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Mining in Bolivia Lithium rush in the Andes

As of: 06/20/2021 4:40 p.m.

The largest lithium deposits on earth are believed to be under the Uyuni salt lake in Bolivia. The planned dismantling of the metal, which is important for batteries, raises hopes, but is controversial because of the high water consumption.

By Anne Herrberg, ARD Studio Buenos Aires, and Matthias Ebert, ARD studio Rio de Janeiro

It lies dazzling white between the majestic peaks of the Bolivian Andes, an area nine times the size of Berlin: the Uyuni salt lake. Hidden underneath is a treasure: white gold, lithium, or as Panfilo Huayllas, Mayor of Rio Grande says: “our future”. He demands: “All communities around the salt lake and all Bolivians must benefit from the lithium that is under this salt crust.

Lithium, the lightest metal on earth, is required for lithium-ion batteries. They are not only found in cell phones and laptops, but also in electric cars. Without lithium there is no e-mobility – and nowhere in the world are more reserves believed than here, on the roof of the Andes.

Bolivia doesn’t just want to be a supplier of raw materials

But Bolivia wants to be more than just a supplier of raw materials. “We local residents have to share in the profits, because we will feel the effects of lithium industrialization here in Rio Grande,” says Mayor Huayllas.

Lithium is said to be a driver for Bolivia’s industrialization. The plan is to build the batteries yourself. Ex-President Evo Morales was once looking for partners for this project – and found them in a German medium-sized company: ACISA from Zimmer ob Rottweil on the edge of the Black Forest. It was a deal of the century. But it burst in 2019 , after the election overshadowed by allegations of fraud and Morales’ flight into exile. Since then, the German-Bolivian project has been on hold.

The lithium deal negotiated by ex-President Morales collapsed in 2019. Image: AFP

Not everyone is enthusiastic about it anyway. Luis Machaca is the spokesman for a citizens’ initiative that opposes the project. “The Germans wanted to mine our raw material behind our backs, with a contract for 70 years,” he says. “They may be a good partner, but they have neither the technical means nor the technology.”

Lithium mining uses up a lot of precious water

What does mining mean for people, but also for the sensitive ecosystem? It is about the most precious commodity on the roof of the Andes: water.

A look across the border into the Atacama Desert to Chile: SQM has been mining lithium there for 25 years. The brine is pumped up from 40 meters, then evaporates in basins over months until a lithium-containing slag remains. It is a very water-intensive process, of all places in one of the driest regions in the world, says the Chilean biologist Cristina Dorador. “We can see from satellite images over the past 20 years that the soil has lost moisture,” she says. At the same time, the ground is heating up and the vegetation is receding. “These changes are directly related to lithium production over the past 20 years.”

Water protection should be improved

The company promises to make mining more sustainable. In Chile’s new constitution, on which the biologist Dorador will also be co-writing, environmental and water protection should be a top priority. Local residents like Cristian Toroca remain skeptical. “The company had not previously intended to involve local residents, that bothers us about this group,” he says. “They’re pulling this mineral out of the ground to sell in Europe as a clean product, but that’s a lie.”

In Bolivia it is still unclear who will be awarded the contract: the Germans are competing with Chinese and US companies. Panfilo Huayllas continues to hope that the white gold will bring prosperity to his community. But he too says: not at any price. “Alternative ways of supplying lithium production with water in the future must be found. If they only tap our wells, we will ruin the future of our children.”

Raw material for batteries Is nickel still in short supply?

Status: 15.06.2021 3:55 p.m.

First a lack of chips, then a lack of wood, soon a lack of nickel? E-mobility also devours resources. Due to the increasing demand for batteries, the demand for nickel is likely to increase strongly. The sufficient supply of the metal nickel could become critical in the next few years. The German Raw Materials Agency (DERA) warns of this in a current analysis. The background to this is the increasing demand generated by the turnaround towards electromobility. “We assume that, depending on the scenario, global nickel demand will increase from around 2.4 million tons today to around 3.4 million tons in 2025,” explains Dr. Michael Szurlies, nickel expert at the Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR). “Overall, the nickel market is facing a turning point in terms of demand in the coming years, which will lead to a significant shift in market shares within the areas of application.” As a special department of the BGR, DERA advises the federal government, business and NGOs on raw material issues, for example on security of supply and the ecological consequences.

