 7,000-10,000 VND/kg. In addition to zucchini, pumpkin also dropped in price to only about 5,000-6,000 VND/kg. Ms. Do Thi Thu, a housewife in Kien Hung, Ha Dong has just ordered 20kg of squash for 120,000 VND today. She revealed that she bought squash to cook bone soup to eat gradually and make stir-fried squash, stuffed squash with meat. In addition, taking advantage of when squash is cheap, she makes squash tea to lose weight and clear heat. “Making green squash tea is easy. Just use clean squash, then collect it, cut it, and dry it for use. Every year, I make squash tea to use all year round, drink it with peace of mind. It’s better than having to buy squash tea online for up to 200,000 VND/kg without knowing the origin,” noted Thu.

Maybe d ress code This year is packed with only two colors, so the Baeksang 2021 red carpet is like a Go board when the stars appear in only black and white outfits. Although quite dull, the red carpet is also not short of shining stars with beautiful costumes. Suzy is as beautiful as a goddess with white skin, bouncy and flowing hair in Dior’s Autumn-Winter Haute Couture collection 2019. “The Queen” Shin Hye Sun looks like a princess in a white dress. Simple but impressive and extremely luxurious, is Krystal. Beauty Journey of the Journey Oh Yeon Seo cleverly shows off her perfect curves. “Teacher” Kim So Yeon wears a sexy black dress with a seductive bust, overwhelming many juniors. “Sister Dai” Kim Hye Soo is extremely luxurious, elegant and powerful with a white dress. Park Joo Hyun looks pretty in a black dress. The actress who made an impression through two recent heavyweight titles is Extracurricular (Extra-curricular activities) and mouse . Go Ah Sung wears a simple white dress but is still very beautiful. Lee Joo Young shines on the red carpet with an outfit that combines two colors of white and black, which is commented as an interesting, innovative, and not boring overall. Kim Hyun Soo is gentle and feminine in a lace dress. Kim So Hyun wore a gold dress with a deep neckline that was both charming and elegant, marking a more mature image. Jung Il Woo and Yuri look very good together. Joint movie of both Bossam: Steal The Fate are receiving very positive feedback. Song Joong Ki is handsome and handsome, “faint horizontal and vertical”, does not know what old is. Yoo Ah In is very cool on the red carpet. Lee Do Hyun is handsome and radiant, exuding the aura of a future male god of the Korean screen. New movie Youth of May by Lee Do Hyun is airing. Song Kang is dashing and looks like an aristocrat. Kim Soo Hyun chose a black outfit with striking patterns to avoid boredom, the actor surprised him with long hair and a heart-shaped part of the bangs. Lee Seung Gi is neat and fresh. Lee Seung Gi’s acting in mouse really breakthrough and excellent, has conquered many fastidious audiences. Yoo Jae Suk made an impression with an unusual bow. Lee Jun Ki is still handsome despite the time. Actor Uhm Ki Joon with a gentle smile, no longer a bit cruel like the haunting Joo Dan Tae role in Penthouse . Actor Kim Ji Hoon impresses with his unusually long curly hair. Is the handsome guy ready to play Denver’s role? Money Heist Korean version? JaeJae “plays out” when wearing a bright red outfit with tones with hair in the middle of the white and black “go” red carpet Baeksang 2021.

