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Shot again! This time, Ganfeng Lithium aimed at the lithium mines in the Republic of Mali. By throwing 130 million US dollars, it acquired 50% of the shares of Dutch SPV and obtained the underwriting rights of its spodumene mine project in the Republic of Mali.

The Dutch company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Australian listed company Firefinch. Firefinch’s main business is the development of gold and lithium mines in Mali. Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Goulamina Holdings, it holds 100% of Timbuktu Resources and LMSA 100. % Equity.

After the completion of this investment, Ganfeng Lithium will obtain the underwriting right of 50% of the first phase of the Goulamina project with an annual production capacity of about 455,000 tons of spodumene concentrate.

If the company directly provides financial assistance or assists LMSA to obtain debt funds provided by third-party banks or other financial institutions, it can obtain the underwriting right of the remaining 50% of the project’s first phase.

01 Everything is for lithium

The U.S. Geological Survey’s 2018 report shows that the global lithium resources exceed 53 million tons, of which Argentina has 9.8 million tons, Bolivia has 9 million tons, Chile has 8.4 million tons, China has 7 million tons, the United States has 6.8 million tons, and Australia Occupies 5 million tons.

At present, China’s proven lithium resources (metal equivalent) reserves are 5.4 million tons, of which salt lake resources account for about 70% of the country’s total reserves, and ore resources account for about 30%. Despite recent progress in the technology of extracting lithium from salt lakes, it still faces problems such as high cost, high purification difficulty, and low output.

Domestic salt lakes are prohibitive, and most lithium material manufacturers have turned their attention overseas, choosing to extract lithium from clay and extract lithium from ore.

This is not the first time that Ganfeng Lithium has “goed to sea for lithium”. Just in May 2021, Ganfeng Lithium completed the capital increase of Bacanora, an overseas company, with a transaction amount of not more than 190 million pounds. After the transaction is completed, Ganfeng’s 17.41% stake in Bacanora increased to 28.88%.

Bacanora was established in 2018 and is listed on the AIM section of the London Stock Exchange in the United Kingdom. Its main asset is the lithium clay Sonora project in Mexico. The Sonora project is a lithium extraction project from lithium clay located in Mexico. It is currently one of the largest lithium resource projects in the world. The total lithium resource of the project is approximately 8.8 million tons of lithium carbonate equivalent. It is estimated that the annualized lithium hydroxide production capacity after the first phase of the project is put into operation will be 20,000 tons.

Ganfeng Lithium’s road of seeking lithium goes far beyond that. The time goes back to November 20, 2012. Its subsidiary Ganfeng International and Canadian International Lithium Co., Ltd. signed the “Ireland Blackstair Lithium Mine Project Equity Agreement” to obtain Lithium International has no less than 51% equity in the Blackstair lithium mine project in Ireland.

The Irish Blackstair lithium mine project is located in the Irish Leinster lithium pegmatite ore belt 80 kilometers south of Dublin. This pegmatite belt extends more than 50 kilometers and currently has eight exploration licenses within 292 square kilometers. The project did small-scale exploration in the 1970s and found 19 lithium deposits, which are still under exploration.

In 2016, Ganfeng International began its journey to acquire RIM in Australia. In March 2019, Ganfeng International completed the acquisition and eventually held 50% of RIM. Li Liangbin served as a director of RIM.

The RIM owns 100% of the Mt Marion spodumene project. The data shows that the MtMarion lithium mine project contains 6.75 million tons of lithium oxide. The project was officially put into production in February 2017. Ganfeng International and MtMarion signed a long-term underwriting agreement. From 2016 to 2019, Ganfeng Lithium will refer to the market. Price, all spodumene concentrates produced by underwriting lithium ore projects with a lithium oxide content of more than 6%.

In March 2019, Ganfeng International invested 50 million Australian dollars to subscribe for 77.634 million Pilbara private placement shares. After the completion of the transaction, Ganfeng International held 8.37% of Pilbara’s equity, became Pilbara’s single largest shareholder, and obtained the right to underwrite the spodumene concentrate.

According to the agreement, Pilbara will provide Ganfeng with a maximum of 150,000 tons of the second-phase expanded lithium concentrate after the construction of the second-phase project is put into operation. If Ganfeng provides an advance payment of no less than US$20 million for the expansion of the Pilbara Phase III project, Pilbara will provide Ganfeng with a maximum of 50,000 tons of lithium equivalent after the construction of the Phase III project. Produce lithium concentrate.

In January 2017, Ganfeng International subscribed for 75 million new shares of Lithium Americas Corp. (“America Lithium”) with its own funds at a price of 0.85 Canadian dollars per share. The transaction amount was 49 million US dollars. This transaction After completion, Ganfeng International holds a 19.9% ​​stake in American Lithium and provides development loans not exceeding US$125 million in total.

The core assets of Lithium America are the Cauchari Salt Lake Project in Jujuy Province, Argentina and the Clay Lithium Extraction Project in Nevada, USA.

Looking back at history, it seems that Ganfeng’s global exaggeration has never stopped. Lithium resources are tight and I dare not slow down. Every acquisition costs a huge amount of money. Where does the money come from?

02 Part of the shareholder’s shares released from the pledge

In addition to a small portion of its own funds, the expansion of Ganfeng Lithium still relies on external funds. The founders have long obtained external funds through equity pledges, and the financial leverage is smooth.

On June 14, 2021, Ganfeng Lithium issued an announcement on the release of the pledge of shareholders’ shares. There were two shares that were released from the pledge, one of 2.25 million shares, and the pledge date was from 2018-11-9 to 2021-6- 10; The other is 1.74 million shares, and the pledge date is from 2019-1-14 to 2021-6-10. Both pledges are from the company’s founder Li Liangbin, and the pledge holder is Jiangxi State-owned Venture Capital Management Co., Ltd.

After the pledge was lifted, Li Liangbin and those acting in concert still had pledged shares outside. The accumulated pledged shares amounted to 61.56 million shares, accounting for 21.24% of his shares and 4.43% of the company’s total equity.

The release of the pledge of shares shows that Ganfeng Lithium is currently full of cash flow, and the debt problems in the past are gradually declining. It also indirectly shows that the original creditors recognized the value of the shares of Ganfeng Lithium, otherwise they would not risk taking over.

Stock pledge is a financing method often used by listed companies, especially in the case of poor capital links and poor business operations, some major shareholders will prefer this financing method. If the pledge is not enough, the pledged stocks will be Selling to a bank or trust means that shareholders indirectly reduce their holdings to realize cash.

However, for some listed companies that do not perform well, the pledge of stocks for financing is extremely dangerous, and it may cause fire. Generally, both parties of the stock pledge will agree that if the price of the stock drops and touches the pledge liquidation line, the pledge institution will force the sale of the pledge. The stock price further caused the stock price to collapse.

For some listed companies with stable operations, stock pledge to finance is a more efficient and low financing cost. At least one’s own stock can be pledged, which is also a symbol of strength.

In recent years, most of the money from Ganfeng Lithium’s stock pledge financing is still used in two aspects, one is the layout of production capacity, and the other is the layout of upstream lithium resources.

Because of the continuous staking and enclosure, Ganfeng Lithium can stand out from the competitors, and the reserves of lithium resources in domestic listed companies have won the crown, as shown in the following figure:

It is worth mentioning that although Ganfeng Lithium has an upstream and downstream relationship with the Ningde era, the reserves of lithium resources in the Ningde era are not as good as those of Ganfeng Lithium. The Ningde era has also been paving the way for “lithium” in recent years. Lithium is worried and avoids getting stuck by lithium resources in the future. Ningde also introduced sodium batteries.

Not only that, the two have not established a direct cooperative relationship in business, but Ganfeng Lithium has established a long-term cooperative relationship with another lithium battery giant LG Chem.

Whether Ganfeng Lithium did not enter the Ningde era’s supply chain camp, or whether the two have indirectly cooperated through cathode material manufacturers, which is unclear.

Author Hui Ze Li

Author: Hui Ze Li

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The Yangtze River Cableway, Hongya Cave, Liziba Railway Station, Ciqikou… Since Chongqing’s tourism became popular, these attractions have soared in popularity, attracting tourists from all over the country to check in. As the epidemic slows, Chongqing’s tourism market has gradually recovered its former vitality. During the Dragon Boat Festival this year, Chongqing has once again become a popular tourist destination, ranking fifth in the list of popular tourist cities in the country.

On the first day of the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, the reporter followed a one-day group to visit popular scenic spots in Chongqing, and visited the restoration of the Chongqing tourism market, as well as on-site passenger flow and consumption in the scenic spot. From the perspective of visits, the passenger flow in Chongqing during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday has clearly recovered, and the popularity of popular scenic spots is generally higher, but from the perspective of tourism consumption, there is still much room for improvement.

Popular attractions are very popular, and it may be an hour longer when it is 10 minutes late

“This year’s May Day, the queue alone will take 4 hours here. There are not as many people on the Dragon Boat Festival as May Day, but if you are 10 minutes late, you may queue for an additional hour.” At Xinhua Road, Yuzhong District At the Yangtze River Cableway Scenic Area, the tour guide Xiao Cai said to the group of tourists.

In the past, the Yangtze River Cableway was only a means of transportation for citizens to travel between the two sides of the strait. It only took 4 minutes for a one-way trip and only 8 minutes for the round trip. As this means of transportation has become a popular way for tourists to enjoy the scenery of the Liangjiang River, the queuing time is often calculated in hours, which has generally exceeded the riding time.

Due to the early departure, the team had reached the scenic spot before 8 o’clock. At the time of departure, there were almost no people in front of the queue, and when returning, there was already a queue.

The tour guide Xiao Cai told upstream reporters that since Chongqing became popular on the Internet, whether it is the Yangtze River Cableway, the Lizaba Track Station, or Hongya Cave, these scenic spots are inevitably crowded during holidays. “Queues are normal, but the queue time must be reduced for group tours, so as to take everyone to more scenic spots in the limited time.”

In addition to taking the Yangtze River Cableway, the tour guide Xiao Cai also took everyone to the Liziba Railway Station, Shancheng Alley, and Shangqing Temple Auditorium. In the afternoon, the itinerary is more compact, including Bai Residence, Zhazi Cave, Ciqikou and Hongya Cave. Except for the Hongya Cave at the end of the itinerary, the time to stay at the scenic spots during this period is no more than one and a half hours. For a trail like Shancheng Alley that can be visited more deeply, the stay time is only nearly 30 minutes.

“It’s true that the stay at each attraction is relatively short, and there are many people in each attraction. But after all, it’s understandable that it’s a’net celebrity’ city.” Liu Chunhua from Nanning, Guangxi told upstream reporters that this was her first visit. The most anticipated attractions in Chongqing are Liziba Railway Station and Hongya Cave. “After coming this time, I have already developed the idea of ​​doing it again. I hope that afterwards I can take a deep dive and stop at the places I am interested in.”

The passenger flow has recovered significantly, and the level of tourism consumption still has room for improvement

Data shows that during the Dragon Boat Festival, Chongqing’s A-level tourist attractions received 6.38 million tourists, an increase of 139.8% and 1.6% year-on-year compared with 2020 and 2019, respectively. This means that the Chongqing Dragon Boat Festival tourism market has returned to the pre-epidemic level, and there has been a slight growth.

