Balance of the Wirecard U Committee Is Scholz complicit?

Status: 06/22/2021 5:00 p.m.

The Wirecard committee of inquiry presented its report one year after the accounting scandal became known. But who is politically responsible remains open. The opposition and the Union accuse Finance Minister Scholz. For years the Wirecard Group has been highly praised – an innovative business model, a fantastic sales development, the hope in the Dax. And then almost two billion euros disappeared from the balance sheet practically overnight. “It is a criminal case,” says Matthias Hauer, chairman of the Union in the committee of inquiry. And after seven months of studying the files and questioning witnesses, it is clear that the Union is primarily responsible for the bankruptcy of billions: “Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz and the management of the Federal Ministry of Finance bear political responsibility for the Wirecard scandal,” said Hauer. They knowingly looked the other way when the rumors about irregularities in the Wirecard management made the rounds. Fabio de Masi from the Left puts it even more drastically: “This billions of dollars lie, this Wirecard illusion factory was only conceivable because they organized a political network to hide the fact that there wasn’t much substance under the covers. “ De Masi recalled the countless investors who would have lost a total of more than 20 billion euros in share assets due to the Wirecard bankruptcy.

Opposition demands political consequences

Florian Toncar from the FDP also thinks that someone from politics should have apologized to the injured party: “I think it is a major annoyance for many citizens that in the end there is no one in such scandals who will also stand up admits his own mistakes. ”

But back to Olaf Scholz. As a witness in the committee of inquiry, he had considerable gaps in memory, complained the spokesman for the Union and opposition parties. Lisa Paus from the Greens thinks that Olaf Scholz did not exactly recommend himself as a candidate for Chancellor: “I think that especially in these times Germany needs a leader who can also admit mistakes. And I think that is something that Olaf Scholz is not given. ” Kay Gottschalk from the AfD was the chairman of the committee of inquiry – Union and the other opposition factions attested to having carried out the office professionally and with colleagues. In the matter he also misses political consequences at a higher level. “A minister would have resigned 20 years ago. And that is a cultural change that we are experiencing here in Germany that I do not like,” said Gottschalk.

SPD defends Scholz

And the SPD? It takes its candidate for chancellor out of the political line of fire. The allegations against Scholz are just election campaign noise, says finance politician Cansel Kiziltepe: “Olaf Scholz bears no political responsibility for the Wirecard scandal. And the allegations that have been made have not been confirmed.”

On Friday there is still a Bundestag debate on the political assessment of the scandal – then the public prosecutor has the floor. She is investigating the former management of Wirecard for, among other things, embezzlement, falsification of accounts and fraud committed by gang. It is not yet possible to foresee when there will be criminal proceedings

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Scholz in the Wirecard scandal Political leadership from yesterday

Status: 22.06.2021 5:50 p.m.

Finance Minister Scholz bears political responsibility for the Wirecard scandal. An apology would be appropriate. Because of his antiquated understanding of political leadership, there won’t be.

A comment by Tobias Betz, ARD capital studio

After eight months of the committee of inquiry, the question of political responsibility remains. And that is a fundamental question of political culture. Because there is not a word of regret from the government. Let’s not kid ourselves: this is shameful, but the reality.

The finance minister is politically responsible

Let’s take a look at the situation: The Wirecard case is one of the biggest financial scandals in Germany. At least 24 billion euros in damage. Everything happened in front of the eyes of the responsible authorities, which did not do their job in any way and at any time. And that is why there is certainly someone who is politically responsible – and that is the Federal Minister of Finance in this financial scandal. But Olaf Scholz makes it easy for himself. Not responsible, not involved, more like an observer. He could very well have – and should have – intervened. Because the Ministry of Finance has the legal and technical supervision of the Bafin. This is the financial supervisory authority. And she made gross miscalculations; she even supported Wirecard at times, reported journalists who had clues.

Not ready for self-reflection

Mistakes have been made. And the Scholz Ministry is responsible for ensuring that the financial supervision process works. If it just doesn’t work, then Scholz, as a minister, could be the size and have the courage to admit that mistakes have happened here. Honest words of regret. Society doesn’t really ask that much, a “Mea Culpa!”, “My mistake!” Is often enough. But Scholz is apparently not ready for this kind of error culture, critical self-reflection.

Don’t make any mistakes, least of all admit none

Maybe he’s not ready to do so because of the election campaign. Just don’t make any mistakes, least of all admit any mistakes. Protect yourself, after all, he is a candidate for chancellor. Namely one who advertises to have a lot of government experience. But leadership doesn’t include ironing out and fending off everything. That is an understanding of political leadership from the past. Mistakes happen, people make mistakes and they are allowed to admit them. That would be honest and brave. But as a consequence, calls for resignation like those from the AfD are out of place.

The Chancellor apologized

That promotes this unspeakable error culture in politics. If every mistake immediately costs the post, then it is already clear that there can be no political Mea Culpa. Chancellor Angela Merkel once broke with this culture of mistakes. During the lockdown policy at Easter. She had to withdraw an overnight decision to introduce an additional public holiday. But she didn’t do that quietly and without comment. No, she stood in front of Parliament and apologized in public for it. Apparently this remains an exception. But the Chancellor has the format of a chancellor. Editorial note Comments generally reflect the opinion of the respective author and not that of the editors

Heil is promoting training bonuses There should be no “Corona vintage”

Status: 06/22/2021 05:07

The second year of training since the beginning of the corona pandemic begins in September. The federal government supports training companies with training bonuses, but Labor Minister Heil is still worried about a corona kink on the apprenticeship market. Federal Labor Minister Hubertus Heil sees the German training market facing a critical phase after months of the pandemic. The number of apprenticeships like applicants had already decreased last year, said the minister. Figures from the Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training prove this. The test comes this summer, “Heil told the Funke media group. “We are currently fighting the clock as the training year begins on September 1st.” It is clear: “We are not allowed to allow a Corona class in training.”

6000 euros bonus per apprenticeship position

Many companies were hesitant at the moment because they believed they could not afford apprentices at the moment. Heil called on companies to make greater use of state support offers such as the training bonus. The bonus has been approved for almost 40,000 training positions since last summer.

Heil pointed out that the new protective umbrella for training has been in place since the beginning of June. The premium was also doubled in March. Companies affected by a pandemic that keep their training quota have been receiving EUR 4,000 per apprenticeship position since the beginning of June, and EUR 6,000 for new trainee positions.

According to the Federal Ministry of Labor, the program has a total volume of 410 million euros for the current year. By mid-June, around 88 million euros, almost a fifth, had been paid out

Corona crisis Further help for business in sight

Status: 06/18/2021 5:51 p.m.

The states are urging to continue Corona aid for companies until the end of the year – Federal Minister of Economics Altmaier indicated readiness. Support for domestic exporters has already been extended. There are signs of an extension of the corona aid for companies that have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic. The economics ministers of the federal states demanded that the funds previously planned until the end of September be continued until the end of the year. The federal government pays the previous “Bridging Aid III”.

Extension after the summer break if necessary

Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier (CDU) made it clear after a meeting with his country ministerial colleagues that he is not averse to an extension. One will look at the situation and, if necessary, extend the help after the summer break. The corona aid only applies to companies that can demonstrate a sharp drop in sales and can trace them back to the pandemic. As the economy is currently picking up again and more business is being done again, the number of companies eligible to apply is falling.

Altmaier: So far, 105 billion euros have been transferred

So far, a total of 105 billion euros have been transferred to companies as corona aid, said Altmaier. Roughly half of these are loans and half are grants that do not have to be repaid. In addition, there is money from the federal states. According to Altmaier, the state support has paid off: “Together we managed to prevent a loss of substance in the German economy.”

Against the background of the lower number of infections and the lifting of restrictions, Altmaier said the economy was “coming to a new start faster than many feared”. Growth is picking up – this year it will be 3.5 to 4 percent and in 2022 it will be more than 4 percent. The economy will have reached pre-crisis levels by spring 2022 at the latest. “That means, we are hopefully out of the worst,” said the CDU politician. When the bridging aid, which ran until the end of June, was extended by three months as “bridging aid III plus”, he was in any case in favor of continuing it until the end of the year.

Aid to exporters continues

Meanwhile, the corona aid for domestic exporters has already been extended until the end of the year. They were decided in July 2020 and should actually end this month. “Even if the economic situation has improved significantly in the past few months, the corona pandemic continues to pose challenges for the export industry,” the Ministry of Economics justified the decision. “Some companies are only now feeling the stresses with a delay.”

“Security signal” to the economy

North Rhine-Westphalia’s Minister of Economic Affairs, Andreas Pinkwart, spoke out in favor of continuing to support sectors such as the trade fair industry. After all, they would “presumably not yet be able to work in the fourth quarter in the way they normally would at normal times”. In addition, the FDP politician considers the extension of the bridging aid to be a good precaution for possible rising incidences in autumn. Then you would “not have to put on a new program from the hip”, but would have already been prepared. Saarland’s Minister of Economic Affairs, Anke Rehlinger, considers the prospect of the extension of the aid to be “a protective signal” to the economy. “We have to take care of the industries that are still suffering from the pandemic.” She stressed that the time should be used to prepare for all eventualities in autumn and winter. Should one be forced to make restrictions again because of the pandemic, there could be “other, smarter measures” that would take into account aspects such as a high vaccination rate.

Situation in trade fair industry “catastrophic”

The corona pandemic hit large parts of the German economy hard. In the meantime, things are looking a little better again, also because restrictions have been relaxed and restaurants and cafes are open again, for example. However, the situation in some sectors such as the trade fair industry is still very tense.

Jörn Holtmeier, managing director of the trade fair association AUMA, described the situation in his branch as “catastrophic”. The first industry get-togethers would take place again in September, but the number of trade fairs until the end of the year was clear. There have been many rejections. “If a stand builder finally gets another order for his first trade fair in November or December, but then does not receive any more money from the state in October, this can extremely worsen the already tense financial situation of his company.” Then company bankruptcies are possible. It is mainly about stand builders, caterers and private trade fair organizers. Exhibition companies that belong to municipalities and the state are not entitled to federal corona aid.

Around 231,000 employees

Holtmeier is also in favor of extending the aid until the end of the year. This was just a safety net, he said. “Some companies will get orders again beforehand and make sales, they will not have to use the help.”

According to AUMA, Germany’s trade fair industry has around 231,000 employees. This not only includes organizers and stand builders, but also companies with a strong trade fair business – a hotel, for example, which does most of its business with trade fair visitors, is proportionately included in the number of employees. Since March 2020, according to the Ifo Institute, the crisis in the trade fair industry has led to economic damage of an estimated 40 billion euros: Dealers could no longer buy anything at the industry get-togethers, and there were no more visitors who would spend money on restaurant visits, hotel stays or taxi rides

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung chaired the State management briefing in the second quarter of 2021. Source: mic.gov.vn Accordingly, currently fighting against the Covid-19 epidemic has changed from being the main defense to the main attack; the attack on all 3 shots: Active testing even when there is no epidemic and rapid testing; switch from encouraging to mandatory use of some key technologies; Vaccines are the decisive attack. Action motto from “5K + vaccine” to “5K + vaccine + technology”. According to Minister Nguyen Manh Hung, technology is important to apply before the epidemic, because it is like a “night watch” to protect people, so that when the epidemic breaks out, we have data to detect quickly. close contacts, not large-scale isolation. Therefore, the Ministry of Information and Communications must work closely with the Ministry of Health to propagate so that people understand that the application of technology is a factor to ensure successful epidemic prevention and control. Technology must be applied in the stages of medical declaration, entry, testing, tracing, isolation, vaccination; even technological solutions to measure and warn about a well-ventilated working environment, reducing the risk of infection. Along with that, it is necessary to strengthen persuasion for people to understand and voluntarily use and not abuse administrative measures. The Minister of Information and Communications also emphasized that technology is a lot but must not cause trouble for people, that is, it must be re-integrated through a single portal, people only have to do it once. The establishment of the Technology Center for Covid-19 prevention and control is also for that purpose. Technology must bring benefits to the people, the community and the value brought must be greater than the cost. Technology is not an investment to take advantage of, not an additional cost for the budget, for the business or organization, but for the technology to create added value.

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung. Speaking at the online conference on state management in the second quarter of 2021 held recently by the Ministry of Information and Communications, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung emphasized the need to clean up cyberspace. The head of the Ministry of Information and Communications noted that localities, ministries and branches must closely monitor and make the cyberspace in their localities and their industries clean and healthy. “In the real world we have been doing pretty well, we have to do the same thing in the digital world,” Hung said. The leader of the Ministry of Information and Communications also pointed out the fact that many ministries, branches, localities and some Departments of Information and Communications have not actively participated in cleaning up cyberspace. Cyberspace is the space of all fields, all ministries, branches and localities, it is not the space of the information and communication industry. “Many gaps exist in cyberspace and are being exploited. A lot of individuals and organizations are being hurt in cyberspace and this ‘pain’ is the first responsibility, first of all, of the Ministry of Information and Communications. “, said Minister Nguyen Manh Hung. Affirming the responsibility of the Ministry of Information and Communications to maintain the health of this new space, the Minister assigned Deputy Minister Hoang Vinh Bao and Deputy Minister Nguyen Huy Dung to discuss with each other so that this July, they will issue instructions on how to do and necessary tools to ensure the health of the entire country’s cyberspace, promulgating documents related to other ministries, branches, localities and other fields. Minister Nguyen Manh Hung requested that one of the things that needs to be done immediately to ensure the health of cyberspace is the movement of individuals, businesses, and organizations… to clean platforms. The Ministry of Information and Communications has to do the task of evaluating and announcing clean platforms. Departments and departments in charge of any field will set evaluation criteria and announce clean platforms in their fields. “The press and media system of the whole country must actively propagate and propagate daily so that people, organizations and businesses move to a healthier environment. Although we are late, we must strongly clean up the living environment in cyberspace and don’t leave it too late,” the Minister emphasized. Regarding the issue of “telecommunications garbage”, at this meeting, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung assigned Deputy Minister Phan Tam to take the strongest measures to thoroughly handle in 2021 the problem of junk SIM, news Spam messages, spam calls… “Mobile phone numbers will be used as digital identifiers, user identifiers on social platforms, mobile money payments, so the phone number must be correctly identified,” Minister Nguyen Manh Hung pointed out. religion.

