The amount raised through long-term bonds is only a small portion of the total debt that Amazon has issued, estimated at about 18.5 billion USD. The company says it can use these funds to invest in clean transportation and carbon-free buildings. Amazon’s projects will include purchasing electric vehicles for fleets, as well as other electric delivery vehicles. In addition, Amazon said it will also use electric heating and cooling systems powered by renewable energy at the company’s new headquarters in Arlington, Virginia. In one pledge, Amazon will cut all carbon emissions by 2040 and power all renewable energy operations by 2030. Amazon’s decision to raise funds for social projects comes when the company faced criticism around the labor issue. In addition to being charged with unsafe procedures and affecting employees’ health, Amazon has also been criticized for illegally firing workers and forcing them not to unionize. However, Amazon has denied these allegations and said it has always supported employees’ equal rights. According to Reuters According to Reuters

Season Passing Alley Photo: provided by artist Nguyen Van Tung Memories, dreams back home, are the most beautiful time left in people’s hearts when they have to go away. And vice versa, it is very happy for those who miss their native homeland, miss the fields, the houses behind the village … Those are the anxieties, the anxious to remember, the beautiful memories of childhood pouring back into the hearts of people far away from the countryside. When viewing painter Nguyen Van Tung’s paintings, these feelings are fulfilled, evoking the blues far away from home in the blue of his paintings. Arousing very pleasant sad sorrows in the hearts of those who are far away from the countryside, comforted by memories of the past. Each of Tung’s landscape works, whether in one way or another, the artist sent his thoughts and feelings about memories, fond memories, of a life or a place. place that used to live or passed through. The works such as Early Winter, Night of the Moon, Early Dew, Moonlight … have made it clear for me. Artists are skillful when they often lay out one or two very small and isolated houses on the canvas, not to mention that in a few pictures we feel very lonely, cold desolate houses, in the fields. In the winter, far away, beside the spindly trees in the deciduous season, or by the cold dark river. Make viewers feel deeply sorry for the figures of the homeland, where the fields and fields of sweet potatoes have passed the harvest, the bare land is sad in the midst of the immense windy season. Seeing pictures sometimes we can feel the cold wetness under our feet every time we walk in the straw fields when it is still morning mist. Somewhere there are lonely trees around the house as comforting, like relying on each other to live, to go through with time, so that we see somewhere far away are old mothers by the fire. , with the image of a pillar of blue smoke in the scent of burnt dry straw is very characteristic for those who have grown up from the countryside. In some pictures we feel the moment of changing season of the second, when spring sky is a little warm yellow appearing in the painting, a few red buds are emphasized, making that winter sadness. as if cleared away, for the hopes, the warmth that was given the opportunity to appear in that cold blue color. Moonlight In another area, the 8x painter described Hanoi’s street corners from a different perspective. Speaking of streets in Hanoi, many artists drew, but Hanoi Street in Nguyen Van Tung’s paintings looked in a different way. A Hanoi that is elegant and very gentle, more serene, like remembering a distant Trang An period. The yellow walls in the afternoon sun were in the shadow of the remaining shadow, by the side of the road, the old stools of the water restaurant, far away were pigeons leisurely on the gable, or wandering somewhere there in the windows. In the other corner are spindly almond trees and a few red buds of young leaves in the sky, far above are closed windows with typical blue paints of a time. Streets in this artist’s paintings are easy to make a stir for those who have lived more or less with Hanoi, remember the toad shops, remember the silhouette of typical old electric poles for a while. Makes Hanoi in Nguyen Van Tung’s paintings more reminiscent of the memories of traveling through the streets and alleys, miss the shop, miss the advert, miss the flower stalls in the street … Light Sun Perhaps the two colors most used by the artist are earth yellow and gray green in paintings, especially pictures with cold colors that are easy to impress and remember a lot, because expatriates always have in them. I have a nostalgia for my home and my homeland whenever I have a chance. When I see Tung’s paintings, I feel comforted and warm to satisfy a little nostalgia for my homeland. River House, is probably the topic that this artist born in 1984 is the most exploited and most impressive so far. Because when writing a pen, he opened his heart to drift through time, space and the best and most impressive memories to put it on the painting, so that the viewer had something to recuperate. miss the straw, or imprint a street corner in the heart of expatriates.