02/18/2021

Nickel is used for batteries

So far, nickel has mainly been used in steel production: around 85 percent is currently used in the manufacture of stainless steel and alloys, as DERA writes. The use in batteries currently accounts for around five percent. That will change in the near future. Because nickel is now a “key raw material” for the transport and energy transition, according to the study. Due to the strong demand generated by the global expansion of electromobility, the experts expect that by 2025, depending on the scenario, the share could be up to 21 percent. This would make batteries the second largest area of ​​application.

07.03.2021

Most of the nickel comes from Indonesia

Indonesia is the world’s largest supplier of nickel. The experts write that the vast majority of the new global production and refining capacities for the metal are expected there by 2025. This leads to a significant increase in the market concentration for nickel – and also has the consequence that the power of the main suppliers increases. Whether prices can also be expected to rise in the future due to rising demand depends on whether supply also increases. It is not excluded. In order to reduce the dependency on international suppliers, consideration is being given to extracting important raw materials – including nickel – in Europe. Experts emphasize that a European supply chain could make economic sense. In January, Peter Buchholz, head of DERA, said it would be good if Europe also built up its own capacities. The projects just have to be cost-competitive.

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Recycling is becoming more important

The automotive industry in particular, but also machine builders with a focus on solar or wind power, steel manufacturers or the IT and medical technology industries are dependent on a continuous supply of basic materials such as nickel. This also applies to so-called rare earths – elements such as cobalt or lithium, which is usually the central raw material for batteries in pure electric drives. The authors of the study also have the issue of sustainability in mind: “In view of the goal of reducing emissions of climate-damaging carbon dioxide through electromobility, in future, apart from questions of availability, the most environmentally friendly and sustainable extraction and processing of nickel will be more important.” One has to ask how more nickel and nickel compounds can be recovered at the end of the life cycle of the products and how less environmentally harmful and at the same time more socially fair promotion can be achieved. On the one hand, there are technological developments towards greater efficiency and fewer emissions. On the other hand, the increasing mining in tropical regions is a problem due to the large amount of land required.

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Author | Yin Lina

Edit | Yang Jin

The listing rumors have been brewing for more than three years. In the morning of June 11, Didi finally submitted a prospectus and launched an IPO in the United States.

According to the prospectus, Didi’s stock code is “DIDI”, with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, and China Renaissance Capital acting as underwriters.

Since its establishment, Didi has gone through 22 rounds of financing with a total financing amount of nearly 80 billion yuan, making it a well-deserved financing expert.

However, from the perspective of performance, Didi’s online car-hailing seems to be huge, but only has a meager profit of 3.1%; international business is still losing money, and there are large variables due to the epidemic; new businesses such as freight and community group buying have just started. It is still a “cash-burning” machine, and profit is far from expected.

Performance dismantling: loss is still the main theme

Let’s look at the performance first. From 2018 to 2020, Didi’s revenue was 135.3 billion yuan, 154.8 billion yuan and 141.7 billion yuan, respectively. In the first quarter of this year, Didi’s revenue was 42.2 billion yuan.

From the above figures, it can be seen that in the past three years, Didi’s revenue growth has not been significant. Affected by factors such as the new crown epidemic in 2020, overall revenue has also declined slightly. However, the impact of the epidemic was eased in the second half of last year. The prospectus shows that in the second half of last year, the total transaction volume of Didi’s travel business in China was 121.6 billion yuan, an increase of 80.3% over the first half of the year and an increase of 12.2% over the second half of 2019.

In addition, losses are still the main theme of Didi. In the past three years, Didi’s net losses were 15 billion yuan, 9.7 billion yuan, and 10.6 billion yuan, respectively. The adjusted non-GAAP profits were 8.6 billion yuan, 2.8 billion yuan and 8.4 billion yuan. In the first quarter of this year, due to the unrecognized income of 9.1 billion yuan and an investment income of 3.3 billion yuan from the spin-off of Orange Heart Optimal, the investment income reached 12.36 billion yuan, Didi turned losses, net profit reached 5.5 billion yuan, and an adjusted loss of 5.5 billion yuan. yuan.