Volunteers injecting experimental vaccine Covivac. Photo: General Writing Domestic vaccines can reach 20-30 million doses/year According to the Ministry of Health, so far, the country has two manufacturers researching and developing vaccines against Covid-19.
The Nanocovax vaccine of the Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Joint Stock Company has been approved for a phase 3 clinical trial (TNLS). In the past few days, the Military Medical Academy has administered experimental injections to volunteers aged 18.
According to the research outline, phase 3 will test on about 13,000 volunteers in many provinces and cities such as Hanoi, Hung Yen, Long An, Tien Giang, etc. In the North, the Military Medical Academy will act as the focal point for deployment. at Military Medical Hospital 103 and Hung Yen province’s preventive health center deployed locally. The southern area will be professionally handled by the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, in collaboration with the preventive health centers of Long An and Tien Giang provinces.
At the Military Medical Academy, there are currently more than 6,000 volunteers registered to participate in the trial, of which more than 600 people have been screened and are eligible to participate. In the immediate future, in the first phase of the TNLS phase 3, the Military Medical Academy will test 1,000 people. According to the Military Medical Academy, before that, in stages 1 and 2 of the Nano Covax vaccine trial, 100% of people who injected immunity were protected against the attack of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
In the phase 3 trial, the Nano Covax vaccine was administered to volunteers from 18 years of age, and there was no maximum age limit for the trial participants. Currently, the oldest person to register for TNLS injection phase 3 is 83 years old. Nano Covax vaccine will also be administered to volunteers with chronic diseases such as hypertension, diabetes (stable disease, do not inject during acute phase) to evaluate the results of immunogenicity. fluid, post-injection reaction… The results of the phase 3 clinical trial are the basis for the Ministry of Health to grant emergency permits and widely inject people to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic, which is expected in the fourth quarter of this year. Earlier, during a working visit to the Military Medical Academy, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue asked the Military Medical Academy to continue to closely coordinate with relevant ministries and sectors to urgently accelerate the implementation of clinical trials. Preparing phase 3 of Nanocovax vaccine, striving for early results to have a preventive vaccine for the community. However, when manufacturing, vaccines must ensure superiority in antibody generation time, with the shortest number of days; minimize side effects to a minimum, especially for people with weak health and underlying diseases; at the same time, must be able to resist and destroy future mutations. In addition, the COVIVAC vaccine of the Nha Trang Institute of Vaccines and Biologicals, is currently in the first phase of the TNLS and is about to be transferred to the second phase of research in Thai Binh.
According to the Ministry of Health, the COVIVAC vaccine is expected to produce about 6 million doses per year and can increase capacity when invested. Meanwhile, with the Nanocovax vaccine, which is expected to produce about 20-30 million doses per year, Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology Joint Stock Company can increase its capacity when invested.
A vaccine is coming soon that only requires one dose
Information from the Department of Science and Technology (Ministry of Health), a Vietnamese enterprise has discussed and negotiated with the US manufacturer on conditions for transferring technology to produce Covid-19 vaccine from mRNA essence. It is known that this vaccine only needs to be injected with a single dose of 5 mg, has high protection (based on the results of TNLS phase 1, 2), has a storage temperature of 20 – 80 degrees Celsius, currently the vaccine has been tested. end of trial phase 1, 2).
The first factory following the manufacturer’s technology standards will increase the capacity of 100-200 million doses/year, and is expected to start production from the end of 2021 or the first quarter of 2022. In addition, the No. 1 Vaccine and Biological Products Company Limited (VABIOTECH) is also negotiating with a Japanese partner to receive the transfer of vaccine production technology to Vietnam. In addition, VABIOTECH signed an agreement with the Direct Investment Fund of the Russian Federation on the closure of Sputnik-V Covid-19 vaccine tubes from semi-finished products with a scale of 5 million doses/month starting from July 2021. , towards transferring production technology with the scale of 100 million doses/year.
According to Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long, vaccines are an important weapon to bring life back to normal. Therefore, the Politburo has a policy on import, research, production and technology transfer for vaccines. Along with creating maximum conditions and quickly solving procedures for businesses and localities to import vaccines, Vietnam also promotes research and domestic production of vaccines. Vietnam is one of the first four countries in the world to isolate the SARS-CoV-2 virus, paving the way for research and production of vaccines, and many positive prospects for people to soon receive domestic vaccines. In addition, the Ministry of Health has worked with many foreign partners, negotiated to buy vaccine copyrights, transfer technology so that Vietnam can get the vaccine as soon as possible and be independent in the source of vaccines used in the country.
Recently, the Ministry of Health has negotiated with Johnson & Johnson Corporation with the hope that this unit will transfer technology to set up a vaccine factory in Vietnam. According to Minister Nguyen Thanh Long, many large corporations in Vietnam want to participate in the global vaccine supply chain. Vietnam is also one of more than 40 countries that can produce vaccines for the vaccination needs of the people, so the vaccine production experience of Vietnamese factories is guaranteed. Vietnam’s national vaccine management system (NRA) has also been certified as meeting standards by the World Health Organization (WHO). Johnson & Johnson’s side commits that after working with the Ministry of Health, it will make efforts to implement solutions to speed up the supply process through the COVAX mechanism, so that Vietnam can have Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine as soon as possible. However, Minister Nguyen Thanh Long also said that, to ensure vaccine security, one of the very important issues is to ensure a sustainable financial source for vaccines. Therefore, the Minister wishes that the community, authorities and businesses continue to support the Vaccine Fund. Vietnam has self-produced many vaccines and put them into the expanded vaccination program, contributing to the eradication and repelling of many dangerous diseases. This is the premise for the successful production of a Covid-19 vaccine. In fact, the research and production of vaccines against Covid-19 faces many difficulties and challenges, but this is the inevitable path we must go if we want to actively supply vaccines to serve the people. Over the past time, the Ministry of Health and State management agencies have created all conditions for administrative procedures for units to conduct vaccine production in the most favorable way. We can fully expect a “made in Vietnam” vaccine because at the moment, everything is going well.

Senior Advisor of the Center for Emergency Response to Public Health Events, Assoc. Tran Dac Phu The success of a vaccine depends not only on the manufacturer, researcher, and manager, but also on the social community. Therefore, we call for the cooperation of society, all people with the health sector to have a clinical trial research program, first of all, to be safe and effective to have a product soon. vaccines produced by Vietnam for the community.

Deputy Director of the Department of Science, Technology and Investment (Ministry of Health), Dr. Nguyen Ngo Quang

Assets in Dubai Scholz can buy data on tax fraud

Status: 11.06.2021 5:57 p.m.

Finance Minister Scholz has initiated an explosive deal. An anonymous informant obtained data on thousands of Germans who own assets in Dubai. It is about uncovering tax fraud, said Scholz. Federal Finance Minister Olaf Scholz wants to intensify the fight against tax fraud. “At my instigation, the Federal Central Tax Office procured a CD containing tax-relevant data from the Emirate of Dubai,” he said in Berlin. These data would soon be evaluated by the federal states. It is about uncovering possible crimes such as tax fraud. “Tax evasion is not a trivial offense, but a criminal act.”

Exclusive 08/12/2020

Assets hidden from the tax authorities?

The “Spiegel” had first reported on the process. An anonymous informant offered the data. The purchase cost the Federal Central Tax Office around two million euros. According to the magazine, millions of taxpayers are said to be affected, including several thousand Germans who, among other things, have land and real estate in the Gulf emirate. The data provided insights into assets that were hidden from the tax authorities in Dubai, according to the ministry report. In addition to clearing up criminal offenses, the data also ensured that the tax authorities would have full access to cross-border transactions. This would avoid loss of income.

07/12/2019

Handover to the federal states next week

After the secret handover of the material, the data is now, according to the “Spiegel” report, at the Federal Central Tax Office in Bonn. Next week they should be sent to the tax authorities of the federal states so that they can examine aspects of criminal tax law and, if necessary, initiate investigations. So far, only federal states had bought tax data. The then North Rhine-Westphalian finance minister and today’s SPD leader Norbert Walter-Borjans bought several tax data CDs. He was NRW Minister of Finance from 2010 to 2017.

Nationwide electricity generation Coal is overtaking wind power again

Status: 06/11/2021 1:53 p.m.

A spring without storms has led to a decline in wind energy. Coal grew to become the most important energy source in the country in the first quarter. At the same time, the demand for electricity is increasing, says Minister of Economic Affairs Altmaier. Electricity production using coal in Germany overtook wind power again in the first quarter of 2021. According to the Federal Statistical Office, a “windless spring” resulted in almost a third less electricity from wind power. According to the authorities, the gap has been filled by increasing electricity generation from coal and natural gas power plants. From January to March inclusive, a total of 138.2 billion kilowatt hours of electricity was generated and fed into the grid. According to preliminary results from the Federal Office, that was 2.6 percent less than in the first quarter of 2020.

Coal, gas and nuclear power dominate

While the electricity in the same period last year came mainly from renewable energy sources such as wind power, biogas and sun (51.4 percent), coal, gas and nuclear energy dominated at the beginning of this year (59.3 percent). With a share of 28.9 percent of the total amount of electricity fed into the grid, coal was the most important energy source for electricity generation in Germany in the first quarter of this year. The amount of electricity generated in coal-fired power plants increased by more than a quarter (26.8 percent) to almost 40 billion kilowatt hours compared to the same period in the previous year. The amount of electricity from natural gas increased by 24 percent to 22.5 billion kilowatt hours. In contrast, there was a strong minus of almost a third (32.4 percent) in wind power: The feed-in of 33.5 billion kilowatt hours was the lowest value for this energy source for a first quarter since 2018. In the two previous years, there was wind power significantly higher values ​​achieved due to strong spring storms.

Altmaier sees increased demand for electricity

Meanwhile, Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier admitted that his department had so far underestimated how much the demand for electricity in Germany is likely to increase in the course of the energy transition. “Due to the more stringent climate targets in Germany and the EU, we have to assume a significantly higher electricity demand than was previously assumed,” said the CDU politician to Wirtschaftswoche. “My house will submit new calculations for this.” Altmaier said that more energy must be produced, “from all available renewable sources: wind power and photovoltaics”. Altmaier said that he would present specific proposals on how offshore wind power on the high seas and other renewable energies could be expanded more than previously planned. For “green hydrogen” for use in the steel industry or the expansion of electromobility, many experts believe that significantly more electricity will be required in the coming years, which should come from renewable energies.

SPD puts pressure on

The SPD criticized Altmaier: “For months now, the SPD and the entire German industry and energy sector have been calling on the Federal Minister of Economics in vain to anchor realistic electricity requirements and a correspondingly ambitious expansion of wind power and photovoltaics in the EEG,” said parliamentary group vice-president Matthias Miersch of the dpa news agency. If Altmaier now announces new proposals, which can only then be implemented by the next federal government, it is “poor” and unworthy of a federal minister of economics, according to Miersch. The SPD had already submitted proposals months ago which, based on realistic electricity consumption, determine the associated expansion paths for green electricity up to 2030 and contain funds for acquiring space and accelerating it. “We could implement this next week,” said the politician.

Thai people get vaccinated against Covid-19 at Bang Sue Station in Bangkok. (Photo by Bangkok Post Office) On June 15, Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha apologized to the people for delays in the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination program and said there were many reasons for the delay. this late. The Bangkok Post quoted Prayut as saying that the Thai government only received small batches of vaccines, not large batches at the same time. At the same time, vaccine shortages and delay in vaccination schedules only occur at vaccination sites with high vaccination capacity and have used up allotted vaccines. According to Prayut, the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines cannot be done quickly, and the production and quality control of vaccines are very time consuming. Many other countries in the world also have this problem. In addition, Thailand’s vaccination program was also adjusted to speed up the vaccination of high-risk groups in epidemic areas, thereby controlling the epidemic and protecting the activities of health workers. machine. This also affects some people who have previously registered for the Covid-19 vaccine. In addition, the vaccination process also involves many agencies and organizations, and misunderstandings can occur in the immunization coordination process. Prayut said those who had already registered for the vaccine but had their appointment rescheduled would not have to re-register and their registration would remain valid. He said: “As the Prime Minister and Director of the Thai Center for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA), I am the commander-in-chief of the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in Thailand. I apologize for the problems that have occurred and I will take full responsibility.” Prayut said the government has distributed 7 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to provinces across the country and so far 6.5 million doses have been administered to people. He affirmed that he also closely follows information about vaccinations and does his best to solve problems that arise. “We will find ways to solve the problems to ensure the maximum benefit for the people and reduce their anxiety,” he said. The Thai government has now ordered 100 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to immunize about 50 million people, or 70% of the country’s population, this year. Prayut confirmed that Thailand will order more vaccines to be able to increase the number of people vaccinated to 80 to 90% of the population next year.

On June 13, the media reported an interesting moment at the recent G7 summit. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson was accidentally “attacked” on the beach while attending the summit. A seagull flew near the British Prime Minister Johnson, and then dropped the excrement accurately, which happened to fall on Johnson’s shoulder. Johnson panicked, and quickly looked down at his clothes. This detail was forwarded by the international media one after another, and the picture was full of sense. It became a big anecdote at the G7 summit.

After Johnson was hit by seagull guano, in order to make things more interesting, many foreign netizens used P-picture technology to put a lot of white guano on Prime Minister Johnson’s suit, plus his flowing hairstyle. People laugh and cry. Although the P pictures of foreign netizens are not true, they describe the matter very vividly. At the G7 summit, Johnson became the focus of media from all over the world. On the one hand, because the United Kingdom is the host, on the other hand, there were serious differences between the United Kingdom and the European Union over the trade issue of Northern Ireland.

Since the UK has initiated the Brexit procedure in the past few years, the UK and the EU have been negotiating for several years around the specific implementation of Brexit, and most of the controversial issues have been resolved. But on the issue of the Brexit trade agreement in Northern Ireland, serious differences have occurred between the UK and the EU. German Chancellor Merkel and French President Macron held one-on-one talks with Johnson in order to persuade Britain to agree to the EU’s plan, but the conversation between the two parties was not pleasant.

Merkel and Macron suggested that Johnson implement the relevant provisions on Northern Ireland in accordance with the provisions of the Brexit agreement. But Johnson insisted that these clauses violated British principles and harmed Britain’s economic interests. European Union countries such as Germany and France immediately proposed that if the United Kingdom refuses to implement the Brexit trade terms for Northern Ireland, the European Union will consider launching a trade war against the United Kingdom, imposing economic sanctions on London, and imposing high tariffs on British exports to the EU , And canceled part of the economic cooperation agreement reached between the EU and the UK last year.

The EU’s statement obviously has a somewhat threatening taste to the United Kingdom, which is unacceptable to President Johnson, who has always had a strong personality. He said that the EU must make concessions, otherwise, the UK will overturn important parts of the terms of the previous negotiations between the two parties and bring the entire Brexit agreement into a new deadlock. Johnson went to meet with Biden as soon as he had finished fighting with Merkel Macron. During the two talks, Johnson said that it was inappropriate for Britain to take an excessively burdensome approach to trade issues in Northern Ireland after Brexit.