So, what are the characteristics of the tourist groups and consumption of popular attractions in Chongqing? In the process of following a one-day tour, the reporter found that Liziba Railway Station, Shancheng Alley, Ciqikou, Hongya Cave and other scenic spots have higher passenger flow and richer age groups. Among them, Shancheng Alley, Ciqikou, and Hongya Cave are more attractive to tourists, mainly focusing on dining, souvenirs, and leisure experience. While the red attractions such as Bai Mansion and Zhazidong are mainly family and group tourists, everyone is more inclined to visit, and the proportion of tourists buying souvenirs here is relatively small.

Take a one-day tour as an example. There are 16 tourists in the tour, and the overall level of tourism consumption is low. From the point of view of the cost of group registration, the online fee for participating in the group is relatively low, as low as 38 yuan per person, and 80 yuan per visitor to the store. Other consumption mainly comes from catering, tickets for some scenic spots, as well as twists, beef jerky, The cost of purchasing specialty products such as dried tofu. According to observations, the average family spends 200 to 300 yuan to buy local products. In addition, some tourists choose not to buy local products.

If all self-funded scenic spots (WFC viewing platform 100 yuan/person, Yangtze River Ropeway round-trip 30 yuan/person, Liangjiang cruise ship 158 yuan/person) are included, the group registration standard of 80 yuan per person, plus noon A group meal is 35 yuan, and a single person buys 200 yuan of souvenirs, and the total cost is 603 yuan. If tourists report online for a group and do not buy local products, the overall consumption is expected to be lower.

Industry insiders told reporters that the main reasons for the low consumption of one-day tour groups in the city are due to several reasons: one is that one-day tour groups include many classic scenic spots in the city, and the stay time of a single scenic spot is relatively short. Tourists spend less time for in-depth experience; second, most of the tourists who participate in such one-day tours fancy benefits, and their own willingness to travel consumption is not so strong; third, the tourist specialties and experience items offered to tourists in the current market are still To be improved, further efforts are needed to focus on quality, creativity, and service.

“One-day tours are only part of the travel market. The tour fee does not include entrance fees, accommodation, catering, etc., but mainly the fare and tour guide explanation fee. If it is a boutique tour or an in-depth tour, no matter if the tour fee is reported or The consumption level of accommodation, catering, specialty products, etc. will be quite different from that of large group day trips,” the person said.

With the emergence of new characteristics in the cultural tourism market, how should Chongqing seize the opportunity?

Data from the Municipal Commission of Culture and Tourism shows that during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday this year, 5A-level scenic spots, urban tours, and red tourism have all been welcomed. For example, the Hongyadong Folk Customs Area received 152,000 tourists, and the Ciqikou Ancient Town Scenic Area received 105,000 tourists, both of which are highly popular.

According to a report released by Fliggy, nearly 70% of this year’s Dragon Boat Festival trips were born in the 1990s, and the number of bookings for afternoon tours at the end of 00 has the fastest growth rate. In addition to the high demand for surrounding tours, niche immersive experiences such as cruise ship script killing and “Mars camp” have emerged, as well as new highlights such as night tours and red tourism.

In this context, how should Chongqing seize the opportunity? Professor Luo Zibo, chief expert of the Yangtze River Tourism Research Base of China Tourism Research Institute and senior consultant of Chongqing Tourism Economic Development, told upstream news reporters: “This year’s Dragon Boat Festival is restricted by the short period of time and the rebound of the epidemic in some areas. The flow of tourists in Chongqing is still It is a good result to be able to reach the level of the same period in 2019, which proves that the tourism market is recovering. After years of development, the level of tourism consumption in Chongqing has been improved, but there is still much room for improvement.”

He suggested that, from the perspective of tourism products, for traditional festivals such as Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival, each scenic spot should combine its own characteristics, integrate traditional cultural experience activities into it, pay attention to the development of cultural connotation, and extend to tourism specialties and cultural and creative products. Currently, the development of this area is still not enough. Second, the Chongqing tourism market needs to further improve the quality of tourism products, do a good job of stratification of customer groups, and provide corresponding products according to the needs of different customer groups; third, pay attention to the needs of young tourists. Post-90s, post-95s, and post-00s have quite different travel preferences from those born in the 60s, 70s, and 80s. It can focus on entertainment, entertainment, performing arts, catering, etc., to enhance fashion, sense of participation, and enrich the types of tourism products.

In addition, regarding the improvement of tourism experience, an industry source pointed out: “First of all, Chongqing should seize the needs of high-end tourists, upgrade the hotel construction and development, and build the hotel in a deep, high-quality, and themed direction. The second is , Chongqing can develop more night tourism projects, in addition to traditional catering consumption, add more tourism-derived experience forms, more night tourism gameplay, and create unique night tourism IP.”

Regarding souvenirs, Liao Wei, general manager of Chongqing China Travel Service Group, believes: “Compared with the previous two years, Chongqing’s tourism consumption in eating, playing, and housing has improved significantly. However, in terms of buying, due to travel companions The souvenirs are still concentrated on twists, rice crackers and other delicacies. The packaging lacks quality and creativity, and cannot fully meet the gift-giving needs of consumers everywhere. It is recommended to develop a collection of special gift packages for gift-giving needs in the future, and enhance the fashion of outer packaging , Aesthetics; in addition, we should continue to explore the characteristic cultures of various regions, develop practical and beautiful products, so that more Chongqing intangible cultural heritage culture can be accepted by more foreign tourists.”

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Works on display in the exhibition Lam Duc Hien makes the 4,200km journey along the Mekong River, from the bustling, life-filled tropical lower reaches of the Mekong Delta to upstream Tibet where snow is white all year round. This cross-continental journey has a special meaning to him – the French-Vietnamese photographer was born and raised on the banks of the Mekong River in Laos, affectionately known as the Mother River. In the series of pictorial narratives, individual memories blend with the collective memories of people who live by and rely on the river. Here, the Mekong River is both a boundary and a link between lands, cultures and peoples. Lam Duc Hien was born in 1966 on the banks of the Mekong River, which flows through the town of Pakse in the south of Laos. He arrived in France in 1977 after living for two years in a refugee camp in Thailand. Lam Duc Hien has documented the aftermath of the greatest conflicts of the 20th and 21st centuries in many countries around the world, including Romania, Russia, Bosnia, Chechnya, Rwanda, South Sudan and, most significantly, Iraq, where he engaged for more than 25 years. He has won many photography awards, including prestigious awards such as Leica Award, Great European Award of Vevey City, World Press Photo, etc. Lam Duc Hien is a member of Agence VU’ photo agency. The exhibition is open until June 11, 2021.

More than 10km from the center of Muong Khuong district (Lao Cai) to the north towards Simacai, Pha Long pass is a famous pass in the Northwest. The name Pha Long pass originates from the top of the pass running through the Pha Long market, a small commune in the territory of Muong Khuong – Lao Cai. The whole Pha Long pass is about 20km long. The road is craggy with craggy rocks, running against the Chay river with a length of nearly 20km. Today, although it has been repaired and paved to make traveling more convenient than a few years ago, anyone passing by must still be very careful because the road is narrow and the slopes are getting higher and higher. Passing the winding pass is to Pha Long. Pha Long means “Flower Dragon” in the local language, this is a border highland commune of Muong Khuong district, Lao Cai province, where the Mong people have lived for generations. Pha Long brings its own feeling thanks to the ancient and peaceful from the old houses of the Mong people. The unique feature in the architecture of the ancient houses of the Mong people in Pha Long is that they are built according to a pattern with three compartments and two doors (including one main door, one side door and at least two windows). Many old houses in Pha Long today were built more than half a century ago. Pha Long is also famous for the Gau Tao festival (Grauk taox in Mong). This is a “specialty” of spiritual culture from thousands of generations of the Mong people here. Usually held on the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Gau Tao Pha Long Festival is held on a large field, convenient to travel, with mountains and trees for young men and women to enjoy ethnic games such as throwing bows, swinging, swinging. tug, push stick… Invite readers to watch the video: Unique yearbook photos. Source: News VTV24.

Before flowing to Loei province – a province located on the Thailand-Laos border, the Mekong River’s water had to flow through dozens of other hydroelectric dams, including 11 of China and one of Laos. South China Morning Post On May 25, citing local people and experts, the hydroelectric dams of China and Laos have affected fish habitats, changing the natural flow with the seasons and even the color of the water. . The impact is becoming more and more obvious Rodjana Thepwong, a 64-year-old woman with a lovely smile, said gold panders in Thailand often wade into the middle of the river during the dry season. “The sediment at the bottom of the river is full of gold. I’ve even found pieces of gold as small as tamarind seeds,” she said, plunging into the river with a pickaxe, brushing away the mud and rocks. “Because of hydroelectric dams, river water rises and falls randomly, making the ecosystem out of balance. We were forced to move to the river’s edge, where there was only a very small amount of gold.” Ms. Rodjana is just one of 60 million people who depend on the Mekong River – the river that flows from China, through Myanmar, Laos, Thailand and Cambodia before emptying into the delta region of Vietnam. Environmental activists say the diets, livelihoods and environment of these millions have been put in jeopardy since Chinese companies harnessed hydroelectricity. One fine day, these two women were able to find $15 worth of gold. Photo: South China Morning Post. “I realized things were changing, many fish died and the water rose suddenly,” said Chantarasee Hieng, another gold pander. Downstream, experts say, in February, the river suddenly turned blue – a seasonal phenomenon for the first time, indicating that nutrients from silt are gradually disappearing from waterways this. Climate change also plays a role in causing this phenomenon, with heavier rains and prolonged droughts. But both Ms. Rodjana and Hieng insist hydroelectric dams are the main cause of the decline in the quality of the river that was once a source of food and income for many families. “So sad. But what can we do?” Ms. Rodjana said. Hope is forgotten A new dam is scheduled to be built about 2 km from the Chiang Kan district of Loei, the mountainous northeastern province of Thailand. The Sanakham Dam is a $2 billion program with electricity generated for export mainly to Thailand. The dam, built by Chinese company Datang, is expected to generate 684 megawatts of electricity when it comes into operation from 2028. The project is seen as an integral part of its strategy to become “the power source of Southeast Asia. ” of Laos. Gold panders in the Mekong River, Loei province, Thailand. Photo: South China Morning Post. The Mekong River Commission – the commission set up to manage water resources in the Mekong basin, with members Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam – says it has only about $28 million (1.4%) total budget) is devoted to measures to reduce harm to the environment and society. Thailand openly opposes the Lao plan. Residents living in this river area are lobbying the government to stop building the dam, along with public debate about the need for electricity generated by hydropower among officials in the country. Tosapol Wongwan, assistant secretary-general, National Water Resources Office of Thailand, said: “What is happening in the Mekong River has reached a point where it cannot be repaired. What we can do right now is focus on how to reduce the impact (human activities on the river).” Not easy to solve Upstream countries – China and Laos – have begun to share data on water flows and herald the closure and release of dams to their downstream neighbors. However, it is difficult to achieve complete transparency among countries with competing strategic, economic and national security needs. Laos owns two dams – the Thai-developed Xayaburi dam in the north and the Don Sahong dam near the Cambodian border. There are also seven other projects being planned. Mekong River near the Thai-Lao border. Photo: Reuters. Critics say it’s difficult to make a transparent assessment of the uses and impacts of dams on the environment. China, which is speeding up dam construction, insists hydroelectricity is an eco-friendly resource to boost the Mekong’s economy. However, according to Songrit Kirk Pongern, an academic researcher on the Mekong River at Thailand’s Kasetsart University, as dam construction continues, the forecast of a negative impact on the river is ominous. “In the next five years, the consequences will become more and more obvious. The number of fish will continue to decline, the downstream will lack alluvium, riverside and local fishing will disappear, food security for 60 million people will be exhausted,” he said.