In terms of business, the main sources of Didi’s revenue are divided into three categories, namely, China’s travel business (China’s online car-hailing, taxi, agent driving and ride-hailing businesses), international business (international travel and food delivery, etc.) and Other businesses (shared bicycles and motorcycles, car service, freight, autonomous driving, financial services, etc.).

In 2020, these three types of income will be 133.6 billion yuan, 2.3 billion yuan and 5.8 billion yuan respectively. Among them, China’s travel business is the most important source of income, and the proportion of China’s travel business to total revenue is as high as 94.3%.

Among various expenditures, operating costs account for a large proportion, mainly commissions and subsidies paid to drivers. In the past three years, Didi’s gross profit margin was 5.5%, 9.8% and 11.2%, showing an upward trend year by year.

Among various expenses, marketing and marketing expenses accounted for the highest proportion. Last year, the total amount reached 11.14 billion yuan, accounting for 7.86% of total revenue. Followed by general and administrative expenses, about 7.55 billion yuan, accounting for 5.33% of total revenue.

Although as of the end of last year, Didi had 15,914 full-time employees worldwide, including 7,110 R&D employees, which accounted for 44.7% of R&D employees, the proportion of Didi’s technology and R&D related expenses was not the highest: last year it was 63.2 100 million yuan, accounting for 4.46% of total revenue. Finally, operating and support expenses are 4.70 billion yuan, accounting for about 3.32% of revenue.

In terms of operations, in the 12 months ending March 31, 2021, Didi has been operating in more than 4,000 cities and towns in 15 countries around the world. The total transaction volume of the whole platform is 341 billion yuan, of which Didi’s core platform GTV (referring to GTV in China’s travel and international markets) reached 244.2 billion yuan. With the exception of community group buying, the average daily order volume of all businesses reached 41 million, the annual active users reached 493 million, and the annual active drivers were 15 million.

However, the current progress is still far from the “0188” plan released by Didi in March last year. The “0188” plan shows that Didi will serve more than 100 million orders per day during the three years from 2020 to 2022, with a penetration rate of more than 8% for all domestic trips, and a global service user MAU of more than 800 million.

What is more worrying is that in Didi’s “main battlefield” Chinese market, the number of orders has shown a downward trend year by year, and the customer unit price has not increased significantly.

The number of Didi orders in the Chinese market dropped from 8.79 billion orders in 2018 to 8.67 billion orders in 2019 to 7.75 billion orders. However, this trend also has business adjustments and environmental factors. In 2019, Didi discontinued its ride-hailing business. Under the new crown epidemic in 2020, people will go out less frequently, and Didi has also suspended cross-city orders and ride-sharing services. In terms of customer unit prices, they were 23.3 yuan, 23.3 yuan and 24.4 yuan respectively in three years.

However, Didi has achieved profitability in the Chinese travel market: adjusted pre-interest and tax profit of 3.84 billion yuan in 2019, 3.96 billion yuan in 2020, and 3.62 billion yuan in the first quarter of 2021.

The rake puzzle: online car-hailing profit margin is only 3.1%

After the ride-hailing incident occurred in 2018, the outside world had a lot of discussions about Didi. In addition to inadequate security measures, the question of Didi’s profitability was the most acute.

Just when everyone thought that Didi was earning a lot of money, some media broke the news that Didi had “a total loss of 10.9 billion yuan in 2018 and a driver’s subsidy of 11.3 billion yuan”, and “the total loss in the six years of its business has exceeded. 40 billion yuan”.

Entering 2020, discussions on Didi’s high commission rate remain high, with some drivers claiming that the commission rate for some orders has even reached more than 30%. In response, Didi issued a statement stating that the proportion of such “extreme rake orders” was 2.7% last year, and it has now been reduced to 0.03%. The next step will allow this number to continue to decline until it is completely eliminated. Today, Didi has launched a transparent billing function, and drivers can view the flow of funds for orders in the past 7 days.

As a matter of fact, the situation regarding the commission of the online car-hailing business can be seen in the prospectus.

Look at the whole first. The prospectus shows that from 2018 to the first quarter of 2021, drivers from around the world earned more than 600 billion yuan in revenue on the Didi platform. In the Chinese market, in the online car-hailing business in 2020, the total revenue and incentives received by drivers will reach 117.4 billion yuan.

In the prospectus, Didi detailed the financial status of Didi in China’s travel market in 2020.