At the same time, British Foreign Secretary Raab also stated that the EU should be more flexible and pragmatic when implementing the Brexit agreement. The implication is that the EU’s ideas are too subjective and have fallen outside the scope of feasible. Obviously, a big problem has arisen between the UK and the EU around the detailed rules of Brexit. If coupled with the previous disputes between Britain and France over island fishing rights, the French side threatened to cut off the electricity supply to the British islands and countered Britain’s deportation of French fishermen. Britain hopes to revitalize the British economy and reshape Britain’s status through Brexit. It now appears that Johnson was not only smashed by bird droppings, but also in great trouble.

On June 15, the Department of Health of Ninh Binh province deployed the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination including 14,330 doses for priority subjects according to Resolution No. 21 of the Government; of which there are more than 8,000 doses for the 1st injection, the remaining more than 7,000 doses are for the 2nd injection cases when they are eligible for injection 8-12 weeks apart. The second phase of COVID-19 vaccination at the Children’s Hospital of Ninh Binh province. Photo: Hai Yen/VNA. Dong Thap province deployed Astra Zeneca vaccine for the 3rd phase of COVID-19 disease, with 30,000 doses allocated from the Ministry of Health, of which 27,000 doses are expected to be injected in the first dose and 3,000 doses in the second injection. prescribed in accordance with Resolution 21/NQ-CP of the Government, including: Subjects who are absent or delayed in injection in the 2nd round; frontline force for epidemic prevention and control; essential service providers; Teachers and administrative units often come into contact with many people. Master Tran Van Hai – Director of the Center for Disease Control of Dong Thap province said that this activity was carried out urgently and earlier than the original plan from July 5. Dong Nai province will use 17,450 doses to inject the second dose for more than 20,000 people. The remaining 11,450 doses will be administered to about 13,500 people in priority groups. The duration of the second phase of COVID-19 vaccination in the province is expected to last from June 12 to June 30. Vaccination sites at 170 health stations in communes, wards and towns… COVID-19 vaccine fund received VND 5,126 billion According to the Management Board of the COVID-19 Vaccine Fund, as of 5pm on June 15, the fund has received 5,126 billion VND (including foreign currency conversion) with a total of 306,791 organizations and individuals contributed. Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phuc said that the COVID-19 vaccine fund operates not for profit, uses capital for the right purposes and in accordance with the provisions of the law, ensuring publicity and transparency. Economical, efficient. The Fund is subject to the inspection, inspection and audit of financial activities by state management agencies in charge of finance and State Audit; supervision of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and the community. According to the Ministry of Finance, to vaccinate 75 million people, about 25,200 billion VND is needed; in which the budget has already prepared more than 14,000 billion VND and needs about 11,000 billion VND more. Japan will provide 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam On June 15, Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi announced that the country would directly and freely provide 1 million doses of a domestically produced COVID-19 vaccine under license from AstraZeneca Plc. (UK) for Vietnam. Speaking at a regular press conference in Tokyo, Minister Motegi said that Japan has received requests for vaccine support from many countries and regions. According to Motegi, Japan made the decision to grant a COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam based on a comprehensive review of the epidemic situation in Vietnam, the shortage of vaccines and the relationship between Vietnam and Japan. Minister Motegi said the above batch of COVID-19 vaccine will be shipped from Japan to Vietnam on June 16. Earlier, on June 2, Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide announced that Japan would provide 30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to other countries. In addition to providing vaccines, Japan also plans to help developing countries build cold storage chains, allowing the transport and storage of vaccines at low temperatures. On the afternoon of June 15, Vietnam had 213 new cases of COVID-19 On June 15, Vietnam recorded 402 new cases. As of 6pm on June 15, Vietnam had a total of 9,566 domestic cases and 1,646 imported cases. Number of new cases from April 27 to now: 7,996 cases, of which 1,765 patients have been announced to be cured. Screening test for people with COVID-19. Photo: VNA. There are 23 provinces (Yen Bai, Quang Ngai, Dong Nai, Quang Ninh, Quang Nam, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Nam Dinh, Hoa Binh, Tuyen Quang, Son La, Ninh Binh, Thanh Hoa, Thai Nguyen, Hung Yen, Hai Phong, Tay Ninh, Gia Lai, Bac Lieu, Dien Bien, Dak Lak, Dong Thap, Tra Vinh) have not recorded new cases for 14 days. The number of tests from April 29, 2021 to now, has done 2,171,076 samples for 4,818,269 turns of people. Currently, the number of negative cases for SARS-CoV-2 is 497. To date, Vietnam has recorded 61 deaths related to COVID-19. The number of cured cases is 4,543 cases.

Photo: Reuters Specifically, when asked about the possibility of Amazon and Facebook being affected by the new proposal, Ms. Yellen said: “It will include companies with large profits and those companies mentioned above, I believe, will be in the bottom line. among affected companies by almost any definition.” Photo: Reuters A joint agreement by the G7 finance ministers recently said it would solve the tax avoidance problem of “the largest and most profitable multinational enterprises”. Reuters says Amazon has a lower profit margin than most other tech giants, and European countries are concerned that Amazon could avoid additional taxes with the US’s initial proposals to the G7. Photo: Forbes For its part, Facebook is open to the changes the G7 team is discussing. The largest social network on the planet also accepts the fact that it may pay more taxes in many countries, Nick Clegg, Facebook’s global affairs director, told Reuters . Photo: Variety “Facebook has long called for a global tax overhaul and welcomes the significant changes introduced by the G7,” Clegg said on Twitter. “Today’s agreement is an important first step toward certainty for business and improving public confidence in the world tax system.”

“However, it is still too early to announce the modernization of the Su-57”, said Major General Vladimir Popov, member of the Expert Council of the movement “Strong Russia”, Honored Military Pilot. launched and added, so far only 3 squadrons are flying this new generation fighter. “Here, we are most likely talking about the completion of the second-stage engines. By the end of the year they are expected to enter series production with characteristics that are true to the standards of the 5th generation aircraft.” “Today, the Su-57 flies on the AL-41F1S for 4+ generation fighters, despite its high maneuverability thanks to thrust vector control, a new engine has been produced for it, went through testing and the certification was practically passed,” Popov said in an interview with PolitExpert. The upgraded version of the Su-57 is most likely just a second-stage engine integration Now the central question regarding when to put the new engine into production is decided. Boris Popov suggests that Minister Manturov is most likely alluding to this when talking about the modernization of the Su-57. Phase two engines have been included in the project, but their creation is being delayed. “It has to do with economic issues at home and abroad, especially when Western rivals have come a long way. But now this period is over. We are completely independent. production, testing new engines and getting ready for mass production,” Major General Popov explained. “Currently in practice, operational experience is being gathered when the characteristics of the aircraft are confirmed,” emphasized Popov. “It’s not the test engineers that prepare the aircraft, but the technical staff who work directly in the unit. This is like another human quality. In this case, some nuances emerge, those New processes are being approved, parts or even systems are changing,” said the honorary pilot. “Two years have passed since these aircraft entered service with Air Force units. There have been a number of minor changes that need to be made to the structure. This is also a type of modernization for the Air Force. for the Su-57”, Major General Vladimir Popov concluded.

Countries are looking for ways to encourage people to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Photo: Getty Starting May 27, the first two million Californians to get vaccinated will each receive $50 in cash or a gift card. California Governor Gavin Newsom said this is part of an effort to promote vaccination as the state prepares to fully reopen the economy on June 15. “I announce the application of incentive cards. Two million cards will be applied on a first-come, first-served basis. If you’re 12 or older, you can get a credit card or $50 cash,” Newsom said. 10 Californians vaccinated before June 15 also have a chance to win a $1.5 million lottery prize. States and private organizations across the country also offer a variety of incentives to convince people to get vaccinated, from free baseball tickets and beer, to college scholarships and cash. Meanwhile in Iraq, the private sector is also launching initiatives to support the government’s vaccination program. A cafe in the capital Baghdad announced free service to customers who have been vaccinated. You just need to show the vaccination certificate, you will be served free delicious coffee in the shop. Shop owner Yasser Alaa said the initiative was meant to emphasize the importance of vaccination. “I think we should expand the initiatives. Life is returning to normal thanks to vaccines. We have no weapons other than vaccines in this battle. We want to urge people to understand the importance of vaccines,” Alaa said. In Chile, if you get the vaccine, you will receive a “travel pass”, which allows you to move freely within the country. “This helps to make it easier for people who have had enough vaccinations to meet and have more contact with their loved ones,” said Chile’s health minister. However, there are limits to who can receive the card. They are not allowed to travel during the curfew, respecting public health regulations. Other measures including wearing masks and social distancing must still be observed. Freedom of movement does not include travel abroad, and the “Travel Pass” will use a QR code, allowing the government to change people’s status instantly if they become infected. The European Union’s “digital certification of Covid-19”, which requires users to have a Covid-19 vaccine, is expected to take effect from July 1, is also a motivation for people to European countries speed up vaccine coverage. There is still a fear of vaccination not only in Africa but also in developed countries such as Europe or the US. Practically any vaccine has an adverse reaction. This is true for every drug, pharmaceutical, and even food. However, according to the assessment of the World Health Organization, the risks posed by vaccines are much lower than the benefits. The incidence of adverse reactions is very low. Therefore, we should not be too concerned to ignore a powerful weapon in the fight against this dangerous virus.

From the beginning of the fourth epidemic until now, the Department of Science, Technology and Training (Ministry of Health) has also directed health human resource training institutions nationwide to prepare and be ready to mobilize staff and lecturers. , students and students volunteered to participate in the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic. On May 27, the Ministry of Health mobilized staff, lecturers, trainees and students to volunteer to support the provinces of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh with the number of volunteers supporting 375 people. In which, Hanoi Medical University has 120 people, Thai Nguyen University of Medicine and Pharmacy has 104 people, Vietnam Academy of Traditional Medicine has 36 people, Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy has 65 people, University Nursing Nam Dinh has 50 people. The delegations were present in Bac Giang province today. Particularly, the delegation of Nam Dinh University of Nursing will be present tomorrow (May 28). Currently, 1,976 officials and students from 15 universities and colleges of medicine and pharmacy are participating in epidemic prevention and control activities in 13 provinces and cities: Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, Hanoi, and Ho Chi Minh City. Minh, Hai Phong, Nam Dinh, Thai Binh, Can Tho, Da Nang, Quang Nam, Binh Dinh, Thua Thien – Hue, Dien Bien, K Hospital and assist the Department of Preventive Medicine (Ministry of Health) in implementing Currently monitoring, evaluating and reporting epidemic developments by provinces. As of 12 p.m. on May 27, 34 training institutions have informed the Department of Science, Technology and Training (Ministry of Health) the number of officials, lecturers, students and students who are willing to participate in supporting the department. , against the Covid-19 epidemic when mobilized was 23,888 people. Step 1: Visit https://www.bluezone.gov.vn or download directly at App Store or CH Play. Step 2: Once downloaded, the application will ask for permission to use Bluetooth to record contact with other Bluezone installed users. If Bluetooth is not open, drag the status bar and turn on Bluetooth; or go to Settings, select Bluetooth and turn it on. Step 3: Once the installation is done, click Scan Around. If someone near you less than 2m has used Bluezone, the application will automatically identify these users and put them in the contact list.

Mr. Vien Long Binh, aged 91, is considered the father of hybrid rice. Photo: CCTV. “We recognize and highly appreciate the contributions of Professor and Academician Vien Long Binh to the world agricultural science in general and China in particular, especially appreciate the results of hybridization to create The world’s first hybrid rice was developed in 1973. With this success, he has helped nearly 20% of the world’s population escape hunger and contributed to making China one of the world’s leading rice producers,” said Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan. First letter of condolence, sent on May 23, 2021, to the family of the late Professor, Academician Yuan Longping and the Chinese agricultural industry. Mr. Yuan Longping was born in 1930, is China’s leading agricultural scientist on hybrid rice. He and his colleagues have contributed to bringing rice yield from 4.5 tons/ha to 15 tons/ha. This is considered the key to helping China solve the food security problem for more than a billion people in this country. Thanks to the late Professor Vien Long Binh, hybrid rice has been replicated throughout Africa, America and Asia. In Vietnam, the first generation of hybrid rice that was put into wide production was the variety Bac Uu 64 (also known as Tap Giao 4 – TG4), starting in the early 1990s. Thanks to this variety, along with the following varieties. such as San uu 63 (called Tap Giao 1), San uu Que 99 (Tap Giao 5), Vietnam has stabilized domestic food. After nearly ten years of access, our country has self-produced high-quality hybrid rice varieties such as HYT100, HYT 57, LC2, LC3, especially VL20 and TH3-3. However, the pioneer in the development of hybrid rice still belongs to the late Professor Vien Long Binh. Minister Le Minh Hoan continued: “In his working life, Professor, Academician Vien Long Binh has visited, worked, and supported projects/programs on hybrid rice many times, and trained staff. Research and technology transfer for Vietnam’s agricultural industry These are solid agricultural scientific foundations, gradually contributing to poverty reduction, ensuring food security and creating an export miracle. rice export of Vietnam”. At the end of the letter, Minister Hoan expressed his gratitude to the man who is considered the father of hybrid rice: “In the face of infinite grief, on behalf of Vietnam’s agricultural industry and in my personal name, I would like to send to the whole family of Mr. and the Chinese agriculture industry deeply condolences for this great loss and grief.”

