Competition authority Antitrust Office targets Apple

As of: June 21, 2021 2:46 p.m.

The Federal Cartel Office is now also investigating Apple. Above all, the US group’s business conduct in the App Store wants to investigate. Similar proceedings are in progress against other large tech companies. The Federal Cartel Office initiates investigations against the technology group Apple. The authority wants to find out whether the US group with parts of its business a “cross-market importance” has in competition. Cartel Office President Andreas Mundt said: “We will now examine whether Apple has built a digital ecosystem across several markets around the iPhone with the proprietary iOS operating system.” After all, the US group also produces tablets, computers, headphones and watches and sells them at the same time “a range of device-related services and services”. The Group’s Services division includes the App Store, iCloud, technical support at AppleCare, the Apple Music music service, the range of games in front of Apple Arcade, the Apple TV + streaming service and other services.

EU sees unfair competition

During its investigation, the Cartel Office will also examine Apple’s technical and financial resources as well as access to data, according to Mundt. One focus of the investigation will be on the operation of the app store, as this enables the group in many cases to influence the business activities of third parties.

Apple’s app store system is already being investigated by the EU Commission, which accuses the group of unfair competition with other providers of music streaming services. Among other things, it is controversial that 15 to 30 percent of the digital revenues in the App Store go to Apple. “We look forward to discussing our approach with the Federal Cartel Office and engaging in an open dialogue about any concerns”it said in a response from Apple. The group is “proud to be an engine for innovation and jobs”. The iOS platform alone supports more than 250,000 workplaces in Germany.

Cartel office can intervene earlier

The background to the investigation is a reform of the Act against Restraints of Competition (GWB) in January. A central component is the modernization of abuse control. The supervisory authorities can now intervene earlier in the event of suspected violations by large digital corporations and prohibit anti-competitive practices.

This also makes it easier for the Cartel Office to take action against large digital companies that are important to competition across borders between different market areas. This has already had consequences: the last time the Bonn authority was against the online network Facebook and in May against the mail order company Amazon and against the internet company Google Investigation started.

According to the cartel office, an expansion of the investigation against Apple is imminent. The authority intends to “to take a closer look at Apple’s specific behavior in a possible further procedure”. The Office has received various complaints against potentially anti-competitive practices

Tran Hoang Na Bridge is in danger of breaking the schedule. Reasonable proposal Up to this point, Traffic Construction Corporation 1 (Cienco1), the main contractor for the construction of Package CT3 – PW – 2.4, construction of Tran Hoang Na Bridge under the City Development Project. Can Tho and enhancing urban adaptability, using World Bank (WB) loans are still waiting for a response from the City’s ODA Construction Investment Project Management Board. Can Tho City (PMU ODA Can Tho City) on the proposal to replace the subcontractor for the steel beam structure of the main Tran Hoang Na bridge. The Department of Construction Management and Quality of Traffic Works (Ministry of Transport) said that the addition of construction subcontractors is very normal in traffic projects and is within the authority of the main contractor if the contractor additional contractors to meet the capacity and experience of construction. Previously, on June 7, 2021, Mr. Dinh Ngoc Vuong, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Cienco1, term 2019 – 2024 had Document No. 341/2021/CV – TCT sent to PMU ODA City. Can Tho would like to replace the subcontractor performing steel structure processing in Package CT3 – PW – 2.4, building Tran Hoang Na bridge. Cienco1 said that in the process of negotiating the contract for Package CT3 – PW – 2.4 between Cienco1’s Board of Directors, term 2014 – 2019 and PMU ODA City. Can Tho, the main contractor has proposed Nam Anh Technology Construction Equipment Co., Ltd. to assume the role of a subcontractor to supply and manufacture steel arches and steel beams. However, through the actual inspection, the incumbent leader of Cienco1 discovered that Nam Anh Company is just an intermediary (commercial) unit without factories, engineers and technical workers with direct production experience. , as well as do not own construction machinery and equipment. “In order to ensure the quality of the work and the progress of the project, the main contractor consortium would like to replace Nam Anh Company with a unit with real experience and capacity in the field of beam structure production and construction. steel bridge Tran Hoang Na. This is a necessary job to ensure the progress and quality of the work,” Vuong emphasized. It is known that the bidding package CT3 – PW – 2.4 has the goal of building Tran Hoang Na bridge crossing the Can Tho river, 586.9 m long, 23 m wide at the main span (4 lanes), of which the main bridge is built. arch bridge design includes 3 spans of steel structure, span diagram 49.25+150+49.25m. Cienco1 – Bridge 14 Joint Stock Company is the winning contractor for construction with the winning bid price of VND 791.4 billion. According to the agreement with the leaders of Cienco1 for the 2014 – 2019 term, Nam Anh Company was assigned to process and install the main bridge steel arch with a value of about VND 99 billion. According to the original plan, Package CT3 – PW – 2.4, construction time of Tran Hoang Na bridge took 34.4 months, but to be in line with the agreement to borrow PMU ODA capital in Ho Chi Minh City. Can Tho negotiated with the contractor to shorten the construction schedule with the completion time of 22 months. In order to meet the schedule that has been shortened by nearly one third compared to the bidding documents, at the beginning of August 2020, Cienco1 had Document No. 646/TCT – KH requesting PMU ODA TP. Can Tho considers adding 3 subcontractors to the Package CT3 – PW – 2.4, to build Tran Hoang Na Bridge, which are Thanh Long Group Joint Stock Company, Van Cuong – Vinawaco, and Waterway Maintenance Management Joint Stock Company. No. 12. In which, Thanh Long is recommended to additionally undertake the processing of 40% of the volume of steel arch structure. All main materials and erection are still undertaken by Cienco1. “The addition of Thanh Long is necessary to shorten the construction schedule of the Package”, Document No. 646 of Cienco1 said. Concerns of pmu oda TP. need poetry without foundation Talking to a reporter of the Investment Newspaper, a leader of the Department of Construction and Quality Management of Traffic Works (Ministry of Transport) said that the addition of construction subcontractors is very normal in traffic projects. and is within the competence of the main contractor if the additional contractor is capable of construction experience; the subcontractor’s volume does not exceed the contract rate. Previously, the Procurement Management Department (Ministry of Planning and Investment) also had an opinion that the addition of a subcontractor of Cienco 1 was not against the law. In Document No. 201/QLDT-CS dated February 22, 2021, the Procurement Management Department said: If there are no prohibitions in the donor’s instructions, bidding documents, and contracts signed between the parties. Regarding the change in the percentage of the subcontractor’s workload, the addition of the subcontractor after the contract has been signed, the main contractor’s request to add more subcontractors, increase the rate of using subcontractors from 40.81% to 49.57% (not exceeding the maximum rate of using subcontractors specified in the bidding documents as 50%) to implement the bidding package to ensure shortening the contract schedule from 34 months down to 22 months is not against the sponsor’s regulations. It is known that in the documents rejecting the proposal to add subcontractors to the construction of steel structure fabrication items of Cienco1, PMU ODA TP. According to Can Tho, the arch and steel beam structure system of Tran Hoang Na bridge is a complex structural system with seamless requirements, high mechanical precision, and strict and concentrated quality management requirements. Therefore, if the processing is done by 2 units, it will give rise to technical risks such as not ensuring the synchronization; does not guarantee compliance with the test installation procedure. However, Cienco1 said that the above concern of PMU ODA City. Can Tho is unfounded, because the main contractor has specifically divided each detailed scope of work for two subcontractors, Nam Anh and Thanh Long, to ensure the construction meets the schedule as well as the synchronization. of texture. “With experience in management, operation and quality control, art through many similar projects, Cienco1 is committed to completing the bidding package to ensure the quality of art according to the standards of the project”, representative of the contractor. main said. By PMU ODA City. Can Tho continues to have concerns about uniformity, Cienco1 has decided to replace subcontractor Nam Anh with another unit with experience in manufacturing and installing traffic and civil steel beam structures. It is worth mentioning that the current PMU ODA City. Can Tho has not yet responded to the proposal to replace Nam Anh subcontractor while the construction progress of Package CT3 – PW – 2.4, construction of Tran Hoang Na bridge is very urgent. Investment Newspaper also contacted Mr. Bui Thai Thuong, Deputy Director of PMU ODA City. Can Tho, who is directly in charge of Package CT3 – PW – 2.4 but also did not receive a response.