Last year, Didi’s total transaction volume in the domestic travel market was 189 billion yuan, of which the transaction volume from online car-hailing business (excluding taxis, private cars, and ride-hailing, etc.) was 148.6 billion yuan.

Excluding expenses spent on consumer subsidies and road tolls, Didi’s total revenue was 133.6 billion yuan. Among them, 110.5 billion yuan was used as driver income, accounting for 82% of revenue; 6.9 billion yuan was used as driver incentives, accounting for 5.2% of revenue, and the two together accounted for 87.9% of Didi’s total revenue, accounting for approximately total online car-hailing 79% of the transaction volume is consistent with Didi’s previously announced commission.

Earlier, on May 7, Didi car-hailing issued a statement on the “rake”, stating that in 2020, Didi car-hailing drivers accounted for 79.1% of the total payable by passengers. Of the remaining 20.9%, 10.9% are passenger subsidies, 6.9% are corporate operating costs (technology research and development, servers, security, customer service, manpower, offline operations, etc.), taxation and payment handling fees, etc., and 3.1% are online appointments Net profit of car business.

Overall, excluding driver income and driver subsidies, Didi will receive 16.2 billion yuan in its online car-hailing business. Excluding 12.2 billion yuan in operating expenses, Didi’s online car-hailing business before interest, tax and amortization The profit reached 4 billion yuan, and the profit rate was about 3.1%.

Didi doesn’t want to be just online ride-hailing

The slow revenue growth and the meager profit of domestic online car-hailing have forced Didi to find the next growth point.

In 2018, Didi began its international expansion, trying to replicate its experience in the Chinese market to the world, and was the first to enter Brazil, Mexico, Australia, and Japan. Prospectus data shows that Didi currently has operations in 15 countries around the world.

However, in the case of China’s local online car-hailing is only a meager profit, it is conceivable that it is difficult for the international business to make a profit, especially in the context of the new crown epidemic in foreign countries where there are still large variables. From the beginning of 2018 to the first quarter of this year, Didi’s international business losses have accumulated more than 10 billion yuan.

But one problem is that a series of new businesses such as shared bicycles and motorcycles, car services, freight transport, autonomous driving, and financial services only brought Didi 5.76 billion yuan in revenue last year, but at the same time it brought more than 8.8 billion yuan. The loss is more than twice the profit of online car-hailing.

This year, the loss has further expanded. In the first quarter of this year, the loss of new business in a single quarter reached 8.08 billion yuan. From 2018 to the first quarter of 2021, Didi’s losses in new businesses have totaled more than 26 billion yuan.

It is worth noting that these new businesses have completed independent spin-offs and financing in the first half of this year.

Last year, Qingju launched a round of financing. SoftBank and some other investors invested US$134 million and Didi invested US$750 million. At the beginning of this year, Qingju launched a Series B financing again, in which external investors invested US$166 million and Didi subscribed. A share of US$300 million in equity financing and a US$100 million in convertible notes. Qingju is currently valued at US$1.9 billion, and Didi holds 88.3%;

In the first quarter of this year, Didi Freight received US$1.5 billion in Series A financing, the latest valuation is US$2.8 billion, and Didi currently holds 57.6% of the shares;

Didi’s autonomous driving company has completed a US$1.5 billion Series A financing, with a valuation of US$3.4 billion, and Didi’s shareholding ratio is 70.4%.

Orange Heart Optimal conducted A1 and A2 rounds of financing in March this year. Among them, the A1 round of SoftBank Vision Fund injected US$900 million and the rest of the external investors injected US$100 million; the A2 round was funded by the management of about US$200 million, and the financing was completed. After Didi’s equity fell to 32.8%, it was no longer consolidated. However, in the A2 round, Orange Heart Pride issued USD 3 billion of convertible bonds to Didi. Didi has the right to convert the bonds into stocks before the expiration date of the convertible bonds and become the controlling shareholder of Orange Heart Pride again.

Although these new businesses are at a loss, it is not difficult to see how much Didi attaches importance to internationalization and new businesses from the purpose of fundraising: 30% of the funds raised are used to expand business in international markets outside of China; 30% The raised funds are used to improve technical capabilities including shared travel, electric vehicles and autonomous driving; the remaining about 20% will be used to launch new products and expand existing product categories to continuously improve user experience.