Super wind power project floating off the coast of Iceland provides green electricity to the UK worth 30 billion USD. Photo: North Coast of England/Documentary. The HIP Atlantic project, which aims to deploy 10 GW turbines offshore the UK, is a joint venture involving Spanish oil and gas company Repsol. This project is the result of cooperation between two groups of UK and US. IPC Group is an Anglo-American joint venture based in the UK, specializing in the development of international gas plants. Hecate Wind is part of Hecate Energy, a company owned by Hecate Holdings that develops solar and electric batteries, in which Spanish oil and gas company Repsol has just acquired a 40% stake to increase its footprint in the industry. renewable energy sector. The press release about the mega-project says that HIP Atlantic will be “completely under the control of the UK electricity system operator”, being “the first wind farm on overseas waters”. According to the plan, the first phase is to build a 4 GW wind farm connected to the UK electricity grid and two single 1 GW wind farms, hundreds of kilometers south of British waters. and in the east of Iceland. The investors of the HIP Atlantic project said that the first 2 GW could be put into operation from 2025. HIP Atlantic expects the first phase of the project to create 15,000 new jobs in the UK and 500 new jobs in the UK. Iceland. Expand the offshore wind energy area. Project Chairman Tony Baldry, former UK Energy Secretary, said the HIP Atlantic project implements British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s vision to attract investment and create jobs in the North of England, as part of of the ambitious policy of making Britain a world leader in offshore wind energy; We will expand the UK wind power sector beyond traditional water, extending the frontiers of current cable technology for power generation within 1,000km of land-based grid points. his”. Floating offshore wind farms are the British agenda. The UK has set a target of 1 GW of energy from floating offshore wind farms by 2030, as part of the 30 GW target plan for offshore and seabed wind.

Nearly 15 years of coronation, Mai Phuong Thuy is still one of the Miss Vietnam who possesses an undying charm in the hearts of the public. Because besides her friendly personality and talent, Ha Thanh beauty also stands out with her “terrible” height and perfect 3-round measurements. Although she has entered the age of U30, Miss Hau always “fascinates” the opponent with a youthful and energetic look. Every time she uploads a new picture, Mai Phuong Thuy with a well-made face, respecting the most attractive lines, always makes netizens utter praise. And so beautiful is that, but Mai Phuong Thuy has the disadvantage of a rustic skin that is not so perfect. Many times, beautiful people have surprised people with moments without makeup that are “one heaven and one abyss” compared to magazine photos. Without the support of lipstick and photoshop, Mai Phuong Thuy revealed less firm skin, eyes with puffy circles and a clear dragon beard wrinkle. The skin of the beauty is not too even and bright and smooth. Especially in the livestreams interacting with fans, the shimmering appearance of 8X long legs is somewhat changed. Even Mai Phuong Thuy admitted that her eyes were puffy and dark. Although her bare face has many shortcomings, Mai Phuong Thuy is still very confident and takes care of “on the air” to talk with fans. Even, Miss Hau also shared her mother’s reaction when she saw her beauty without makeup: “After the accident livestream the other day, I called my mother, she told me not to livestream anymore. Mother probably didn’t want to. Mom’s beautiful products look so shabby.” However, after many times of “drowning” the beauty by herself, Mai Phuong Thuy recently had a successful “backflow”. Accordingly, in a short livestream on his personal page, although he shared that his health condition was not good because of the weather, what made people whisper incessantly was his beautiful smooth skin, clean and clear of defects. Queen’s point. “Re-exporting” the livestream wave with a face without makeup, but Mai Phuong Thuy no longer received a minus point, but on the contrary was constantly praised for her smooth, even skin tone. Although she is facing a bad health condition, this does not affect her bare face too much. Compared to the past, it cannot be denied that the skin of Mai’s beauties in the present has improved significantly. It is thanks to this smooth, shiny skin that Hau also “cheats” her age more effectively. Indeed, although the appearance is different from the shimmering look when going to the event, the rustic images of Mai Phuong Thuy still make many people excited. Especially now, the 32-year-old beauty has taken steps to improve her skin significantly. Of course, Ha Thanh’s long legs also have their own secret to keeping the skin young and beautiful at this age. Once sharing the secret of beauty preservation, Mai Phuong Thuy said she is not too picky in using expensive therapies. Instead, Miss Hau is primarily concerned with her daily routine, from eating, sleeping to skin care. – Healthy diet: Miss Vietnam 2016 often prioritizes the menu with healthy dishes, which are both good for health and skin care, and keep in shape effectively. In addition, she limits grease and fat-causing substances. Besides, every time she wakes up, 8X beauty always keeps the habit of drinking a glass of warm water to feel comfortable and balance the amount of water in her body. – Scientific activities: Every day, Mai Phuong Thuy will start the morning by soaking in the bathtub with clear water. This is an effective way to relax and reduce stress that the queen is applying in a busy life. And at the end of the day, Miss Hau always tries to go to bed on time to improve her health and create conditions for her skin to recover. Mai Phuong Thuy said that although work will make her stressful, she always keeps her mind as relaxed as possible, avoiding stress will make herself less beautiful. – Lotion: Besides the necessary skin care steps, Miss Vietnam 2006 always focuses on moisturizing the skin by applying a mask in moderation. Regular use of masks is a way to provide moisture, regenerate skin, and prevent skin aging. Sheet masks are suitable for busy days, helping to restore skin quickly. – Active exercise: Finally, Mai Phuong Thuy is very active in exercise and sports. She revealed that when there are running tournaments, she herself registers to participate. In addition, Miss Hau also spends time practicing dancing. These sports training methods are not only a way for 8X beauties to stay in shape, but also improve the skin from deep within. Practicing sports is also one of the top secrets to help Miss Hau maintain her shape after many years of coronation.

Not only acting as a trade gateway, becoming the driving force of the economy, the seaport system in many places has developed marinas with a 5-star infrastructure to welcome luxury tourists. Along with that, the strategy of urban development and construction of marinas suitable for each port area has also become a top concern in coastal countries. Hundreds of luxury yachts gather at Port Hercules for the annual Monaco Yacht Show. The achievements of the port urban development strategies are present all over the world. If you want to know how magnificent Hong Kong is, visit Victoria Harbor – a busy harbor with skyscrapers and neon lights that shine around the clock. Coming here, visitors will be immersed in the bustling and bustling life of a city that never sleeps. Similar is the Darling Harbor of Sydney (Australia) with famous commercial and entertainment activities. Regardless of day or night, the marina has become a space for romantic bayside meals, lively bars and countless high-class entertainment services. Speaking of the busiest marinas in the world, Miami cannot be missed. The elites say, “If you come to Florida without trying a walk on the Miami marina, shopping until you are tired or simply sipping a cup of coffee and enjoying the taste of luxury and bustle. of the United States … “was” a whole trip. In particular, it is impossible not to mention Monaco, the land that owns the most luxurious and splendid tourist destinations in the world. In particular, Hercules marina is known as “the destination of the elite”. The entire port has only 20 positions for superyachts. Where visitors are willing to pay 1,500 USD to rent 1 night on the yacht or 4,500 USD / night at hotels around Hercules marina. Only winning the lottery can buy real estate by the harbor? In Shanghai, the city with the largest port in the world, some experts liken Shanghai’s house prices continuously increasing over the years, so expensive that “you can’t buy it when you win the lottery”. Real estate in Shanghai has continuously increased for many years. With the advantage of marine economy, Shanghai has the second largest GDP per capita in China, only after Beijing, reaching 137,000 yuan. Originally a remote fishing village, today Shanghai has the busiest port in the world, more than Singapore and Rotterdam. Therefore, Shanghai is considered the “economic capital” of China. Experiencing the history of movement of the modern world, thanks to its great economic benefits, and at the same time possessing beautiful landscapes and views; Living space, healthy resort, harbor areas are identified as “mecca” of expensive and lavish real estate. Typical of which are Monaco, Hong Kong, Miami …, but this list is also expanding as the coastal countries seriously implement the port urban development strategy. Luxury yacht docked at Ha Long international passenger port. Yacht Bay – a new masterpiece in a heritage land As a coastal country, Vietnam has nearly half of the provinces and cities with the sea, with a total coastline of over 3,260 km running along the length of the country. However, only a few have enough conditions and built modern and large-scale seaport infrastructure. Among them can be mentioned Ha Long, where there is a heritage bay and today there is Ha Long international passenger port, which is the first specialized port for tourists in Vietnam. After being inaugurated and put into operation in 2018, Ha Long International Passenger Port has welcomed many unprecedented large tonnage international ships into Vietnam at the same time thanks to the advantage of being located on the international maritime route between India and India. Ocean and Pacific Ocean. On the other hand, the inland wharf is always crowded with tourists to experience tours to visit Ha Long Bay. Besides super ships, many times, Ha Long international passenger port has welcomed luxury yachts of the elite. Notably, in 2019, the US$150 million yacht of British billionaire Joe Lewis to Ha Long Bay also docked at Ha Long international passenger port. In Vietnam, it is easy to see that now only Ha Long Bay has all the golden elements to develop into a berth of super yachts. This place, with its harmonious mountain and sea topography, is a world natural heritage recognized by UNESCO and one of the new 7 natural wonders of the world. Sun Marina Cruise Bay is developed right next to Ha Long International Passenger Port. With great potential from the unique factor, the only heritage bay with a marina in the world, Vietnam in general and Ha Long in particular are pioneering to create a new concept called “yacht bay”. Accordingly, the yacht bay in Ha Long known as Sun Marina is developed according to the model of a complex project consisting of a high-rise tower (Sun Marina Town) and a shopping street (Sun Marina Plaza) that will give wings to customers. development of Ha Long city. At the same time, the birth of a high-class yacht bay, converging the world’s elites in harmony with Vietnamese cultural identity, establishing a separate “world” for the elite and connoisseurs. gravel, likes and wants to experience different things. In the future, surely Yacht Bay – Sun Marina will become a must-see destination for the elite. According to the owner’s share, Sun Marina is scheduled to launch in May. This is also a move that not only the elites are looking for different values, but also investors. are eagerly waiting for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Thus, it can be seen that, not only with the role of creating and promoting the potential, business and tourism for each land, the future yacht bay in Ha Long has the mission of creating and establishing the highest standard of living. Exclusively for the super-rich, always looking for subtle and different values. And this has always had an irresistible attraction.