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Author | Song Wanxin

On May 17, the 2021 Sohu Technology 5G&AI Summit was grandly held in Beijing.Peng Chengjin, co-founder and chief system architect of Uisee Technology, as a guest, published the title “AI Reshapes Future Travel and Logistics-“AI Driver” Empowers Full-Scenario Autonomous Driving Landing” Keynote speech.

After the speech, he accepted an exclusive interview with Sohu Technology, and gave detailed answers to the characteristics of Uisee’s autonomous driving technology, the landing case of airport scenes, and the practice of more subdivided scenes.

Peng Chengjin pointed out that Uisee Technology advocates a “really unmanned, all-weather, all-scenario” unmanned driving platform in the field of autonomous driving, and “delivers AI drivers to the entire industry to empower a new ecology of travel and logistics.”

In 2019, Uisee Technology and Hong Kong International Airport officially launched “unmanned logistics” operations, deploying multiple unmanned logistics vehicles to achieve end-to-end cargo transportation trial operations in the airport, and autonomous driving routes covering ground, underground, indoors, and tunnels And other complex environments.

At the beginning of this year, the landing process was further advanced. Hong Kong International Airport announced in January that all luggage trailers that walk through the airport’s Haitian Passenger Terminal will be replaced by unmanned logistics vehicles in the first quarter of this year, completely replacing traditional human-driven trailers to transport passengers’ luggage at the Haitian Passenger Terminal.

Uisee Technology has successively cooperated with many international airports at home and abroad, becoming the first unmanned driving company in China and even the world to build an unmanned intelligent airport.

“In airports, the challenge of unmanned driving is very big. The first is safety. Because of the contact with the aircraft, the safety requirements are very high. Second, in addition to the requirements for safety, the airport has requirements for efficiency. It is also very high, because this flight is managed strictly according to time. Especially the Hong Kong Airport is very dense and the place is very small. The third is the environment. The Hong Kong Airport is reclaimed from the sea, and it is an environment that depends on the sea. Typhoons, heavy rains, high temperatures, and smog put great pressure on the technology itself, the quality of unmanned vehicle products, and operations.”

Peng Chengjin told Sohu Technology that after more than 500 days of operation, the above three difficulties have been basically overcome.

In response to the current car building boom, Peng Chengcheng believes that it is precisely because everyone has seen that smart driving has entered the second half, autonomous driving companies have solved the technology, products and the first batch of large-scale commercialization, so that the entire industry can see the development of smart driving. The outbreak has arrived, so so many companies have begun to join the manufacturing of intelligent driving vehicles, which in itself is an affirmation of the past exploration of autonomous driving.

The following is a concise compilation of the interview record:

Sohu Technology: First, you can briefly introduce to the netizens of Sohu the main work you are responsible for at Uisee Technology, as well as the technical characteristics of Uisee.

Peng Jincheng: I am mainly responsible for technology research and development and some construction of unmanned driving platforms at Uisee. At present, I am focusing on making unmanned driving algorithms and systems better, smarter, and safer. We call it a truly unmanned, all-weather, all-scenario driverless platform, and deliver “AI drivers” to the entire industry to empower a new ecology of travel and logistics.

Sohu Technology: The cooperation between Uisee Technology and Hong Kong International Airport is a well-known case in the industry. At the beginning of this year, it was reported that the unmanned logistics vehicle jointly developed by the two parties has also begun to operate. It can be seen that the use of unmanned vehicles in the airport has gradually increased. What are the difficulties in landing the airport scene? In terms of technology, how did Uisee achieve the first breakthrough in the industry?

Peng Jincheng: Around December 2019, we started to do normal unmanned operations in the airport. In the beginning, there were a few vehicles, but now there are dozens of them. Especially during the epidemic period last year, the airport scene saw the advantages of unmanned vehicles, and its deployment and application were greatly promoted.

In the airport, the challenge of unmanned driving is very big. The first is safety. Because of the contact with the aircraft, the safety requirements are very high. Just now I also introduced that in the airport unmanned vehicle, in addition to the safety and redundancy of the unmanned driving system, we have also created a system for “de-safety officer”, and even provided another set of scenarios for the airport. The intelligent system that monitors the environment, avoids aircraft and vehicles, and maintains a certain distance, guarantees the safety of unmanned vehicles in the airport and the safety of the apron area.

Second, in addition to the safety requirements of the airport, it actually has very high requirements for efficiency, because this flight is managed strictly according to time, especially the entire flight at Hong Kong Airport is very dense and the place is still small, so The efficiency requirements are very high. It is required that the unmanned vehicle must complete the service within a few minutes, and this cannot be exceeded. More than one time is equivalent to a record. In terms of efficiency, we also need to ensure that our unmanned vehicles cannot stop there if something goes wrong. You must ensure that it can operate at all times. If it goes wrong, there must be other ways to continue to provide services.

The third is the environment. The Hong Kong Airport is reclaimed from the sea. It is an environment that relies on the sea. Typhoons, heavy rains, high temperatures, and smog put great pressure on the technology itself, the quality of unmanned vehicle products, and operations. Basically, after more than 500 days of operation, we have overcome these three difficulties.

Sohu Technology: What other segmentation scenarios is Uisee still working on? How is it laid out? Which applications are the focus of investment?

Peng Jincheng: We are currently working hard in many industries. We are AI drivers in all scenarios. We provide AI driving services. In addition to airports, we have more than 100 unmanned vehicles in the world’s most modern factory. Normalized operation of AI drivers. In addition to public transportation, unmanned buses, RoboTaxi, passenger vehicles and unmanned delivery, we are also working hard. Our goal is to apply full-scenario AI drivers in addition to these so-called specific The scenes also include various open scenes.

Sohu Technology: In 2018, you expect that it will take 3-5 years for the cost of driverless vehicles to fall to the point that they can be commercialized on a large scale. Looking at it now, has this progress been achieved?

Peng Progress: In 2018, it seems that the judgment is still a little conservative. In fact, everyone is now talking about the second half of driverless driving. The first half is mainly about technical products and whether it can explore real business. The landing value has been proven in the second half.