Today, Didi’s listing process has begun, but it will take more time to wait for these new businesses to grow into the next “ace” besides online car-hailing.

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Recovered but not restored to original condition hiện According to the leader of Phuoc Dong Commune People’s Committee, currently, in the commune, there are many land plots that violate the Land Law that have been banned by the City People’s Committee. Nha Trang issued a decision to withdraw and hand it over to the Commune People’s Committee for management. However, in the decision to hand over to the commune, the City People’s Committee. Nha Trang did not assign the task of restoring the original status quo. Because these land plots are very large, from a few thousand square meters to several hectares; The current situation has been cut down, leveled to create the ground, so the upcoming rainy season is easy to cause landslides, dangerous for the residential area below. For example, the production forest land located on the mountain in Phuoc Ha village is owned by Mr. Nguyen Duc Phan. After discovering Mr. Phan illegally leveling and dividing plots on an area of ​​about 3 hectares, the City People’s Committee. Nha Trang issued an administrative sanction decision, forcing Mr. Phan to restore the original status quo. Because Mr. Phan did not comply, in 2020, the City People’s Committee issued a decision to recover this entire forest land, assigning Phuoc Dong Commune People’s Committee to manage. Not only illegally leveling forest land, Mr. Phan also organized the construction of a makeshift stone embankment hundreds of meters long and nearly 10 meters high; while below the stone embankment are dozens of households living. These households are worried that if there is no solution to deal with stone embankments, in the coming rainy season, the water will easily form a waterfall to pour the stone embankment into residential areas. The whole hill of production forest in Phuoc Ha village was leveled and divided by Mr. Phan, then recovered. Talking about this issue, Mr. Bui Cao Phap – Vice Chairman of Phuoc Dong Commune People’s Committee said that it is very difficult to restore the original status quo in this area because the whole hill was excavated and leveled by Mr. Phan. land to be divided into 500 lots. The stone embankment also cannot be dismantled because a very large amount of soil and rock above will overflow into the residential area below. The best solution is to reinforce the wall to be sure, and at the same time have a solution to divide the water flowing from the top down into several streams, avoiding landslides when it rains heavily. About 500m from Phuoc Dong Commune People’s Committee, in Phuoc Tan village, there is also a land planted with perennial crops of about 2 hectares located on hills and mountains, which Mr. Phan has allocated plots for sale since 2018. After discovering, the City People’s Committee. Nha Trang made a record, asking Mr. Phan to restore the original status quo. At that time, Mr. Phan recovered but did not meet the requirements, so the City People’s Committee. Nha Trang recovered land and assigned Phuoc Dong Commune People’s Committee to manage. In Phuoc Loi village, a plot of land over 8,000m 2 Le Thi Thoa’s name was also leveled and divided. This area has been recovered, but nearly 10 households have built houses to live in. Review to ask for direction According to the profile provided by the leader of the People’s Committee of Phuoc Dong commune, from 2019 until now, the City People’s Committee. Nha Trang has issued many decisions to recover forest land and land for perennial crops that are misused by land owners. Specifically, the City People’s Committee has recovered nearly 19,000m 2 Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Tuan’s forest land because he destroyed the land, divided plots for sale; recovered nearly 7,000m thu 2 land for planting perennial crops of Mr. Nguyen Van Chien; recovered nearly 3,000m thu 2 Mr. Nguyen Dinh Viet’s agricultural land… However, at present, thousands of square meters of destroyed land have been recovered but there is no solution to restore the original status quo. Mr. Bui Cao Phap said, recently, Phuoc Dong Commune People’s Committee has directed cadastral officers to review the entire destroyed land area that has been decided to recover. The Commune People’s Committee will report specifically the location, area, and current status of each land area to the City People’s Committee. Nha Trang to consult on the restoration of the status quo of these lands. In the short term, the Commune People’s Committee will strengthen inspection, avoid encroachment, purchase and sale transactions, etc. However, in the long term, there must be solutions to restore the status quo, avoid erosion, and ensure the safety of residential areas in the north. below. Van Ky