On the afternoon of May 9, Bai Chay tourist area in Ha Long city (Quang Ninh) was empty of tourists after this locality appeared a case of Covid-19 related to the outbreak of K Hospital Tan Trieu campus. Currently, the case in Ha Long is also the only Covid-19 case in Quang Ninh province, numbered 3260 by the Ministry of Health. The empty streets were completely different from the bustling atmosphere last weekend. To prevent the epidemic, Ha Long City applied a series of strong measures, including the blockade of markets such as Ha Long 1; Ha Long 2; Toad market Old ferry terminal; Vuon Dao market, Bai Chay ward… Ha Long Bay also stopped tourist activities. Visitors to Quang Ninh must make a medical declaration from 0:00 on May 8. Mr. Nguyen Van Thang (who works as a motorbike taxi driver) last week used to stay here to take guests from resorts to the beach. “For two days, I just brought my car here to sit for the rest of the day and then come back. There were no customers, but I didn’t dare to rest because I was the main laborer in the family,” said Mr. Thang. The parking lot is near sparsely populated, located between the pedestrian street and the amusement park. A representative of Sun World Halong Complex said that the entire amusement park was closed to visitors from May 6. This cafe is located in a beautiful location between the two main streets of the pedestrian street. Before the outbreak, this place was usually busy on weekends, but now it has to be closed. Another cafe on the corner of the pedestrian street is in a similar condition. The staff here said that only a few guests sometimes come in for a drink. “Each business kiosk here has a rental price of 15-20 million/month. Now that there are no customers, we are forced to close down to return the premises,” said Mr. Tran Huu Viet, owner of a restaurant on the pedestrian street. With no guests, many employees put things out to repair to wait for tourists to return. This cafe located in the middle of the beach, which opened last summer, is now closed. Tables and chairs covered with canvas lay bare in the middle of the sand. Previously, Ha Long announced that people were not allowed to swim in the sea. Some pontoon and beach seat rentals have been shut down. Ha Long international passenger ship port area is in a similar situation. Ships lined up long after the Quang Ninh provincial authorities asked to stop welcoming tourists to Ha Long Bay.

Craving for a deserted summer afternoon on the old eagle trees, wandering along Tran Phu Street watching crocodiles while jumping on the lakeside tram to buy books to Cua Nam, luckily picking up a few ripe crocodiles while competing with street children , then walk back to Son Tay, ask her for a few dime to buy snacks… Craving when going to To Tich Street to watch the filming. Spindles of all kinds, large and small, and wooden in color, not yet nailed. The goods are rotated and printed. Woodblock prints of all kinds… Craving for guava trees on the roadside to Quang Ba Lake to swim, wandering back to Nghi Tam side, the fighting fish tanks are enough to make any child tremble with desire. The fighting fish with dark black lead head, blue and silver fins interspersed with red fins spread wide like in the story “Crimson Sails”, splendidly and proudly beautiful when swarming each other in glass jars close to each other. The Hanoi of nine-tiered red-green clouds shoots a dime at a time to get a thin slice of honey-amber concentrate, twisted on a stick and pulled until ivory, a milky color, appealing to the masses. delightfully young. In Hanoi’s sweltering summer noon, only the sound of cicadas seems to be the main sound, when the red phoenix flower canopy is hooked down to the bunches, it becomes a game for children when hooking the flower hearts out, twisting each other and snatching them. , laughing excitedly when I won. Hanoi’s 11-storey house in Giang Vo is the highest in the capital, like a hero in the era of national architecture reaching out and occupying space, next to the coherent philosophies of French colonial architecture. Classical, neoclassical, Renaissance, art-deco have strong geometric lines, breaking away from the strict layouts of columns, interspersed with the successes of the first generation of pure Vietnamese architects of Vietnam. Indochina College of Fine Arts. Hanoi of only the pale green when standing on the side of Thanh Nien street, looking to the other side of Xuan La and Xuan Dinh lakes or on clear days, seeing the whole Tam Dao range in the distance. Like a passing moment of doubt, somewhere in the heart of the old town, there are still spaces and images of childhood memories that evoke exclamation. Go through the month.

