According to architect Vo The Duy (CTA | Creative Architects), there are four criteria homeowners should pay attention to to design a beautiful living room, including: space, light, traffic and furniture. About space For most Vietnamese, the living room is the face of the whole house, so all priorities in terms of functionality as well as construction costs are often reserved for the living room. For most townhouses and apartments with limited area and the development of home appliances, the combination of living room space with kitchen and dining room space is very popular today. The living room – kitchen – dining spaces are combined to make the space more spacious and airy. In addition, these functions also help increase the connection of family members. The apartment has a living room combined with a kitchen and dining space. Location Depending on the plot or design intent to determine the location of the living room, in general, the living room in Vietnamese families is often located on the main traffic axis of the house, where it is easy to access and see. The living room should not occupy space for travel or be located in difficult traffic locations. About the light The living room is a space where many people gather and is the face of the family, so it is important to pay attention to the problem of light both day and night. Taking advantage of natural light is still a top priority. The solution is usually to bring the living room to the front of the house, make windows, arrange near the skylight area, combine the garden to add a landscape. The wall slits or chandeliers at night will increase the aesthetics of this space. Standing lamps, radiating light will create a cozy feeling but need to be restrained to create accents and avoid overexposure. The light for this area should be warm, avoid using many colors that cause confusion and reduce aesthetics. Am house project (CTA | Creative Architects) living room uses natural light and landscape. About the furniture The synchronization of colors and materials between the ceiling, wall, floor, table and chair materials will create a harmonious and luxurious whole. The homeowner avoids the abuse of grout details, embossed plaster, cumbersome decorative objects that suffocate this space. In general, the sofa set is the main element for the living room, so the homeowner chooses the sofa model first, and then decides on the rest of the furniture such as sofa table, airchair, ottomans, curtain color … The layout of the living room interior also needs to pay attention to the gathering and gathering factors of the users, from there, arrange the tables and chairs reasonably. The position of the TV needs attention without glare, the hanging height, the distance and the position so that everyone can see it. The accompanying entertainment system such as internet cord, receiver, speaker, also needs to be integrated in the cabinet or in an aesthetically pleasing location.

Currently, it seems that this feature is being applied to group posts, it will help limit “battles”, or help you check your spelling once before you are ready to comment. For example, in a post that has been restricted from commenting, I tried leaving the first comment and commenting on the second one but was notified. “Can’t comment – Because an admin has restricted you or this post, you can now comment on the post. Please refresh this page to find out” . Can’t comment in a row anymore but have to wait after 5 minutes This feature is causing a stir in the online community and leaving many controversial comments, about whether this feature is useful or not? – Van is there but forced to wait? Who’s free?? Then what is the fiery ‘battle’???? – To compose a long post like this and then have time to check the spelling mistakes. – Help people with hands faster than brain, lying tongue have time to think before ‘dancing’ that key, this feature is too useful. – Then instead of short comments, drama fans will be able to read long comments like this. – It’s a fashion that people swear at each other, write down their phone numbers to curse, but who can wait 5 minutes. – Then go to inbox to quarrel quickly, and love begins.