We have already started to use unmanned driving technology on a large scale last year, and there are many applications in many scenarios. By this year, with the advancement of technology, especially the cost of lidar, a key component in unmanned driving, its cost has dropped very fast. At that time 3 years ago, it was tens of thousands of dollars, and now there are thousands of dollars. Lidar can be selected. In three years, hundreds of dollars will be available, which will greatly promote the industrialization of unmanned driving, lower its threshold and promote its arrival.

Sohu Technology: Autonomous driving technology manufacturers like Baidu have also started to build cars. What do you think of the current car building boom? Does Yushi have a plan to build a car?

Peng Progress: It is precisely because everyone has seen that smart driving has entered the second half, we have solved these difficulties with technology, products and the first batch of large-scale commercialization, allowing the entire industry to see the arrival of smart driving. That’s why so many companies have begun to join the manufacturing of smart driving cars. In itself, our past work and our persistence are an affirmation.

Secondly, we still stick to our point of view. We don’t build cars. We only provide AI drivers. We work with other car-making companies in the whole industry. As we enter the second half, the industry begins to gradually integrate. The point of view is who is good at Do what you do. In the end, only in this way can the future of intelligent driving come faster.

People get vaccinated against COVID-19. Photo: AFP/VNA In Singapore, technology has really been “powering” to increase the efficiency of vaccine use. Behind every immunization center in Singapore is a vast virtual infrastructure that can capture and categorize each COVID-19 vaccine shot to make the vaccination campaign as effective as possible. Singapore has built integrated solutions to collect and handle data disparities. The system is also flexible to adapt to new cases should Singapore change its COVID-19 vaccination strategy. One of the solutions that Singapore is applying is the development of error detection software. These software can detect errors when people misrepresent personal information during vaccination scheduling before this information is entered into the database and need human correction. Since Singapore launched its COVID-19 vaccination program at an early stage in January, the Integrated Health Information System of Singapore (IHiS) has processed between 4,000 and 5,000 vaccination data per day. . At that time, there were about 200 false declarations every day and all of these errors had to be corrected manually. However, thanks to the software’s continuous improvement, now the number of cases to be corrected is reduced to just 20 per day, while IHiS’s system processes up to 50,000 records per day. In Denmark, technology is used to attract and encourage people to get vaccinated. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen in Denmark are testing a game with virtual reality technology to educate people about the benefits of vaccination. Users will wear virtual reality glasses, playing the role of an elderly person trying to walk through a crowded square. In this game, the people in the red shirt are infected with COVID-19, while the blue shirts are people who have been vaccinated. Professor Robert Bohm of the University of Copenhagen said that after players experience the virtual reality game for themselves, their intention to vaccinate will be even more motivated. In the United States, several cities and counties in the country, including Los Angeles, Philadelphia, New Orleans and Newark, are using advanced psychoanalytic technology to help build and expand vaccination programs. These cities have partnered with the company Zencity and the Ash Center of Harvard University’s Kennedy School to study people’s psychology when vaccinating. Through this program, US localities will use Zencity’s tools to collect and analyze citizen feedback from available sources, such as social media posts, online channels, and online channels. local news site. The tool then uses artificial intelligence (AI) to classify and sort the data based on topics, trends, anomalies, and people’s perceptions. Cities will receive a report from Zencity, which includes different demographics about vaccines as well as public sentiment towards the vaccination program. In addition, the report also displays misinformation that may need to be addressed and recommendations on how to communicate the vaccine. This tool is highly appreciated by cities in the US. Deana Gamble, head of communications for the city of Philadelphia, said that thanks to the app, the city government understands that it needs to provide accurate and up-to-date information to those who are still uncertain about the benefits of using the app. vaccinations and how to administer them. Not only does it help speed up vaccination progress, but technology also makes access to a COVID-19 vaccine more equitable for many groups. In Italy, the Lombardy regional government has approved the application of an algorithm developed by scientists to decide who should be given priority to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. A team of scientists from the University of Bicocca in the city of Milan has developed an algorithm that aims to end the controversy over which groups should be given priority to get the COVID-19 vaccine. The researchers divided the patients worst affected by COVID-19 into groups based on age, epidemiological history and many other factors. In addition, a team of experts from the University of Bicocca has also identified 34 conditions and diseases that may increase the risk of contracting COVID-19, including diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, anemia and other diseases. blood cancer. “We believe that by vaccinating those most at risk, we can avoid hundreds of intubation and deaths in Lombardy and beyond,” said Professor Giovanni Corrao of the University of Bicocca. all of Italy”. Currently, the Italian Ministry of Health is also considering recommendations for the use of this technology nationwide. If vaccines are considered a powerful weapon for humans against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the above specific examples show that technology, in many different forms, can increase the strength and effectiveness of the virus. this weapon, thereby helping people soon “reach the target” of herd immunity.

People relax and enjoy a relaxing space at St James’s Park in London, England With more than 200 million doses of vaccine already included in the vaccination campaign, the European Union (EU) is well on its way to meeting its goal of vaccinating 70% of adults this summer. In the UK, pre-ordering vaccines for prevention and early licensing of vaccines creates conditions for the country to speed up vaccination progress, helping to reduce infections and deaths. Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to announce the next phase of lockdown easing in the UK. France is expected to have administered about 20 million adult doses of the vaccine by mid-May and reach 30 million by the end of June. With the number of new cases falling, the utilization rate of the intensive care unit (ICU) in France is expected to increase. The number of hospitals is reduced, the French Government is expected to ease the curfew soon, allowing cafes, bars and restaurants to open for business outdoors from May 19. In Germany, people who have received 2 full doses of the COVID-19 vaccine or the number of SARS-CoV-2 infections but have recovered are exempt from some regulations on travel restrictions and distance. Below is a series of photos of the trend of opening up, bringing the rhythm of life back to normal in many big cities in Europe. Image source: Reuters Staff serving guests at an outdoor restaurant area in Milan, Italy Life gradually returns to normal in Berlin, Germany. Restaurants in the Soho area, London welcome customers when the restriction order is eased in the British capital Tourists take selfies outside the Colosseum, Rome, Italy on the first day the monument reopens Many people are starting to return to fitness centers in Copenhagen, Denmark Đan Scenes of people cycling and walking in the Tempelhofer Feld area, Berlin, Germany An increasingly crowded beach near Athens, Greece Customers start coming to the restaurant in Rome, Italy