Dong Thap province implements many biodiversity conservation solutions for Tram Chim National Park Mr. Le Thanh Cu, Deputy Director of Tram Chim National Park, said: “In order to balance the ecosystem, the unit has implemented solutions to keep Melaleuca forests and grasslands in the park’s areas to attract and protect the forests. birds, especially the red-crowned crane – a rare bird named in the World Red Book and a symbol of Dong Thap province.The return of the red-crowned crane is a good sign, showing that the ecological environment for the cranes is improving Good up”. Tram Chim National Park is one of the favorite destinations of tourists near and far Landscape of Tram Chim National Park For many years, Tram Chim National Park has been visited by cranes every year, but due to the gradually changing ecological environment, fewer and fewer cranes return. Diversity of animals and plants living in Tram Chim National Park area According to statistics of Tram Chim National Park, in 1991 there were more than 1,000 red-crowned cranes, but then there were fewer and fewer. By 2017, only 3 red-crowned cranes had returned, 9 individuals in 2018 and 11 individuals in 2019. In 2020 alone, not a single red-crowned crane came here.

In the remote Indian village of Chogath, Jeetu, a local pharmacist, has become the only source of medical assistance for people with Covid-19. The second wave of Covid-19 in India has devastated major cities and parts of this country. The hospitals have run out of oxygen and medicine. Jeetu, local pharmacist and volunteer doctor in Chogath village. Photo: CNN But in rural states and remote villages, the workforce of doctors and clinics is even scarcer. The people here have to fight the epidemic on their own without receiving any medical care. Chogath is a farming community in the western state of Gujarat. It is home to about 7,400 people, according to the 2011 census. Earlier this week, Mr. Jeetu said that there were about 500-600 cases of Covid-19 in Chogath village. Villagers also reported a sudden increase in the number of people dying from the disease. However, there were not any doctors or medical staff in the village. Meanwhile, the nearest city is more than an hour’s drive from the village. There are clinics in a number of neighboring towns, but these also run out of beds and other necessary medical equipment. As the number of illnesses and deaths in Chogath village spiked, Mr. Jeetu took on the role of a doctor. With his experience as a pharmacist, Mr. Jeetu prescribes medicine and supplies oxygen to the patients in the village. “No one is here, there is no medical center, no doctors, no nurses. There are no medical facilities in this village. So I settled in the way I saw fit, ”Mr. Jeetu said. India is facing a severe Covid-19 crisis that takes place everywhere, from the capital New Delhi to the smallest villages and towns. The second wave of Covid-19 has made millions of people in India sick in the past month and thousands dying every day. With more than 23 million cases of Covid-19, India is now the second most affected country in the world after the US epidemic, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. In Chogath, the lack of medical resources forced people to travel to surrounding towns in hopes of finding hospital beds. Dinesh Makwana, a resident of the village of Chogath, said he tried to put his father with Covid-19 into four different hospitals in the neighboring towns, but there were no vacancies. He had no choice but to bring his father, who had been diagnosed with a serious illness, back home. “All villagers are afraid” “We were shocked by the second wave of Covid-19. The whole village was very shocked, everyone was scared, ”Mr. Makwana said. Makwana says that many people in the village died from Covid-19. “I am very scared. I worry my father will die, ”he said. Makwana tried to send her father with Covid-19 to four different hospitals in the neighboring towns, but all had no vacancies. Photo: CNN Jeetu has provided some medicine to help stabilize Makwana’s father. However, the Makwana family’s troubles are not over as his sister and mother are also sick. “I am very worried about my family. If I die my family will be broken. I’m not afraid of death, I’m just worried about my wife, ”said Makwana’s father, Jivraj. Girjashankar, 70, a resident of Chogath, helped families in the village cremate deceased loved ones. He cut wood from the forests and loaded it on tractors and drove it back to the village, preparing for cremation for the deceased. Mr. Girjashankar said that each year about 30 people in Chogath village died, but only in the past month they cremated 90 bodies. The Indian government attempted to cope with the Covid-19 crisis by sending oxygen supplies to various states and distributing aid from abroad. However, the scarcity of medical supplies means most aid will go to the most populous and most affected states. Therefore, small villages like Chogath have to fight the pandemic on their own. “We don’t have doctors. We have no way to get to the bigger hospitals, ”said Girjashankar. Jeetu said he was “very angry” at the fact that people here do not receive medical care and lack of help from the authorities. “What can I do by myself? We don’t have a solution, the people here are very poor, ”said Mr. Jeetu. The villagers of Chogath had no choice but to wait for help. “All the people in the village are scared. It has been 15-20 days no one left the house. Everyone feels scared, ”Makwana said.

