The Philippines is famous for its beautiful islands and beaches. The proposal came after a task force on infectious diseases in the Philippines asked stakeholders to learn about the process of receiving international guests who have received the Covid-19 vaccine. If the “green corridor” is approved, eligible international visitors will be allowed to enter the Philippines for tourism and resort purposes, in the context of quarantine rules being relaxed in many other countries. DOT is monitoring neighboring markets on how to reopen international travel. Specifically, for fully vaccinated people, the quarantine period will be reduced from 10 days to 7 days in Thailand, or from 21 days to 7 days in Hong Kong (China). Meanwhile, the Philippines is requiring travelers to quarantine for 10 days and 4 days at home, along with an RT-PCR test on the seventh day of isolation. “We must catch up with our neighbors and the rest of the world in gradually reopening tourist attractions. The Philippines should be ready, before international tourism in the world resumes,” Ms. Bernadette said. Romulo-Puyat added.

Located in a quiet residential area in Thu Dau Mot (Binh Duong), DD House is the home of a family of 3 generations. The house needs to be ventilated to make the most of the surrounding air. A narrow corridor from the outside leads to the interior of the house, opening up a continuous space along the horizontal and vertical axes, surrounded by separate bedrooms. To take advantage of the natural conditions, the sequence of spaces from the living room to the dining room and the kitchen is connected to the small alternating garden as a ventilation corridor that provides fresh air and sunlight for the entire house. home. This is an essential element in the context of cities in humid tropical climates. The central space becomes a dynamic area containing various activities of family members. The dining and entertainment room is fully functional for working and playing while enjoying the green courtyard. The dining table is designed straight to increase the interaction between the common space and the nearby indoor garden. The design focuses on the “Journey into space” experience. Therefore, the distance between the bedrooms is widened for homeowners to explore on foot. Along the stairways and corridors, different senses of architecture and light are opened up. Through this project, the architect wants to express new ideas about the harmony between spatial structure and local context. Photo source: To Nguyen Video: House 25m2- opportunity to have a house for many people? Source: VTV24

The global chip shortage has hit automakers hard, especially Ford, as it said it would have to cut production in half in the second quarter. In the latest move, auto industry groups have pressed the Biden administration to secure chip supplies for manufacturing plants. The new alliance will include a number of large chip companies such as AT&T, Cisco Systems, General Electric, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Verizon Communications. The group announced that it will resist government actions to support the industry, which is struggling in production because of the chip shortage problem. Tech companies like Apple or Microsoft are also affected by the situation, but much less severely than automakers. Last month, the iPhone maker said it could lose $3 to $4 billion in sales in the current quarter because of chip shortages. According to Reuters

Mubarak Mosque in An Giang is designed in the form of a large building, with many long and straight corridors, the main colors are blue and white. (Photo: Pham Hau/VNA) Mubarak Mosque in An Giang seen from above. (Photo: Vu Sinh/VNA) Every year, Mubarak Mosque in An Giang has 3 major holidays; The birthday celebration of the Prophet Mohammed, the founder of Islam, on March 12 of the Islamic calendar is called the feast of Mulút; The New Year of the Cham people, Hari Raya on October 1 of the calendar; Fasting Ramadan from September 1 to 30, Muslim calendar. (Photo: Vu Sinh – VNA) Mubarak Mosque (An Giang) seen from the inside to the gate. (Photo: Pham Hau/VNA) With the unique architecture, bold cultural identity of the Cham people and the traditional festivals typical of Islam, Mubarak Mosque was recognized as an artistic architecture on December 5, 1989. (Photo: Vu Sinh/VNA) The space inside the Mubarak Mosque is designed to be large and has many doors and 8 sturdy pillars placed in balance, which is a gathering place for people to come to pray. (Photo: Pham Hau/VNA) Mubarak Mosque in An Giang is designed in the form of a large building. (Photo: Vu Sinh/VNA) Mubarak Mosque in An Giang seen from above. (Photo: Vu Sinh/VNA) The cemetery of the Cham Muslims in An Giang province is located close to the cathedral, there are buried many floors, regardless of social relationships – rich or low through large or small graves, but simple. just that everyone lay down only one grave lice. (Photo: Pham Hau/VNA) The space inside the Mubarak Mosque in An Giang, with the main colors being blue and white. (Photo: Pham Hau/VNA) Mubarak Mosque (An Giang) seen from the inside to the gate. (Photo: Pham Hau/VNA) Mubarak Mosque in An Giang is designed in the form of a large building, with many long and straight corridors. (Photo: Pham Hau/VNA) Mubarak Mosque in An Giang is designed in the form of a large building, with many long and straight corridors, the main colors are blue and white, along the corridors are decorated walls with motifs and lines. Words are taken from the bible. (Photo: Vu Sinh/VNA)