On May 21, G7 pledged to completely stop funding coal-fired power plants. On May 21, environment ministers from the Group of Top Industrialized Countries (G7) agreed to take concrete steps by the end of the year to stop government funding for coal-fired power plants as part of efforts to curb global warming. In a statement after the two-day video conference, the G7 environment ministers said: “(We) are committed to taking concrete steps towards an absolute end to the new direct government assistance. for international coal-fired power generation by the end of 2021, including through Official Development Assistance (ODA), export finance, investment, financial support and trade promotion” . However, the statement did not mention the possibility of phasing out coal-fired power generation, leading analysts to believe that the G7’s call would have little impact on global efforts to tackle the problem. climate change issue. The removal of government support for fossil fuel financing, which emits large amounts of greenhouse gases that warm the Earth, is seen as essential to limiting the growth of fossil fuels. global temperature increase at 1.5 degrees Celsius, above pre-industrial levels. (according to Kyodo)

Working session between Minister Le Minh Hoan and NNVN Newspaper on the morning of May 22. Photo: Dinh Tung. On the morning of May 22, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan visited and worked at the Newspaper Vietnamese culture . Also attending were Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Hiep and leaders of some units in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. ‘The mission of the press is to transmit multidimensional information’ Minister Le Minh Hoan is a regular newspaper writer under the familiar pseudonym Cyclo. Therefore, when talking with staff, reporters, editors and employees of the Newspaper, Vietnamese culture , he did not talk much about the responsibilities and functions of the newspaper in general. Instead, Minister Le Minh Hoan spends most of his time sharing inspirational stories about journalism. “Why did the founder of Apple Corporation use the apple logo as a logo? Because, life is not perfect and each of us has to work to make the dent fill up. up”. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan. Photo: Dinh Tung. The minister raised the issue and continued: “Because nothing is perfect, we have room to think, create and answer the questions why, why and why?”. When journalists go to the fields, wade fields, and meet relatives, they must always ask the question, why are farmers still poor? Why is the countryside undeveloped? Why is the agricultural value chain broken? Why do we want to eat clean but the food is not safe?… Minister Le Minh Hoan said: Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung – Minister of Information and Communications said a very good sentence: “The word question will stimulate discovery and investigation”. Good journalists know how to ask good questions. Sometimes the question is more important than the answer. In front of the team of journalists Vietnamese culture, Mr. Le Minh Hoan emphasized: “Once upon a time, journalism was a tool for propaganda, but later on, we realized that the mission of the press is not only one-way communication but a multi-dimensional information transmission channel. “. It is information from life that will lead to the adjustment of the leader’s decision. If that transmission channel is blocked, it will be difficult to grasp the voice of life. Elevating the role of the press in the current era, the Commander of the Agriculture and Rural Development sector said: The development of the press and media will create added value for the connected economy. If we do well, we can activate an entire society, activate classes, change production and business models. “Journalists themselves contribute to creating added value for agriculture by communicating new models, new ways of doing things, and new products,” said Minister Le Minh Hoan. “The value of a product includes cost and intangible factors such as local traditions, history, culture… And we not only sell products but also emotions to consumers.” . Therefore, journalists also need to know how to breathe life into the products. In order for readers to have feelings about their work, journalists first need to read a lot, travel a lot, be moved and be moved by the things they witness. For example, when propagating about building a new countryside, we should not put too much emphasis on 19 criteria, on infrastructure. “New rural propaganda is about both the core and the soul”. When returning to the locality, do not see the new concrete road, the new cultural house, the new bridge, the new medical station but rush to rejoice. The village must retain its soul, retain its walls of green trees, a fresh environment, a harmony between people, nature and socio-cultural institutions. “If the city is the place to compare the level of civilization, the village is the place to compare the history and culture of the nation”, the Minister shared. Multimedia press agency Newspaper Editor-in-Chief Vietnamese culture Nguyen Ngoc Thach said that in October 2020, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development approved the Project on Development and Management of Newspapers. Vietnamese culture to 2025, with orientation to 2030 to realize the development goals of the Newspaper Vietnamese culture “becoming a multi-media, multi-platform press agency with a comprehensive ecosystem”. At the same time, this is a newspaper with in-depth and specialized content that is “updated, reliable, oriented, spread and effective” on agriculture and rural development on the basis of multimedia journalism and digital technology applications. Editor-in-Chief of Vietnam Agriculture Newspaper Nguyen Ngoc Thach at the meeting with leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Photo: Dinh Tung. Overview of the results achieved in the past time, Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Thach said, Newspaper Vietnamese culture was evaluated by the Central Committee for Propaganda and Training, the Vietnam Journalists Association, and fellow press agencies as “one of the press agencies with a streamlined apparatus, high-quality human resources, effective and efficient operation. present results”. “All rivers flow, stand still and fall behind” “Current journalism activities pose huge problems, changing or stopping, and how to change to live is difficult,” Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep suggested. He said that the newspaper Vietnamese culture have overcome difficult times, are the few newspapers that have been continuously awarded certificates of merit by the Central Committee for Propaganda in the past 2 years, for both keeping the principle of purpose and improving the material life. , spirit for cadres, civil servants, public employees and employees. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep. Photo: Dinh Tung. However, if we just stop at that level, it will not work. Because “all rivers flow, if we stand still, we will definitely fall behind”. Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Hiep proposed the Minister, leaders of agencies and units under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to create conditions and closely coordinate to report to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Vietnamese culture have resources to continue investing in infrastructure, equipment and technology, etc. to constantly develop, thereby fulfilling the task of information and propaganda of the agriculture and rural development sector. Mr. Nguyen Van Viet, Director of the Planning Department (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) said, Newspaper Vietnamese culture is a self-financed non-business unit, but over the years the newspaper has done very well the functions and tasks assigned by the Ministry. At the same time, the newspaper has also built a propaganda ecosystem commensurate with the development requirements in the 4.0 period.

The top four destinations, Spain, France, Italy and the United States, were eliminated, angering airlines and travel agencies as they continue to struggle to survive. Travelers returning from these four countries are still required to self-isolate upon their return to the UK. Turkey – a major destination is also off the list, tourists have to spend 10 days in quarantine and pay for themselves at the hotel. Despite lifting the ban on foreign travel, the British Government still advises people to avoid traveling to countries in the red or amber yellow bands on the Covid-19 warning map. Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said it was the first step in Britain’s cautious return to international travel, with measures prioritizing protecting public health and ensuring no damage. achievements in recent years. Comercio Square (Lisbon, Portugal) amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Source: Reuters Many travel centers, airlines and tour operators in Southern Europe have been eagerly waiting for the “big guests” from the UK, but they will have to wait a few more months. Meanwhile, after Portugal entered the UK government’s “green list”, bookings increased by 250% in just a few days, according to statistics from Thomas Cook and Club Med. TUI also said it has added more flights to Portugal. Airlines, airports and travel businesses think the UK Government is being overly cautious; and such limited opening will continue to hinder the tourism industry, which already has many effective solutions to ensure safety. Representatives from Heathrow Airport and British Airways both called on the government to add more countries to the “green list” and allow fully vaccinated people to travel without restrictions. An opinion piece from the British Airline Pilots Association said: “This excessive caution by the government is extremely disappointing to all who work in the travel sector.”

Germany will focus on developing the first quantum computer and related technologies. Illustration: Reuters The German Science Ministry will spend 1.1 billion euros until 2025 to support research and development of quantum computers, while the Economy Ministry will spend 878 million euros to support practical applications. The German Aerospace Center will receive about 740 million euros to work with industrial companies, medium-sized enterprises and start-ups to create two business complexes. According to Economy Minister Peter Altmaier, quantum computers have the potential to revolutionize key industrial sectors of the economy. He pointed out that applications are in areas such as improving the quality of energy supply and demand management, improving traffic control and promoting the testing of new active ingredients. Mr. Altmaier said Germany’s goal is to become one of the leading countries in the development and application of quantum computers. Meanwhile, Science Minister Anja Karliczek said the government’s goal is to develop a competitive quantum computer within five years and create a network of companies in the field to develop. outstanding applications.

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung speaking at the State management briefing conference quarter I-2021. First, In terms of direction, Vietnam must take the lead in information and communication technology (ICT) and digital technology. The Ministry of Information and Communications must focus on institutions, visions, strategies, planning, plans, work with focus, focus, and finish off one by one, thoroughly addressing the lingering backlog. ; The Ministry Inspector will take the lead in inspecting the online environment to reduce exposure and trouble to businesses. Building a digital government, a digital government to lead the digital transformation belongs to the responsibility of being an example of leadership. Monday, ICT technology, digital technology, digital transformation is at the forefront from the beginning, in the same rhythm, even ahead of other countries. Tuesday, take the domestic market to nurture and develop technology and technology enterprises. The main market is the nation’s biggest asset. Must solve the Vietnam problem first and this is the cradle to go global. Wednesday, change institutions to accept new things, promote the application of new ones to attract new technologies, talents and invest in markets for new technology development. In particular, will form an innovative “special zone” on cyberspace. Considering institutional innovation to accept new is to create the market and the market is the best magnet for enterprises to perfect their technology. Thursday, Using Platform is the solution to accelerate digital transformation, reduce costs, and lower costs. Platforms are a new type of infrastructure called base infrastructure. This year, the ministry will officially announce which platforms are Vietnam’s infrastructure in digital transformation and these are our “oil fields”. Friday, A strong market must go hand in hand with a strong state. The market is strong in the short term, while the State is strong in the long term, in the foresight, in mapping out the vision and leading. The Ministry of Information and Communications will propose to the Ministry of Science and Technology to coordinate the budget for science and technology, to spend more on fundamental technology research, long-term studies. Saturday, The state promotes digital transformation through spending at least 1% budget on digital transformation and government procurement with a preference for digital products. Eighth, training human resources for digital transformation mainly through digital universities. The ministry will apply to pilot digital universities in schools through online platforms for advanced training, retraining, and lifelong training. Overview of the conference. Also according to the Minister, from 2021 onwards, the ministry will announce major problems to society in order to call on agencies and businesses to join hands and contribute to providing solutions. Some problems for units and enterprises in the industry to find out solutions. That is: Build a new generation social network. From data centralization to distributed model, moving towards users who own their own data instead of all user data belonging to the network operator. Smaller, more customer-oriented, and even paid social networks; the platform addresses a social need and then becomes a social network; audio social network, voice communication; Social networks ensure the safety of information for users; corporate social network for internal communication; publishing algorithms … Social networks are social infrastructure, so they must be clean, responsible for users and to the society … These are new features and features of social networks replacing the generation. first. This is an opportunity for Vietnamese businesses to develop a new generation social network. Building a new generation of search engine, aiming to ask a question that will have a reliable answer, instead of asking a question with millions of answers without knowing the reliability. For example, there is a phenomenon that if anyone pays high advertising fees, the answer will appear first, so knowledge has been corrupted by money … At the same time, aiming to communicate with search engines via voice will be better. friendly, closer to the user. Aim to build a personal museum in a digital environment and move towards an immortal digital version that can interact with living people. The list of digital transformation platforms for sectors and fields will be announced by the Ministry of Information and Communications in the second quarter of 2021. Affirming that Information and Communication will be the pioneer sector leading the national digital transformation, using technology to solve the country’s problems to realize the mighty aspirations of the nation, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung emphasizing, the whole industry will develop on the wings of spiritual strength and technology. In particular, the media creates spiritual aspirations and the rest is due to technology, but mainly digital technology. From those wings, it will contribute to bringing Vietnam up, achieving the goal of becoming a developed country by 2045 when the country is 100 years old.

Build a new generation of social media “make in Vietnam” that is responsible for users At the meeting of State management in the first quarter of 2021 of the Ministry of Information and Communications, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung emphasized that from 2021 onwards, the Ministry of Information and Communications will announce “big problems” to the society. in order to call on agencies and businesses to join hands, contribute together to come up with solutions. On this occasion, the Minister of Information and Communications gave three problems for Vietnamese technology enterprises to come up with a “make in Vietnam” solution. Firstly, building a new generation social network (MXH): from a centralized data model to a distributed model, moving towards users who own their own data instead of all user data belonging to the network operator. Social networks are smaller, more customer oriented, and even charge fees; The platform addresses a social need and then becomes social media. MXH audio, voice communication; MXH ensures information security for users; Business social network for internal communication; publicity of the algorithm; MXH is social infrastructure, so it must be clean, responsible for users and to the society; MXH is the foundation, so it is necessary to share the value with users… These are the new features and features of the social network to replace the first generation. “This is an opportunity for Vietnamese businesses to develop new generation social networks” – The Minister stated. Second, the need to build a new generation of search engine, aiming to ask a question that will have a reliable, usable answer instead of asking a question with millions of answers without knowing reliability. Besides, there is a phenomenon of people paying high advertising fees, the answer will appear first, so knowledge has been corrupted by money. Therefore, the new search engine must aim to communicate with the search engine through voice, which will be friendlier and closer to the user. Third, aiming to build personal museums in the digital environment and towards an immortal digital version that can interact with living people. The year 2021 is the first year the TT-TT industry implements the National Strategy of Digital Transformation (CDS) with the aim of leading the country. Accordingly, Minister Nguyen Manh Hung requires excellent strategy to lead, have breakthrough vision and solutions. In particular, the digital infrastructure strategy focuses on 5G and cloud, technology and infrastructure provided in the form of services, as a number of essential platforms, with a smartphone per person, per household. The family has a fiber-optic internet connection and HTS Vietnam must be in the top 30 in the world by 2025.

A Volkswagen car factory. (Image: Reuters) German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier April 24 said the country’s government is aiming to raise the forecast economic growth this year as industries are fighting well with the negative effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an interview, Mr. Altmaier said that in January, Germany gave its forecast of economic growth of 3%, but current data shows that the figure will be even higher. Last year, Europe’s largest economy declined 4.9% due to restrictive policies aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 translation . The set German Economy It is expected to publish an updated forecast on the economic growth outlook next week. According to Altmaier, Germany has reasons to be optimistic, as the statistics are better than expected amid industries benefiting from the global recovery. However, Altmaier admits that the COVID-19 anti-epidemic restriction policy – which is being tightened in Germany from the end of this week in an attempt to curb the third wave of infections – has particularly seriously affected sectors. sectors such as retail, culinary and hospitality. Still, Altmaier expects Germany’s economy to return to pre-pandemic levels by 2022. Last week, the leading German consulting organizations also warned that the current wave of pandemic will slow the recovery momentum, but it is still expected that Germany’s economy will grow 3.7% this year./.

The Chinese foreign minister participates in online exchanges with the US Foreign Relations Council. Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. In his speech, Mr. Vuong Nghi emphasized that the important phone call on New Year’s Eve between the heads of the two countries has indicated a great direction for the Sino-US relationship, the dialogue in Anchorage (Alaska) has opened. direct high-level interaction between the two parties in the context of an epidemic. However, the new administration’s policy toward China in the US has not yet removed the shadow of its predecessor, has not escaped the misunderstanding in perception of China and has not found the right way to conclude. delivery with this country. He gave 5 points on how to view the Sino-US relationship from a strategic perspective, wanting the US to perceive objectively and to deal with China’s development; to work together with China to find a new way to peacefully coexist and win cooperation together; respect and tolerate the path and regime that China chooses; practice authentic multilateralism and stop interfering in China’s internal affairs. The Chinese Foreign Minister reaffirms that the country’s development and reassurance are “not meant to replace or defeat anyone” and that it needs equality. “Either China or the US is successful does not mean the other side fails,” he said. Separating from the world’s second largest economy and facing China’s 1.4 billion people, it not only does not help the US in resolving the conflicts faced, but also confuses the world ” . According to Mr. Vuong Nghi, the key to properly handling the relationship between the two sides is “whether the US can accept the peaceful rise of a major country with a social regime, cultural history and a period of time. develop differently or not “. China welcomes President Biden’s administration to return to multilateralism, said Wang Yi, but said that true multilateralism is “not allowed to confront the new group under the banner of multilateralism. , do not set up closed factions under the guise of multilateralism “. The Chinese Foreign Minister also reaffirmed that Beijing will “respond legally” when “national sovereignty and national dignity are threatened and violated”. He called on the two countries to go beyond the inevitable view that “conflict is bound to arise between emerging and current powers”, beyond ideological differences and social regimes, beyond thinking. Cold War and group confrontation, actively seeking ways to live peacefully and win cooperation between the two great powers./.