Mr. Tran Minh Hieu, a local resident, said from morning to 15 pm, many destinations in the city center such as Lam Vien square, Da Lat market roundabout, the road around Xuan Huong Lake was deserted, the road was clear. . “Due to the prolonged traffic jam at Bao Loc pass, many people have not come to Dalat,” said Hieu. The image of deserted Dalat center has been shared a lot on tourist groups. Photo: Tran Minh Hieu. In an article sharing pictures of Da Lat without people, many readers said that they were stuck in Bao Loc, the trip schedule was changed. Ms. Hoa (Ho Chi Minh City) said that the check-in time for the homestay booked in Da Lat was 12 o’clock, but by 14 o’clock she still hadn’t come out of Bao Loc pass. Ms. Trang May (Ho Chi Minh City) shared: “I plan to go to Da Lat for the holidays. At 5:30, I started to ride a motorbike from Suoi Tien and it was nearly 4:00 pm to arrive in Dalat, I was late to check- 4 hours printing room “. Many people are still stuck at the pass so the city center is quite deserted, Trang added. Some accommodation places in Da Lat also recorded late check-in due to traffic jams. Homestay Cu Tren Cay shared: “At 5:00 pm, my homestay still has 5-6 rooms without guests coming to check-in. Because of a force majeure situation, my side helps keep the room for late guests”. Contrary to the sparse image in the city center, at the foot of Bao Loc Pass, congestion still persists for tens of kilometers. As noted by the reporter Zing , from 0:00 on April 30, the flow of cars started to stagnate. At noon, the more vehicles poured in. At 14 o’clock, the car flows in tandem, moving slowly on the Bao Loc Pass.