Currently, there are 15 members participating in the ISS project, of which 5 main members are: Russia, the US, Canada, Japan and the European Space Agency. Construction of the station began in 1998, the first permanent expedition commenced operations in 2000. It was previously announced that, during a meeting with President Putin on Astronaut Day (April 12), Russia decided to withdraw from the ISS project from 2025 and start building its own Orbit Station. The first module for it will be the SEM, which was originally designed for the ISS. Roscosmos notes that the ISS modules have reached the end of their useful life. Usually IS structures are used for only 15 years, but most ISS modules, not only Russian ones, are more than two decades old. Ong Vladimir Soloviev, the leader of the flight division, spoke of the need to create the new station due to technical problems on the Russian segment on the ISS, namely detecting cracks that allow the air to escape. Although the cracks have been sealed, there are still small leaks. Russia decided to leave the ISS and build its own Space Station Mr. Soloviev predicts, after 2025 there will be mass technical problems with the parts of the station. Carrying out repairs and maintenance is extremely costly and downright dangerous. In October, Mr. Soloviev revealed the appearance of a new Russian orbital service station. Under the plan, it will include at least five modules: Basic part, target production, logistics warehouse, platform (slide) for spacecraft assembly, launch, reception and servicing, as well as one The commercial module can accommodate four travelers. According to the documents, for the purpose of being used in the Russian Orbital Station component, this module needs to be adapted to accommodate the “Angara-A5M” boosters from Vostochny aerospace, instead of missile “Proton-M” from Baikonur airport. In addition, on the module will have to replace the assembly from active to passive, place two cabin compartments for astronauts and adjust the systems in charge of movement and navigation, telemetry, communication. and heat guarantee. According to published documents, the plan to build Russia’s Orbital Station will be divided into two phases. Energy Science (NEM) modular model on the Russian Space Station In the first phase between 2025 and 2030, NEM, node, base, and entrance modules are expected to launch. In the second phase, from 2030 to 2035, Roscosmos will produce the target modules as well as the foundation for the maintenance of space apparatus. The Russian orbit station will fly in a Sun synchronous orbit – at an angle of 97 degrees from the equator, on which its solar panels will always receive light. Such orbits also allow the crew to see the North Pole every hour and a half, and every two days they see any point on our planet. In this connection, it is planned to have the part of the Earth-facing Station within the range of the observation system in various spectral bands – from optical to radar, and on the opposite side a device. are intended for monitoring outside of open spaces. To board the New Station in the first phase will be the manned transport “Progress” and the “Soyuz” manned, while in the second stage the manned train “Oriol”.

On April 24, talking to PV Tien Phong, Binh Duong’s police representative said that in order to keep up with the set schedule, the unit was strengthened to implement the work of granting CCCD to local people. On the upcoming 4-day holiday, the police of Binh Duong province still work day and night and do not take a rest. Binh Duong police issued CCCD to people during 4 holidays With the goal of completing the issuance of CCCD cards to all people aged full 14 years and over in the area by July 1, 2021, Binh Duong Provincial Police has focused on maximum all available resources, including “Overtime” works at night to keep pace. Colonel Trinh Ngoc Quyen, Secretary of the Party Committee, Director of Binh Duong Provincial Public Security said that the whole province is currently equipped with 20 apparatuses by the Ministry of Public Security to issue CCCD cards to people. In order to meet the needs of people to use CCCD cards and ensure the right time as prescribed by the Ministry of Public Security, Binh Duong Police gather all available resources to issue CCCD cards 3 shifts / day, day and night continuously. including working on Saturdays and Sundays and increasing mobile work in communes, wards and towns. Binh Duong is located in 10 provinces and cities selected by the Ministry of Public Security as the implementation point to be completed until July 1. Ethnic minorities in Binh Phuoc are offered free transportation to CCCD In Binh Phuoc province, the police force was arranged to increase working day and night to timely issue CCCD to the people. The current time in Binh Phuoc is the cashew season, during the day people are busy harvesting cashew, often take advantage of at night to get citizenship. This is a locality where there are many ethnic minorities living, the way at night is very difficult. People in Binh Phuoc harvest cashew during the day, and work as CCCD at night In order to support ethnic minorities, where traveling is difficult, the police of Phu Rieng commune (Phu Rieng district) mobilized a 52-seat passenger car to carry and pick up people for free from 7:00 pm the previous night. 5 o’clock the next morning. Only on April 23 and 24, about 300 people were brought in, including priority for the elderly, students, pregnant women, young children, families with no means of transportation …

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Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Hong Linh operates the bridge point of Ha Tinh. Standing Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh delivers the opening speech at the conference. (Photo: baochinhphu.vn) According to the report of the Steering Committee of Project 896, up to now, the task of building the National Database on Population and Production and Citizen Identification has been carried out on schedule. Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Hong Linh chaired at Ha Tinh bridge point. As of March 5, 2021, the country had 98,736,106 ordinary people. In which, 86,603,192 votes DC01 of 59/63 localities have been collected; transferring and synchronizing data of 4 localities: Ha Noi, Hai Phong, Can Tho, Tay Ninh were available as: 11,204,794 (reaching 99.06%); 16,050,224 DC02 votes have been updated. The Ministry of Public Security instructed and directed the local police to organize 6,000 checks and revisions to ensure “correct, sufficient, clean, living” information on the population. The leadership representative of the Ministry of Public Security reports on the results of the implementation of the master project on simplifying administrative procedures, citizenship papers and data bases related to population management in the period of 2013 – 2020. Currently, the People’s Public Security Forces are simultaneously issuing new citizen identification cards to citizens across the country with many outstanding advantages (cards with electronic chips with high security plan; ensuring standards design, aesthetic, durable, beautiful …). Director of Administrative Procedures Control Department – Government Office Ngo Hai Phan: It is recommended that ministries, departments, branches and localities continue to upgrade public service portals, electronic one-door information systems, specialized databases and information systems to ensure connectivity, extraction of information from the national database on population. By the end of March 24, 2021, the system of the Ministry of Justice provided 5,454,937 valid registration data of Vietnamese citizens (as of the time of updating data into the system, there were not enough 14 age and birth registration date from 1/1/2016 onwards). Representative of the Ministry of Information and Communications: Ministries, branches and localities need to use the national data-sharing and integration platform as the “backbone” for data connection, integration and sharing nationwide. Ministries, branches and localities have actively implemented the review of administrative procedures (TTHC), citizenship papers and databases related to population management. Up to now, out of a total of 1,934 administrative procedures that require citizen information to resolve, ministries and branches have proposed to simplify 1,126 administrative procedures, accounting for 58.2%. Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Ngo Minh Chau: The Government is requested to continue to direct, the Ministry of Public Security and other ministries and agencies to guide the relevant provinces and cities so that the construction must be synchronous, unified, and avoid overlapping and duplication. At the conference, delegates pointed out some outstanding issues such as: the construction of the electronic civil status database was not synchronous, not consistent with the national database on population; Many units and localities have not actively prepared technical infrastructure to ensure the readiness to connect to the national database on population; The construction of a specialized database is focusing only on the management of private operations … Concluding the conference, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh emphasized that the promulgation of Project 896 is of special importance, contributing to a breakthrough in residential management from manual to modern. move from paper documents to electronic records through information technology applications. Standing Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh delivered the conclusion of the meeting The Standing Deputy Prime Minister affirmed that the results of Project 896 have created a foundation for improving the efficiency of population management towards modernization, implementing administrative reform plans, building and developing the Government. e, towards digital government, digital economy, digital society. In the coming time, the Ministry of Public Security is requested to coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to continue to complete the construction of an electronic civil status database, consistent with the national database on population. Ministries, branches and localities shall connect the national database on population with specialized databases; to efficiently exploit and use the national database on population in service of building e-Government, towards digital government, digital economy and digital society. Delegates meeting at the head of Ha Tinh bridge. The Ministry of Information and Communications coordinates with ministries, branches and localities to ensure the connection, integration and sharing of data between databases and information systems related to the population with the national database on population. ensure compliance with regulations and technical instructions as prescribed. The Standing Deputy Prime Minister also requested the Ministry of Justice to urgently complete the construction of the electronic civil status database, ensuring consistency with the national database on population; coordinate with the Ministry of Public Security in removing difficulties and problems related to civil status determination in special cases. Ministries, branches and localities have strengthened coordination to complete plans to simplify administrative procedures, citizenship papers and databases related to population management in the coming time. At Ha Tinh bridge point, Standing Vice Chairman of Provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Hong Linh suggested that in the coming time, relevant departments and localities continue to seriously implement the Government’s directive documents, leads of relevant ministries and branches. Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Hong Linh assigns tasks at the Ha Tinh bridge point. Strengthen propaganda to create consensus among the people in implementing the tasks of Project 896. The police, departments, branches and localities work closely to connect and share effectively the database on the population. Must exploit effectively, ensure safety and security of the network and national database information on population.