As noted by Zing, after a week of changing the new look, the part of Le Loi street that extends to Nguyen Hue pedestrian street attracts people to have fun and check-in. From 4pm every day, many young people gather on this road to skateboard. A few people, curious tourists also stopped to take pictures. Tran Van Vu (19 years old) shared that since the day Le Loi Street removed the barrier, you often come here to skateboard with friends because the road is wide, there are no cars passing, so the skateboarding space is comfortable. “After school in the afternoon, my friends and I invited each other over here to play. Before moving to Le Loi Street, I often skated in the area near the city theater or in Nguyen Hue pedestrian street,” Vu said. A few days ago playing skateboarding in the pedestrian street, Mr. Simon (USA) saw many people bringing skateboards to Le Loi Street to play, so he changed the location to the new road to remove this barrier. “I have been to Vietnam for almost a year. In the afternoon, I often take my girlfriend to skateboard with me. I play in the area near Landmark 81, pedestrian street, but these places often have security reminders. Crossing Le Loi street is more comfortable,” said Simon. Along the sidewalks, many people parked their cars to watch skateboarding, check-in on the side of the road to remove the barrier. Shop fronts on Le Loi street are open after many years of being sealed. Some people choose this location as a place to record street fashion photos. Besides some individuals who comply with 5K regulations in public places, there are still people who do not wear masks, being subjective in epidemic prevention. Many young people said that while skating while wearing a mask, it will be difficult to breathe and hot, so they do not wear it even though they know the epidemic situation is complicated. From 6pm, this area starts to get more crowded, about 150m long road becomes a bustling skateboarding playground. On April 28, the fence on Le Loi Street from Pasteur Street to Nguyen Hue Street (District 1, Ho Chi Minh City) began to be dismantled. After a week with a new look, this place attracts people to visit, check-in, the new street corner becomes a skateboarding playground. At noon on May 7, the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City issued an urgent request to stop the operation of the wedding center, gym, and events with more than 30 people in public places. The time to suspend the above activities from 6pm on 7/5. Previously, after detecting a case of Covid-19 in Binh Tan district on April 29, Ho Chi Minh City decided to suspend bar, karaoke and disco activities. From 6pm on May 3, Ho Chi Minh City will suspend more massage activities, saunas, music stages, plays, cinemas, video games, etc.

Accordingly, after seven years, the premises in front of the Ho Chi Minh City Theater have been re-established, bringing back the clean and beautiful space for the area. The appearance of Le Loi Street after removing the metro barrier No. 1. Photo: DAO TRANG The people rejoiced According to PV on the afternoon of April 28, the metro barrier No. 1 on Le Loi Street was completely removed. The road surface has been re-flat. All works of painting the road, the plastic carpet and the tiled have been completed. At the site more than 10 workers are completing the remaining jobs. Mr. Vu Thanh An, an oil painting dealer on Le Loi Street, excitedly shared with PV: “We have been out of business for nearly seven years and mainly sell to acquaintances. For many years, we have had to do business in moderation and seek new jobs. Now seeing the road open again, it is difficult for us to express our joy ”. Ms. Vu Thu Hien (a house in Alley 30, Pho Duc Chinh Street, District 1) said: “Due to a barrier, every day I have to go around and around far and in traffic jams. Now that the barricade is opened and open like this, I think not the people on this road, but all the people of the city are excited ”. Mr. Nguyen Van Qua (construction worker on the route) said that about a month ago, the construction site has been bustling. “The efforts of construction workers day and night for many months have contributed to the city people and the whole country to celebrate the liberation of the South and reunification, the brothers are all excited” – Mr. Qua said. Return the site earlier than expected MAUR said that as originally planned, the site would be returned on April 30. However, up to now, the site has been re-established and handed over to the Technical Infrastructure Management Center under the Department of Construction, the Center for Road Traffic Infrastructure Management under the Department of Transport and the People’s Committee of District 1. This position will manage the site and implement the next work before officially put into traffic. “This is an over-progress construction item, three days earlier than the direction of the City People’s Committee and 33 days earlier than the contractor’s original construction plan. Therefore, this is a great effort of MAUR and the contractor for the construction of metro line 1 project in a time of many difficulties due to the COVID-19 epidemic ”- emphasized MAUR. As for the progress of metro project No. 1, MAUR said that it will continue to coordinate with related units to speed up the construction of the next items of the project such as completing B1 floor, re-grounding Ba station. Son. Next will be the energizing work at Binh Thai power station; Importing the No.1 metro trains; installing track system, electromechanical system, signal information system on the whole route. Simultaneously, MAUR also soon carried out the installation of equipment at stations to speed up the construction progress of the project. Specific information about the package of metro projects No. 1, MAUR said so far the total volume of the whole project has reached 84.26%. In particular, the package CP1a (the underground section from Ben Thanh station to the City Theater station) started on November 15, 2016, currently reaching 88% of the volume. For package CP1b (underground section from Theater City Station to Ba Son Station), which started on August 21, 2014, currently reaches 95.56% of the volume. Package CP2 (overhead and depot) started on July 24, 2012, currently reaching 92.21% of the volume. As for the CP3 package (procurement of electromechanical equipment, locomotives, rails and maintenance for equipment), started on August 5, 2013, currently reaching 69% of the volume. Mr. Ngo Hai Duong, Head of the Management and Exploitation Department of Infrastructure, Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport, said on April 28, the Department of Transport received and handed over the premises of Le Loi Street from the investor of metro No. 1. Then, the department will install signs, signal lights and traffic on April 30. Nguyen Huu Canh Street is on schedule Mr. Luong Minh Phuc, Director of the Management Board of the City Traffic Construction Investment Project (Traffic Board), said that the Nguyen Huu Canh road improvement and repair project will finish on schedule at 8 o’clock. April 30. Accordingly, the project will solve the flooding situation occurring during the past 10 years. As noted by PV, the investor and the construction unit are actively implementing the remaining items to complete the project. In particular, most of the items are being gradually completed by the workers such as road painting, plastic carpet, tile flooring.