In Italy, where tourism accounts for about 13% of GDP according to government data, the island of Capri (in the Gulf of Naples) quickly surpassed popular destinations in the region by promoting “Covid-19-free”. , according to the CNN. The island of Capri is a destination that attracts the elite. Photo: CNN. Absolute safety Capri often attracts large numbers of upmarket visitors. But this year, instead of advertising luxury hotels and stunning sea views, the authorities spread a much simpler message: Every resident on the island has been vaccinated against Covid-19. Last weekend, Vincenzo De Luca, Governor of the Campania region (including the island of Capri), announced that the vaccination program in Capri was nearing its end. He also stated that this would make the island “completely free of Covid-19″. “We are preparing to welcome millions of tourists. What is needed now is not to waste time. The hotel industry has to step up operations in May if it doesn’t want to lose the whole tourist season,” he said. Capri is often known for its high-end travel services. Photo: Daniel Slim/AFP. Marino Lembo, Mayor of Capri, said to CNN that out of 15,000 residents, 80% had received the first dose of the vaccine. This weekend, all tourism workers, who live off the island but come here often, will also be vaccinated. “That is a strong message we send to the world. Everyone can come here in absolute safety,” he said. Sergio Gargiulo, President of Federalberghi – an association representing about 60 hotels on the island of Capri, agrees: “Not only the island is clean of Covid-19 but for customers in need, we will organize testing. (PCR) and provide them with timely results”. A brutal year According to Mr. Gargiulo, in 2020, Capri’s tourism industry saw a 70% drop in revenue due to the pandemic. That’s a devastating number for a destination that relies heavily on tourism. However, authorities believe the island has many attractions, especially at a time of social distancing. Ludovica Di Meglio, Capri’s head of tourism, said: “In addition to the typical sites, Capri also has trails that are naturally beautiful and suitable for the pandemic context.” Luigi Esposito, a guide who specializes in outdoor excursions on the island, says that although Capri is known for high-end tourism, the trails are the main highlight. Capri isn’t the only island stepping up its pre-summer vaccination campaign. Procida, also an island in the Gulf of Naples, completed all of its vaccinations a few days before Capri. Ischia, the other island in the bay, will soon complete its own program, according to Governor De Luca. Other islands in the Gulf of Naples, such as Procida and Ischia, are also vaccinating all residents. Photo: Laurent Emmanuel/AFP. Italy has about 30 small islands that become tourist hotspots every summer. Most have limited health care services. The Italian government has launched a mass vaccination plan for people in these places. Speaking at a meeting of G20 tourism ministers earlier this month, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi announced that ahead of Europe’s “green passport”, Italy will launch its own travel card in mid-May. Currently, all visitors to Italy must self-isolate for a minimum of 5 days. However, with the pass, the self-isolation requirement will be waived for travelers who have been vaccinated or have had Covid-19 in the past 6 months. As of May 10, more than 24 million vaccinations have been administered in Italy, with more than 12% of the population fully vaccinated. But according to the latest news, more than 13% of Italians over 80 years old and 31% over 70 years old, are still waiting for the first injection.

The Manor Central Park creates successive modern Hang streets, promising to create one of the busiest commercial destinations in the capital when it comes into operation. (Photo: The Manor Central Park). In addition to the income level many times higher than the average income of the majority, the elite community is also people with a respectable cultural background, knowledge and living capital. With their own taste, they are especially picky in their life experiences. A recent Wealth-X statistic shows that 30% of billionaires live in 15 cities. The place with the highest concentration of super-rich people is the largest city in the United States – New York, while the Japanese capital Tokyo ranks at 15. The strong attraction of these cities to the elite is partly proven. in famous neighborhoods like Ginza and Manhattan. GINZA: TOKYO’s LUXURY METHOD In Tokyo – the thriving urban center of Japan, Ginza is one of the most unique shopping streets, attracting the elite to trade and trade. From the 1870s, Ginza began to urbanize, learning Western planning methods and architecture. Ginza is one of the most unique shopping streets, attracting the upper class to trade and trade. (Image: Pixabay.com). The harmonious blend of tradition and modernity, reflected in the old shops and the trendy shops, is what describes the current Ginza. The most attractive areas such as: Ginza Six, a huge shopping center with more than 200 famous brands of cosmetics, furniture, and fashion; Ginza Wako sells luxury jewelry or Itoya sells popular stationery. Attraction with the elite pushed up land prices in Ginza sharply. According to The Japan Times, in 2017, the price of Ginza land was the most expensive in Tokyo when it reached 50.5 million yen/m2 (equivalent to 11.2 billion VND), one third of the peak period due to the real estate bubble in 1990. Despite the expensive prices, the owners of the world’s leading brands, from fashion such as Chanel, Dior, Gucci, Prada… to electronics Apple, Samsung, Sony… all have stores here. MANHATTAN: HEART OF NEW YORK CITY Not only is New York’s famous financial center, Manhattan is also considered the cultural, financial, media and entertainment “capital” of the whole world. In particular, Downtown Manhattan is imbued with New York history with centuries-old churches or magnificent European-style neighborhoods. Expressions of Manhattan’s innovative spirit are skyscrapers, architectural marvels that “draw a new horizon” for New York. Regardless of day and night, Manhattan is always vibrant and bustling, attracting those who love dynamism. The main intersection of the district is Times Square, which is packed with shops, boutiques and giant billboards. Right in the heart of the excitement and bustle is Central Park – Central Park with an area of ​​3.4km2, always attracting millions of visitors each year with a series of special events and festivals. Those are the factors that make Manhattan real estate always in the top of New York and the whole of America. The median home price for sale is nearly $1.5 million, five times the average in the United States, according to Zillow – a popular real estate website in the US. INTERNATIONAL CITY INSPIRATION IN HANOI Attracting global elites and tourists from all over the world, it is not surprising that Ginza or Manhattan have become the inspiration for high-end projects. In Vietnam, one of the investors in this direction is Bitexco with The Manor Central Park urban area. Not only inspired by the hustle and bustle of major cities in the world such as Ginza or Manhattan, The Manor Central Park also inherits the trading culture of 36 Hanoi streets by creating modern streets. great. Rows of commercial townhouses run one after another throughout the entire urban area, promising to turn this place into a bustling and attractive destination not only for neighboring people, but also anyone who has the opportunity to visit Hanoi. Noi, turning The Manor Central Park into a leading “destination real estate” in the capital. The urban area is located at the southwest gateway of Hanoi, adjacent to the large Chu Van An park. With a total planning area of ​​up to 89.7 hectares, The Manor Central Park is impressed by its smart open plan, diverse utility system, “measurement and tailoring” for the elite community of residents. The urban area is also “breathed” by the architectural consultancy EE&K; Kume Sekkei and American architect Carlos Zapata – the leading names in real estate planning and design in the world. Carlos Zapata used to accompany Bitexco to create iconic works such as Bitexco Financial Tower in Ho Chi Minh City and JW Marriott Hanoi Hotel.

Abalone is considered a high-class seafood for the elite because each pound of abalone costs millions or even tens of millions of dong/kg. However, recently, Korean abalone is being sold at “cheap as vegetables”. Specifically, frozen abalone size 12-15 fish/kg owner price from 199,000 VND/kg. Besides frozen abalone, fresh Korean abalone is also for sale at only 25,000 VND/head for 17-18 fish/kg. However, at seafood stores, the price of Korean abalone is still over 1 million VND/kg. Sharing on Dan Viet, Mr. Tran Van Truong, Director of Royal Seafood Company, said that Korean abalone in Vietnam is mostly fresh and has a retail price of 1.1-1.6 million VND/. kg. Mr. Truong affirmed that abalone that many online stores sell for cheap, only a few hundred thousand / kg, is frozen or smuggled from China. This type is raised by China with industrial feed and has not been allowed to import live to Vietnam. According to Mr. Truong, fresh abalone can only be imported from Australia and South Korea. Therefore, in order not to buy abalone of poor quality branded in Korea, consumers should choose to buy abalone from reputable and alive addresses. Image source: Facebook. Video: The truth about cheap Korean abalone. Source: LONG AN TV

The homeland of the M’nong Rlam people is like that, full of chun and nul (swamp), which Lo (wetland rice fields) is formed in those chun and nul. They know that bha (rice sowing) since the Kinh people in the delta still have to sow rice seeds to create seedling and then transplant. Farming, being that “water rice”, is a special upstream, because when it comes to the Central Highlands, I don’t understand why Kinh people immediately think of life with a civilization of shifting cultivation, farming, or industrial crops. after that. Remember, this highland wet rice civilization has nothing like the nature – the characteristics – the concept of books that Vietnamese (and international) professors write about “civilization”. wet rice” such as in the Red River Delta, Mekong River, Chao Phraya River (Thailand), Irrawaddy River (Myanmar) or in Malaysia, Japan, Korea, Philippines… The fields and villages of the M’nong Rlam people. The M’nong Rlam community earns a living from wet rice, but the spirit of life leans heavily towards the mountains, the spirit of greatness, admires Yang Bre, Yang B’Nom (the god of the forest, the god of the mountain) and all beliefs, habits, rituals are for the forest, for the sun, not for the moon. They have lived like that for decades. They are Australoid and speak an ancient Mon-Khmer language. What is more interesting and unique is that their life form is not like the M’nong people in the central highlands (in Dak Nong province now), the M’nong Nor, M’nong Prang, or M’nong Gar groups. not far from them, and especially the Ede. Their M’nong quality is a unique marriage between the life and culture of the original M’nong ethnic group in the southwest and the nearby Ede (ancient Austronesian) ethnic group in the north of their homeland. Only they have all the wonderful essences of M’nong and Ede. The house does not drop to the ground like the M’nong Gar people, nor does it raise the floor like the long house of the Ede people, but falls in the middle of the other two living spaces – that is, just enough to get off the ground. That they stay in the house on stilts – the long house. That space off the ground is “great”, just enough to avoid the earth’s vapor, and the “drop” space is also strangely smart, just enough to not touch the hot, blue sky. Thinking and lifestyle in harmony with nature. * In the fertile fields out there, the rice seeds they sprouted and then spread out into the mud. About three months to harvest. In the past, the rice was cut by hand and the buffalo pedaled, but now also “play” with the reaper and the thresher. But here and there, the hobby of cutting rice remains. Nul, jar, sheet bhum (rice plant), ple bhom (rice grain), grang pai (rice grain) are not only crops, agricultural products, goods but also “loved ones”, companions. Going to cut together, as a family. This season starts harvesting for one house first, then the other season starts from the next house, and so on. If someone’s field is ripe first, then sit back at the table to flexibly adjust and agree to “settle”. Fairness happens naturally, almost completely. If there is a theft of rice, or theft of rice, it will be imported by free migrants, never from the M’nong Rlam community. Two rice crops a year, no worries about lack of rice. Food, vegetables, meat, fish are on the slopes of mountains, in fields, lakes, lagoons, gardens; planting and bartering, and even buying. It reminds people of what is simple and pure, in harmony with heaven and earth, plants and trees, about the peaceful life that was once real in the world. And, the forest is tolerant, chivalrous, immense kindness. “Where there is a forest, there is food”, the M’nong have a saying. * The twenty-first century has passed a fifth, and oh behold, the long houses of wood combined with bamboo and the wild lifestyle are still rife. The forest has been stripped white even in the mountains, because of the times, the fields appear in their original form. The To, Yel, Kdie, Dham, Pai Bi, Triek, Mih, Duong Krieng, M’Lieng, Le, Jun, Bong Krang, Yang Tao… in Lak district (Dak Lak) are filled with such longhouses. The basket became the inseparable object of M’nong women. The figure of the woman still casts shadows on the houses. They still carry bags on their shoulders up and down the long house. The woman is the owner of the kitchen, and the owner of everything on that long house, and in the fields near and far. The matriarchy, and the children bearing the mother’s surname, stand tall in the midst of this modern age. However, the man is still respected and respected. They still eat hot pot, drink beer, talk about Saigon, Hanoi – from the internet. They still wear jeans, ride motorbikes, and wear sunglasses. But the most meaningful days for them are still baking all that can be eaten, drinking the wine from the jar. They go back to their nature when they can. They do not accept lying when sitting together. Lying will make people smaller, and lose “place” in the community. They take “love” as the quality of life. Take love and sharing as the goal. And material and comfort as tools and means for the other two. All humanity knows the core and ultimate life value in life, but if they can’t do it, here, the M’nong Rlam can do it, gently, naturally… * Every time they wandered, rested, slept, stayed in their long house, how could it feel close, warm and natural. Is not to be careful in walking, speaking, looking, watching, listening, reading. You can sleep anywhere you like. I like to sing whenever I feel inspired. No need to say hello or thank you much. They say gifts for them should not be bought with money but come to them, and remember them when going. They say that they have something to eat when they stay at home, never planning food, drinks, space layout. Bon of the M’nong people who work in wet fields since ancient times has been organized in a lang class. “Modern” and “civilized” are in this spirit of life, not far away. Luxury is the spirit of luxury, not the person, the place, the food, the place to stay, the place to play, the place to talk. The needy soul, the messy heart, no matter how beautiful the dress, how expensive the car is, how big the house is, it’s just fooling your own heart and fooling people. The true happiness of anyone under this sky is also peace. * Thirty-five years ago, the forest still filled those arctic mountains and licked down Lak Lake. In the field is also bustling with aquatic species, let alone rivers and lakes. Absolute purity, originality, originality. And basically there are only M’nong Rlam people, and M’nong Gar people are nearby. Now, dozens of ethnic groups flock here. The land is suddenly cramped, compressed, and pressured on the mountains, down the fields, swamps, and lakes. These M’nong bon are suddenly wrapped, peeled off from the green, suddenly playing with. Pity. Here and there, people from Buon Ma Thuot, forty-five kilometers from them, began to open tours that brought tourists from far away to their places to earn money. Truthfulness, wisdom, and civilization are exploited by shrewdness. Tourist footsteps pressed on his head, the branches and grasses there were buried thick. I love for the model of the world’s pure and beautiful life in the midst of the tumultuous world everywhere and especially when it is in the plans of those far away who do not create value, do not commit, pay tribute. Donate and focus on reaping benefits in the easiest way. This world has been shaken and broken by the trend of “materializing” the world, “convenience”, “maximizing”, “devising”. When is M’nong Rlam’s turn? Articles and photos: Nguyen Hang Tinh