Mr. Jens Lottner, Chief Executive Officer of Techcombank presented at the AGM Specifically, in the period of 2021 – 2025, the Bank will focus on the most profitable sources such as home loans, CASA, asset management and promote strengths such as high-income customer segments. , real estate, payment. “Along with that, the bank will continue to diversify its revenue sources, participating in areas with potential growth in the future such as SMEs lending, ecosystem development, and partners,” said Mr. Jens Lottner. Mr. Jens Lottner also admitted that, so far, Techcombank has focused on the real estate sector, but this decision is not baseless, but carefully selected about customers. However, Techcombank also has a strategy to diversify into other areas such as telecommunications, energy … industries that play an important role in the economy and not only focus on large customers but small businesses, medium and personal. According to Mr. Jens Lottner, the next way Techcombank has a new vision is to change the banking industry, elevate the value of life. The Bank will serve different customer segments with the mission of leading the digital journey of the financial industry and each individual and organization makes a breakthrough to achieve success. “Outperforming every day, thereby bringing more value to customers and existing and future shareholders”, Mr. Jens Lottner emphasized. Techcombank Chairman and CEO run the Q&A session at the AGM Mr. Jens Lottner added that the Bank aims to reach a capitalization of 20 billion USD in 2025. Along with that, CASA rate will reach 55%; Return on equity (ROE) reached 20%. Techcombank’s market capitalization reached more than $ 5 billion in 2018 and at present it is close to $ 6 billion. Regarding the target of capitalization of 20 billion USD by 2025, are shareholders questioned whether they are ambitious? Techcombank’s CEO said: “The Bank will focus on sustainable, balanced, maintained and continuous growth to reach $ 20 billion by 2025.” In 2021, Techcombank targets a pre-tax profit of 19,800 billion, up 25.3% compared to the result in 2020. Credit balance is expected to reach nearly 356,200 billion, growth of at least 12% year-on-year. last and as far as the State Bank allows. Deposit value (including certificates of deposit for individual customers) is expected to reach VND 334,291 billion, growing at least 14.7% and in line with actual credit growth. “Confident with a new goal in 2021”, Mr. Jen Lottner confirmed. It is known that the restructuring loan balance under Circular 01 of Techcombank tends to decrease gradually over the quarters. From 3.6% in the second quarter of 2020 to 2.8% by the end of the fourth quarter of 2020. Techcombank’s capital adequacy ratio (CAR) is 16.1%. The loan-to-deposit ratio is at 78.1%; The ratio of short-term capital for medium and long-term loans is 33.9%. Notably, this meeting elected a new member of the Board of Directors with the candidate Mr. Ho Anh Ngoc (Chairman Ho Hung Anh’s brother). Thus, the number of members of the Board of Directors of the bank is expected to increase from 8 to 9 people. Looking back at the Bank’s business in 2020, Techcombank’s General Director said that it was an unprecedented difficult year in the world, but it was also an unprecedented year when Techcombank achieved many achievements. 2021 is the end of the 5-year strategy set and also a pivotal year for the next 5-year strategy. It is known that Techcombank has the highest credit growth in the industry, using up the credit limit assigned by the State Bank, in addition, mobilization also increased sharply, especially demand deposits (CASA). Mr. Ho Hung Anh, Chairman of Techcombank said that Techcombank maintains a very strong CASA development strategy, CASA market is only 22%, but Techcombank is up to 46%. “The Bank’s NIM is not high, not because of high interest rates, but because of cheap capital costs, high CASA,” he said.

German police check vehicles in the border area. (Photo: AFP / VNA)

The Czech news agency (ČTK) reported that Germany would end the measures border control long-term with the Czech Republic, which has been applied since February 14, due to serious epidemics.

Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Germany Tomáš Kafka said the representative of the German Ministry of Interior informed the Czech diplomatic mission of the decision.

Ambassador Kafka welcomed this decision by the German side, saying that this was not only a step towards a return to normal in Czech-German relations, but also an encouragement in a joint effort to control COVID-19 translation.

German Interior Ministry spokesman Steve Alter said the country was transitioning from a permanent border control regime to random inspection after it found that the disease situation in the Czech Republic had improved significantly. Accordingly, the standing border force will finish the mission at 0:00 on April 15.

However, Mr. Alter stressed that Germany will continue to implement quarantine measures through intensive random inspection in the area. German-Czech border.

Germany has resumed regular border controls with the Czech Republic and the Austrian state of Tyrol since February 14 to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

At that time, Germany had identified both of these regions with a high infection rate variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Germany then stopped long-term border control with the state of Tyrol since the end of March, but has extended this measure to the Czech Republic so far.

On April 14, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said it would extend a series of measures to protect tenants – a group of people believed to be vulnerable, in the context of the COVID epidemic- 19 has a heavy impact on the economy.

These measures will be extended for another Three months.

Under current regulations, tenants will not have a rent increase or termination and may apply for a temporary or partial rent delay if the owner is more than 10. real estate unit, having more than 1,500 square meters of real estate, or being a public institution. They can also renew the lease for an additional six months under the same conditions.

In place since the early days of the epidemic crisis in March 2020, the measures above have been repeatedly extended and will expire on May 9, when the national emergency ends.

During the last year against the COVID-19 pandemic, hundreds of thousands of people in Spain lost their jobs, prompting the government to expand social protection measures.

In Ukraine, the capital Kiev will also extend the blockade until April 30, after the number of deaths and new infections by day continues to increase despite the strict restrictions imposed in March. by.

Medical staff treating patients COVID-19 at a hospital in Lviv, Ukraine. (Photo: AFP / VNA)

According to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, the city government has no other choice because without such a decision the health system will not be able to accommodate the increasing number of patients, thereby increasing the number of patients. deaths caused by COVID-19.

Previously, to control the spread of the epidemic, Kiev restricted public transport services, closed schools, theaters and shopping centers, and banned spectators from coming to monitor events. sports events. Restaurants and cafes are only allowed to operate in the form of door-to-door delivery and recommend all government employees. work from home.

However, despite the imposition of strict restrictions, the number of new infections in Kiev is still higher than in other regions, with approximately 1,500 new infections and more than 40 deaths due to COVID-19 everyday.

Across the country, Ukraine has a total of 1.9 million cases, of which 38,225 have died since the epidemic broke out in the country last year.