Through the inspection and review of legal documents, approved project design documents and current construction status, the construction of the above works arises by the Ba Ria Fishing Port Management Board – Vung Tau is not in accordance with the guidelines allowed by the Provincial People’s Committee and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, not in accordance with the approved planning and design. Construction works on sea encroachment in contravention of approved planning at Ben Loi – Binh Chau estuary storm shelter area of ​​Xuyen Moc district. Ba Ria – Vung Tau fishing port management board allows people to arbitrarily build sea encroachment works, pour pillars on the embankment to protect the border to build, seriously affect the safety of the protective talus, possibly potential landslides, later subsidence, danger to ships, loss of aesthetics and affect the overall site of the project, causing frustration in public opinion. The management board of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province’s fishing port does not comply with the regulations on the commencement of the work to the local authority. At the meeting with the inspection team, at the time of signing the minutes, Mr. Ngo Thanh Liem, Director was absent. Mr. Le Hong Liem, Deputy Director was present and presented opinions to the delegation to write in the minutes but did not agree to sign the minutes, indicating the non-cooperation of leaders of Ba Ria – Vung Tau Fishing Port Management Board. with local authorities. Immediately after the report of the People’s Committee of Xuyen Moc district, on February 1, 2021, Mr. Tran Van Tuan, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province issued the document of express speed No. 1022 / UBND-VP on the inspection inspecting construction works in the storm shelter anchorage for fishing ships of Ben Loi – Binh Chau. Accordingly, the Provincial People’s Committee assigned the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to preside over and coordinate with the Department of Construction and the People’s Committee of Xuyen Moc district to inspect and handle. One of the wrongly planned constructions at Ben Loi – Binh Chau estuary, used for business purposes, was requested to be dismantled. On January 25, 2021, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development presided over and coordinated with the People’s Committee of Xuyen Moc district and relevant branches to organize the inspection. Thereby, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has concluded that the construction of works in the storm shelter anchorage for Ben Loi – Binh Chau fishing boat is not consistent with the master plan. The Provincial People’s Committee approves and requests the Provincial Fishing Port Management Board to stop construction and dismantle all construction items that are not in accordance with the planning, and return to the original state before February 28, 2021. . Through the inspection and supervision at the locality, the Provincial Fishing Port Management Board has stopped the construction of work items. However, up to now, the Fishing Port Management Board only dismantled 01 item of sea encroachment, built on the guard’s slope (area 8.2m x 15.5m = 80.6m2). The remaining construction items that are not in accordance with the remaining planning remain unchanged and have not been dismantled (the un-dismantled works include 12 items, an area of ​​about 1,869 square meters). The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Ba Ria – Vung Tau province has 3 times issued a document to the Provincial Fishing Port Management Board to urgently dismantle completely and return the original state of construction works. in accordance with the master plan of the site approved by the Provincial People’s Committee on the adjustment of the investment project to build storm shelter anchorage for fishing ships of Ben Loi – Binh Chau. For unknown reasons, until now, Ba Ria – Vung Tau Fishing Port Management Board still “defies” the instruction documents from the Provincial People’s Committee, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, has not carried out the dismantlement of the wrong builder here? Legal forums will continue to update developments regarding this incident.