As of mid-December 2020, Forbes It is estimated that the net worth of the group of more than 2,200 billionaires in the world has increased by more than $1.9 trillion. Many of these people are spending a large part of their money on personal pleasures, according to NZ Herald . Recently, Jeff Bezos, the owner of Amazon, bought a yacht so large that it needed a “side boat” to support. The total estimated value of this yacht is up to 500 million USD. That figure is just a fraction of the more than $75 billion in earnings Bezos made last year. The super-rich are “crazy” to buy probes and cruisers. Photo: NZ Herald. Over the past year, superyacht maker Cecil Wright & Partners has sold 354 units, costing $840 million to build. Due to travel restrictions between countries, many have been acquired. The super-rich are also eyeing the Arksen marine exploration ship and luxury cruiser. At around $17 million, they allow owners to explore the wildest places on the planet. “The elite want to know how far they can go when it comes to unexpected adventures,” says Jasper Smith, president of Arksen. Longing to travel Helicopters and electric cars are also favored by Ultra-High Net-Worth Individual (UHNWIs) individuals. They hope to make the most of them once the Covid-19 pandemic is over. “Three times in lockdown and spending most of my time at home has made me hungry to travel and experience,” said Martin Reith, president of Luchford, the media agency for luxury brands. In addition, the super-rich also want to find private resorts. For example, Lopud 1483 in Croatia, a renovated monastery with a rental price of 137,000 USD/week, or Deplar Farm, which offers high-speed heli-skiing and luxury trout fishing in Northern Iceland. Private planes and helicopters are loved by the elite. Photo: Insider. Many other rich people are also interested in electric cars. They love buying a Polestar 2 and riding around the city on Porsche’s new e-bike. Meanwhile, helicopters are more popular than ever in the UK. “Bamfords helicopters are a regular occurrence at the Daylesford Shire. I saw them hovering more and more over the Cotswolds. They come in handy for commuting to London. Owners can go anywhere in minutes,” said Harry Gladwin (from the UK). For others, hunting for land and houses is a prerequisite. Jess Simpson, a real estate agent over $20 million, receives three calls a day. Simpson said his clients are always worried there won’t be enough room for nannies, tutors and grandparents should the government blockade again in the future. “Bahamas is a good choice because of the good tax rates. In Europe, the South of France and the Balearics are attracting great interest. Some have moved to Ibiza permanently to send their children to private schools and enjoy life. Also, Portugal is also very popular, because buying a house there can guarantee EU citizenship,” Simpson said. Currently, the richest people in the UK are focusing on buying more houses. Their obsession with space has brought them to Scotland, where there are sports grounds and castles to relax with friends and family. Real estate investment Beach homes are also selling at a rate not seen since 2007. Many are looking for apartments in Norfolk, Dorset and Cornwall. “Private vineyards are gaining in popularity. Many have even established oak plantations,” adds Simpson. While the middle class is fleeing the capital to find a place to live, the super-rich still see London as “true love”. Others are investing in art and furniture. Baird Allis (40 years old), a lawyer, feels happy to own paintings of the Dutch golden age. Modern swimming pools are favored by the rich. Photo: New York Times. In addition, the upper class also splashed money on basements to create multifunctional spaces for working, relaxing, exercising, eating and playing. “Customers often want a meditation room, a ‘vitamin C shower’, a giant changing room, a golf simulator, and a tennis player in their own home,” said Edoardo Alessandro Mapelli Mozzi (UK), real estate developer. real estate, say. After a year without parties, socializing activities are also a priority for individuals with extremely high net worth. It’s no surprise that London’s most exclusive restaurants cater to only 10 pre-booked diners each evening. According to expert Katrina Kutchinsky, the trend of home restaurant-style dining continues to explode. It is normal for the super-rich to invite famous chefs like Alex Webb, the MasterChef champion, to prepare dinner by the pool. Natural swimming pools are equally popular. The list of works of many furniture companies has stretched to 2022. This leaves the super-rich customers with no choice but to endure a summer of “no” new-style swimming pools.

Duran’s husband, Gökhan Gündüz, hastily recorded a “virtual living” moment for his wife. They only have 12 minutes to visit this helipad for free, so everything has to be rushed. The main purpose of the trip to Dubai is to upgrade Duran’s 608,000 followers personal page. So they have to have as many good looks as possible. Over the past few days, the couple has posted photos of going golfing, dining in a restaurant, relaxing at a hotel… The Dubai lifestyle flooded on personal page helps Duran gain more followers and dream of one day. Experience the true luxury life. Dubai has become a “paradise” for social media stars. Photo: Instagram. “She’s showing off her lifestyle in Dubai, to appeal to people. Not only Busra, Dubai is also benefiting from that,” Gündüz told The Guardian . Once a small barren land on the edge of the desert, Dubai has become a magnet for social media stars, dubbed “Instagram land” in recent years. With the rise of hotels and luxury brands eager to use social media as cheap advertising, Dubai has become the birthplace of the “elite” in the cyberspace, a contingent of influencers. Constantly increasing the number of followers. “How many followers does she have?” At the Falcon Helicopter Tours office, owner Captain Husam Gamal called an employee over to check Duran’s registration information. “Who is she? How many followers does she have on Instagram and what will she post?”, he asked. “In this world, social media, followers are everything,” Gamal emphasized to employees. The symbiotic relationship between Dubai’s influencers and local businesses is evident. A trip to Dubai is a must-have in an Influencer’s profile. Photo: Instagram. Influencers need visuals, while companies like Gamal’s see influencers as a necessary part of their advertising strategy. However, the company can be in trouble if it chooses the wrong people. They must ensure that the things shared by the Influencers will bring a positive image to the company in particular and the city in general. According to the The Guardian , in Dubai, nothing is natural or random. Everything is consciously built to ensure “Instagram aesthetics”. From smooth high-rises to undulating oases, cafes and fast food restaurants are all created to drive online consumption. Dubai’s mistake The rise of the Influencer generation has brought Dubai many benefits: stimulating tourism, economic growth and creating the first successful “post-oil economy” in the Middle East. However, behind that flashy shell, Dubai is now stuffy and there is not much room left. High-rise buildings obscure popular residential areas, but they are only used as backgrounds in virtual live photos online. Jim Krane, author of the book OLD ity Of Gold: Dubai And The Dream Of Capitalism , said: “Branding business is a high-risk strategy, as this year’s failure of Dubai to Covid-19 proves it. It’s bad luck to be a party spot in the middle of a global pandemic.” . Built on the illusion of unlimited passion, Dubai transforms itself into a “parallel universe” as other countries grapple with the pandemic. The image of playing and partying despite Covid-19 helped this place get more visitors, but soon had to pay the price because of their laxity and subjectivity. Dubai made the mistake of “dropping the door” for tourism during the epidemic season. Photo: Wallpapers. Since last July, Dubai has allowed visitors from all over the world to enter, as long as they have tested negative for Covid-19. European tourists trying to escape the cold winter and strict lockdowns against Covid-19 at the end of last year flocked to the beautiful Middle Eastern city. However, just a few months later, the infection rate here quadrupled. At that time, bars and clubs remained open late to attract tourists. The UAE is determined to maintain its tourism-based economy despite criticism from the European media. After detecting cases linked to travelers returning from the UAE, Denmark suspended flights to Dubai while Germany imposed stricter entry checks. From the end of January 2021, the UK has re-imposed a complete ban on flying with Dubai and removed the city’s name from the list of “tourist corridors”. According to the CNBC This ban could cost Dubai’s hotels and resorts about $47 million per month.

Huge profits from the sale of vaccines help the Adar family lead an increasingly luxurious life. Sharing a net worth of $12.5 billion, husband and wife Adar – Natasha and their children enjoy a desirable high-class life. “Vaccine billionaire” Adar Poonawalla (far left) and his family have a desirable high life. Owning a series of lavish mansions Currently, the “vaccine billionaire” couple owns many large real estates, lavish mansions in the country and abroad, and a collection of famous artworks. The mansion in Pune city called Adar Abad is the regular residence of members of the Poonawalla family. The mansion is designed in a typical European architectural style, with huge columns, high ceilings decorated with splendid chandeliers, Italian marble floors. Besides its impressive design and carefully selected interiors, it also houses other valuable Poonawallas possessions, most notably a collection of European art. Works by artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Renoir and Rembrandt are estimated to be worth millions of dollars. Adar Abad is also where Adar Poonawalla keeps his supercar collection. He owns expensive cars such as Ferrari 360, Porsche Cayenne and Rolls-Royce Phantom. The most prized car is a Batmobile replica based on the Mercedes-Benz S350 that Adar gave to his son, Cyrus, for his 6th birthday. Villa Adar Abad in Pune is designed in European style. Every weekend, the Poonawalla family used to go to Mumbai and rest in a palace by the sea. Formerly known as The Lincoln House, it was used as a US consulate before being sold to Poonawallas for $120 million in 2015. “One can see a lot of this type of property in London (UK), but in India it is more special. It has a beautiful location, history and large area so it is well worth the money. out”, Adar said to Financial Times . The Poonawalla family’s horse farm stands out with its majestic 2-storey wooden house. As one of India’s most famous horse breeders, it’s not surprising that the Poonawalla family has a 100-hectare horse farm in Pune. Here stands the monumental two-story bungalow, which was refurbished in 2015 by his wife Natasha with the help of interior designer Sussanne Khan. The women gave the farmhouse a complete makeover by adding more rooms, building a lush garden with exotic plants and a beautiful conservatory, featuring artistic chandeliers. art. Besides domestic real estate, the Poonawalla family also owns a 25,000 m2 mansion in the prestigious Mayfair area of ​​London (England). According to the report of Business Standard , they recently rented exclusively for $69,000/week. In 2014, the Poonawalla family offered a $775 million bid for the Grosvenor House Hotel to be used as a second home, but failed. The London mansion is the venue for many of the Poonawalla family events.