Smart weather station with iMetos technology attached to the automatic irrigation system of Mr. Dinh Phuc Tien’s family (Dong Tra village, Huong Tra commune, Huong Khe) Applying 4.0 technology in production and management In 2017, with the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Mr. Dinh Phuc Tien (Dong Tra village, Huong Tra commune, Huong Khe), invested 150 million VND to install iMetos smart weather station and system Automatic irrigation system to serve production at home garden (specializing in seedling nursery). This is a system that can forecast rainfall and rain time, alarm over-threshold rainfall, extreme temperatures such as hot, cold, cold, harmful cold, hoarfrost… with a service range of 5-20km. “Since the application of a weather forecast system combined with an automatic irrigation system, irrigation work is more active, the quality of seedlings is high, bringing more economic efficiency. Revenue from garden economic production in the past 5 years has averaged 1.2 – 1.5 billion VND/year. And this is also the model garden that won a special prize in the contest of model residential areas and provincial gardens in 2017 “- Mr. Dinh Phuc Tien said. Many gardeners and orange farms in Ha Tinh province have made traceability by electronic stamps. Many agricultural products from gardeners and farms such as: Phuc Trach pomelo; oranges: Khe May, Thuong Loc, Son Mai; Huong Son deer velvet and OCOP products in Ha Tinh province have been stamped with QR codes for traceability. From there, goods are easily connected to e-commerce trading floors and are available at many supermarkets. The application of scientific and technical progress to production is one of the five criteria for model gardens under criterion 20 (model residential area, model garden). This is a breakthrough, creative way of Ha Tinh, creating attraction and spread of technology application in production development and construction of new rural areas. By the end of 2020, Ha Tinh has over 600 standard model residential areas and over 6,000 standard gardens. The software “Ha Tinh New Rural Digital Data” stores information about new rural areas in digital form, people can easily monitor and supervise the construction of new rural areas. Along with the application to production, Ha Tinh is also a leading locality in the application of digital technology in the management and administration of the construction of new rural areas. In 2019, the Provincial Rural Rural Development Coordinating Office put into application the software “Ha Tinh New Rural Digital Data”, with the goal of storing information about rural rural activities in a digital form, people can easily follow them. Monitor and supervise construction activities. Mr. Tran Huy Oanh – Chief of the Provincial Rural Rural Development Coordination Office said that the software “Ha Tinh New Rural Digital Data” has updated the results of the implementation of rural areas at all levels from the province to the district and commune; geographical coordinates marking, rural infrastructure such as: People’s Committee headquarters, village cultural house, relic area, model garden… Through which can share experiences, good practices to the community extensively. In addition, Ha Tinh NTM Coordination Office has also digitized the reporting system, including QR codes to reduce the cost of printing paper reports. “Take shortcuts, get ahead” of digital transformation in NTM construction Provincial NTM Coordination Office is coordinating with KYC Solution Joint Stock Company to build a plan for digital transformation of NTMs in Ha Tinh. With the goal of building new rural areas increasingly in-depth, effective, practical and meeting the requirements of the Government’s national digital transformation, recently, Ha Tinh New Rural Coordination Office coordinated with a number of units on technology solutions to deploy digital transformation software, build smart residential areas and smart rural communities. Mr. Nguyen Khanh Toan, CEO of KYC Solution Joint Stock Company, said that the utility of digital transformation in smart NTMs will be piloted in Ha Tinh province, affecting many areas such as direct management. state public service level 3, level 4; strengthening the empowerment and participation of citizens in public management; impact on production technology (environmental sensors, automatic monitoring, high-tech agriculture, automatic irrigation control); impact on services (telemedicine services, online education and training, e-commerce)… According to the plan, in June 2021, Ha Tinh will pilot building 10 models of smart rural residential areas; initiate and build 2 smart new rural commune models; building 3 models of intelligent monitoring in a number of villages and communes in the province. Leaders of Ha Tinh NTM Coordination Office worked with KYC Solution Joint Stock Company to deploy digital transformation software, build smart NTM residential areas, smart NTM communes. Through digital models to help people manage the product production process. This is also an open forum for people to provide information, quantity of products to connect the market, promote products… People can easily access and learn knowledge in economic development of household gardens, education. education, health care…, step by step actively participate in the goal of the national digital transformation program. “We highly appreciate Ha Tinh as being proactive and taking the lead in implementing digital transformation in building new homes according to the requirements of national digital transformation as well as of the Central NTM Office… in order to promote the digital process. modernization and application of information technology and digital technology in new rural construction; to step up the application of information technology and digital technology in order to fundamentally change the management, administration and supervision of government agencies at all levels, especially at the commune level, production and business activities of enterprises. , cooperatives, especially in the OCOP program, … contribute to bringing the quality of new rural construction into depth and sustainability, towards smart rural areas… in the period of 2021-2025” – Chief of Coordination Office Central NTM Nguyen Minh Tien affirmed.

