Why are discos, bars, karaoke parlors, and indoor sports facilities excepted from the non-essential businesses and services which have been allowed to be reopened in Ho Chi Minh City from March 1? A number of readers have written to Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper to raise this question after authorities in Ho Chi Minh City decided to reopen non-essential businesses and services from early March, except for discos, bars, karaoke parlors, and indoor sports facilities. “Because those enclosed spaces provide a higher risk of virus transmission when they operate if someone at the places is infected with COVID-19,” Nguyen Tri Dung, director of the Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control and Prevention, responded on Saturday. “So the city will continue to consider the time when we can reopen those places." Earlier, the municipal People’s Committee sent a document to relevant agencies regarding COVID-19 prevention and control measures in the coming time, saying non-essential services and businesses were allowed to resume operations from March 1 with strict pandemic prevention and control measures to be applied. All activities at these venues must ensure that all patrons maintain social distancing of one meter. Eateries and cafés must not serve over 30 people at a time. Religious activities must not include more than 50 participants at a time, while a one-meter-distance rule must be kept. Meanwhile, discos, bars, karaoke parlors, pubs, beer clubs, and sports facilities in enclosed space will remain shuttered until further notice. The city has also required relevant agencies and people to continue the 5K message which stands for Khau trang (face masks) - Khu khuan (disinfection) - Khoang cach (distance) - Khong tu tap (no gathering) – Khai bao y te (health declaration) to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Ho Chi Minh City authorities ordered the suspension of discos, bars, wedding centers, karaoke parlors, massage parlors and movie theaters from 12:00 …
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City to ensure transparent, fair and competitive environment for property market
A view of District 2, part of the newly established Thủ Đức City in HCM City. City authorities are reviewing all housing projects to create a “more transparent, fair and competitive business environment”. — Photo sggp.org.vn HCM CITY — The chairman of the HCM City People Committee has pledged to review all housing projects in the city and work out solutions to create a “more transparent, fair and competitive business environment”. Speaking at an annual meeting with the HCM City Real Estate Association (HoREA) last weekend (Feb 27), Nguyễn Thành Phong said the city would work with agencies to address delays in “the issuance of investment policy approval for developers and ownership certificates for homebuyers”. Lê Hoàng Châu, chairman of HoREA, said over the past years, the association has submitted numerous petitions and proposals to the Government and local authorities to resolve problems related to investment and construction. Businesses have frquently petitioned the People’s Committee to speed up procedures for investment approval for commercial housing projects, he added. In 2020 alone, 61 commercial housing projects were delayed because the land they were allotted was a mix of plots with various purposes and uses, he said. “A number of projects being built on public lands were halted and are being reviewed for compliance,” Châu added. According to a report from the Department of Construction, procedures for investment approval of commercial housing projects take up to 247 working days, or 50 weeks, excluding 14 public holidays, which is too long. The association has also urged city authorities to speed up the issuance of home ownership certificates for more than 30,402 housing units in 163 projects in the city. “The Department of Natural Resources and Environment needs to work with the Department of Finance, the City Land Price Appraisal Council and other agencies to determine land-use fees for the housing projects to speed …
HCM City’s CPI inches up 1.19 percent in February
Customers at Saigon Co.op (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – The consumer price index (CPI) in the southern largest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City increased 1.19 percent in February from the previous month, according to the city’s Statistics Office . Among 11 groups of products and services in the CPI basket , the group of housing, electricity, water and construction materials had the highest price increase of 2.06 percent. This included a 13 percent hike in power price , 2.65 percent rise in water price, and 0.14 percent fall in housing rent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The prices of restaurant and catering services showed a big jump of 1.35 percent, with those of foodstuff growing 1.79 percent from January. The strongest surges in this group were seen in the prices of pork (5.28 percent), beef (2.36 percent), poultry (3.99 percent) and aquatic products (3.12 percent) due to high demand during the traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday – the biggest traditional festival of Vietnamese people. Moving in the same trend were groups of beverage and tobacco (0.41 percent), and garment, hats and footwear (0.35 percent). Affected by the petrol price hikes on January 26 and February 25, transportation fees increased by 1.68 percent. In contrast, the prices of medicine and medical services dropped by 0.05 percent, and those of the education group decreased by 0.01 percent. The Statistics Office also said that the gold price went up by 1.1 percent while the price of US dollar expanded 0.02 percent as compared to January./. VNA …
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