Limit events, activities gather people The epidemic of COVID-19 in the world continues to be complicated, with the number of new cases and deaths still increasing in many countries. Especially in a number of neighboring countries that share a border with our country, the epidemic is booming on a large scale. In the country, although well controlled, the risk of disease outbreaks is always permanent, especially from sources of illegal entry and entry; There has been a situation of negligence, subjectivity, improper implementation, inadequate measures to prevent and control epidemics as prescribed, a phenomenon of fear of vaccination against disease appears. In order to prevent epidemics and protect people’s health, especially in the upcoming big holidays, the Prime Minister asked to continue to limit unnecessary events and activities gathering people. In case of organization, must strictly implement safety measures, in particular, must comply with wearing masks, disinfection … in accordance with regulations. The Prime Minister asked to limit events and activities that gather crowds of people to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic. (Illustration) Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies are responsible for epidemic prevention and control within their management scope. Chairmen of People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities are responsible for the COVID-19 prevention and control in their respective localities; report to the Party Committee at the same level for unified direction. The Minister of Health is responsible for professional direction, proactively advising and proposing interdisciplinary issues, beyond his authority; urge all branches and levels to implement the directions of the Government, the Prime Minister, and the National Steering Committee for the prevention of the COVID-19 epidemic. Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Government-attached agencies, People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities drastically direct and inspect and supervise the strict implementation of the 5K requirement of the Ministry of Health. practice, especially wearing mandatory masks in public places, at events with large numbers of people, on public transport. Agencies, units, organizations, enterprises … regularly self-assess the implementation of epidemic prevention and control requirements and measures, update self-assessment results on the anti-epidemic map system. The functional forces regularly inspect and urge the implementation of anti-epidemic measures within and within their management areas, especially at medical establishments, schools, tourist establishments, and establishments. production, markets, supermarkets, airports, bus stations … Strictly handle organizations and individuals that violate epidemic prevention and control; actively updating and completing plans, ready to respond to all situations of translation. When detecting a case, the relevant forces must focus on directing and immediately applying measures to localize, trace and isolate; resolutely not to spread the epidemic on a large scale. The application of measures of social isolation, blockade, and separation must follow the practical and effective motto; ensuring safety, but not letting production and business stall on an excessively necessary scale; minimizing adverse impacts on production, business and people’s life. Tightly manage vaccines, entry into Vietnam The Prime Minister instructed the Ministry of Health to allocate and organize vaccination in accordance with the epidemic developments, ensuring absolute safety, not letting overdue vaccines; continue to proactively approach other vaccine sources in the world while focusing on promoting research and development of vaccines in the country. Strengthen proactive screening, testing on a large scale for cases with symptoms of cough, fever, shortness of breath, respiratory tract infections and other cases with high risk of infection in the community. The Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Public Security, the People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities continue to strictly control immigration activities on border routes. The Ministry of Public Security, the People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities continue to intensify activities to review and quickly detect cases of illegal entry in the area, strictly handle immigration cases by law. illegal, especially in the border provinces, especially the southwest border. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Transport, People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities, according to their assigned functions and tasks, continue to strictly manage the entry and the way. post-isolation medical isolation and follow-up, and at the same time prepare the necessary elements ready to expand the subjects of entry to suit the epidemic situation in the spirit of development, but must ensure safety. Relevant ministries, agencies, People’s Committees of provinces and cities directly under the Central Government manage and closely monitor establishments to isolate people on entry, to prevent cross-spread and spread of diseases to the community.

Born in 1980 in Hannover, Baerbock as a young athlete was a runner, ranked third in the national athletic championship. At the age of 16, she was honored to join the student exchange program in the US. Later, she studied political science at the University of Hamburg before moving to England to study international law at the London School of Economics. Also, thanks to her study abroad time, Ms. Baerbock was able to answer interviews fluently in English. Baerbock has been noted for having a quick advancement in politics. She became a member of the German Federal Parliament in 2013 and served as the party’s climate policy spokesman before ascending to the presidency in January 2018. Since she co-led the Green Party with Robert Habeck, the party has received ratings above 20% in polls. In addition, the Green Party also performed well in European elections, as well as regional elections in Germany. Not only stopping at the role of co-leader of the party, the 41-year-old female politician also highlighted her political profile by presenting herself as an expert on how to respond to climate change. The mother of two daughters does not shy away from thorny foreign policy issues when she boldly speaks up about the threats posed by far-right populism and xenophobia. In her first as a candidate for the Green party, Ms. Baerbock said: “We have a clear view of the role of a prime minister for Germany.” Ms. Baerbock stated that this is the new chapter of the Green party and “if we do well, it will be for the country as well.” She emphasized that it takes courage to move forward with change, while affirming that “climate protection is the duty of our time”, the standard for a new government. Thus, Baerbock will be the second woman after Angela Merkel to run for the highest office in the German government since 1949. She is also the youngest candidate ever to race for the position of leader of the largest economy. 4 worlds. According to public opinion polls released on April 20 from the Forsa Research Institute, the rate of support for political parties in Germany is fluctuating significantly, with the Green Party rising to become the strongest political party. Specifically, support for the Green Party unexpectedly increased 5% to 28%, while the rate for the Christian Social / Democratic Union (CDU / CSU) fell 7%, to 21%. . Regarding Baerbock’s nomination to become the party’s prime minister, 54% of the respondents rated this as the right decision, while 23% supported Mr. Habeck. Particularly for those who support the Green Party, the rate of support for Ms. Baerbock nominated for prime minister even up to 79%. It is expected that the decision to nominate Ms. Baerbock will be officially confirmed by the Green Party congress in June. Before Ms. Baerbock, there were two CDU / CSU female politicians who were considered to have potential succession to Prime Minister Merkel, including Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (whose nickname “Little Merkel”) and former Defense Minister – currently European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Kien Giang urgently built a field hospital – Photo: VOV Accordingly, the Covid-19 epidemic in the world continues to be complicated, with the number of new cases and deaths still increasing in many countries. Especially in a number of neighboring countries that share a border with our country, the epidemic is booming on a large scale. In the country, although well controlled, the risk of disease outbreaks is always permanent, especially from sources of illegal entry and entry; There has been a situation of negligence, subjectivity, improper and incomplete implementation of anti-epidemic measures as prescribed, a phenomenon of fear of vaccination against disease appears. In order to firmly maintain the results of epidemic prevention and control, successfully realize the dual goal, best protect the people’s health, especially in the upcoming big holidays, the Prime Minister requests ministries and agencies to Ministerial-level agencies, Governmental agencies, People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities continue to strengthen vigilance against epidemic risks, promote responsibility for leaders, implement drastically, synchronously and effectively epidemic prevention and control measures have been proposed with the motto “active prevention, early detection, fast isolation, effective treatment, complete handling, and prompt stabilization of the situation”. Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government-attached agencies are responsible for epidemic prevention and control under their management. Chairmen of the People’s Committees of provinces and cities directly under the Central Government are responsible for the prevention and control of Covid-19 epidemic in their locality; report to the Party Committee at the same level for unified direction. The Minister of Health is responsible for professional direction, proactively advising and proposing interdisciplinary issues, beyond his authority; urging branches and levels to implement the instructions of the Government, the Prime Minister, and the National Steering Committee for the prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic; to sum up and report the situation and results to the Prime Minister. Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Government-attached agencies, People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities drastically direct and inspect and supervise the strict implementation of measures: Strictly complying with the requirements. 5K of the Ministry of Health, especially wearing mandatory masks in public places, at events with a large concentration of people, on public transport. Agencies, units, organizations, enterprises … regularly self-assess the implementation of epidemic prevention and control requirements and measures, update self-assessment results on the anti-epidemic map system. Regularly inspect and urge the implementation of anti-epidemic measures within and within the management area, especially at medical establishments, schools, tourist establishments, production establishments, markets, supermarket, airport, bus station …; strictly handle organizations and individuals that violate epidemic prevention and control. Proactively update and complete the plans ready to respond to all situations of translation. If a case is detected, it must focus on directing and immediately applying measures to localize, trace and isolate; resolutely not to spread the epidemic on a large scale. The application of measures of social isolation, blockade, and separation must follow the practical and effective motto; ensuring safety, but not letting production and business stall on an excessively necessary scale; minimizing adverse impacts on production, business and people’s life. Continue to limit unnecessary events and activities that gather people; In case of organization, must strictly implement safety measures, in particular, must comply with wearing a mask, disinfection … in accordance with regulations. The Prime Minister asked the Ministry of Health to review and complete plans for epidemic prevention and control on a national scale, ready to respond to every epidemic situation. Review and complete appropriate anti-epidemic measures in the new situation, guide safety measures in events and activities with a large concentration of people, at facilities that are frequently crowded. people. The Ministry of Health urgently implemented the Government’s resolution on the purchase and use of Covid-19 vaccines; distribute and organize vaccination in accordance with the situation of epidemic developments, ensure absolute safety, prevent overdue vaccines. Continue to proactively approach other vaccine sources in the world, and at the same time focus on strengthening vaccine research and development in the country. At the same time, strengthening proactive screening, testing on a large scale for cases with symptoms of cough, fever, difficulty breathing, respiratory tract inflammation and other cases with high risk of infection in the community. Ministries: National Defense, Public Security, People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities continue to strictly control immigration activities on border lines. In particular, the Ministry of Public Security, the People’s Committee of provinces and centrally-run cities continue to strengthen activities to review and quickly detect cases of illegal entry in the area, strictly handle entry cases by law. illegal, especially in the border provinces, especially the southwest border. Ministries: Foreign Affairs, Public Security, National Defense, Health, Transport, People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities, according to their assigned functions and tasks, continue to strictly manage entry, isolation, post-isolation medical supervision, at the same time prepare the necessary elements ready to expand the subjects of entry to suit the epidemic situation in the spirit of development but ensure safety. Relevant ministries, agencies, the People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities manage and closely monitor establishments to isolate people on entry, to prevent cross-spread and epidemic spread to the community.

Finance Minister Ho Duc Phoc works with the General Department of Taxation. The period of 2021 – 2025 is expected to collect about 6,558,500 billion VND On the afternoon of April 23, the Ministry of Finance held a conference to report on the implementation of the task of State budget revenue management (state budget) held at the headquarters of the General Department of Taxation. Director General of the General Department of Taxation Cao Anh Tuan affirmed that the revenue structure of the tax sector is becoming more and more sustainable, with the increasing proportion of domestic revenue in the total state budget revenue (on average, in the five-year period 2011-2015, it accounts for 67 , 5% of total state budget revenue, by 2020, accounts for about 85.6% – the set target is 84-85%). Meanwhile, crude oil revenue accounts for a decreasing proportion, from 12.9% on average in 2011-2015 period to 3.6% on average in 2016-2020 period. In which, the average rate of mobilization of state budget revenue in 5 years in the 2016-2020 period will reach 25.2% of GDP (the target of 23.5% of GDP), of which mobilization from taxes and fees approximately meets the set target. 21% of GDP. Regarding the State budget revenue target for the period 2021-2025 mentioned in the draft Financial Strategy for the period of 2021-2030, which is being submitted to the Ministry of Finance’s leaders for approval, in which, the General Department of Taxation sets targets on state budget revenue for the period of 2021-2025. paragraphs 2021-2025 as follows: First, the average rate of mobilization into the state budget in the period 2021-2025 will reach about 15-16% of GDP, of which mobilization from taxes and fees is about 13-14% of GDP. Second, the proportion of domestic revenue in total state budget revenue by 2025 will reach over 85% of total state budget revenue. Third, the proportion of crude oil revenue by 2025 will decrease to 1.4% of the total state budget revenue. In which, the expected state budget revenue collected by the tax authority in the period 2021-2025 has been reported to the National Assembly at the 10th session, the 14th National Assembly is expected to be about 6,558,500 billion VND, including: Crude oil revenue. VND 108,200 billion; Domestic revenue was VND 6,450,300 billion, of which, revenue excluding land use fees, dividends & profits, lottery, and the difference between State Bank revenues and expenditures was VND 5,311,600 billion. In addition, it is expected that the 5-year 2021-2025 collection to update the 5-year financial plan 2021-2025 has been coordinated by the General Department of Taxation and functional units to submit to the Ministry of Finance for updating the 5-year financial plan. 2021-2025. Accordingly, the estimated total state budget revenue managed by tax authorities in the five years period 2021-2025 is about VND 6,844,700 billion, 1.2 times higher than that of the 2016-2020 period; 286,200 billion higher than the expected revenue in the five years from 2021-2025 to report to the 10th session of the National Assembly, XIV National Assembly (6,558,500 billion). In the field of tax administration reform, General Director of the General Department of Taxation Cao Anh Tuan affirmed that the Tax Department is determined to reduce the time to implement tax administrative procedures to strive to be one of the leading countries by 2025. Southeast Asia is ranked as having a tax advantage. In which, striving: The rate of electronic tax declaration procedures at level 3 and 4 reaches at least 95%; The rate of online public services at levels 3 and 4 integrated with national public service portals reaches at least 70%. Director General Cao Anh Tuan reported at the Conference. Consider the regulation rate according to the specific mechanism of Ho Chi Minh City Speaking at the conference, the Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc noted important results in the management of state budget revenues in recent years. According to the Minister, in 2020, although the socio-economic situation of the country still faces many difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but with the drastic direction of the Party, National Assembly, Government, Prime Minister The Government and the entire Finance sector in general have made great efforts to fulfill their assigned political tasks. The Minister asked the leaders of the units under the Ministry of Finance to focus on leading, directing and meeting the task requirements in the new situation. In particular, it is necessary to regularly direct, review and evaluate cadres, civil servants and public employees as a basis for staff evaluation, ensuring good completion of assigned tasks. Minister Ho Duc Phoc requested the Tax Policy Department (Ministry of Finance) to preside over and coordinate with the General Department of Taxation and the General Department of Customs to advise early on the regulation rate according to the specific mechanism of Ho Chi Minh City, in order to avoid the improper application in the implementation process makes it difficult for the state budget management. The Minister noted that in the coming time, the taxation sector needs to focus on completing the estimate, this is the most important task, focusing on building and completing tax legislation, and strengthening the management of objects to combat revenue loss, especially in the fields of potential sectors such as electronic transactions, cross-border transactions, real estate, transfer pricing, transfer transactions. Tax Departments need to link with the land registration office; coordinating with banks to combat money laundering; Residential data connection; enhance propagation and settlement of complaints for taxpayers … In the field of tax consultancy, it is necessary to review and sum up and evaluate the effectiveness of tax agents. In particular, it is necessary to organize training and management organization in accordance with regulations. For the management of state budget revenues, the Minister suggested that the Taxation branch should strengthen the implementation of electronic taxation; expanding objects of electronic tax declaration; coordinating with authorities to determine financial obligations; Need to build big data about taxpayers and apply artificial intelligence in revenue control and build an electronic invoice database through which to promptly identify and handle incorrect invoices to promptly handle them. wrong issues. In addition, it is necessary to focus on researching and developing decrees and circulars on the implementation of e-invoices, proactively implementing appropriate tax and fee solutions to contribute to solving difficulties and supporting businesses. citizen. For tax data storage, it is necessary to continue to upgrade and modernize the server system, ensure the server operates 24/24 and have security and backup systems. At the same time, strengthen tax inspection and examination based on analysis of risk assessment data; strengthening professional capacity, inspecting and strictly enforcing violations and violations of the law; Promote international cooperation to combat tax evasion, create conditions to attract investment. Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc especially emphasized: “Promoting the tradition of construction and development, I hope that all units in the entire Finance sector continue to strengthen discipline, solidarity, creativity, and vigorously emulation for a comprehensive victory, exceeding the financial – budget targets and tasks, determined to strive to fulfill well the tasks assigned by the Party and State “.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrived in Indonesia and started his business trip to attend the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting. Photo: VGP / Nhat Bac Joining the high-level delegation of Vietnam were the Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son; Minister, Head of Government Office Tran Van Son; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung; Deputy Director of Government Office Nguyen Xuan Thanh; Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Tran Quoc Phuong; Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang; Ambassador, Head of the Delegation to Permanent Representative of Vietnam to ASEAN Nguyen Hai Bang. At the invitation of the President of ASEAN 2021, Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh led the high-level delegation of Vietnam to attend the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting at the headquarters of the ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta, Indonesia April 23-24, 2021. According to the business trip program, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting; courtesy of Indonesian President Joko Widodo; courtesy of the Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Haji Hassanal Bolkiah, President of ASEAN 2021; met Singapore Prime Minister Ly Hien Long; met Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin; meeting Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh; attended the meeting between Vietnamese Prime Minister, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen and Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh. Welcoming the delegation at the airport were representatives of the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang; Ambassador, Head of the Delegation representing Vietnam to ASEAN Nguyen Hai Bang. Photo: VGP / Nhat Bac This is the first foreign business trip in the new position of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, affirming Vietnam’s priority is to tighten and strengthen solidarity and mutual assistance with ASEAN member countries, contributing to enhance ASEAN’s central role and position in solving emerging challenges, thereby creating a peaceful and favorable environment for sustainable development of each country and the region. The trip also affirmed that Vietnam made a positive contribution to the ASEAN Community building process, continuing the results achieved in the ASEAN 2020 Chairperson of Vietnam; affirms Vietnam’s commitment, responsibility, and active and active contribution to regional and international issues.