International space station. Photo: Getty The Russian Deputy Prime Minister’s office also said that “information on operational incidents is being recorded more frequently than in recent times” and that an examination of the ISS is required to avoid possible emergency situations out. Astronauts have had to find a way to fix the leak due to cracks in some modules. Mr. Vladimir Solovyev, Deputy Director of Energia in charge of ISS of Russia in November 2020, said that some components of the ISS station were damaged, could not be replaced and would stop working after 2025. Energia is currently researching. to build a space station named Russia Orbital to replace ISS. The ISS was commissioned in 1998. The life cycle of this space station has been extended to 2020 and then to 2024. Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency, said after the ISS was shut down, the Progress cargo spacecraft would pull it out of orbit. Then, the ISS will fall into the ocean like the Russian Mir space station when decommissioned in 2001./.

Mr. Lai Hong Thanh, Deputy Director General of the General Department of Geology and Minerals (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment) Representative of state management agency on minerals, Mr. Lai Hong Thanh, Deputy Director of General Department of Geology and Minerals (MONRE) shared with SGGP Newspaper reporter about the management of exploration and mineral exploitation across the country today. * Reporter: Sir, the scarcity of leveling materials for the North-South expressway project is no longer a new problem. Government leaders, many ministries, branches and localities also joined in, but the situation has not improved much. What do you think? – Mr. LAI HONG THANH: As a key national project, which has been prepared and implemented since 2017, the North-South expressway project has received special attention from the National Assembly, the Government and relevant agencies. favorable conditions for deployment. However, in some sections of the route, the locality is facing difficulties with materials for construction. It is estimated that the total demand for the whole route will need about 60.7 million m³ of embankment land; 21.5 million m³ of rocks of all kinds and 10.8 million m³ of sand. In the process of project formulation, technical design, design consultant surveyed and proposed to use material mines. Some mines in many localities are being implemented well, but there are also a number of mines that have not met the demand for many reasons: the transportation distance is too far, leading to high cost, not timely supply; Some mines have expired, are waiting for renewal … Besides, there are mines in the local planning that are implementing mining licensing procedures, but according to the current law, the process is , the procedure takes quite a long time. Before the North-South expressway project was implemented, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment issued Circular No. 01/2016 / TT-BTNMT technical regulations on the exploration of river-bed sand and gravel and rock for leveling materials. fill. This Circular simplifies the technical method and volume of exploration works, thereby shortening the time for licensing exploration and exploitation. Recently, the ministry has also issued Document No. 1488 / BTNMT-ĐCKS dated March 29, 2016 on licensing exploration and exploitation of minerals as common building materials for expressway projects. We have also instructed the provincial People’s Committee to apply the Mineral Law in the direction: construction works can take the excavated soil to convert to the embankment within the service scope of that work without having to apply for a permit. … * Some localities say that even after applying regulations to facilitate businesses, it is still too long to be licensed for exploration and mining? – Law on Minerals 2010 has been implemented for more than 10 years, there are points to be adjusted and the above mentioned case (exploration and exploitation of minerals as common building materials) is one of the points that need to be amended. . In the immediate future, I propose to the competent authority, here the National Assembly, to consider and issue a separate resolution following the simplified procedures on the order of procedures for exploration and exploitation of mines for the project. this. However, the implementation progress depends greatly on the locality, because the Provincial People’s Committee is the authority to approve and grant exploration and exploitation permits. * How about the possibility of using thermal power plant ash or using construction waste to build roads, sir? – In my opinion, it is necessary to evaluate the environmental impact of using ash and slag in thermal power plants. But even if it can be used, the amount of this offset is also negligible compared to the huge demand of the expressway project. * The 2010 Law on Minerals has brought into play a positive effect over the years, but the law has also revealed a number of shortcomings that need improvement. Can you elaborate on these shortcomings and is the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment expected to submit to the Government and the National Assembly for amendments to the law? – Currently, we are evaluating and summarizing the implementation of the Mineral Law 2010 and have identified a number of shortcomings. That is, do not specify the joint venture or association in mineral exploitation activities; there is no uniform regulation with the law on investment to control when there is a change in the capital of the enterprise owner that has been granted a license for mineral exploration and exploitation; responsibilities of organizations and individuals exploiting minerals after being licensed for exploitation in monitoring and supervising the actual exploited output; responsibility for coordinating mineral management in the areas bordering areas between provinces and cities (especially for sand minerals, river-bed gravel) … After a comprehensive assessment, we will take the next steps to submit to the authorities to include the amendment and supplement of the Mineral Law into the law building program, possibly 2022 or 2023. * Thank you Sir!

AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 Vaccine. (Photo: VNA broadcast) Regarding the issue of vaccine supplies of the European Union (EU), on April 18, the European Commissioner for the internal market Thierry Breton left open the possibility that the EU could decide not to continue ordering. vaccine of AstraZeneca due to a later than agreed upon delivery. The EU initially ordered 120 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine for 27 member countries in the first quarter of 2021 and 180 million doses in the second quarter of 2021. However, so far AstraZeneca has only delivered 30 million doses and is expected to have only 70 million more doses in the next quarter. Mr. Breton affirmed that there is currently no certainty and the EU is still negotiating with AstraZeneca. However, he stressed that no matter what the decision is not due to medical or epidemiological reasons, and affirms that the AstraZeneca vaccine brings more benefits than risks. U] Previously, on April 16, French Industry Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher also mentioned the possibility that the EU will not renew the contract with AstraZeneca and both. Johnson & Johnson in the year 2022. Some EU countries have stopped using the AstraZeneca vaccine due to concerns about the risk of side effects occurring thrombosis. However, most countries have resumed their AstraZeneca vaccination program after the European Drug Administration (EMA) confirmed the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine.