Tourists wearing traditional ao dai and masks to prevent the epidemic take pictures in front of Ngo Mon Gate, Hue Imperial City (Photo: Do ​​Truong/VNA) The Department of Tourism of Thua Thien-Hue province said that during the holidays on April 30 and May 1, an estimated 100,000 visitors came to visit and relax in the province. The prevention of COVID-19 has been seriously implemented by the province to tourist attractions, accommodation facilities and visitors to ensure a happy and safe holiday. According to industry statistics Thua Thien-Hue Tourism , before entering the holiday season, estimate the proportion of visitors booking rooms in accommodation facility over 80% in the province. Although after that, the situation of COVID-19 epidemic developed complicatedly in some localities, the number of arrivals during the 4 days of public holidays remained almost stable, only 3-5% of guests canceled their rooms at some hotels . Trends of tourists on arrival Hue Currently, not only focus on staying in Hue city, but many people choose to stay in hotels, coastal resorts, Lang Co Bay (Phu Loc district) where the climate is fresh, the beaches are beautiful and rich in nature. seafood cuisine. Faced with the complicated developments of the situation COVID-19 epidemic In some provinces and cities, on May 3, Thua Thien-Hue Province’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control decided to suspend bar, karaoke, discotheque, games, and massage service activities. 12 o’clock on May 3. Thua Thien-Hue also requested functional sectors to strengthen inspection of the implementation of the set of criteria for assessing the safety level of COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control for tourism activities; severely punish those who do not strictly comply with regulations on epidemic prevention and control such as not wearing masks, making dishonest medical declarations, etc. to propagate and raise awareness of epidemic prevention and control in the community. Visitors watch the changing of the guard ceremony at Ngo Mon Gate, Hue Imperial City. (Photo: Do ​​Truong/VNA) Thua Thien-Hue is entering the peak tourist season. Therefore, in addition to doing well in the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic, the province also focuses on improving the quality and diversifying tourism products. A representative of Laguna Lang Co Resort, in Phu Loc district, said that in order to attract tourists to visit the resort during the summer tourist season, the resort has reduced room rates and attached services such as dining, spa, etc. golf, leisure activities… Because current customers are mainly domestic, many Vietnamese dishes have been added to the menus of restaurants. The resort also introduces many sports activities on the shore and water and team building activities to attract more guests in groups, in the form of MICE tourism (business tourism). According to the Department of Tourism, in addition to the province’s policy, a 50% reduction in entrance fees will be made from March to August 2021 for tour operators that take guests to attractions in the Complex of Ancient Capitals. In Hue, many tourist facilities also offer their own attractive stimulus packages to attract tourists. The units also strictly implement regulations on disease prevention and control to create a sense of peace of mind for visitors.