The Prime Minister arrived at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta. Welcoming Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his delegation at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia, Mr. Akio Alfiano Tamala, Director of the Reception Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Indonesia, welcomed the Prime Minister and the high-level delegation of Vietnam at The airport also has the Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Pham Vinh Quang, the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Vietnam to Asean Nguyen Hai Bang and the presence of a number of staff from the Vietnam Embassy in Indonesia. This is the first foreign business trip as Head of Government of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, affirming Vietnam’s priority is to tighten and strengthen solidarity and mutual assistance with ASEAN member countries. contribute to enhancing ASEAN’s central role and position in solving emerging challenges, thereby creating a peaceful and favorable environment for sustainable development of each country and region. Under the program, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will deliver an important speech at the ASEAN Leaders’ Conference, scheduled to pay courtesy visits to Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah; bilateral meetings and meeting with Singapore Prime Minister Ly Hien Long, Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin; Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh; and the meeting between the three Prime Ministers of Vietnam – Cambodia – Laos./.

The Toyota Crown Kluger will only be sold in the Chinese market At the 2021 Shanghai Motor Show, Toyota has officially launched the legendary Toyota Crown high-rise version, called the Crown Kluger. Although officially launched, the model parameters are still kept confidential and only confirmed to use the hybrid powertrain. According to previously leaked information, the Toyota Crown Kluger is a bit longer and taller than the Highlander but the width and wheelbase are the same. The Toyota Crown Kluger engine, still according to the website above, is a 198 hp 2.5-liter hybrid gasoline – slightly lower than the version available in North America and Europe (243 hp). Vehicle weight falls to approximately 2,000 kg. Toyota Crown Kluger will use a hybrid engine For China, this is a completely new model, but for the global market, this can be considered only a luxury version of the 7-seat Toyota Highlander SUV, which has been renamed. Because Toyota Crown Kluger is developed and looks almost similar to the 4th generation Highlander. Meanwhile in China, Toyota Highlander is still only sold 3rd generation. At the exhibition, the car is also considered by the manufacturer (a joint venture between Toyota and FAW in China) as a special luxury version sold in parallel with the old Highlander on the market. The interior space on the Toyota Crown Kluger is almost identical to the 4th generation Highlander In addition, if you want to own the Toyota Crown Kluger, customers outside of China will only be able to buy through private import channels. As confirmed by related parties at the show, the Crown Kluger SUV will only be sold in China. Toyota Crown Kluger will open for sale in China officially in mid-2021 with details announced at the same time.

The content of the work revolves around epidemic control issues in the new situation, strict control of people entering illegally, the situation of isolated areas and vaccination in Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Chairman Nguyen Thanh Phong said that in the past month, there were 108 cases of illegal entry in the city. The city has issued a letter to coordinate with localities that have border lines bordering other countries on this issue. The city proposes to direct border provinces to increase control over people who enter illegally. Reporters watched the meeting chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister via the camera of the press room City leaders also expressed the desire of the city to increase coverage of Covid-19 vaccine for the entire population. The city reports that the Government will actively purchase vaccines by itself. There is a company in the city in the process of researching, testing and producing vaccines. In a special case, the city will consider this production because it is a problem for the city. Currently, Vietnam Fatherland Front of Vietnam in Ho Chi Minh City has mobilized nearly 150 billion VND to buy vaccines for the entire population. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Dac Dam assessed that Ho Chi Minh City is a great center. Over the past time, there have been many good and creative ways to give lessons to the whole country in the recent epidemics. Over a long time, no community infection appeared, so everyone’s mentality was subjective, began to loosen the epidemic prevention. Therefore, it is necessary to tighten and continue the anti-epidemic spirit like fighting the enemy. Especially close to the holidays of April 30 and 1-5, tourists will increase, so it is necessary to have strict measures. The Deputy Prime Minister asked the city to strictly comply with the 5K rule, tightly control people who enter illegally and have a specific plan for Covid-19 vaccination in the coming time. Strengthen control over people entering the border area illegally. Strictly handle the case of illegal entry, intentionally not making a declaration. “The number of cases in some Asian countries has recently increased 34% and our neighboring countries have also increased. The number of people crossing the border illegally through the tracks, the opening is difficult to control. Covid-19 will leave unpredictable consequences “- The Deputy Prime Minister emphasized.

In the second year of Xining (1069), Song Shenzong appointed Wang Anshi as a member of the governor (equivalent to deputy prime minister), and Wang Anshi began to rank among the ruling authorities.

Wang Anshi proposed that the most urgent task is to change customs, establish laws, and propose reforms. Song Shenzong deeply agreed.

In the third year of Xining (1070), Wang Anshi served as the secretary of the Tongzhong School of Ping Zhang, and was the same prime minister. As a result, he promoted the new law nationwide and began a large-scale reform movement.

The new law implemented by Wang Anshi includes the equalization law, the young crop law, the city trade law, the exemption law, the square land tax law, and the farmland water conservancy law; in the military field, there are the placement law, the Baojia law, and the horse protection law.

The purpose of Wang Anshi’s reform was to enrich the country and strengthen the army, so as to reverse the situation of poverty and weakness in the late Northern Song Dynasty. However, Wang Anshi’s reform violated the interests of the conservatives and was firmly opposed by conservatives represented by Sima Guang.

Less than a year after the promulgation of the new law, the two factions supporting and opposing the reform began fierce debates and struggles.

What both parties did not expect was that the ultimate cause of Wang Anshi’s failure in the reform was a small official who was once optimistic about Wang Anshi, but was a stranger because of the reform. This small person is Zheng Xia.

Zheng Xia (1041-1119), named Jiefu, was born in Fuqing, Fuzhou (now Fujian). He was a scholar of Song Yingzong in the fourth year of the rule of Ping (1067). “.

Zheng Xia’s father, Zheng Hui, served as the liquor tax supervisor of Jiangning (now Nanjing City). He was determined to study in his father’s place, and learned hard to become famous. When Wang Anshi was the prefect of Jiangning, he was told that Zheng Xia was outstanding in talent, and he attached great importance to him. Not only did he invite him to meet and offer condolences and comfort, he also encouraged him to become a good scholar of the country.

In the 4th year of Zhiping (1067), the 27-year-old Zheng Xia was a Jinshi and the first, and was awarded a general as a Lang, secretary of the provincial school.

In the second year of Xining (1069), when Wang Anshi implemented the reform, he promoted Zheng Xia to join the army in Gwangju (now Huangchuan County, Henan Province), and was in charge of civil and criminal cases in Gwangju. All suspicious cases in Gwangju were clearly reported upon trial by Zheng Xia. Wang Anshi gave all replies in accordance with Zheng Xia’s requirements.

Zheng Xia gratefully regards Wang Anshi as a confidant, and is determined to do his best to serve the country and the people, know everything without saying anything, and repay Wang Anshi’s kindness.

In the five years of Xining (1072), Zheng Xia’s three-year term expired, and he met Wang Anshi when he entered Beijing to report on his duties. Zheng Xia witnessed the shortcomings of the new law among the people. He directly reported that Wang Anshi’s Young Miao Law, the Immunity Law, the Baojia Law and other new laws caused harm to the people during the implementation process.

Wang Anshi was very disappointed with Zheng Xia, who he had been supporting all the time. The two of them didn’t say a lot of speculation. After Zheng Xia left, they stopped seeing him, but they still sent letters to Wang Anshi repeatedly, stating the harm the new law had caused to the people. I hope he will change his course.

The political divergence caused Wang Anshi to turn his eyes on Zheng Xia from blue eyes to white eyes. Not only did Zheng Xia fail to get the promotion he deserved, he was instead relegated to being the guardian of the capital.

From the sixth year of Xining (1073) to March of the following year, there was a major drought in Hebei and Henan. There was no rain for ten consecutive months. It was often the wind and the sand flying, the sky was dark, and the land was thousands of miles away. The people don’t make a living.

Officials in various places are still urging the victims to return the principal and interest of the loans provided by the Young Crop Law. A large number of victims can only feed their hunger with grassroots and trees, and they have to be locked and tortured to pay off the official money. The hungry people support the elderly. Young, there is no end to the way of escape.

In March of the seventh year of Xining (1074), Zheng Xia knew that Wang Anshi could no longer listen to adversarial advice. He drew the plight of the refugees who helped the old and the young, as a picture, and wrote: “The minister would like to draw a picture from what he has seen day by day, but he can already weep through his eyes. And there is nothing worse than that!”

When Song Shenzong saw the comic drawing of “The Refugee” of the hungry people displaced, he sighed and read the picture repeatedly. Although he didn’t say anything, he “cannot sleep at night” at night.

At the same time, Song Shenzong’s grandmother Cao and the mother empress Gao were crying in front of Song Shenzong, saying that the world was messed up by Wang Anshi, and begging Song Shenzong to stop the new law.

In April, Song Shenzong also became suspicious of the reform, so he dismissed Wang Anshi from the post of prime minister and was changed to Guanwendian University Scholar and Zhijiangning Mansion. Wang Anshi left the capital and went to Jiangning Mansion for training.

In February of the eighth year of Xining (1075), Song Shenzong recalled Wang Anshi back to the capital to be prime minister. However, just a few months later, a comet appeared in the sky. This was a normal phenomenon, but at the time it was considered an omen.

In the court, some conservative ministers took the opportunity to attack the new law. Although Wang Anshi tried his best to defend the new law, Song Shenzong still hesitated.

After Wang Anshi’s restoration, he could not get more support. In addition, the internal division of the reformists was serious, and it was difficult for the new law to continue to be implemented. In the spring of the following year, Wang Anshi resigned as the prime minister again and completely returned to Jiangning Mansion for retirement.

In the eighth year of Yuanfeng (1085), Song Shenzong died, Song Zhezong ascended to the throne, and the Yuan was changed to “Yuanyou”. Was abolished.

In this way, a natural disaster produced a cartoon, and the prime minister who advocated reform was dismissed from office.

Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung. Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Huy Dung exchanged the above views at the launch of EcoDC Green Data Center (Eco Data Center) – the project of HTC International Telecommunication Joint Stock Company (HTC-ITC) – just took place on April 15. According to Deputy Minister Dung, the development of digital infrastructure includes developing broadband telecommunications infrastructure, cloud computing platform, electronic identification and authentication, and realizing the vision of each citizen with a smartphone. , each household has an optical fiber line. Talking about EcoDC Green Data Center, Mr. Dung said that the EcoDC data center meeting both Uptime Tier 3 standards in terms of design and operation is a serious work of HTC-ITC. This will also be a steady step in the process of national digital transformation, increasing opportunities to attract more investment sources into the Vietnamese information technology market. Emphasizing that Vietnam is implementing digital transformation, moving all activities from real space to cyberspace, from real environment to digital environment, Deputy Minister Nguyen Huy Dung expressed: “We also hope HanoiTelecom and especially EcoDC, let’s take on the mission of being a giant shoulder for small and medium enterprises and especially for Vietnam’s digital transformation process, because the data center is the heart of every application. use, all the platforms and this is very important ”. Vietnam currently has a total of 5 Data Center systems meeting Uptime Tier 3 standards, but this is the first time a Data Center in Vietnam meets both Uptime Tier 3 standards in design and construction. He also noted that, as a platform infrastructure provider, HTC-ITC should soon work with the functional units of the Ministry of Information and Communications to meet the technical requirements set forth for the guarantee of operation and network security safety “On the side of the Government, the Ministry of Information and Communications is always ready to listen to and solve difficulties and suggestions of telecommunications and information technology businesses, while creating favorable conditions for them to develop and develop at the same time. creating a common playground for them to resonate and bring value to customers “- Deputy Minister Nguyen Huy Dung said. It is known that HTC-ITC has officially put into operation EcoDC data center at Lang hi-tech park – Hoa Lac (Hanoi). This is the first data center in Vietnam that meets Uptime Tier 3 standards in both design (TCCD) and construction and operation (TCCF). Uptime Tier 3 is the 3rd on the Uptime Institute’s four-tiered data center scale. In addition to meeting technical standards, EcoDC cooperates with VNCS – a member unit specializing in information security of Hanoi Telecom to provide comprehensive information security solutions from anti-DDOS, firewall, and central information security (SOC) to individual security solutions for each customer. EcoDC will officially launch and start operating from April 2021. “EcoDC is built in the context of a strong digital transformation wave. This is both an opportunity and a challenge for the construction and operation team. EcoDC is launched when customers have many choices of suppliers above. data center service platform “- Mr. Nguyen Hoang Duong, Executive Vice President of EcoDC added.