The shortage of semiconductor chips globally has a heavy impact on many industries. Artwork: Reuters Some of the world’s top semiconductor buyers, including Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp and Alphabet Inc (Google’s parent company), are working with leading chip makers in the world, such as Intel Corp. , to set up a new lobbying group to promote the US Government to support semiconductor chip manufacturing. The Semiconductors in America Alliance, which includes Amazon Web Services’s Amazon Web Services division, said on May 11 that it urged US lawmakers to provide support for the CHIPS Act for the country. The United States (CHIPS for America Act), which President Joe Biden asked Congress to provide finances worth $ 50 billion. In a letter to congressional bicameral Democrats and Republicans, the coalition said funding for the CHIPS Act would help the United States build the necessary capacity for a more flexible supply chain. to ensure important technologies will be available in the US when needed. Global semiconductor chip shortages hit the auto industry heavily, with Ford Motor Co saying it may have to halve its car production in the second quarter. Automotive industry groups are pressing the Biden administration to secure chip supplies for car factories. However, government officials have been reluctant to use national security laws to divert the supply of computer chips to automakers because they fear it could harm other industries. The new alliance involves companies from other industries using semiconductors, including AT&T, Cisco Systems, General Electric, Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Verizon Communications Inc. However, they warn that the government only supports one industry like the automobile industry. Tech giants, like Apple, are also hit hard by a shortage of semiconductors, but are less severe than automakers. Last month, the iPhone maker said it would lose about $ 3-4 billion in revenue in the second quarter (ending June 2021) due to a shortage of chips. According to Refinitiv estimates, Apple’s second quarter revenue is forecast to reach $ 72.9 billion./.

Hanoi’s collective quarters began to be built around 1957 of the last century (Collective A12 Khuong Thuong, 2018, painting by architect Pham Thanh Son) Each housing model has its advantages and disadvantages. On a more distant occasion, according to the writer of this article, the collective quarters of Hanoi began to be built around the 1950s of the last century. At that time, it was not only the residence of many families of cadres and civil servants, but also a great dream of many Hanoi people. Housing is always an urgent issue in big cities in the face of increasing demand from people to have a place to settle down. Many ideas and models of condominiums with many segments, depending on the income level of the people. Today’s apartments have many names, pure Vietnamese also have, some Westerners also have, but people are sometimes classified by just concepts: “Commercial apartment” and “Social apartment”. The more luxury an apartment is, the more the investor always tries to build around it a relatively complete ecosystem. That is also the criterion for many people to decide when to spend money to buy an apartment. But Hanoi also has many condominiums called “lonely apartments”. Loneliness is because only the building grows up, but there are no services or utilities around. There are also apartments that residents wittyly describe in humorous ways such as: Fixed location, harmonious yin and yang, peaceful neighbors … – That’s the way only apartments are built on the foundation. of old cemeteries or when looking out to the balcony is seen directly below the tomb stretching ahead. Collective E5B Trung Tu (Painting by architect Nguyen Hoang Lam) When in an apartment, the owner, although the owner of the house, is still governed by a community with its own principles. For example, if you want to put a drill on the wall of your house, you also have to ask for permission from the building management board, or to transport large and heavy things, you must also ask for a paper to show. There are also long-term relationships with neighboring residents. Someone said, the higher the apartment building, the more distant the relationship between residents in your building. In social condominiums, where residents are mainly low-income people, from many different localities, the structural community relationship becomes stronger. There or there are “hallway parties” all night long, thus increasing the connection between the apartments. Small residents in the same corridor sometimes act as “goodwill ambassadors”, serving as a bridge for fathers and mothers of families to bond together. “The apartment building is like a miniature society in which there are many classes of society with different jobs, occupations, and personalities. People were engaging in social relationships with people on the same floor and court almost every step of the way. Therefore, if reconciled, it becomes attached. If there is conflict, it is difficult to balance it ”. Journalist Ho Viet Thinh If comparing in many correlations, housing also has advantages that an apartment cannot have. In worrying about food safety and hygiene, homeowners can turn their rooftop into a place to raise chickens and grow clean vegetables to improve their meals. They can also decide to interfere with the structure of the house they are in without having to ask anyone for permission. Therefore, an apartment sometimes makes people think of it as an inn that one can own but is not authorized to decide in many respects. There is a story that a rural child went to the city to be told by his parents to his uncle’s whereabouts. The boy who looked at the large and beautiful apartment thought that the whole building belonged to his uncle, until he was engrossed in discovering that he realized where he lived was only a small corner of a large cube. Some of the funnier people in that situation happily said: All of these courts belong to me, but I didn’t live all the time so I left them for rent. Condominiums solve the urgent problems of big cities today in the face of the increasing demand of people when they want to have a place to settle down. The apartment building is like a miniature society in which there are many classes of society with different jobs, occupations, and personalities. People were involved in social relationships with people on the same floor and court almost every step of the way. Therefore, if reconciled, it becomes attached. If there is conflict, it is difficult to balance it. Like where I live, there are people who always want the building security guard to have absolute control over the strangers. Journalist Ho Viet Thinh They suggest, if the guest of a house, the host must go down to the hall to pick up, doing so both to ensure security and show hospitality. Another person reacts, if applying this principle, the host invites about 5 guests to come to play, each of them comes in a different time frame, the homeowner will be thousands of hard times. Other people are additional witty, it is best to go in groups. When the quantity is enough, call the landlord down to pick up once for convenience. Each person has their own reason, their own personality and needs to be reconciled.