For Sonia Philipse, the owner of a restaurant in Amsterdam, the absence of crowds makes her city more peaceful and beautiful than ever before. “At this point, we are looking forward to the return of tourists. But I think there was a time when people were really happy that the city was so quiet, ”Philipse said. Amsterdam’s red light district before and after the outbreak of Covid-19. Over the years, Amsterdam has tried to reconcile becoming a vibrant international hub without affecting residents’ lives and not ignoring the inherent freedom and popularity. Now, with the number of tourists still meager, the leaders of Amsterdam are trying to put new restrictions on three important issues: short-term renting, sex tourism and selling marijuana to traveler. This is all to ensure that the “ingrained” problems stemming from tourism no longer arise when tourists return. The above measures make the Netherlands one of the pioneering countries in Europe to adopt a practical approach to tourism management. However, even as many locals enjoy the peaceful Amsterdam atmosphere, some disagree with the city’s strategies. Need to change Complaints from the people of Amsterdam started to rise up in 2013, when tourism fully recovered from the 2008 financial crisis. Locals lament that tourists are noisy and disruptive in the city center, disrespecting prostitutes, short-term renting a house that drives up property prices and controlling some of the most beautiful, historic areas of the city. city. “The tourist economy does more damage to locals than adds value,” said Geerte Udo, director of Amsterdam & Partners, a nonprofit that manages city tourism. We need to change everything in the city center if we want to bring balance to life, employment and renewal. The boats were deserted in central Amsterdam on a recent evening. Prior to the pandemic, city leaders came up with a number of measures to try to minimize problems stemming from tourism, including a ban on guided tours to Red Light Street, banning visitors New hotels in the city center, increased tourism taxes, banned new shops serving tourists. Since 2014, Amsterdam has stopped promoting itself as a destination in new overseas markets. Instead, the city’s marketing department guided and managed all visitors to the city. However, even with those measures, tourism continues to grow. In 2019, articles criticized the surge in tourist arrivals in Amsterdam, Venice and Barcelona as prime examples of over-tourism in Europe. Sex, cannabis and “monoculture” Since the outbreak of the pandemic, leaders of Amsterdam, led by mayor Femke Halsema, have continued to push for tourism regulation, focusing on Red Light Street – the ancient area of ​​central Amsterdam and the magnet attracts tourists. On a typical Saturday night before, Red Light Street blows young men from bar to bar, be it entering sex shops, cafes or staring at the flower girl is showing off her figure by the window. In a letter to the city council in July 2019, Mayor Femke Halsema said: “The public spaces dominated by businesses are mostly rape, drugs and alcohol. The number of tourists is constantly increasing, depraved behavior, shrinking retail structure, rising property prices, commercialization of public spaces and crime control all require measures ” . In addition, Ms. Halsema proposed four scenarios for the future of sex work in Red Light Street (prostitution is legal and regulated in the Netherlands). One is the transfer of all sex workers to “prostitution hotels” elsewhere in the city. However, the proposal was not fully approved. An employee stood outside a cafe on the Red Light Street. Another interesting proposal from the mayor’s office would prevent visitors from buying marijuana at cafes in Amsterdam, which are concentrated in Red Light Street. Last summer, in the face of complaints, the city issued a complete ban on all short-term rental services in three downtown districts, including the Red Light Street. Victor Everhardt, the deputy mayor of Amsterdam, said the measures are in line with the practical Dutch approach to solving the problems. However, some of the proposed measures are also controversial. Irina, a spokesman for PROUD, a coalition of about 300 prostitutes across the Netherlands, said the idea of ​​moving prostitutes away from Red Light Street was widely opposed. “The problem is not with prostitutes. We have lived in one area for centuries. The problem is that the number of tourists coming to Amsterdam is booming. They come for many reasons, ”she said. Irina added that instead of focusing on prostitutes, the government should have more police on the streets, while at the same time increasing enforcement of current regulations against urination, drunkenness and public disorder. plus. “Prostitutes are being seen as scapegoats, along with cafes, for causing problems that they never did,” she said. Royal Palace on March 26. The square, which is bustling with tourists, has been deserted since the pandemic broke out. Similarly, the mayor’s recent proposal to ban cafes in Amsterdam from selling cannabis to tourists was also opposed. Historically, tourists and locals have frequented the city’s 167 licensed cafes to relax, socialize, play board games and smoke marijuana – classified for fish use. people in the Netherlands. Joachim Helms, cafe owner and spokesperson for the Association of Dutch Cannabis Retailers, said the proposed ban would force visitors to buy cannabis on the street. That could cause them to be taken advantage of, as well as damage the reputation of Amsterdam. Roy Van Kempen (31 years old), marketing director living in Amsterdam since 2008, said: “Paris has the Eiffel Tower. We have a Red Light District. I really didn’t want any disturbance in the city, ”he said. Irina, Helms, Van Kempen and many others in Amsterdam agree that the city center has a big problem: A “monoculture” tourism has taken root and residents are being pushed out. Businesses and services that used to serve locals (high-end bakeries, butcher shops …) have been replaced by jewelry shops, ice cream parlors and take-away waffles … mainly aimed at tourists. Meanwhile, rising housing prices (partly due to the development of Airbnb and other rental platforms) have left many locals unable to afford to stay in the city center. “This monoculture issue has come to the fore in the past year,” said Geerte Udo, adding that she was influenced by the feeling of desolation in the city center during the pandemic. , especially compared to other areas of Amsterdam. “This really opened my eyes. There are not enough people living and working in the city center to regain the liveliness when tourists are gone, ”said Udo.

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The overall recovery of the beer industry is obvious. The Yanjing department, which has two listed companies, has fallen further and further behind.