The world’s most luxurious fishing yacht A fishing yacht model that combines elegance between sportiness and elegance. Recreational fishing has increasingly attracted new boat owners in recent decades, so firms are constantly rolling out larger yachts with lengths of 30 meters and possibly in excess of 40 meters. Against this backdrop, the Project 406 fishing yacht is a huge step forward, involving design and engineering challenges. Designed for experienced and passionate fishing boat owners, Project 406 is built for sport fishing and for the high-class life at sea. Divided into 6 decks, with Alustar aluminum hull and superstructure for greater strength, resilience as well as lighter weight, facilitating and efficient trips to the fishing grounds. Project 406 was developed to conquer all types of fishing, including foraging and marlin, that can be found in tropical seas around the world. The yacht’s naval exterior, interior and architecture were designed by Vripack Yacht Design under the crafting of the famous Dutch yacht builder, Royal Huisman. Overall, Project 406 is a model fishing yacht inside the guise of a luxury sports yacht. This is also the longest and largest yacht at the same time with a length of 52 m compared to other yachts of the same type, contributing to setting a new standard for yacht hobby around the world. It is expected that this yacht will be delivered to customers in 2023.

Hundreds of luxury yachts gather at the port of Hercules during the annual Monaco Yacht Exhibition. Port of Hercules: Monaco’s most luxurious gateway Monaco’s Hercules marina is one of the world’s leading iconic cruise ports. All year round, full of luxury yachts, major events of the shipping industry, the Port of Hercules brings huge revenue to the small principality of Monaco. Endowed with a temperate Mediterranean climate, Monaco positions itself as the model of a luxury resort tourism destination, where the world’s top sports events attract elites like the Tournament. Formula 1 racing Monaco Grand Prix, Monaco Yacht Exhibition … Therefore, Hercules port occupies the gateway position of luxury yachts, and is the convergence center of luxury events and class. . Along the road around the port filled with rows of restaurants, bars, and high-end service areas are always crowded with high spending customers. Not only that, the cost of renting a yacht park at Hercules is also always high, up to $ 1,500 / night and regularly has to book a year in advance. Of course, hunting for real estate in Hercules – the gateway to making money – is always a race that doesn’t end even if the price is not cheap. A 1 bedroom 30m2 sea view studio costs about $ 2.25 million (equivalent to more than 52 billion VND), while most of the 2-bedroom luxury apartments commonly found in Hercules cost from 6.6 million. USD or more, not to mention the enormous price of penthouse and super-villas in the air with generous views. The beauty of Vancouver harbor at sunset. Port of Vancouver: A gateway to explore Canada and cruise the Sea of ​​Alaska Not only famous as an important trading port with a trade value of about 240 billion USD per year, Vancouver port is known as a must-visit destination in Canada’s West Coast discovery, attracting nearly 1 million visitors. visitors to the port. Vancouver Harbor is the main gateway for excursions to Alaska, also the starting point for every journey to admire the glamor of the Inside Passage, where many mountains and islands rise out of the sea. Therefore, the port of Vancouver is always known as the most prosperous place in Canada with its close proximity to modern high-rise buildings. Real estate prices here are, of course, not cheap. Each 1-bedroom apartment around the harbor costs about 400,000 USD (equivalent to more than 9 billion VND), while a 2-bedroom apartment with lake or mountain view costs about 608,000 USD (equivalent to more than 14 billion USD). copper). The value of the apartments will increase if they own a beautiful location with a wide view of the seaport, in which the most expensive sea view apartment in Vancouver is currently sold for $ 38.8 million. Victoria Harbor is always bright thanks to the light from tall buildings. Victoria Harbor – Hong Kong’s “sleepless queen” If Hong Kong is a city that does not sleep with commercial activities and entertainment all night long, Victoria Harbor is “the queen does not sleep” when ships, ferries and yachts are always busy going back and forth. Day or night, Victoria Harbor is always bustling and crowded. Not only is it adorned with skyscrapers with sparkling lights all night, the landscape around Victoria Harbor is also lit up by the famous Symphony of Lights color laser show. At exactly 8pm, the laser lighting system of all high-rise buildings simultaneously turned on to create a very fanciful and fanciful space, like a symphony of charming light honoring the beauty of Victoria port. This makes Victoria Harbor a must-visit destination for any trip to Hong Kong, attracting about 26 million visitors each year. Busy and bustling, real estate prices in Hong Kong in general and Victoria Harbor are always among the most expensive in the world (about 50,700 USD / m2, equivalent to about 1.2 billion VND / m2). The price becomes more and more expensive for luxury apartments with sea view. Typically, a luxury apartment with a beautiful view of Victoria Harbor (Hong Kong) has just been traded in early 2021 with a value of up to 59 million USD. It can be seen that the famous marinas in the world are bustling tourist destinations, with impressive scenery, giving visitors different experiences, is the dream destination of the elite to affirmed its class mark. It also opens up countless business opportunities for commercial services. The 5-star cruise ship docked at Ha Long international passenger ship port. Yacht Bay: A masterpiece of heritage land In Vietnam, it is easy to see that currently only Ha Long Bay with all the gold elements to become a stop for luxury super yachts. This place, with its harmonious mountain and sea terrain, is one of the 7 natural wonders of the world recognized by UNESCO. Especially, looking down from above, Ha Long Bay appears enchanted with hundreds of green islands undulating under the calm and clear water. However, not stopping there, Ha Long is also the only place in Vietnam that has the only specialized international tourist cruise port. Therefore, the creation of a yacht bay – a prosperous commercial port in the heritage land will bring the perfect combination between the world’s quintessence in Vietnamese culture, becoming a bright spot on the “tourist map. calendar of the elite ”. Located in the Bay of Yacht, each real estate project is set to become an expensive masterpiece and each apartment is a yacht in the middle of the air, bringing the membership card to the “upscale club”. for the owner. Accordingly, with a prime location, embracing the coast of Ha Long heritage, the owner of each apartment can day and day admire the sea and sky, admire the luxury yachts bustling and sad to go to sea. enjoy the soul of luxury, but in your own home. Along with that, the system of utilities and privileges are designed exclusively for elite owners such as high-end restaurants, gyms, spas, cinemas, community rooms, swimming pools, shopping centers … All both will bring to the world in general and Quang Ninh in particular a super product with outstanding values. Thus, not only with the role of creating and promoting potentials, doing business and tourism for each area, the marina in general or the future yacht bay in Ha Long in particular also has the mission of tectonic, establish an upper-class living standard for the super-rich, always looking for subtle and different values. And this always has an irresistible charm.

Noon, the sun shines through the forest canopy and falls down the waterfalls. Cool fish from the cave swims in groups to eat algae. Where the sun shines, they swim along. After carefully targeting the place to drop the net, Old Deep took off his shirt and jumped into the water. At nearly 60 years old, his arm span is still very strong. Less than ten minutes, the net, about 20 meters long, was released, close to the shore, blocking the doors of the rock caves that he knew there were cool fish hiding inside. Cool fishing in the upstream of A Tang stream Elder Sau said that the cool fish were very smart. When they saw the cave, they swim right into the cave to hide. When they feel really safe, they swim out. Therefore, after “staging” with a net, he cut down a long bamboo tree to kick the fish out of the cave. Deep cave, you have to dive, use trees to scare away. Fish panicked, swimming out of the cave, they met the net and got caught right away. While his father caught fish with the net, Mr. Chang wore diving glasses and slipped into each cave to find cool fish. “Cool fish entering the rock cave usually stand still, very easy to shoot. Every day, the familiar crossbow shooter will earn a few kilograms of cool fish” – Mr. Chang affirmed. That day, the father and son of worm hunted more than 1 kg of cool fish. According to Old Deep, there is still a lot of cool fish here because people do not use electric pulses and explosives to catch. Moreover, every time people go down to the stream, they only catch enough for their meal, they catch the big ones, not the “upper golden lower bran” style. On the way back to the village, Mr. Chang picked a handful of leaves that grow a lot in A Tang stream. He said that sour leaves are very suitable for cool fish, cook soup to fill up the water, and eat it very well. If the soup is not cooked, then grilled, steamed onions, and braised. Freshly grilled fish and then hung up in the kitchen guard. Then, crushing fish with salt, dried chili, galangal, and pepper will create a very unique dipping dish. The people here call it cheo. Cool fish is often used to dot with rice, sticky rice, meat, and wild vegetables and is often given to guests from far away.

A day earlier, eight similar aircraft departed from New Delhi and landed in London just hours before the UK officially put India on the “red list”. India is facing the second wave of epidemics, such as a “tsunami” with tremendous devastation. In the past 5 consecutive days, the number of new Covid-19 infections is over 300,000 cases / day. India broke down in the midst of the Covid-19 “tsunami”. Photo: QZ. The number of sick and fatalities is so great that hospitals, morgue and cremation grounds are overloaded. Severe medical oxygen scarcity has caused many patients to share a ventilator, some of whom do not survive right in front of the hospital. According to the Fortune India The epidemic has become so serious that the super-rich – those who have never been affected by poverty or natural disasters – are no longer safe. Running abroad on expensive private flights is considered the most likely option. And if they get stuck because flights have been halted and the borders closed, many people have come to realize that in the midst of this dire Covid-19 crisis, money is not going to help them buy the same perks as before. When money can’t buy oxygen Talking about the fleeing of the super-rich in recent days, journalist and historian Hindol Sengupta relates to deeper problems in Indian society: rich and poor disparities and rich people are only worried about it. live by yourself. “The long-standing bad habit in India is just to keep your house clean, you can dump trash right in front of the door. The moment the junk was out there, it was someone else’s problem. Who cares about the poor having to deal with its consequences when the well-off can still hide in their homes? ”Mr. Sengupta said. Over the years, the rich are getting richer, but their social progress and development have declined. Instead of campaigning to improve public services that serve all, the Indian elite and the middle class have found an easier way: spending money to buy private services. The Covid-19 wave left hospitals in India exhausted and depleted of oxygen. Photo: AFP. “Regardless of what happens to the rest of the country, they are comfortable with their own perks.” No matter what a crisis is, electricity, water, roads or air pollution, rich people just need to splash money. If the pollution is severe, they buy air filters at home and in the office. The city is insecure, they can hire a 24/7 private security guard. The health system is poor, they seek private doctors or quickly go abroad for treatment … “The Indian rich do not understand that not privatizing everything, a stable society, which ensures the most basic things such as health and education for everyone, is the foundation for development. sustainable, ”said Mr. Sengupta. Time of salvation The ongoing “Tsunami” of Covid-19 is said to be a landmark. Now, even the most expensive and exclusive hospitals run out of something as basic as oxygen. The elite gradually realized they could no longer spend money to get out of this crisis and had nowhere to fly to because most countries such as Canada, UAE, Thailand, Maldives, UK are in turn. processing tourists from India. The Indian super-rich flee abroad on private planes. Photo: Shutterstock. The scholar Abhinav Prakash argues that this is a time when Indians become more deeply aware of inequality in society and towards specific solutions. “Health insurance cannot help in a health crisis without infrastructure. No matter how expensive your health insurance is, it doesn’t make any sense if the hospital runs out of bed, lacks equipment, runs out of oxygen, “Prakash said. India, and most importantly, a growing rich middle class need to realize that public services are the backbone of a united society. “You can throw trash outside, but the stench of trash still gets into your closed doors and windows. It will make you suffocate. Big change comes from times like now. If the rich and relatively wealthy in India realize that their future is tied to a better public service system, it may be the time to save the country, ”wrote journalist Sengupta.