Illustration. The Ministry of Transport has just sent an official letter No. 3327 / BGTVT – CQLXD to the Lam Dong Department of Transport, requesting this unit to speed up the implementation of the 27 Highway Project, the Lien Khuong bypass. Accordingly, the Ministry of Transport requires the Department of Transport of Lam Dong to actively coordinate with the local Site Clearance Council (site clearance) to quickly resolve the difficulties and problems in site clearance work; speed up the construction procedures for the construction of the resettlement area to arrange for households, hand over the entire site to the project before April 30, 2021, organize the construction to meet the required schedule. . Lam Dong Department of Transport is also urgently requested to direct the Project Management Board, the Consultant and the Contractor to strictly control the quality of materials gathered, used at the site, and resolutely remove materials that do not meet the requirements. bridge; strengthening construction quality management to comply with project technical instructions; perform the pre-acceptance test and make payment according to regulations. At the same time, direct the contractor to be proactive, increase the mobilization of machinery, equipment, human resources, materials and materials to speed up the construction progress for the positions with available premises, organize overtime. , increase crew for construction to compensate for the slow progress. For the positions that have the conditions for construction ground, Lam Dong Department of Transport instructs the contractor and related units to focus on completing the completion of each item, each section of the route has been handed over. by, controlling construction to ensure quality, progress, traffic safety, labor safety, and environmental sanitation according to requirements, meeting project progress. In case the locality cannot hand over the entire site according to the set schedule, the Lam Dong Department of Transport and related units will urgently organize the construction of completion of the work items at the locations that have been handed over. by the approved design, report to the Ministry of Transport before May 30, 2021 to consider allowing the determination of technical stops and hand over the status quo of the positions still facing the ground to the local management. “The Ministry of Transport will report to the Prime Minister on the difficulties and problems related to the site clearance, so it has not completed disbursement under the Prime Minister’s direction and will consider investing in construction and completion. the road sections still have problems with the ground when appropriate funding sources are available ”, stated the dispatch of the Ministry of Transport. Highway 27 project, Lien Khuong bypass is a project with a small investment capital scale (about 121 billion VND according to the initial investment decision and 235 billion VND after the adjustment) but it can be classified in the group. projects with the most “rubber” construction period in the transport infrastructure sector. It is known that, on the basis of the proposal of the People’s Committee of Lam Dong province, in 2008, the Ministry of Transport issued Decision No. 1051 / QD – BGTVT approving the Project of Highway 27, avoiding Lien Khuong airport, using main bond capital. and assigned to Lam Dong Department of Transport as an investor. According to the original plan, Lam Dong Department of Transport will have to complete 2 construction and installation packages of the Project after 24 months of construction (2010). However, due to the transportation work, there are many problems and the capital arrangement for Highway 27 project, the section to avoid Lien Khuong airport is too scattered and fragmented (2009: 10 billion VND, 2010: 10 billion VND, 2011 : 10 billion VND, 2012: 14 billion VND) so this work was constantly out of breath, failed to meet the set progress and was forced to stop and extend the construction progress from 2012. At the time of starting to extend progress, Package 02 (construction and installation of the flyover and 4 branches intersecting with Lien Khuong highway – Da Lat) has just completed 2 abutments, 2/3 pillars and two-span girder installation. record. Package No. 01 (construction of 6 km of road) has not been executed yet. Due to the important role of the project and at the request of the locality, in January 2019, the Ministry of Transport approved the adjustment of the 27th Highway Lien Khuong bypass project and prioritized it to be included in the list of 14 traffic projects. The most urgent matter is decided by the Standing Committee of the National Assembly to approve the plan to use VND 15,000 billion from the contingency capital of the medium-term public investment plan with state budget capital in the 2016-2020 period. After this adjustment, in addition to the total project investment increased twice; The work completion progress is also extended to the end of December 2020. Although sufficient capital has been allocated to restart the project, but by November 2020), the volume value of Package 01 has only reached about 10.5 billion (reaching 16% of the contract value). Due to the slow clearance work, especially the construction of the resettlement area to arrange for about 40 households to be resettled, many procedures have not been completed, so the Ministry of Transport is forced to extend the progress. to April 30, 2021. However, according to the report of Lam Dong Department of Transport and field inspection results on April 10, 2021, there are still 26 households (0.8km) on the route that have not yet handed over the site and about 0, 8km has handed over the site but cannot approach the project for construction due to problems at the beginning of the route which have not been handed over the site; The project must arrange resettlement for 40 households, Duc Trong District People’s Committee is currently preparing construction drawing design documents to implement and hand over the resettlement rate. Currently, Lam Dong province has started in the rainy season, so in case the volume of the problem is not handed over early to the contractor to speed up the construction progress, the completion of the project will not be guaranteed. judgment according to the required progress. On the other hand, the project uses the medium-term excess capital in the 2016-2020 period, so it must be fully disbursed in 2021, otherwise the project is not zoned to transfer capital to other projects to meet the disbursement schedule. in accordance with the direction of the Prime Minister.

With the goal of granting 50 million chip-mounted citizen IDs before July 1, 2021, police across the country are working day and night. Many local residents also have to wait until the night before they can get their citizenship identity attached to the chip.

Explaining that the police of districts across the country put strength into identity in this phase, the representative of the Police Department of Administrative Management and Social Order (C06, Ministry of Public Security) shared: “Set the 1 / 7th milestone because this is the time when the national database system on population will be completed and integrated, connected with the citizen identification project. Administration, only need to present ID cards to be able to look up and complete the procedures without having to bring as many documents as today.

The representative of the Police Department for the administrative management of social order added that in early March, the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security requested that until July 1, the local functional forces had to issue 50 million identification cards. new.

In which, 50% of residents of 10 provinces and cities (Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Da Nang, Can Tho, Dong Nai, Binh Duong, Thanh Hoa, Nghe An and Bac Ninh) must be issued with identification. before April 30.

People do identification at night at the police station of Lang Ha, Hanoi.

To accomplish the above goal, on average, every day, the police of the provinces and cities nationwide must receive and issue cards to about 300,000 citizens. The number of newly issued identification cards is very large, so related units divided into mobile teams, down to residential areas, and divided into 3 shifts a day: morning, afternoon and evening to keep up the schedule.

Representative of Department C06 further informed, one of the reasons leading to the overload of citizenship level is currently due to each district. “equipped with only two fingerprint receivers”

“This is the number of machines that have been carefully calculated to avoid waste. At the beginning when the campaign to issue 50 million cards was going on, the demand was great, so it would be overloaded, but after July 1, the number of card issuers was small over time, so if you invest too much, you will use less of the equipment in the future “, Representatives of the Police Department for the administrative management of social order share.

In addition, with the new type of card, the fingerprint technology has changed, so the receiving process can have some problems, many people have a blurry fingerprint so the machine does not receive, people declare information that does not match the record. will cause the police to edit, resulting in longer processing times than usual.

CEO Phu Dong Group: ‘It is not capital, land fund that is the biggest difficulty for investors’.

In the position of investor’s representative, Mr. Ngo Quang Phuc, General Director of Phu Dong Group, said that at present, the problem of capital is not a problem for investors, but the biggest difficulty is the land fund for implementation of real estate projects.

According to Mr. Phuc, over the past time, the land price has increased, the planning of suitable land funds to implement projects still has many shortcomings, so to harmonize this issue, the state needs to plan specifically for each area, specially acquired land to create large land funds then auctioned investor selection implementation

Mr. Phuc also emphasized on the inadequacies of legal procedures and the state. According to the General Director of Phu Dong Group, it is necessary to shorten the time to resolve the procedures, creating opportunities for investors to implement projects faster, thereby solving the problem of lack of housing supply. now on.

Reply to TS. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Editor-in-Chief of the Investor Magazine on the problem of private participation in transport infrastructure construction, Mr. Le Do Muoi, Director of the Institute of Transport Strategy and Development ( Ministry of Transport), affirmed that the resources for transport need to be very large, it is very difficult for each state to do it.