Huiquan Beer, which disclosed its performance on April 22, had a substantial increase, but its non-net profit was only 10 million yuan. The operating income of the parent company Yanjing Beer exceeded 10 billion last year, and the net profit attributable to the parent was only 197 million yuan. In terms of profitability, the Yanjing Department is undoubtedly at the bottom of the major breweries.

Behind the lack of profitability is their passiveness in this round of industry reform with the theme of high-end and de-capacity.

In addition to the three giants of China Resources Beer, Budweiser, and Tsingtao Brewery, local brands such as Chongqing Beer and Zhujiang Beer have risen strongly with the help of the close relationship with the giants. The Matthew effect in the industry is gradually strengthening. Once the top five structure is rewritten, how will the Yanjing Department Place?

In Q1 of 2021, the overall performance of the industry is improving. Yanjing Beer has suddenly lost 120 million to 100 million yuan against the trend. What happened?

Huiquan Beer’s high-end weakness

On April 22, Huiquan Beer (600573.SH) disclosed its 2020 annual report, further clarifying the industry’s recovery trend in recent years.

Last year, under the impact of the epidemic, the company still achieved substantial growth. Operating income was 614 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.07%. Net profit attributable to the parent was 28.6708 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 44.66%. Non-net profit increased by 162.56% year-on-year to 1246.38. Ten thousand yuan.

The rate of increase is astonishing, and the deduction of non-net interest rate is only 2.03%. People can’t help asking, how bad was the company’s performance in the past few years?

Huiquan Beer originated in Huiquan County, Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, and landed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2003. However, it encountered performance Waterloo that year, and performance plummeted by 83.44%.

The following year, Yanjing Beer (000729.SZ) took over, replacing Hui’an State-owned Assets as the controlling shareholder. Qixinbao shows that as of now, Yanjing Beer holds 50.08% of the company’s shares.

In the golden age of China’s beer industry, the company’s performance continued to rebound, setting the best performance record in 2009, with operating income and net profit attributable to parent companies of 1.095 billion yuan and 76,848,100 yuan respectively.

Since then, the company has stumbled all the way, sometimes with performance declines and even losses. In the last round of beer industry adjustments, the company’s non-net profits from 2016 to 2018 were -10.69 million yuan, -46,292,300 yuan, and -567,000 yuan, respectively.

At the bottom of the valley, the beer industry fought a battle for the revival of capacity reduction and high-end, and Huiquan Beer also followed up with business upgrades to promote performance.

In 2020, the company’s annual sales of high-end products in small bottles increased by 8% year-on-year, and sales of can products increased by 16% year-on-year.

However, from an overall point of view, the main growth force of the company is still ordinary beer. Last year, the operating income of this sector increased by 9.71% year-on-year, which was higher than the 7.50% of mid-to-high-end beer.

The gross profit margin of ordinary beer dropped by 3.63 percentage points to 7.29%, triggering a year-on-year decrease of 1.07 percentage points in the overall gross profit margin of the company’s beer business.

Yanjing rides the roller coaster

The hip pull of Huiquan Beer is the same as its elder brother Yanjing Beer.

Before Budweiser entered the Chinese market and China Resources Beer became the leader of Chinese beer through industry integration, Yanjing Beer had always been the second largest in the industry after Tsingtao Brewery (600600.SH).

However, in the great integration of national beer resources that was in full swing that year, Yanjing did little and watched China Resources, Budweiser, Carlsberg, including Tsingtao Brewery, and other competitors conquer the city.

Although the company has won Huiquan Beer and has two A-share listed beer companies, it has become one of the top five Chinese beer companies, but its strength still has a considerable gap with the three giants of China Resources Beer, Budweiser Asia Pacific and Tsingtao Brewery.

In recent years, the company has deployed its mid-to-high-end market through products such as Yanjing White Beer, Yanjing U8, Yanjing Bajing Cultural and Creative, Yanjing Daily Fresh, Liquan 1998 and other products, which has indeed led to a rebound in performance.