Criteria for choosing type of cold corrugated iron According to demand It is possible to rely on the AZ index (weight of zinc-aluminum coating layer) to choose cold corrugated iron suitable for needs. For example, common houses usually use AZ70 or AZ100 corrugated iron. Factories and workshops should choose corrugated iron with a higher coating volume. Color cold corrugated iron has a variety of color options. You are free to choose colors based on feng shui point of view or house style, to harmonize paint color and corrugated iron color. By geographical location Due to the influence of sea steam, the corrugated iron roof of the building near the sea is prone to rust and decay. Easily affects the life and aesthetics of the building. This area should choose colorfast, highly resistant to corrosion, specialized for marine environments. Houses in cold climates should choose corrugated iron with dark colors to help keep the house warm. On the contrary, light colors cool the space, suitable for hot climates. By reputable brand The market is diverse as not all types of corrugated iron have the same quality and meet the needs of use. Should choose corrugated iron from reputable brands. Corrugated iron products from these brands always have clear specifications and good after-sales policies. KING/WIN/S cold sheet of Ton Dong A meets 3 criteria In 2020, Ton Dong A has planned a set of KING/WIN/S brands to give customers many choices. The set of brands has 3 lines of corrugated iron, meeting each need and suitable for different geographical areas. KING high-end line includes KINGCOLOR (color KING sheet AZ100) and KINGALUZIN (Cold sheet KING AZ150). Suitable for all projects, especially works in geographical locations with severe weather. The product is highly resistant to corrosion, durable, and has a much longer life than conventional corrugated iron. The high standard WIN series includes WINCOLOR (color WIN corrugated iron AZ50) and WINALUZIN (refrigerated WIN sheet AZ100). Shiny corrugated iron surface, good heat reflection, heat reduction, heat resistance and effective anti-corrosion. Especially, suitable for residential and civil works. WIN belongs to the high standard product line of Ton Dong A. The S standard series includes S COLOR (Color S-Tel AZ50) and S ALUZIN (Cold S-Til AZ75). The surface of the product is painted with 4 layers, with a total paint thickness of 18 microns to increase adhesion, color fastness and scratch resistance. Both of these cold corrugated iron lines have a shiny surface, good heat reflectivity, effective heat resistance and high economic value. S belongs to the standard product line of Ton Dong A. Ton Dong A products are guaranteed for up to 50 years, professional customer service. In addition, Ton Dong A’s agents are present in all provinces and cities, making it easy for you to buy high-quality corrugated iron. Update the latest information about the KING/WIN/S brand at Ton Dong A fanpage and Website www.tondonga.com.vn.

Musician Huy Tuan chose Garmin MARQ Golfer at Mobile Vietnam As noted, in May, Vietnamese Mobile system is integrating incentives for AirPods Pro headphones when purchasing Garmin model MARQ Golfer and musician Huy Tuan chose Vietnamese Mobile – the official Garmin authorized dealer in Vietnam, to purchase Garmin MARQ Golfer. With a sporty, chic, and youthful design, Garmin watches become the choice of many technology users when they need to buy a smartwatch for health care, fitness tracking. Garmin has models for specific needs, such as Garmin MARQ Golfer golf watches, MARQ Aviator for pilots, Garmin Swim for swimmers, Garmin MARQ Driver for motorsport. The Garmin Enduro is suitable for outdoor sports players such as off-roaders. Not only Garmin MARQ Golfer, Mobile Viet also has many other Garmin watch models with outstanding offers such as buy 1 get 1, gift up to 4.19 million. In addition, all Garmin watch models are supported with 0% installment payment, up to 300,000 VND off installments via Paylayter, an additional 5% off when paying Smartpay.