Since the first opening of tourism in 1980, Jumby Bay Island has been a paradise for British financiers and many Hollywood celebrities. Photo: Villa Retreats. Currently, Jumby Bay Island has 28 luxury resort bungalows with many facilities such as Verandah bar, high-class restaurant for visitors. Most of the rest of the 300-acre island belongs to exclusive investors. Famous faces who used to be residents here include designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, David Sainsbury, Oprah Winfrey and luxury lifestyle icon Robin Leach. In the midst of the Covid-19 epidemic, the super-rich paid special attention to real estate here. Photo: SCMP. According to Andrew Robson, real estate consultant for Jumby Bay Island, interest from the elite for the island tends to increase sharply after the pandemic. “I think Covid-19 makes people determined to own a portion of the island. Last December, we had a good start and will strive to sell out the remaining units this year,” said Robson. . The man emphasized that there are only six homes with a market price tag, such as Bananaquit, Sea Breeze and Whisosystem Palms. The prices of the aforementioned properties range from 9.5 million to 28 million USD. Despite the high prices, most of the super-rich customers believe that the money is worthwhile to enjoy the fresh and relaxing atmosphere here. “Jumby Bay Island is not too flashy and luxurious as some people expect. However, individuals who want to live and relax here are satisfied with it,” commented Robson.

Bernardo Silva is playing the role of a “virtual number 9” in Man City. Starting as a “virtual number 9”, Bernardo Silva has created many difficulties for the defense system of Aston Villa thanks to the mobility and great creativity. It was he who launched both assists as set, one for Foden to start the upstream and one for Rodri to put Man City a 2-1 lead over Aston Villa. All of this was done when Bernardo Silva stretched, taking advantage of the space between the home team’s midfielders and full-backs. Not surprisingly, Silva was elected as the best player of the match, not the two faces named on the scoreboard on the Man City side. This is the second time in a row, Bernardo Silva was arranged by teacher Pep Guardiola to play “virtual number 9”. Last time it was in the match against Leeds in round 31. That day, Man City lost 1-2, but Bernardo Silva still left a good impression by assisting Ferran Torres to equalize 1-1 in the 76th minute. In the context of Sergio Aguero distracted by finding a new stop and Gabriel Jesus is still erratic as … normally, the fact that Bernardo Silva shines in the “virtual number 9” position is a very timely solution. Man City is in front of two great battles – with Tottenham in the 34th round of the Premier League, meeting PSG in the Champions League semi-finals. And this team really needs the shine of Bernardo Silva.

Many other studies also show that when going to high mountains – where there is thin air and low pressure, it has a very good effect on the circulatory system and respiratory organs, stimulating the metabolism to help the body feel relieved.

Around the world, the trend of owning resort real estate in mountainous areas is popular with the elite. The mountain villas are formed by elite communities, successful people, politicians, famous stars … The recent national survey by the Colorado Brokerage Association also highlighted, sales of apartments The second home mountain view has increased by 44% in 2020 showing that this trend will still explode in the near future. Resort real estate in mountainous areas is favored by the elite Not out of the trend, the mountain resort real estate market in Vietnam has been very active recently. With areas possessing hilly terrain, located in a typical cold season climate such as Sapa, Hoa Binh … is an ideal strength to exploit the value of mountain resort real estate. The advantage of health as well as spiritual value is a plus point that helps mountain resort real estate become the choice of the Vietnamese elite when looking for a second home near the center. Enjoy the value of living at Ivory Villas & Resort Hoa Binh
Hoa Binh is one of the localities ranked in the list of worth-to-experience tourist paradise near the center of Hanoi. The unique Hoa Binh culture, the beautiful natural landscape “charming water,” poetic is a beautiful natural space that attracts anyone who wants to come here to rest and restore health. Ivory Villas & Resort is surrounded by 2,000 hectares of natural forest, mountain-back, lake front brings fresh and quality life. Outstanding among the projects being implemented in Hoa Binh towards the value of human health is the Ivory Villas & Resort project. Taking advantage of the mountainous terrain, Archi Reenco Hoa Binh Joint Stock Company – a member of Viet My Group has developed a project to lean into the mountains, majestic nature, make the most of the advantages of the terrain. Low mountain areas, meeting the healthy living needs of each employer. This is not only a high-end resort product but also a highlight to increase the value of the whole area. About 45km from the center of Hanoi, only 1 hour drive, located at an ideal altitude of 180m -200m above sea level, Ivory Villas & Resort possesses a unique terrain offering the experience of touching the clouds and the sky, Immersed in the vibrant green of nature that any customer would want to look for when coming to Luong Son mountain town, Hoa Binh. The whole project is surrounded by 2000 hectares of natural forest, mountain-backed, lake in front of which brings a fresh and quality life for people. According to research by Danish scientists, living in a green space helps to reduce the risk of mental illness by up to 55%, improve health, and help people relax and peaceful. Therefore, choosing Ivory Villas & Resort is to choose peaceful moments of rest, restoring energy to the body after busy moments of work. The infinity pool at Ivory Villas & Resort with panoramic views of nature Gradually receiving the quintessence of the new era, Ivory Villas & Resort brings full life value to each owner with a chain of utilities that elevate the value of life such as Dai Vong Canh, Nhat Ha Lake, 5-star restaurant, Nhat Sac terraced flower garden, outdoor infinity pool and restaurant of international standard. The mountain and forest materials accentuate the spiritual experience, while contemporary amenities satisfy the comfort of life. Owning Ivory Villas & Resort is to recreate the image of a large multi-generational family, becoming a symbol of wealth and affection.

According to the National Center for Socio-Economic Information and Forecasting (Ministry of Planning and Investment), the Mekong Delta is the largest agricultural production region of our country, playing an important role in the national economy, especially is in ensuring national food security. However, the Mekong Delta is a coastal lowland area, so every year, the sea water intrudes deeply into the mainland. Saline intrusion is a big challenge in the Mekong Delta. Photo: VGP This phenomenon appears cyclical and usually occurs sharply in the dry season months, from November to May every year. Saline intrusion is often affected by a number of factors such as flow from upstream to the Mekong Delta; flows in rivers, canals in interior fields; the tidal regime in the Mekong Delta; climate change, human impacts in water exploitation and use. In the past 6 years, the Mekong Delta has experienced two record saline intrusion waves, with intense and fierce intensity in 2015/2016 and 2019/2020, leading to a shortage of fresh water. wide, seriously affecting production and people’s daily life … In the dry season 2020/2021, saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta is higher than the average for many years, but not as serious as the dry season in 2019/2020, but the situation is also quite complicated. Up to the end of February 2021, in the Mekong Delta, there appeared 3 times of high saline intrusion, the salinity boundary 4g / l in Vam Co Dong river and Vam Co Tay river is 30-32km lower than the same period in 2020; the 4g / l salinity boundary in the estuaries of the Mekong River is 5-25km lower than that of the same period in 2020; The salinity boundary of 4g / l on Cai Lon river is 10-13km lower than that of the same period in 2020. Salty drought has damaged many areas of rice, fruit trees, aquaculture and vegetables, both agricultural production activities and daily life of the people are negatively affected. Saline intrusion combined with water shortage due to the effects of the saline drought season in 2019/2020 makes the total flow to be less than the average for many years and agricultural production is seriously affected. An estimated 40,000 ha of fruit trees (Tien Giang 19,000 ha, Ben Tre 15,000 ha, Vinh Long 1,800 ha, Soc Trang 3,400 ha) and about 5,000 ha of rice in Tra Vinh province have a shortage of irrigation water. With people’s lives, drought also makes many households seriously lack of water for daily use, even water supplied from clean water plants in urban areas in many provinces also shows signs of salinity. The main cause of saline intrusion in the Mekong Delta in 2020/2021 is attributed to the lack of rainfall, water resources in the upper Mekong River upstream during the 2020 flood season, and the 2020 flood peak at the upstream of the Mekong River on the Tien River. , the Hau river (An Giang province) is at a low level (below alert 1), leading to a shortage of flow in the dry season 2020-2021 from the upper Mekong river delta to the Mekong Delta by 10-20% compared to the average of many years. In addition, the total flow from the upper Mekong River (at Kratie station, Cambodia) to the Mekong Delta is in shortage compared to the average of many years about 5-15%. Solutions to ensure water security According to the National Center for Socio-Economic Forecasting and Information (NCIF), in the coming time, it is necessary to always be prepared with situational solutions to help people cope with urgent drought such as plan to mobilize mobile tank trucks to carry fresh water for households living in scattered, remote, coastal and island areas. Along with that, deploying drilling wells to supplement fresh water sources, extending pipes from concentrated water plants in the freshwater area to supply affected residential areas, installing additional public taps to supply households affected by saline intrusion use. Review, upgrade, expand and extend the pipeline with neighboring works with excess capacity to supply clean water to the people in the affected area. Regularly observe the water level of the reservoir, check the used capacity and the remaining capacity in the reservoir for treatment solutions to adjust irrigation water to suit production reality. Concentrate on investigating and searching underground water sources, especially deep aquifers to serve water supply for daily life in areas frequently subjected to saline water intrusion. Installation of salt water and brackish water filtration systems (RO equipment) in rural centralized domestic water supply schemes that are frequently affected by saline intrusion. To build freshwater reservoirs in dead-end canals and old diversion dams, and temporary dams to prevent salinity to keep fresh water sources for concentrated rural water supply stations. Investing in the construction of closed irrigation systems, implementing projects on dykes, embankments, key irrigation dams to prevent salinity, fresh storage for production and people’s livelihood. Saline intrusion negatively affects agriculture. The next solution is to regularly dredge the inland canals, clear and clear the flow for all canals, repair damaged works, carry out maintenance and repair of machines and equipment. operation, backup pumps to ensure proactive in regulating for irrigation and water pumping when saline drought, efficient operation of freshwater reservoirs. NCIF also believes that it is necessary to promote cooperation in the Mekong-Lan Thuong cooperation mechanism (MLC) on water exploitation and use. The decline in flow in the upper Mekong River leads to drought and saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta, so the water resource management in the Mekong Delta must be associated with the problems of water exploitation and use of 6 a country that shares the Mekong River. Accordingly, it is necessary to promote negotiations so that countries with large hydropower reservoirs, including in the main and tributaries, cooperate in the operation of power generation, water discharge downstream, ensuring flow maintenance. minimum level on the river. In addition, it is necessary to strengthen cooperation with countries experienced in responding to climate change, sea level rise, saltwater intrusion and drought such as the Netherlands, Israel, and Australia to enlist the help of countries and international organizations in coping with drought in particular and climate change in general It is necessary to widely propagate and guide people to implement measures to use water in an economical and efficient manner, especially in irrigation and daily life, to combat wasteful water sources. Encourage people to be proactive in case of water shortage with water storage solutions.

Bodium Castle in Sussex, (England) was built by a knight in 1385 to house the family. After the family of the knights had no lineage, Bodium changed hands several times and by the 17th century was abandoned. In 1925, the castle was restored. Photo: Reuters.