Especially in Q3 of 2020, the company’s operating income and net profit attributable to the parent increased by 10.02% and 67.28% year-on-year respectively, setting a record of quarterly performance growth for many years, which is impressive.

Chongyang Investment, which has always been known for its “reverse investment based on in-depth value research”, raised the brand of Yanjing Beer in 2018, which puzzled the market. The headline of the media report at that time was “Chongyang Investment’s Yanjing Beer lagging behind.” After the results of the first three quarters of 2020 were disclosed, the market seemed to see the light.

However, for the whole year of 2020, the company’s overall performance is still hard to say. Operating income was 10.928 billion yuan, down 4.71% year-on-year, and net profit attributable to the parent was 197 million yuan, down 14.32% year-on-year.

Subsequently, Yanjing Beer recently disclosed a performance forecast for the first quarter of 2021. The company achieved beer sales of 824,300 kiloliters, an increase of 36.61% year-on-year, and an estimated operating income of 2.720 billion yuan to 2.820 billion yuan and a loss of 120 million to 100 million yuan.

The first quarter is not the peak beer season, but apart from the impact of the epidemic last year, the company rarely loses money in that season. After combing Zebra’s consumption, it found that from 2017 to 2019, the company’s Q1 was profitable.

A company in the same industry, Tsingtao Brewery’s net profit attributable to its parent in the first quarter of this year was 1.022 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 90.26%, a record high, and Lanzhou Huanghe also achieved normal profits. What exactly has Yanjing Beer experienced?

Will there be a chance?

Although following the industry from the bottom of the valley, for Yanjing Beer and Huiquan Beer, market opportunities have become less and less.

In 2020, the cumulative output of Chinese beer enterprises above designated size was 34,111,100 kiloliters, a year-on-year decrease of 7.04%, continuing the downward trend in beer production in recent years.

The decline in beer consumption and the high-end industry complement each other, and no normal company will let go of such an opportunity.

In the face of the three mountains that dominate in all respects, especially in recent years, what better way can the Yenching Department do?

In addition to the Big Three, Carlsberg put most of its beer assets in China into Chongqing Beer. Lanzhou Yellow River’s beer assets were originally a joint venture with Carlsberg. *ST Xifa’s core asset, Lhasa Beer, is also a listed company and Carlsberg’s five-fifth shareholding. , Zhujiang Beer’s second shareholder is Budweiser, and Heineken sells its Chinese business to China Resources Beer… The big factories have joined forces and formed alliances, aiming for high-end.

In contrast, Yanjing Beer and Huiquan Beer form a weak alliance. What is the effect?

Insufficient high-end, resulting in profitability far less than competitors.

In 2020, Huiquan Beer’s gross profit margin was 25.03%, which was almost the lowest among listed peers; during the same period, the gross profit margins of China Resources Beer, Tsingtao Beer, and Zhujiang Beer were 38.40%, 40.61%, and 49.19%, respectively.

Last year, the net profit margins of China Resources Beer, Tsingtao Beer, Chongqing Beer, and Zhujiang Beer were 6.66%, 7.93%, 9.84%, and 13.39%, respectively, while Yanjing Beer and Huiquan Beer were 1.80% and 4.67%.

In this round of recovery in the beer industry, in addition to high-end, reducing production capacity is also another invisible theme. The most aggressive performer is China Resources Beer, which has shut down its breweries for several consecutive years. Although profits have been eroded in the short term, it has been able to play lightly in the long run.

Chongqing Beer was also under the baton of Carlsberg, slashing towards low-end brands and production capacity, which once caused a fire in the backyard.

In recent years, the Yenching Department has also performed some actions, but judging from the current results, it is obviously not enough.

Take Huiquan Beer, which disclosed its production capacity, as an example. The company’s designed annual production capacity is 800,000 tons, but the actual output is 550,000 tons, while last year’s output was only 226,700 tons.