The aisle between the 3m2 rooms is very narrow, dark and humid.

Costs 1 million VND per month, just go to the room to shower and sleep

Currently, the “super small” area of ​​only about 3m2 is the choice of many young people because of low cost, regardless of the inconvenience of living space and living.

In Hanoi, this type of accommodation has just appeared in the past few years, tends to flourish in the districts of Cau Giay, Dong Da, Hai Ba Trung, … where many universities (University ), colleges (colleges), large students and low-income workers.

As noted by PV, a 6-storey house with an area of ​​45 square meters on Mai Dich Street (Cau Giay) initially had only 8 bedrooms but was redesigned to have a “super” number of rooms for rent – nearly 80 rooms private. The first floor of the house is a shared kitchen and parking space, starting from the second floor onwards is a private room, including two large rooms with an area of ​​about 18-20m2.

What makes viewers surprised when coming here is the design and arrangement of the rooms that do not seem much different from the “honeycomb”. Inside the large room is divided into 8 independent small cells by laminate boards. Each room is 3-5m2 wide, just enough for one person to live in; most are very tight, without windows. In the room, the owner has installed clothes rack, storage bar, electric socket, light bulb and ventilation system. Corridors less than 1m wide are common paths for the whole room. Outside is the shared toilet. These houses are also equipped with a number of other basic amenities for tenants such as wifi, shared air conditioning.

The room is too small, just enough to hang a few clothes and some personal belongings.

LHA (23 years old, a student at Hanoi Electromechanical College) – the tenant here said: “I’ve been here for nearly half a year, the room has 2 people, the rent is 1.3 million dong / month, more living expenses, each person only costs about 1 million. For students, this price is also quite reasonable ”.

However, according to LHA, living in such “honeycomb” apartments is also quite inconvenient.With the number of people on each floor is relatively large, the living space is narrow, noisy, a large room. There is only one door, not to mention the sharing of the kitchen, toilets, laundry drying area that have to wait a long time for each other’s turn.

“Most of the tenants here are students and employees because the rental is low. Because the room is tight, tight and stuffy, people often eat out and only come here in the evening to shower and rest, ”added LHA.

Most of the tenants here choose to eat out, as the whole building has only one shared kitchen.

There is supply there must be demand, but there are potential risks

Currently, the demand for low-cost single-room rentals of students and low-income workers in Hanoi is increasing.

Ms. Nguyen Tra My, owner of a motel in Xuan La Street (Tay Ho) said: “The entire 6-storey house is single room for rent with prices ranging from 1.3 to 1.6 million VND / month. . Most of my tenants have simple needs, they go all day and at night to rest, so rooms like this are easy to rent, not often empty.

According to real estate expert Phan The Phuong, many rental housing companies have quickly grasped the market, designing super-small apartments with relatively full utilities, both to meet the needs of guests, and at the same time. increase revenue for the company.

With a normal bedroom, when divided into 6-7 small bedrooms, the profit will increase by 60-70% of the input rent in the case of a full room lease. However, according to Mr. Phuong, with the profit, the level of risk of this form is quite high.

“This model violates the human safety zone. When living in such a dense environment, they will not be able to feel safe and comfortable. In addition, the facilities in the living space are very few, only temporary, so the tenants will not stay for a long time, so the room vacancy rate is also very high. This business model is not sustainable ”, Mr. Phuong added.

A room is only about 3m2, when no one is in, it still feels urgent.

Are “honeycomb” apartments really economical?

According to LHA, when he first lived here, he often got sick due to living in a secret space, lack of light and air. The noises from the adjacent rooms also made him lose sleep because of the plastic or laminate partitions between mini apartments containing dozens of people who could not be soundproofed.

These 3m2 honeycomb apartments not only cause inconvenience for users but also can affect the house they are in. The rooms, which are inherently only for 2-3 people, are suddenly “transformed” into countless independent rooms, with the number of people many times over, and the space is seriously “overloaded”.

Talking with PV, architect Nguyen Trung Kien said: “The honeycomb model is quite popular in countries such as Japan, Korea, because the climate of those countries is dry all year round, not humid or hot or humid. like our country’s climate. Therefore, we do not support the widespread development of this model in Vietnam ”.

According to Mr. Kien, when renovating the original room into “honeycomb” rooms, to be safe and not affect the scope of construction, companies and design units should use lightweight materials such as : Plaster, plank wood, composite “… Besides, it is necessary to have a reasonable calculation and division of the number of rooms to avoid overloading, limiting the impact on the house structure.

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.