According to the book 100 things to know about Vietnamese customs, The time to start the custom of groundbreaking is after New Year’s Eve, in the first moments of the New Year. Choosing the right age to storm the land in accordance with the destiny of the homeowner partly brings good things to the family in the year of the New Ox. People who storm the ground need to pay attention to dress politely, and give good wishes to the owner. Photo: Viet Linh. Choosing the age of groundbreaking is very picky, not easy. According to a number of history books, in the past, families chose people to storm the ground based on characteristics such as lighthearted, quick-tempered, cautious person, more importantly, the person must be beautiful. In addition, people also avoid choosing people who are running down, sick and sick. According to the book Learn about traditional Tet in Vietnamese culture , in order to fulfill this custom, after New Year’s Eve, people were asked to storm the ground out of the house. Before coming to the ground, they often go to a certain temple to burn incense and ask for fortune for the homeowner who asked for them. In addition, to see the best early age of the year, homeowners can refer to the criteria below. Five elements relationship The owner of the destiny Kim should choose the age of 2021 to have the five elements of Earth or Kim; the owner of the village of Moc, the people who stormed the land, so the destiny of Thuy and Moc; The owner of Fate Thuy should choose the person of Fate Kim is the best. If the homeowner with the destiny of the Fire is in a beautiful house, he or she has a fate of Moc or Hoa, and those who are destined to Earth should choose those who are destined to be Tho or Hoa to storm the land. Choosing the right age to storm the land in accordance with the destiny of the homeowner partly brings good things to the family in the year of the New Ox. Photo: Quynh Trang. Avoid choosing the age of ground breaking in the “four elements of the pulse” When choosing the age to storm the ground, the homeowner should pay attention to avoid the zodiac animals belonging to the “four elements of the pulse” with him. In addition, we should not choose the person who stormed the land with a celestial body and a geographic location that was in conflict with the celestial zen of the year of the New Ox. Do not choose people in mourning Regardless of the age of the homeowner, those whose family is in mourning or having a fortune are in a bad period should not choose to storm the ground. Accordingly, there are many methods to choose the age, but the most popular way is to choose according to Loc, Ma, Quy Nhan. These are the ages that bring luck and blessings to the new year, so they are often chosen to storm the house. People will rely on the celestial spirit of the year to find Loc, Ma, Quy Nhan. The year 2021 is the year of Tan Suu, Can Tan Loc at Dau, Ma in Hoi, Quy Nhan at Ngo and Dan. Basically, the year of the Rooster, Pig, Horse and Tiger is considered to be a good 4 year old for this year. Specifically, the best groundbreaking age for 2021 is Tan Dau, Ky Hoi, Giap Ngo and Canh Dan. Besides, there are also some relatively good ages that can be selected for backup are Binh Than (1956), Canh Ty (1960), Nham Dan (1962), Quy Mao (1963), Ất Ty (1965), Binh Ngo (1966), Ky Dau (1969), Tan Dau (1981), Quy Hoi (1983), Giap Ty (1984), Binh Dan (1986), Dinh Mao (1987), Ky Ty (1989), Nham Than (1992) ). In addition, ancient people thought that the person who stormed the ground had to be the mainstay of the family. Currently, the person who storms the house does not have to be a man, but can choose anyone such as female, elderly, or young, as long as they are of good age or have good health and temperament. In many places, people often storm their own land when they return after going to the pagoda on New Year’s Eve. At that time, the best person will be allowed to enter the house first. The groundbreaking at the beginning of the year not only brings joy to the homeowner with the belief that everything will be happy for his family throughout the year to come. It also makes people who go to the ground feel happy for doing a good job on the first day of the year.

In the first quarter of 2021, traffic traffic accidents in Long An province increased by 3 criteria. On the morning of April 23, Mr. Dang Hoang Tuan, Director of the Department of Transport, Deputy Head of Traffic Safety Committee of Long An province said that in the first quarter of 2021, traffic accidents in the province increased all 3 criteria (number of cases, number of deaths, love). Accordingly, the whole province has had 40 cases of road traffic accidents, killing 25 people, injuring 28 people (compared with the same period in 2020, there are 9 cases, an increase of 9 deaths and an increase of 7 injuries). There are 3 localities where traffic accidents occurs most in the city. Tan An, Ben Luc and Duc Hoa (7 cases per locality). According to the assessment of the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee, in the first quarter, there were 2 very serious traffic accidents, killing 4 people, injuring 3 people. Traffic accidents increased mainly due to the awareness of people traveling in the wrong part of the lane, and the awareness of responsibility of some leaders of agencies, units and local authorities, especially the authorities. grassroots level is not strong enough, shows subjective signs, neglect, even lax, lack of responsibility, leading to traffic accidents in rural areas to increase. Next time, the Provincial Traffic Safety Board requires leaders of agencies, units and local authorities to raise their morale and responsibility in ensuring traffic order and safety. At the same time, localities attach importance to law propaganda and education and building traffic culture, especially in rural areas. The police force of the Long An province police force checked and handled the concentration of alcohol and drugs. “Consolidating and re-establishing the Provincial Traffic Safety Board Office (merged by the Office of the Provincial Traffic Safety Committee previously to the Department of Transport). This, the Department of Transport is preparing documents to submit to the Provincial People’s Committee for decision “, Mr. Tuan emphasized According to Senior Lieutenant Colonel Van The Thai, Head of Traffic Police Department of Long An province, in order to reduce traffic accidents, the traffic police force strengthened the patrol, control and strictly handled violations of traffic order and safety. Determined to handle passenger cars carrying workers speeding, trucks carrying construction materials with oversized trunks. In addition, to better carry out the coordination direction, strengthen the force to inspect and handle violations of traffic order and safety in rural areas, inter-village and inter-commune roads. Opening a rush to handle alcohol and drug concentrations At the same time, coordinate with traffic traffic forces, branches and localities to focus on clearing sidewalks, spontaneous markets, road safety corridors, to avoid encroachment and loss of traffic safety.