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“Trees soaked in water for 20 days cannot survive,” said landscape planner Ngo Anh Dao, who has planted dull forests along the 650m long shore of Triem Tay and neighboring Cam Kim commune since 2018. Sad is sad, she said, but this is the law of nature.

The cork tree is the body

According to TS. Ngo Anh Dao is “a pioneer tree and a sacrifice for the posterior generation behind.” As a result, although the number of poor trees is only 1/3, the riverbank of Trem Tay village does not erode like in the previous years when floods came.

This poor forest is the outermost layer of an ecological soft embankment coping with landslide. Anh Dao put it to the test at her farm An Nhien after the historic flood in 2017 seeped 12ha of the riverbank area. Before the embankment was constructed, each time the flood came, the banks of the Trem Tay River would recede more than ten meters deep and many villagers determined that they would have to leave sooner or later.

TS. Ngo Anh Dao, the concept designer of the ecological embankment. Photo: Yen Duong

The ecological soft embankment model is the result of many years of observation and research by TS. Anh Dao goes downstream of Thu Bon river. She does not consider this as a new invention but simply a process of restoring indigenous ecosystems.

“This is a very sensitive and fragile area,” said the female landscape planner, when she was under pressure from the water pouring in from the Truong Son mountain range, and the pressure from waves and storms. Just comparing the map of Thu Bon river basin from 1984 with the present, anyone can recognize the appearance, swelling and disappearance of floating dunes. If more than 30 years ago, there were four large and small sand dunes in front of Trem Tay, over time, the side of the mudslide, now they have formed a large dune deviating to the north, causing the flow from upstream to crash into the bank of Trem Tay village and the neighboring Cam Kim commune. Therefore, every time the flood comes, the Trem Tay bank will slide and the other sand dune bank accretes.

The villagers of Trem Tay seem to be too familiar with this harsh law of nature. At the age of 54, Pham Duoc had to move his house twice despite being born and raised in this village. His first home was at the head of the village but by the age of twenty, he was forced to move to the middle of the village. In 2009, the commune authorities urged him to continue to move, but because of “comfortable housing, a garden, a chicken”, he decided to stay. However, after the historic flood in 2017, when the water flooded to 1.6 meters deep, he got scared and decided to demolish the house, sell the land and move to his current home at the end of the village.

“I wanted to build a house to leave for the children, so I accepted it,” he was told. Each time like that, he “is not sad” because “has to accept it.”

Also because of the desire to keep the village and have a passion for planting trees, this builder began to work as TS’s farm housekeeper. Anh Dao from 2016 on a piece of land at the end of the village abandoned because some people have retreated inland like Mr. Can. Others, especially the young, have quit farming because their rice land is either no longer available or salty, and go to work on tourism in Hoi An or Da Nang.

On this wasteland, Mr. Can and other workers have built wooden houses with modern designs, combining the high structure of stilt houses with indigenous materials such as bamboo and grass. The houses are mixed with nursery gardens and research of diversity of plants.

Standing from the house overlooking the river bank is a bamboo forest that villagers planted in the 1980s to prevent floods. “Thanks to this bamboo forest, when the flood comes, the flow will decrease”, he is explained. “Like when water runs through that basket.”

In front of the bamboo forest, along the riverbank is the ecological embankment.

Use “soft” against “hard”

Different from the commonly applied concrete hard revetment in Vietnam, the soft revetment does not resist the destruction of waves and floods but backs and accepts it – more similar to the village motto of living with floods. This 200 years old.

“The current popular philosophy is that people are fighting against nature, conquering nature with hard solutions and ignoring the understanding of coastal ecosystems, the access between water and land”, PhD. Mr. Dao analyzed. “Thinking like conquering nature, using it hard against the power of nature will be terrible because its destructive power will be even greater.”

Principle TS. Cherry mentioned that the law is immutable in physics: punching a wall with your hand will always hurt more if you punch the mattress with the same force. And given the increasing intensity and destructive power of storms and floods due to the effects of climate change, new coping measures are becoming more and more imperative to minimize damage from dike breaks.

Illustration of three-layer ecological soft embankment used to cope with the landslide of TS. Ngo Anh Dao. Illustration: lambinh

In the design of the ecological embankment, the cork tree is TS. Cherry brought back to plant from Quang Tri, is the outer layer of the buffer protecting the village shore. The roots of this plant are of two types. The main root is poked straight down, possibly up to ten meters deep. The secondary roots, also known as lung roots, are precipitated when immature, soft and swaying with the waves. When the tree grows, this lung root hardens, protrudes from the mud about 60-80cm, very hard. Therefore, cork trees have the ability to accumulate mud, hold soil, and reduce the destructive power of underground waves.

Next to the cork layer is a layer of grass, including native grasses such as hammer grass, grass with bald roots that can be up to 3m deep below the ground, next to the pangasius is a two-leafed tree, the roots are even deeper. tens of meters. These are easy-to-live, fast-growing plants with good soil holding capacity.

The last layer is a row of casuarina trees planted from 2017 that are 8m high. In addition to the ability to hold soil, the height and softness of the conifers help to both block waves and windbreak.

These three layers together create a green vegetation reinforced with bamboo biological “lock” layers to support soil retention in the early years when the layers are young, the roots are not deep enough.

With the initial results achieved, TS. Anh Dao is confident that the philosophy behind this model is the right direction for the sensitive downstream areas that are suffering from both natural disasters and natural disasters. The flood discharge of dozens of hydroelectricity upstream; exploitation of sand in the river bed; monoculture agriculture, improper exploitation of groundwater, causing subsidence; along with tourism development, regardless of the fragility of the ground here, all contribute to increasing the risk of landslides in the area, he explained.

Natural balance

Realizing the initial efficiency of the project, in addition to the affordable price – the construction cost of 1 meter of ecological embankment is only 1/5 of the cost of building the concrete embankment – Hoi An government plans to extend 900m of longitudinal embankment. According to the territory of Phuoc Thang village in the neighboring Cam Kim commune, where after the flood in 2017, the bank fell 50 meters deep into the mainland.

However, the ecological embankment is not without its risks. “An embankment requires a tree to develop to a certain extent to be effective,” said Nguyen The Hung, vice president of Hoi An city. This is a fact to consider when choosing the time to start planting trees for ecological embankments because according to the experience of the Hoi An people, every three to five years a big flood will repeat and the poor forest also needs that many years. to be able to cope with floods.

The most obvious evidence is the initial failures in the construction of ecological embankments by TS. Cherry. In fact, the horticultural forest she planted in 2018 was the second test after the failure of 2017, when the historic flood hit and killed the immature cork trees that were only one year old.

Pham Duoc, born and raised in the village of Trem Tay, had to move his house due to the impact of floods and landslides. Photo taken on January 26, 2121 in Trem Tay village (Dien Phuong, Dien Ban district, Quang Nam province). Photo: Yen Duong

Therefore, each ecological embankment requires a deep understanding of the local soil and climate. Invited by the authorities of Dak Nong and Dak Lak to study the replication of an ecological embankment model for the Krong No riverbank, which is suffering from severe landslides, PhD. Anh Dao cannot carry the whole model from An Nhien. The key thing that does not change is the principle of using measures of “soft, back and forth” instead of “forward and conquer”.

Post-flood cleaning in An Nhien continues after Tet. Meanwhile, the poor forest has begun to show signs of revitalization. “Maybe I will leave it alone, the cork tree will grow back on its own, or I will plant more, depending on the budget”. Anh Dao said.

What is important according to the doctor is the long-term perspective. Once the embankment ecosystem is returned to its natural equilibrium, other social and economic benefits will follow.

Since the ecological embankment, shrimp, fish, birds, wild ducks, many insects have created a new source of livelihood for the village. Each spring, “so many birds can not sleep at night,” he shared. The green embankment on the transparent river also contributes to attracting more tourists to visit this ancient village.

If before 2015, Trem Tay land was sold for 1 million / m2, not many people bought, now, the land price has increased 15 times thanks to community tourism projects, resorts and the belief that village land will is kept. Walking around the road surrounded by the tea tree fence of the village, you can see that people are taking advantage of repairing and repainting their houses to make them more stable and spacious. From the past two years, young people working away from home have come back with plans to do tourism and open shops. All just wait for the disease to pass to be ready to revive.

Le Giang Lam

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(This article is supported by the Rainforest Press Foundation in partnership with Pulitzer Center)

Chelsea advanced to the Champions League semi-finals for the first time in seven years, despite a 1–0 defeat in the second leg. Surprisingly, in Tuesday night’s game, Thomas Tuchel’s side failed to score and Porto did just that. In theory, the Blues’ expected goal tcoring (xG) is 1.1 and Porto’s is 0.6.

The same happened during PSG’s match against Bayern at the Parc des Princes. The home side played better, creating an expected 2.1 goals that did not once put the ball into the net, eventually receiving a 1–0 defeat to Bayern with only 1.3 goalscoring ability.

Fortunately for PSG, they have built a very good foundation from the first leg with a capital of three away goals. It was also a strange result, because in reality, Bayern were the better team that day. Hansi Flick’s pupils made 31 tackles and an expected goal t3.6, while PSG were much lower, just 1.3.

Bayern were eliminated after making 45 shots in two legs against PSG

These figures show that the Champions League is really attractive, fierce and extremely unpredictable. The team that played better, created more chances is unlikely to have won, and the winner is unlikely to be the team to go on. The result depends on quite a few factors and luck is an important factor. But above all, don’t lose in the first leg.

This seems bad news for Liverpool and Dortmund, who are plotting a comeback. Especially when they played very disappointingly in the first leg. Liverpool had an expected 0.83 goals in a 1–3 defeat to Real, while Dortmund were 0.97 in a 1–2 loss to Man City. According to analysis from the Euro Club Index, the yellow-and-black team has only a 13% chance of going on. Liverpool are slightly higher at 15%.

History of course doesn’t stand for under-weakers. In 13 defeats in the first leg of the knock-out rounds in European competition, Liverpool were eliminated up to 11 times. Similarly to Dortmund, they were eliminated from the Champions League 6/7 times in the first leg.

According to analysis from the Euro Club Index, Liverpool have a 15% chance of going on

Sometimes the feat occurs, as in the 2018/19 season Liverpool won 4–0 against Barca to reverse the previous 0–3 loss. But you know, if it happened often people didn’t call it a feat.

Not everything against Dortmund and Liverpool, though. Unlike Bayern and Porto, they played the second leg at home, and at home indeed, Signal Iduna Park with Anfield, rather than on the ground.

In addition, the task of both is also simpler with 1 goal achieved away. This is a huge advantage. Of those who won 2–1 in the first leg of the Champions League at home, the number of teams eliminated (15) was more than the next (12). And Real, who have played in the European Cup 10 times, led 3-1 at home, but were eliminated four times.

Liverpool on a legendary night out against Barca in 2019

So anything can happen. But quite certainly, Liverpool and Dortmund were forced to be better than themselves a week ago. They don’t need to create a lot of chances often, but when it comes, even with a very small table-to-table ability, they have to immediately turn them into goals.

Finally, you know, Champions League success has to do with luck. Liverpool, like Dortmund, should hope it is on their side so that everything they do is correct. As in 2019 at Anfield, Georginio Wijnaldum coming on as a substitute for Andrew Robertson was perhaps the best decision Juergen Klopp had ever made, with Divock Origi suddenly making a hero and telling him from God that Alexander-Arnold launched an unprecedentedly daring corner kick.

A crazy result can only be made up of moments of madness, and every number is always for reference only.