A total of six new candidates are required to go through congressional confirmation hearings, though lawmakers do not have the power to prevent them from taking office early if the president pressures them ahead of the appointment. official.

Mr. Moon Jae In replaced the Prime Minister and a series of ministers on April 16. Photo: Reuters

According to Reuters, the reform comes about a week after the ruling Democrats failed heavily in mayoral elections in key constituencies. In addition, the Korean government is also under pressure from public opinion because of political scandals and mistakes in economic policies.

According to South Korean Presidential Chief of Staff You Young-min, the new Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum, who served as mayor of Daegu, is expected to play an important role in bridging political differences. between the two Koreas, and effectively directing efforts to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic.

Meanwhile, senior finance official Noh Hyeong-ouk will replace Mr. Byeon Chang-heum as Korea’s Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport. Mr. Byeon Chang-heum was previously forced to resign for allegedly directing employees of a real estate company to use inside information to profit from city development projects.

Moon Sung-wook, who was nominated as the new Korean Minister of Industry, is a man with many years of experience shaping domestic corporate policies. With the new position, he will realize the president’s efforts to attract investment, create jobs, and strengthen cooperation between the chip and automobile sectors to localize the industry. manufacturing chips for cars.

New Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung. (Photo: Xuan Mai / Vietnam +)

Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party’s Civil Affairs Committee, the new Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung clearly affirms the goals and solutions for Vietnam’s smokeless economy to soon surpass. “Storm COVID-19.”

The Minister said that the domestic market is an important “battlefield” that the whole industry needs to focus on exploiting in the period of “new normal.”

What resources support businesses?

– Minister, Vietnam tourism has determined to focus on Internal Market next time. So in your opinion, what is an overall strategy to create a common strength in exploiting this potential market?

Minister Nguyen Van Hung: The Vietnam tourism development strategy issued by the Government in 2020 has clearly affirmed the strategy of domestic tourism development. In which, priority must be given to organizing well tours and routes to areas of historical and cultural landmarks of Vietnam.

In order to implement the above policy, over the past time, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has implemented the program Vietnamese people travel to Vietnam. In particular, after the effects of the COVID-19 epidemic, the tourism business community has calculated to redirect and exploit potential customers in the new context and is currently implementing this content under the direction of the set.

Vietnamese tourists visit historic sites in Ninh Binh. (Photo: Xuan Mai / Vietnam +)

There are a number of approaches, firstly, travel businesses, accommodation establishments and tourism service providers are restructuring their operations, moving from welcoming large groups of tourists, making tours / services. route to small, safe family groups.

The second is to build tourism products based on historical relics, landscapes and indigenous cultures of regions and strengthen propaganda and advertising to bring tourism products closer to citizen.

In the short term, the tourism industry should focus in these two directions. However, even though it is small-scale tourism, it is not subjective to disease prevention, minimizing the risk of infection in the community that can happen again, affecting the overall economy of the country. society.

– Tourism businesses are currently extremely difficult after the continuous “blows” of COVID-19, so the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has proposed solutions to the Government to have policies Supporting businesses to have more health “overcoming storms” and entering a new phase of the tourism industry is to focus on exploiting the domestic market, Minister?

Minister Nguyen Van Hung: Currently, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism is working with the Tourism Association to research and consider and submit to the Government policies to support businesses. However, it will only focus on the issue of mechanism, but in fact the State’s resources are also very difficult to immediately support the activities of tourism businesses. Therefore, the Government is studying a plan to support in the direction of exemption and reduction of land use tax and electricity bill exemption and reduction.

A corner of Bai Dinh pagoda seen from above. (Photo: Xuan Mai / Vietnam +)

As for long-term policies, the ministry needs to listen from the business community and the State appraisal agencies to submit to the Government a basic and balanced policy among other economic sectors.

Central solution in the context of “new normal”

– In 2020, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has implemented many domestic stimulus campaigns such as Vietnamese traveling to Vietnam, safe and attractive Vietnam tourism … So in the context of “new normal. “In 2021, according to the Minister of the tourism industry, should such campaigns continue? How do you evaluate the effectiveness of those stimulus programs?

These campaigns have shown to initially meet the needs of people, contributing to domestic tourism growth. I think that these campaign models have been working and are being promoted, they need to continue to be strengthened and multiplied, because the reality is only piloted in a few localities.

To restore and develop tourism, we have to travel on both feet, focusing on welcoming international visitors and giving priority to developing domestic tourism. Only when standing with this “two legs” will tourism develop stably.

Recently, due to the “hot” development, we are paying attention to exploiting the number of international tourists but not paying much attention to domestic tourism. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic forced the entire industry and business community to re-look at this open market, to see that domestic tourism is a radical direction and a pillar for sustainable tourism development. firm.

Therefore, the ministry has suggested businesses to restructure, change their approach, instead of focusing on international visitors, now focus on building plans to welcome domestic guests; shifting from serving foreign guests to serving domestic customers. As such, Vietnamese customers will inherit and experience high-value products that are intended for international customers.

Tourists come to Tam Chuc Pagoda. (Photo: Xuan Mai / Vietnam +)

As the data we know, on this 30/4 holiday, airlines have sold out tickets to many destinations across the country … Thereby to see that the domestic tourism demand of the people is quite high. The problem is that we need to create a unique product, pay attention to marketing and learn from the stimulus package first to achieve high efficiency and sustainability.

– So to build strong Vietnam tourism in a new context, according to the Minister, what solutions should the Minister focus on?

Minister Nguyen Van Hung: It can be said that the tourism industry is facing many difficulties. If tourism previously contributed 10% of the country’s GDP to the budget, from 2020 to Q1 / 2021, revenue from the whole industry decreased deeply; Last quarter 1, domestic tourists only reached nearly 18 million, down up to 50% over the same period last year …

From there, the tourism industry is facing difficulties because COVID-19 is still complicated. In particular, Vietnam has not yet been able to open its international market due to the lack of safety measures against epidemics.

We believe that the State management task is to develop a tourism development plan for the period 2021-2026 under new normal conditions and with the solution groups that we are focusing on building.

First, the tourism businesses, especially Travelers it is necessary to restructure soon, have solutions to manage human resources and resources; The second is to research the domestic market, restructure the tourist market to regulate the market, build products to meet the needs and the strategy must be long-term calculated for the development of the domestic tourism market. geography.

Third, tourism linkage must be based on special, distinctive and attractive tourism products and promote promotion and promotion. Branding products, connecting the values ​​and spreading the values ​​of the product to stimulate tourism demand of visitors; The fourth is to associate tourism, tourism products with cultural factors.

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Toyota Crown Kluger SUV version is expected to be released in China soon

The 7-seater Toyota Crown Kluger has been revealed to be available in the Chinese market. Although it has not been officially announced by Toyota, the first images of this model have appeared, suggesting that the car will most likely debut at the upcoming Shanghai Auto Show this month.

Earlier, information from Japan from late last year also said that the current Crown label will be attached to an SUV, expected to be released in 2022. The United States and China will be the first markets to sell. this model.

The report also adds that the Toyota Crown SUV version will be called the Crown Kluger, developed based on the Highlander model applying the TNGA-K platform. The platform is also used on the Harrier, which debuted in Malaysia last week.

At a glance at the published images, the Toyota Crown Kluger will have the same overall look as the Highlander, but the front grille will be less chrome plated. The Crown logo is located in the center of the heatsink. The design of the fog lights on the exterior of the two models will also be different.

The tail design of the Toyota Crown Kluger has many similarities with the Highlander

The rear end, it seems that the Toyota Crown Kluger will also use the same design as the Highlander. But the rear trunk and lower bumper will be redesigned to make a difference.

Documents from China also reveal that the Toyota Crown Kluger will have a length, width, a height of 5,015 x 1,930 x 1,750 mm and a wheelbase of 2,850 mm. It also uses 18-inch sport wheels or 20-inch alloys.

The powertrain is said to be a 2.5-liter hybrid technology engine that produces 189 horsepower, lower than a similar engine on the Highlander sold in the US market.

Mr. Zhao also emphasized that “the ocean is not the trash of Japan”. The same message he posted on Twitter personally.

Zhao’s statement came after the Japanese government approved a project to discharge 1.25 million tons of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea.

Earlier, on April 13, Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso said in a press conference that “there will be no harm” when drinking treated water, and he said that Japan should drain water sooner. .

Foreign Ministry spokesman Trieu Lap Kien. Photo: Twitter.

The Chinese spokesman also mentioned Minamata disease, saying Japan “should not forget the historic tragedy” and urged Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga not to discharge wastewater into the sea without the consent of other countries.

Miamata disease is a neurological disease that has killed nearly 2,000 Japanese people, and is caused by a Japanese company discharging methyl mercury waste into the environment.

According to the plan, Japan will discharge wastewater into the sea within the next two years. The government said wastewater was treated and diluted to meet World Health Organization (WHO) drinking water standards. However, treatment cannot remove tritium – a radioactive isotope of hydrogen.

Although Japan’s decision to discharge wastewater was approved by the United States and the IAEA, it faced opposition from the country’s fishing industry and neighboring countries. The Chinese spokesperson stated that Japan must reach a consensus of all concerned before proceeding with the discharge.

Mr. Zhao also warned: “China has the right to make follow-up reactions.”

Mr. Kim Boo-kyum (left), a former four-term congressman and former Interior Minister, was nominated as the new Prime Minister of Korea. (Source: Yonhap)

President Moon Jae-in’s selection of this figure in a reform of his cabinet seems to be aimed at giving new momentum to his leadership, which has been affected by the ruling Democrats’ defeat in the Mayor election Seoul and Busan on April 7.

If approved by the Korean National Assembly, Mr. Kim Boo-kyum will replace Mr. Chung Sye-kyun, who has resigned after 15 months in this position. Chung is expected to participate in the presidential election of South Korea next year.

Mr. Kim held the position of Interior Minister from 2017-2019 and ran for MP in Daegu city, 302 km southeast of Seoul, as a candidate for the ruling party.

Mr. Kim was born in 1958 in Sangju town, North Gyeongsang province, the stronghold of the main opposition People’s Power Party (PPP).

Political observers see President Moon’s choice of Mr. Kim as a political message towards national unity.

Both Mr. Chung and Mr. Lee Nak-yon, the first Prime Minister in the Moon administration, are from Jeolla Province, the southwestern province, the longstanding power base of the Democratic Party.

(According to Yonhap)

According to the Daily Mail, Mr. Johnson, ex-wife Marina Wheeler bought the house in 2003 for £ 690,000. Currently the house is worth about 1.2 million pounds. The house has a minimalist décor with white walls and wooden floors.

The new tenants will own a house about 288 square meters with 4 bedrooms. On campus there is an outdoor swimming pool and a small house with kitchen and fireplace.

British Prime Minister Johnson rents the house. (Photo: RIA)

British authorities said Prime Minister Johnson and his family could not stay in the property because of confidentiality principles under British Government regulations, forcing him to live in the Chequers mansion.

Traditionally, the country mansion that the incumbent prime minister stayed, rested on weekends and hosted international guests was the Chequers Palace, located on the 600-hectare grassland and forest in Buckinghamshire.

Mr. Johnson was not the first British Prime Minister to rent out his home when he moved to 10 Downing Street.

In 2010, former Prime Minister David Cameron also rented a house in Notting Hill worth 2.7 million pounds for about 6,000 pounds a month. And former Prime Minister Theresa May also rents out a London property, reports show she earns £ 10,000 a month.

In November 2019, Mr. Johnson sold the house in the north of London for £ 3.75 million (more than $ 4.6 million). The house used to be the home of Mr. Johnson with his second wife, Marina Wheeler, before the couple announced their divorce in September 2018. This five-story house was bought by Prime Minister Johnson in 2005 for nearly $ 2.4 million. The house is designed according to traditional architecture, has an area of ​​more than 306 m2 with 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms.

In March, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson wants to set up a charity to pay for the costly renovation of his home. The former work was overseen by the politician’s fiancé, Carrie Symonds – she has been unable to control her expenses, putting her future husband in a difficult situation.

Renovating an apartment on Downing Street in London costs “tens, tens of thousands of pounds”. In another conversation Mr. Johnson complained that the cost of repairs amounted to “more than a hundred thousand”.

To overcome this situation, Mr. Johnson decided to set up a charity that will receive funding to survive as a cultural heritage fund. Establishment application is being prepared. The head of the fund will be Baron David Brownlow, a millionaire and former Vice President of the Conservative Party of England.

Before that, in July 2019, Boris Johnson became the first British Prime Minister in history to live with an unmarried woman at the Prime Minister’s Palace at 10 Downing Street.

In April 2020, Prime Minister Johnson’s fiancé, Carrie Symonds, gave birth to a baby boy at a NHS National Health System hospital in London.

Some pictures of the British Prime Minister’s house for rent:

(Photo: The Image Barn)

Defense Minister of Ukraine Andrii Taran. Source: Anadolu

Speaking to the defense subcommittee of the European Parliament in Brussels, Minister Taran warned that Moscow could attack Ukraine to secure water supplies for the annexed Crimean peninsula.

Besides, Mr. Tahan said, does not rule out the possibility that Russian forces in Crimea could “carry out major military provocations” in 2021, but he did not provide immediate evidence for this hypothesis.

Regarding developments, on the same day, the SBU national security agency of Ukraine announced that it was conducting a large-scale “anti-terror” exercise in the Kherson region near Crimea. SBU’s announcement said units of the Ukrainian armed forces together with police and border guards participated in the exercise.

The announcement emphasized: “The key strategic targets of key infrastructure in the Kherson region are being tightly controlled … These are seaport areas, power supply facilities, airports, demand and gas production plants “.

Earlier, the Ukrainian military posted a video, on a rock music scene, showing the country’s tanks deployed in formation with soldiers loaded and fired for artillery during a pushback drill. the attack of tanks and infantry infiltrated the defensive area near the Crimea border.

The drill comes a day after US President Joe Biden telephoned Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss Russian troop reinforcement in Crimea and near eastern Ukraine, among other US concerns.

On the morning of April 15, at the headquarters of the Government, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presided over the Government meeting to deploy the work after being strengthened. This is the first meeting of the Government after consolidation, also the first meeting Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has chaired since taking office.

Before the meeting started, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh discussed some work with Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh. After consolidation, Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh is no longer concurrently holding the position of Foreign Minister.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Governor of the State Bank Nguyen Thi Hong. Ms. Hong is one of two female government members after the apparatus was strengthened.