Mr. Cao Trung Hieu – CEO of Dan Tri Soft, Mr. Ngo Thanh Tung – Deputy General Director of SoftTech Da Nang, consultant on digital transformation strategy Dao Trung Thanh (Photo: Hoa Binh) Just a distant ideal? Regarding the proposal of Mr. Ngo Thanh Tung – Deputy General Director of SoftTech Da Nang, mentioning that there should be a set of criteria for opening an API to share data between businesses, Mr. Cao Trung Hieu – CEO of Dan Tri Soft (TP. Ho Chi Minh City) said: “The regulation of the API Open Criteria is just an idealized desire, but it is difficult to implement in reality”. Explaining more carefully, Mr. Cao Trung Hieu said: “The method of application development via API is a communication method between software, it belongs to IT expertise, and for users only need to know the software. is it useful or not? Big businesses around the world all have their own APIs that can be free or paid, but there will often be some discrepancies between one business and the other. With the same problem solving direction, IT businesses will surely have different ways, using different functions to create solutions to satisfy the problem posed by customers ”. Mr. Cao Trung Hieu gave a specific example: “For example, to make accounting software & comply with the requirements of the Ministry (if any), Dan Tri Soft when developing products have API standards for internal or to To share it outside, other businesses will use other functions as well to solve the same problem. The API integration will be done together by software enterprises to solve a certain customer request, so it is an administrative task to provide an API open criterion to share data. or ineffective for the software business. The essence here is the problem of market demand, assuming customers are using discrete software, these software companies will discuss together to offer an API connection system without a regulation. any key ”. Mr. Cao Trung Hieu – CEO of Dan Tri Soft (HCMC) – Photo: Hoa Binh Mr. Cao Trung Hieu analyzed: “It is easy to say API, but not all programmers and software development companies are capable of making API from the beginning, because it is much more complicated and expensive, but not necessarily. satisfy customer needs more than usual. When they were children, they worked quickly to make a living. When a little bit older, to get 100 customers, they must have the API as prescribed (if there is an administrative regulation as suggested). At that point, rewriting the program with the API would be difficult for them, especially maintaining compatibility with legacy clients (or at least maintaining the software development documentation). How many companies (including big ones) do Vietnam have? Recently, as the press published, Google decided not to use Oracle in the internal system but switched to SAP. The reason is that Oracle does not grant certification for Google’s cloud service to be compatible with the Oracle system. They said that Oracle cloud is competing with Google cloud, so they will not certify competitors … Thus, it can be seen that, if there was no architecture, design from the beginning, it would have to “beat up. “But repairing is even more expensive than making new ones”. There is no set of API criteria Agreeing with Mr. Cao Trung Hieu, consultant of digital transformation strategy Dao Trung Thanh also rejected Mr. Ngo Thanh Tung’s proposal: “What to do with the so-called API criteria set? APIs of Microsoft, Google, IBM, Amazon, SAP, Oracle … all have their own API sets! The problem is that they can publish to other software to use their API functions and thus can integrate system. The purchase of individual software from companies and then integrating is always a headache for the developers ”. Mr. Dao Trung Thanh Mr. Dao Trung Thanh affirmed: “Such a proposal is very impractical! For example, say that the software developed by Viettel and VNPT or FPT is already having API functions and they are certainly different. Then what kind of criteria is agreed? Beating the API over and over? It’s not that simple when the system has millions of lines of code and has to be reworked ”. Mr. Dao Trung Thanh further analyzed: “There are 2 issues, about openness depending on company policies, policies for publishing APIs. Some companies forcefully defend their APIs. For example, Sony typically only makes PlayStation 2’s official API available to registered PlayStation developers. This is because Sony wants to limit who can write games on PlayStation 2, and wants to profit from these people as much as possible. This is often the policy for companies that do not benefit from selling their API implementations. However, PlayStation 3 is fully announced APIs. Some companies offer free APIs. For example, Microsoft publishes almost complete information about APIs, so that software can be written to run on Windows platforms. The sale of third-party software coincides with the purchase of the Microsoft Windows operating system. These are usually the companies that profit from the sale of API implementations ”. Mr. Cao Trung Hieu assessed that, in terms of drug management alone, the data sharing has a positive effect: “All information on circulation and sale of pharmacies and pharmacies is linked to The health department adopts an API method between the software of the health department and the pharmacy management software, helping the management agency get more timely and more honest data ”. “However, it should be understood that this is data sharing according to national standards, not the health ministry opening data API to the outside. As for data connection from pharmacy management software and pharmacy to the medical department software, free software companies choose their own API connection method, as long as the data is in accordance with the regulations of the Ministry of Health. to include in the data system of regulatory agencies. The story of opening API data only concerns IT companies, but for users, they only need the result of convenience thanks to connectivity, stability and software development capabilities ”- Mr. Cao Trung Hieu confirmed.