“Medium-term capital (2021-2025) for transportation is about 1.2 million billion VND. This is a very large number. The current legal corridor has the Law on Public Investment and the PPP Law, but unfortunately the PPP law has removed the BT form from the law, making it difficult for only forms such as BOT, PPP to call for resources. Asking the giants easily get a shake of the head when calling for PPP cooperation, ”he said.

The representative of the Ministry of Transport also affirmed that transport is a public need, not a private profit. Therefore, capital needs to be socialized with great demand.

“At present, the ring roads also call on investors to participate with many suitable solutions for the benefits of both the state-investors – the people. The Ministry of Transport will sit down with interested investors to dedicate resources to listen and find different, suitable forms for cooperation. The Ministry of Transport has an open policy mechanism to call for investors in projects with high feasibility, ”said Mr. Muoi.

Regarding the issue of calling for investment capital for transport infrastructure, continue with the presentation, PhD. Nguyen Anh Tuan said that investors have great expectations on the PPP Law, but the recently issued Decree of the Ministry of Finance is facing many “complaints” and says inequality. The problem mentioned by many opinions is the mobilization of foreign capital for transport infrastructure development, but so far no investors have participated.

Answer this question, GS-TSKH. Nguyen Mai said that if mobilizing FDI, the biggest risk will be encountered is delay, which is followed by capital mobilization.

Therefore, the most important thing of current management, according to Mr. Nguyen Mai, is overcoming delays from licensing, implementation, site clearance, cost effective calculation, … to Investor implemented on schedule.

“This is a long story. And to be enforced is a story forever. FDI has so far failed in BOT, PPP and even more failed to invest in transport infrastructure. For example, it is the case that investor IL&FS (India) has expressed interest in the Hanoi – Hai Phong expressway. Although the negotiation is almost completed, the problem of many problems has made the project unable to sell “, GS-TSKH. Nguyen Mai said.

“The first BOT Decree was born in 1993, 5 years later, the PPP Law was born, but in the end, it is nothing to do, because it cannot answer the legitimate interests of investors. If we do not have innovative thinking, we do not listen to irreverent criticism, we cannot correct fundamental mistakes. Currently, many foreign investors want to participate not only in road traffic, but also railways and airports. If we have a more reasonable law, more open and transparent, and ensure legitimate benefits, both domestic and foreign investors will want to contribute capital to implement projects with the state ”, Professor-TSKH. Nguyen Mai emphasized.

The dispatch stated that, in the face of complicated developments in the world Covid-19, implementing the Prime Minister’s directing opinion on the realization of the dual goal of both economic development and effective anti-epidemic. In order to improve effectiveness in the prevention of epidemics and to deploy vaccination against Covid-19 in the coming time, from March 24-27, 2021, the National Steering Committee organized an inspection team to the provinces / TP.

Based on the examination results, the Ministry of Health (the standing agency of the National Steering Committee) proposed to the People’s Committee of the province / city directly under the Central Government, to continue strictly implementing the instructions on monitoring, isolation and testing. and prevention of the Covid-19 epidemic as well as on strengthening surveillance and management of immigration.

Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hanoi Chu Xuan Dung and the delegation inspecting epidemic prevention and vaccination deployment of Covid-19 at Duc Giang General Hospital.

The units continue to strengthen leadership, direct and uphold the responsibility of the leader in epidemic prevention and control, absolutely not neglect, subjective, and off guard. Regularly reporting, reviewing, drawing experiences in epidemic prevention work. Local leaders must focus on directing and proactively deciding appropriate anti-epidemic measures and take responsibility for epidemic prevention and control in their respective localities. When an epidemic threat occurs, priority must be given to the prevention of epidemics, implementing the motto 4 on the spot, proactively responding to various levels of epidemics. Do not apply a wide gap.

In the immediate future, the units will be proactive in a new normal state, both developing their economy and being ready to prevent epidemics in all sectors and fields at all agencies, units, organizations and enterprises. and community; Ensuring safety from epidemics is the basis for socio-economic development. Management agencies must strengthen inspection, rectification, tightening the implementation of epidemic prevention measures in each agency, unit, organization, enterprise, production establishment, especially places where practice Middle crowded people, strictly handle violations.

The Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security continue to direct military and police units to coordinate with local authorities to strictly manage border entry and exit. Special attention is paid to the management of foreign experts and workers entering Vietnam to work, those who illegally enter through the trails and openings. At the same time, continue to strictly organize the implementation of isolation under the guidance of the health sector. Pay attention to prepare carefully to reopen international trade routes in accordance with the ability to prevent and fight epidemics, ensure safety, promote international exchange under the direction of the Prime Minister.

Improve testing capacity at medical facilities in the area. Units prepare materials, equipment, and biologicals for testing; organize training and training courses for staff on Covid-19 surveillance, isolation, testing and epidemic prevention, especially at the grassroots health level. Direct private health facilities to strengthen surveillance and early detection of cases with suspicious symptoms in order to promptly take samples for testing.

Direct urgently the implementation of vaccination against Covid-19 according to the allocated quantity and the local plan to use Covid-19 vaccine to ensure the completion of progress before May 15, 2021, to the right people, to be safe. full, effective; mobilize maximum resources for immunization activities, including medical facilities, medical training institutions in the area to organize Covid-19 vaccination to ensure safety and effectiveness for the in accordance with regulations. Follow up and set up teams to handle adverse incidents after vaccination. Arrange a sufficient number of anti-anaphylaxis to promptly handle serious adverse events, if any, after vaccination.

The units continue to strongly communicate in order to raise awareness and self-protect against the epidemic risk among the people, strictly implement measures to prevent and control epidemics in the new situation, absolutely not subjective to neglect. was.

In addition, the units also intensified the inspection and strict supervision of the implementation of regulations on entry, surveillance, medical isolation, and Covid-19 epidemic prevention testing, especially the pre-conditions. When entering, absolutely not to spread in the quarantine area or to the community.

Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Van Sinh. Photo: VGP

This is the information emphasized by Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Van Sinh during the meeting to provide information to a number of press agencies about the situation of land fever, virtual land fever in some localities in recent years.

There are many “risks” in real estate transactions

Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Sinh said that in the first quarter of 2021, the real estate market had many fluctuations, although the volume of real estate transactions under the supervision of the Ministry of Construction, was only about 70% of the transactions in the fourth quarter of 2020.

Real estate prices increased slightly, especially apartments also increased from 5% to 10%. In particular, land prices have had a hot, local phenomenon in some localities across the country such as areas around Hanoi, Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, Hoa Binh, Phu Tho, Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai. , Binh Duong, Binh Phuoc, Binh Thuan …

Many people leave their jobs and production to trade land, creating local land fever phenomenon and risks affecting socio-economic development in the area.

It is worrying that many real estate transactions have emerged problems affecting the interests of people, especially real estate transactions with ineligible legal conditions.

“That is a situation that many projects that have not invested in technical infrastructure have real estate transactions; Many transactions took place with forest land, agricultural land, production and business land that has not been used for investment in real estate projects. It can be said that these transactions do not guarantee legal requirements, potential risks for people when investing in real estate in the past time, “Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Sinh warned.

Five causes of land fever – virtual land fever

According to Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Van Sinh, in recent years, most localities have been very active in preparing provincial planning according to the provisions of the Law on Planning 2017. At the same time, localities are also interested in the planning investment and development of urban projects, housing projects, and large-scale technical infrastructure projects. Urban upgrading is also happening synchronously.

Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Sinh stated, “The planning and announcement of the local planning has not been made public and transparent for timely orientation for people and businesses, leading to investors and businesses. The real estate has taken advantage of this lack of transparency to push land prices up as in the past “.

Land fever has occurred in some localities in recent years. Photo: VGP

Second, due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, the bank interest rates, including those at commercial banks, are very low. This investment channel is not attractive to people to send money. Therefore, at present, many investors and people with idle money tend to invest in real estate transactions because they think that this transaction is safe, effective and has opportunities for the future.

The third reason, according to Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Sinh, in recent years, the investment in the development of housing, real estate and urban projects has also faced many difficulties, especially legal procedures. Land management, investment and construction are still difficult, leading to a limited supply of real estate.

Next is the investment and development of affordable commercial housing, social housing, for the poor in urban areas as well as workers in industrial zones that have not been given adequate attention by localities. leading to a lack of social housing supply, not meeting the needs and needs of the current people.

Fifth, now some localities have had a policy of increasing land prices according to the roadmap with an increase of 15-20%. Although this land price increase has not affected much real estate transactions today, because real estate transactions have now been allocated land and invested in the past, but the policy of increasing land prices has affected. affecting psychology and the increase in real estate prices in recent times.

Transparency about planning and implementation progress of projects

Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Sinh said that over the past time, the Government and the Prime Minister have focused on directing ministries and localities to drastically step in and take specific solutions to prevent and strictly deal with the phenomenon. virtual land fever in some localities.

Specifically, focus on building and perfecting the legal system related to land, real estate investment, construction and trading to remove difficulties, especially in terms of investment order and procedures.

The Government has submitted and approved by the National Assembly the amended Investment Law, the amended Construction Law, the decrees have also been issued by the Government such as the Decree guiding the Construction Law, the Decree guiding the Investment Law; Amended Decrees related to the Decree on management and development of housing projects and guide the Housing Law and the Decree on social housing development.

Along with that, the Government has also instructed the State Bank of Vietnam to better control credit, especially credit in real estate, to avoid “double risks” in this area.

At the same time, to direct localities to focus on investment in developing social housing, cheap commercial housing to meet the housing needs of people, especially workers in industrial zones.

For localities, Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Van Sinh suggested that in the coming time, focus on completing and approving planning projects, paying attention to urban development projects, housing projects. ensure synchronous technical infrastructure, social infrastructure and full legal status for real estate projects, control real estate transactions to ensure demand.

Continuing to make public information about the planning and implementation progress of projects in order to make information transparent, prevent the spread of rumors, speculation to push prices and profit from a number of projects that have occurred. out in the past.

In addition, there should be strict measures to prevent the transfer of land use rights, division of plots, sale of land in some areas that have not yet been allowed to invest. Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Van Sinh proposed to manage and control the purchase and sale of real estate transactions many times to better control the increase in land prices, especially through management measures. very good organizations and individuals in real estate transactions and brokerage.

At the same time, it is suggested that localities in the coming time strengthen the inspection, examination and strictly handle cases of real estate investment and trading in contravention of regulations, especially ghost projects, projects are not enough. Legal documents, real estate business conditions.

For real estate businesses, it is necessary to strictly comply with the investment order and procedures, especially the procedures for land allocation and construction investment, so that real estate investment and business projects are fully fully legal, complying with regulations on construction investment in real estate projects.

In the coming time, businesses need to pay attention to invest in real estate and housing projects to ensure synchronous technical infrastructure, social infrastructure, legal status and do business, business transactions. to trade real estate in accordance with law.

Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Sinh also recommended that people and businesses who are interested in the real estate field are very calm, wary of rumors, study and carefully consider legal documents of projects. Real estate transactions and real estate transactions only when there is clear legal documents, in accordance with the provisions of the law.

Chairman of Quang Binh Provincial People’s Committee Tran Thang chaired the meeting with relevant departments.

According to the report of the People’s Committee of Quang Binh province, in the period 2016 – 2019, the Department of Natural Resources and Environment advised the Provincial People’s Committee to decide on land acquisition of 17 projects with a total land area of ​​606,517 square meters.

Currently, there are 12 projects in the province that are leasing land to implement in highly profitable locations but behind schedule; 39 projects have been granted investment policy decisions but implemented slowly compared with the approval decisions, of which 33 projects had been granted investment policy decisions before 2019; Out of a total of 37 commercial housing projects, in urban areas, there are 11 projects that are behind in construction progress compared to the time limit for implementation of technical infrastructure. Particularly in industrial zones and economic zones, there are 6 projects that are behind schedule.

Accordingly, the main cause of the slow progress of the projects is due to difficulties and problems related to the field of land, land clearance compensation, land valuation. In addition, many projects are affected by epidemics and natural disasters, delayed in implementing legal procedures, complying with tax obligations, lack of investment capital …

At the meeting, representatives of departments and agencies discussed and gave some directions to be implemented in resolutely handling delayed projects, especially projects that violate legal regulations and commitments. associated with the province.

At the meeting, Chairman of Quang Binh Provincial People’s Committee Tran Thang emphasized that, over the past time, although the province has created very favorable conditions, there are still quite a few projects behind schedule, especially projects with slow progress. for a very long time; Although there are many objective and subjective reasons leading to this situation, the delay in progress has greatly affected the results of investment in the province, causing waste of land resources …

To speed up the progress of projects, Chairman of Quang Binh Provincial People’s Committee requested:

For projects that are behind schedule due to problems in site clearance, problems with legal procedures or other objective reasons and do not owe financial obligations to the State, assigned to departments, sectors, Relevant localities continue to monitor and urge investors to implement; promptly guide and remove difficulties and problems for investors. People’s Committees of districts, towns and cities with investment projects in the area actively coordinate with investors to support and remove difficulties and problems in site clearance to implement projects.

Regarding projects that have leased land but have been behind schedule for many years that are not in the category of land use extension or beyond the schedule extension, financial obligations have not been fulfilled to the State, Chairman of Quang Binh Provincial People’s Committee assigns the Department Natural Resources and Environment shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with the Department of Planning and Investment, the Provincial Tax Department, relevant departments, branches and localities in reviewing the progress of projects; work with investors and request a commitment to project implementation progress; advise the Provincial People’s Committee to recover land for projects if they do not implement, fail to fulfill tax obligations according to the provisions of the Land Law.

For projects that are behind schedule but still in progress adjustment according to the Law on Investment 2020, the Department of Planning and Investment is assigned to assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with relevant departments, branches and localities in checking inspect and supervise the implementation progress; urge investors to speed up project implementation; urge the implementation of deposit investment in accordance with regulations.

In addition, the Chairman of Quang Binh Provincial People’s Committee also assigned the Department of Planning and Investment to coordinate with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment, relevant departments, sectors and localities to advise the provincial People’s Committee to establish a review team for slow projects degree to direct implementation; Concerned departments and branches shall focus on directing to organize a specific review of each group and each type of project; classify specific project groups to advise the Provincial People’s Committee to consider and report to consult the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee to handle each specific project according to regulations, especially some large projects, major projects. projects with a high commercial advantage position, projects that are of interest to the voters and the people.