Transport Minister Nguyen Van The and Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Le Minh Hoan exchanged discussions before the meeting.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam discussed with the Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung. Mr. Dam is one of the five incumbent deputy prime ministers and one of the three who has held the position since the beginning of his term.

Minister, Chairman of the Government Office Tran Van Son reports some general contents to submit to the Government.

The meeting discussed the hand-over of tasks after the Government was strengthened, points of view, direction and direction and some key contents should focus on directing the implementation in the coming time.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested in this meeting the Government to agree on a number of views to direct the Government’s activities in the coming time; organize the implementation of the Politburo’s Notice No. 01 on April 12, 2021, notice No. 03 of the key leaders on April 12, 2021; consider and comment on a number of other important issues.

Right after the Government was consolidated, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh thoroughly grasped and instructed the Government members to promptly hand over, handle and immediately handle work, ensuring continuity and continuity; to soon consolidate Party committees, Party organizations and personnel work; review and amend working regulations.

Also in the first meeting, the Government will continue to review the legal system, propose amendments, supplements or new promulgation of legal documents; serving the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the term 2021-2026; the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic and vaccination against Covid-19; promote disbursement of public investment capital.

In a message to the people, Prime Minister Hun Sen emphasized that the current emergency situation has caused the Government to decide to block the capital Phnom Penh: “We are standing in front of the pit of death. If we don’t work together, we will fall into this pit of death. I hope that we will turn the current problem into an opportunity, after 14 days we will have the epidemic under control.

Up to now, we have discovered 300 more cases of COVID-19 and lack of treatment. If people do not pay attention to their personal health, they will be in danger, the number of people hospitalized and the number of deaths will continue to increase.“.

On the night of April 14, the Cambodian government issued a decision to block the capital Phnom Penh and Ta khmao city, Kan Dal province to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

With the new blockade, all businesses in Phnom Penh and Takhmao must be temporarily closed, except for stores that sell food, daily necessities and other essential services such as fire, electricity, and clean water. , garbage collection.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. (Photo: Khmer Times)

Residents are only allowed to go out when buying food and necessities periodically, buying medicine or taking medical care. The blockade order will be monitored by the local government and the relevant forces.

Mr. Hun Sen asked Phnom Penh Governor Khuong Sreng to take care of the poor by providing them with rice and other food. The Cambodian leader also ordered the opening of the government’s food stockpile.

The Cambodian Prime Minister appealed to people for understanding and patience during the 14-day blockade.

He also proposed banning the sale of alcoholic beverages nationwide to avoid unnecessary gatherings.

To effectively implement the blockade, Cambodia set up a 19-member national committee headed by Deputy Prime Minister Aun Pornmoniroth.

On April 14, Cambodia recorded more than 300 cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 4,874.

“Each member of the Government must be exemplary, truly humble, willing to listen and listen in many directions. What is clear, ripe, practically proven effective, most of them agree to continue to do it. Anything that has not been regulated or is beyond the regulations will be piloted boldly, not perfectionist but not in a hurry, determined to fulfill the tasks assigned by the Party, State and People ”- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized when presiding over the first meeting of the Government after being consolidated at the 11th Session of the 14th National Assembly, discussing the hand-over of tasks after the Government was strengthened, points of view, direction and direction, and Some key contents need to focus on directing the implementation and implementation of the work of the Government in the coming time. The meeting took place this morning (April 15) at Government Headquarters.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh spoke at the meeting.

At the meeting, the Government members focused on discussing the Draft Government’s Action Program to implement the Resolution of the XIII National Congress of the Party; summarizing the working regulations of the Government issued together with the Decree No. 138/2016 / ND-CP; continue to review the legal system, propose amending, supplementing or issuing new legal documents; serving the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the term 2021-2026; COVID-19 epidemic prevention and control and COVID-19 vaccination; promote disbursement of public investment capital; draft a Decree to extend the deadline for paying taxes and land use levies in 2021 and the implementation of Resolution No. 42 / NQ-CP on support for people in need due to the COVID-19 epidemic; organize the national high school exam …

Concluding the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that the domestic, world and regional situation continues to face many difficulties and challenges. In particular, the Covid-19 pandemic is complicated and has a potential risk of rebounding. This makes our country’s growth in the first quarter only reach 4.48%, lower than the set target. Therefore, the task in the coming time is very heavy and the Government will immediately get to work, without interruption, without being subjective. Urgently complete the work of consolidating the party committees and party organizations and handing over the work to agencies and units; actively reviewing and completing the lean apparatus, effective operation associated with streamlining payrolls and restructuring, improving the contingent of cadres, civil servants and public employees at all levels.

“Solidarity must be successful. This is also what Uncle Ho always admonishes. Build up the Government with integrity, discipline, discipline, decisive action, effective effectiveness, taking the people and businesses as the center of the mind.” to ensure that people enjoy social progress and justice “- emphasized the Prime Minister.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated that each member of the Government must have high determination, great effort, act decisively, effectively, with key focus, do any work to stop it. In particular, the Government will strongly strengthen the decentralization and decentralization, and at the same time clearly define the responsibilities of collectives and individuals associated with the inspection, supervision and control of power; focus on directing the building and perfecting of institutions, policies, strategies, planning and plans.

In particular, maintaining an environment of stable peace and extensive international integration for development. Adhering to the Party’s, National Assembly’s and Government’s Resolution 01. Along with that, close and effective coordination with mass organizations. Mobilize the strength of great national solidarity, steadfast the goal of controlling inflation, stabilizing the macro-economy, mobilizing the efficient use of all resources for the development of the country, especially human resources. In particular, it is necessary to drastically implement effectively objectives, tasks and solutions focusing on innovation and mobilizing non-state resources.

Referring to a number of specific tasks in the coming time, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that local ministries and agencies, especially the head, are directly and comprehensively responsible for the implementation and disbursement of capital. public investment according to the plan. The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall urgently preside over, review and evaluate the disbursement of public investment capital; propose synchronous, feasible and effective solutions to overcome, strive to achieve a high disbursement rate but must be effective, for the right purposes and in accordance with the provisions of law. The Ministry of Health urgently completes the plan and soon implements the “vaccine passport”. There is a mechanism to encourage and create conditions for organizations and enterprises eligible to buy and inject vaccines; promote research and development of vaccines in the country.

Panoramic meeting

The Ministry of Finance cooperates with the Government Office in completing a draft Decree on a draft Decree extending the time limit for tax payment and land use levy in 2021 and the implementation of Resolution No. 42 / NQ-CP on support. support for the people in difficulty due to the Covid-19 pandemic submitted to the Prime Minister for signature and promulgation immediately after the meeting.

Stating that the upcoming election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and People’s Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 term is an important political event of the country, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested, localities, continue to implement plans to inspect and supervise the election preparation at the central and local levels, promptly issue documents guiding and responding to agencies and organizations on election work. At the same time, to fight against and contradict wrong and distorted views of hostile forces; ensure political security, social order and safety.

The Prime Minister suggested ministries and branches to effectively implement the solutions stated in the Government’s Resolution 01. Continue to review and perfect mechanisms and policies; macroeconomic stability; drastically settle and handle according to their competence or report to competent authorities to remove difficulties, problems and outstanding problems. Closely monitor and take appropriate measures against potential risks to the economy such as the sign of hot rise in the stock market and unusually rising land prices in some localities … Proactively grasp the situation timely and effective handling of arising problems.

Finally, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested that ministers, heads of branches, members of the Government, according to their functions, tasks and assignment, well prepare the contents for the 3 Central Conference of Session XIII and Ky. the first meeting, the XVth National Assembly as well as Conferences of the Politburo and the Secretariat under the agenda for 2021./.

Mr. Vu Anh Minh, Chairman of the Board of Members Railway Corporation Vietnam (VNR) has just issued an urgent petition to the Prime Minister “calling for help” on issues related to the development of a National Project on management, use and exploitation of railway infrastructure assets. The State invests and the allocation of resources for management and maintenance of real estate assets.

From 1955 to now, VNR is the only 100% state-owned enterprise established by the State with the purpose of assigning the management, exploitation, use and direct trading of all railway infrastructure assets. (KCHTĐS) in the form of excluding capital components in the enterprise.

VNR leaders said that with 3,143 km of railways going through 34 provinces and cities, in the absence of funding for the management of real estate assets, VNR has organized an asset management system from the General level. companies to member units and joint stock companies with dominant capital contribution.

Up to this point, due to the long and unusual effects of the Covid-19 epidemic as well as the construction of an investment package of VND7,000 billion belonging to medium-term capital, in single track conditions, both train and construction. , The railway industry is in a very difficult period.

Along with that, according to Mr. Vu Anh Minh, problems with funding for the maintenance of national real estate infrastructure in 2021 have not been resolved according to the direction of the Prime Minister, 20 companies perform the task of system maintenance. The national real estate infrastructure currently does not have the budget to buy materials to put into the project, regular expenses and especially to pay employees in the first 4 months of 2021, seriously affecting the lives of nearly 25,000 workers in the VNR. .

“The high risk is that 11,315 workers on the road patrol, bridge week, tunnel patrol, guarding the crossroads … will quit their jobs because they have no income. This issue has pushed businesses to the end, difficult to sustain. until the end of April 2021 “- President of VNR stated in the petition.

According to VNR, the project on management and use of national railway infrastructure assets submitted by the Ministry of Transport (MOT) to the Prime Minister up to this point continues to create many levels of management intermediaries, many administrative procedures. in the management, maintenance and exploitation of real estate assets, increasing licensing, and approving the subproject (sub-license). In particular, it is still proposed a mechanism to assign cost estimates for maintenance to the Vietnam Railway Administration (the agency only performs the advisory function under the Ministry of Transport and does not manage the assets of the real estate infrastructure).

“The proposal of the Ministry of Transport in the Project not only fails to overcome difficulties and problems in production and business activities, but also causes a lot of stagnation and congestion for VNR, pushing businesses to the risk of bankruptcy. , the risk of eliminating railway transport in the transportation system “- VNR leader said.

According to the VNR leader, in order to manage and maintain the assets of the national real estate infrastructure, VNR must organize a comprehensive and coherent human resources system from the parent company to the base units along the railway lines with a total of 11,315 employees were employed, including: 1,241 workers in bridge, road, and tunnel patrol; 915 indirect workers; 6,278 workers perform maintenance and quality control of maintenance work and 2,881 workers guarding the crossroads to ensure safe train operation.

Meanwhile, at present, the organizational apparatus of the Vietnam Railways Administration has only over 100 staff members (most of them are officers of the railway office and the railway traffic safety inspection force), so if the plan is implemented according to the Project, the Ministry As proposed by transportation, VNR still has to fully allocate the above 11,315 human resources to perform the tasks of asset management and the maintenance of national railway infrastructure assets.

“VNR will become an intermediary agency to delay, cause congestion in the process of maintenance and operation of transportation, directly affecting train safety” – VNR leader explained.

Based on the provisions of relevant laws, international experience and especially the practice of managing and operating operations, VNR believes that the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister have chaired meetings with Ministries many times. , departments to analyze the legal basis and have the conclusions and announcements. The Ministry of Justice also appraised the legality in Document No. 193 / BTP-PLDSKT dated January 22, 2021, which confirmed that the delivery of KCHTDS assets and cost estimate for maintenance to VNR Corporation is correct. current laws (including the State Budget Law).

From the above explanations, the Chairman of the Board of Members of VNR sincerely proposes to the Government, the Prime Minister to: Direct the Ministry of Transport to seriously, fully implement the direction of the Prime Minister in the document. 1956 / VPCP-CN dated March 24, 2021 on the management, use and exploitation of national real estate assets.

VNR also proposed to the Prime Minister to direct the Ministry of Transport to continue to assign estimates of economic causes for the management and maintenance of national real estate assets for the period from 2021 onwards to VNR as in previous years.

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Unprecedented

Ms. Wormuth began working for the U.S. Government in 1996 in the Pentagon Policy Office. During the Obama administration, she served as chief communications officer from the White House National Security Council to the Pentagon on defense matters.

President Biden nominates Christine Wormuth to the position of Secretary of the Army

A veteran national security official with experience working at the Pentagon, Ms. Wormuth also served as Director of Defense Policy at the National Security Council under former President Obama’s administration. Most recently, Ms. Wormuth was Director of the Center for Defense Policy and International Security at the Rand Corporation, a nonprofit that supports the U.S. and international Governments in defense, economic, and scientific policy research and analysis. She served as a special assistant to the president and Senior Director of Defense at the National Security Council (NSC) from December 2010 to August 2012, where she served as the chief communications officer from the NSC to the Pentagon on defense matters. She was also an influential member of Mr Biden’s transition team at the Pentagon as head of the Biden-Harris Defense Agency Review Team.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin commented: “Christine Wormuth is a true darling with a devoted career serving America and national security. I am sure that, if confirmed, she will lead the soldiers and represent their families as Army Minister in honor and integrity.”

If confirmed by the Senate as military secretary, Wormuth would be one of the more powerful officials in a longstanding male-dominated defense facility. She will work with the Army Chief of Staff, Gen. James McConville, who does not command soldiers but is responsible along with the Secretary of the Army for training and equipment.

The trend of choosing women for important positions

Mr. Biden’s nomination will continue Mr. Biden’s tendency to choose women and people of color for top Defense Department jobs. Austin was the first black Defense Secretary and Kathleen Hicks was the first woman to serve as deputy defense secretary.

Jen Easterly was nominated for the position of head of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber security and Infrastructure Agency (CISA).

Earlier, President Joe Biden had nominated two female generals as military commanders, positions that have so far been mostly male-only. It was Air Force General Jacqueline Van Ovost, the only female serviceman with a 4-star rank – the highest rank in the U.S. military – to be appointed head of the U.S. Army Transport Command (USTRANSCOM). Three-star General Laura Richardson was appointed commander of Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) in charge of Central America and Latin America. In her new role, her rank was raised to 4 stars.

Most recently, on April 12, the White House said That Jen Easterly – a former senior official in charge of counterterrorism work of the National Security Agency (NSA), was nominated to the position of head of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber security and Infrastructure Agency (CISA). Ms. Easterly served on the National Security Council as a senior director for counterterrorism and the president’s special assistant in former President Barack Obama’s administration. She is also the CEO of Morgan Stanley, in charge of the company’s cybersecurity a combined center.

According to Mr Walsh, Mr Biden’s personnel decisions have made a difference from his predecessor’s administration. The number of women in senior positions in his administration is expected to increase significantly compared to Mr. Trump’s administration, where these positions are often held by white men. Observers speculate Mr Biden could set new records for the number of women holding positions of power in Washington. According to the CAWP Director, this is expected to be a positive signal.

“Every time a woman takes on a senior leadership position, it conveys a message to girls, young girls and adult women across the country that they can do this too,” Ms Walsh said.