-PV: BRT bus route 01 Kim Ma bus station – Yen Nghia bus station has been operating for 5 years, what is your assessment?

– Mr. Khuat Viet Hung: Up to now, I still maintain the same opinion as when the first day of operation of this “BRT bus” line was that the service on this route could not meet the basic criteria of BRT service (Passenger transport system public bus-based mass public) that must have an absolute private lane, a hard separation, roughly fenced, not creating an opportunity for other vehicles to trespass, assign different levels or priority of credit. signal at the level intersection (when the BRT bus arrives, the traffic light turns green automatically);

The stop is closed and must have convenient and safe access for passengers; connecting infrastructure and ride diagrams with regular bus routes (with the function of gathering passengers), such as taxis, motorbike taxi; Major stops also include private parking. These infrastructure requirements are not yet available in Hanoi’s “BRT No. 1” line.

Mr. Khuat Viet Hung, Vice Chairman in charge of the National Traffic Safety Committee

More importantly, the system capacity itself is too weak, the bus can accommodate 90 seats like regular buses, the peak frequency is 5 minutes / trip, while if you have reserved a separate lane, the peak hour frequency must be 1-2 minutes / trip, ensuring the service capacity from 3,000-4,500 passengers / hour / direction, confirming the higher efficiency of using the road than conventional buses and private vehicles.

Thus, the current frequency and service capacity of the current “BRT 01” line is still very far from being able to meet the requirements of a true BRT line, not to be called public passenger transport with large volume.

Thus, if compared with the above criteria, the service operating on the current “BRT 01” route in Hanoi is actually only at the level of one bus route running on a partially dedicated lane (because it is still frequent). shared by private vehicles).

-Many experts, public opinion said that “BRT 01 line is a failed test”, what is your opinion?

– When judging as success or failure, it is necessary to evaluate carefully, explicitly and fairly. If assessing the current service, it is advisable to consider only the effectiveness of a bus service with a partial priority of road use, so that the conclusions of success or failure are true and from there it can be pointed out. the real cause of the problem.

In my opinion, the first reason is the slow pace, the investment is too slow, this BRT line should have been put into operation since about 2004-2005, when there was a demand for travel, urban structure along. the route (planned to be the Nguyen Trai – Tay Son route) was suitable for a BRT line.