Recently, the situation of encroachment and re-encroachment on roadways, pavements, traffic safety corridors to loosen fence walls and roofs for production, business and trade has been quite popular in Hong Linh town. especially the routes: Quang Trung, Tran Phu, Nguyen Ai Quoc, Nguyen Dong Chi …

This situation has potential risks of collisions, traffic accidents, affecting traffic infrastructure and urban landscape.

The functional forces of Hong Linh town cleared the violation of the road traffic safety corridor in Duc Thuan ward.

Facing that situation, in order to maintain the traffic corridor at the road sections, step by step building a cultural lifestyle, civilized urban areas in the area, the town People’s Committee has issued many documents and plans to implement the solution. radiating road traffic safety corridors, raising awareness and responsibility of agencies, units and leaders in the fight against encroachment and illegal use of roadbeds and sidewalks.

Hong Linh Town Urban Order Management Team coordinates local agencies and organizations to participate in clearing traffic corridors violations.

Mr. Phan Xuan Hung, Head of Urban Order Management Team, Hong Linh Town said: The town focused on directing to promote propaganda, mobilizing the fierce participation of agencies and mass organizations from the town. communes to establishments, specialized departments, especially families living and doing business on both sides of the road and street … In the process of implementation, the town combines to mobilize households to voluntarily dismantle, demolition of roof works, roof scales, platforms up and down, advertising boards in contravention of regulations.

Many individuals do not dismantle themselves, forcing functional forces to handle them.

Carrying out propaganda and advocacy of the residential group leader, Mr. Ho Quoc Dang’s family in Thuan Hong residential group, Duc Thuan ward actively removed the fence and the plants and pots on wide sidewalks to pay back ventilation for the sidewalk on Nguyen Ai Quoc street running through in front of the whole house.

Mr. Ho Quoc Dang shared: “Until now, the situation of violating traffic safety corridor of people has been going on for a long time, significantly affecting the circulation of pedestrians and vehicles. . After listening to the dissemination and propaganda on loudspeakers, radio and authorities, I realized that the self-disassembly is a necessary job. After dismantling, the sidewalk has been airy, creating a new look for the neighborhood.

After listening to the dissemination, many people voluntarily dismantle the violation of the traffic safety corridor.

It is known that after more than 20 days of military operation, the functional force of Hong Linh TX has cleared nearly 1,000 cases of roofs, scaled roofs, tents, umbrellas, sales points on traffic corridors on Quang Trung routes. , Tran Phu, Nguyen Ai Quoc, Nguyen Dong Chi.

In general, households have a common sense of responsibility in the work of clearing the traffic safety corridor, with more than 300 households dismantling and cutting their own roof.

Although the sidewalk is narrow, after clearance, the Tran Phu street, Nam Hong ward becomes clear …

Mr. Hoang Duc Dai – Quarter 4, Nam Hong Ward, said: “This is what should be done to ensure safety for people and vehicles in traffic. In the past, due to encroachment by a number of households, corridors and sidewalks lost their aesthetics, road users were obscured and unsafe, but after a period of implementation, there were changes. clear summer ”.

Returning pedestrian sidewalks, creating landscape and raising awareness of the people about building urban civilization and culture in Hong Linh town

In order to ensure urban order and effectively manage the traffic safety corridor, there are no new violations or re-violations, Vice Chairman of the Town People’s Committee Hong Linh Ton Quang Ngoc said, in the coming time, the town continue to strengthen inspection and resolutely handle violations of traffic corridors; promote propaganda to raise people’s awareness of compliance. At the same time, promoting the role and enhancing the responsibility of the ward and commune authorities in promptly detecting and resolutely handling violations of the road traffic corridor in the localities under the management, to be in charge of.