The current BRT bus route in Hanoi is not exactly the nature of BRT bus

However, it was not until 2017 that the service was opened and the route was adjusted to Giang Vo – Le Van Luong – To Huu. With urban density, the need to travel along the corridor in 2017 is very different, even requiring us to have urban railway.

This is a pity, if the investment was completed early in the years 2004-2005, up to now, BRT has fulfilled its mission to transition to a form of mass transit rather than road. overhead iron, urban railway. This is also a valuable lesson in transport and urban planning and implementation.

12 years behind schedule, service delivery capacity is too weak, far from meeting BRT’s basic criteria. If we had reserved a separate lane for the BRT bus, we had to provide a worthy service capacity, exploiting the full traffic capacity of the lane. At the same time, to attract passengers and create a market for the BRT, it is necessary to create favorable travel connections for passengers, keeping the right of priority for the bus when operating in the lane, when crossing intersections. …

As for now, shared infrastructure (private vehicles often violate), although there are separate lanes, types of private vehicles, other vehicles massively occupy the BRT lane, but are rarely fined, causing BRT buses ” crawling “after other types of personal vehicles during rush hour.

Besides, the station is difficult to access, the sidewalk to connect from a regular bus stop to the BRT station is encroached upon … It can be said that “BRT line 01” is like an athlete who is tied and loved. the bridge competes in the top professional competition and when he fails to win a medal, he risks being disciplined.

– So, in your opinion, how must the Hanoi transport industry deal with this BRT 01 bus route?

– It is necessary to conduct the 5-year preliminary review, point out what is the problem, must be the people who really understand, need experts who really know, enthusiastic to evaluate.

We have to accept the fact that services now need to be complete to be able to meet BRT’s criteria. Therefore, I personally would like to have a comprehensive, fair assessment, so that the service on the line is truly a BRT bus service, after 1 year, we look back and can conclude that the BRT on that line. success, or failure, as at present, the conclusion is not satisfactory.

In particular, it is necessary to clearly define “whether to prioritize the use of infrastructure for public passenger transport”, and “what is the priority, what are the priority levels”, “Type and capacity of the service is worthy of priority”.

If it is confirmed that a BRT service complete with the above mentioned criteria can help reduce traffic congestion on the route, then improve it so that it becomes complete. But if we leave it as it is now, in the psychology of the people, the functional forces and experts alike, BRT buses cause more congestion than basis.

We keep saying priority is given to public passenger transport, but the practice is very modest.

Therefore, the people, the pressing public opinion is right, because the people have not seen a true type of public transport as expected, it is the real BRT service, great service capacity, good quality, punctuality, no “crawling turtles” follow private vehicles. When public transport is given priority, whoever uses public transport will have priority, while those using private vehicles will not have priority.

-The public also said that this BRT bus route is too expensive to invest, what is your comment?

– Hanoi BRT 01 line has a total investment of about 50 million USD, this bus is expensive because we have to import all, from consultants, design, to the smallest ones to have a model. Initial picture, sometimes that is the lesson.

For now, I believe, if Hanoi wants to deploy the next BRT lines it will definitely be much cheaper. The Vietnamese have the capacity to plan, manage, design and deliver a complete BRT service at a much lower cost.

– According to the plan, Hanoi has 8 BRT fast bus routes, so how do you think it should be effectively deployed in the future?

The first thing is to turn the current BRT 01 route into a BRT fast bus as its name suggests, and then confirm whether the BRT is suitable for developing and effectively serving the travel needs of Hanoi people or not. after that, this network expansion will be considered.

Moreover, since the proposed BRT network has been put into the planning for more than a decade, there has been a huge difference in travel demand, and urban development status along the corridor has also changed. very large, even much different from the approved urban planning.

Therefore, before deciding to stop or continue with the Hanoi BRT, we need to reevaluate current practice, analyze and forecast more comprehensively to update the capital planning until 2030 and with a vision to 2050 under study and construction.