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Receiving consensus from the public, these candidates are officially named in the election list, which is posted at 72 election locations of District 3. The voter list is also completed. Noticeably, District 3 has launched a special information portal for the voter list at the address of quan3tphcm.gov.vn , along with a QR code so that the general public can check their personal information. If there is a mistake, they can request information editing, which will be then passed to the corresponding wards for verification. Within 2 business days, the editing request will be fulfilled, less than the regulated time by 2 days. District 3 also implements IT to publicize the voter list via its official Facebook fanpage and Zalo page, the Zalo groups of each neighborhood. “Only after 2 days after activation, the portal welcomed around 3,000 visits, 60 of whom asked for information revision”, said Chairman Duc. Deputy Secretary Nguyen Ho Hai highly appreciated the effort of state officers in District 3 in performing necessary election preparation tasks and applying technology innovatively to ease the burden. He then asked that the district continue to propagandize necessary election information to the community, especially those living in apartment buildings, so that all can actively join in the upcoming ‘Citizen Festival’ on May 23. Finally, the Deputy Secretary reminded the localities that District 3 accommodates several central-leveled and city-leveled offices, which means the state leaders here need to pay more attention to public security maintenance on election days. Chairman of District 1 People’s Committee Nguyen Van Dung also reported the current status of election preparation tasks. Accordingly, the district has finished hanging 213 banners and 21 panels in different locations. It has also distributed 9,600 pamphlets and 7,000 booklets of election regulations to its residents. District 1 has 73 election locations to accommodate 164,143 voters. …

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Da Nang allows foreigners to buy houses in 17 projects The Construction Department of central Da Nang city has listed 17 commercial housing projects in which foreign organisations and individuals can buy units. The projects include Blooming Tower, Golden Square complex, Quang Nguyen Apartment complex, Thuy Tu urban area, Harmony Tower, and Da Nang FPT Technological Urban Area. The city also disallows foreigners from owning property in three projects, namely F-Home Apartment complex, Da Nang Diamond Tower, and IndoChina Riverside Tower. The department suggested the Department of Natural Resources and Environment and relevant agencies review the grant of licences to foreign organisations and individuals in projects that are off-limits to foreign buyers./. Coffee exports fall by over 11 percent in Q1 Coffee exports earned 771 million USD for Vietnam in the first quarter of 2021 In March alone, 145,000 tonnes of coffee were shipped abroad, bringing home 275 million USD. The figures respectively rose 18 percent and 27.3 percent month on month, but declined 21.1 percent and 11 percent compared to the same period last year. Despite a drop in both export volume and value, export prices still increased in Q1, the MARD said, noting that prices of Vietnamese coffee averaged 1,897 USD per tonne in March, up 7.9 percent from the previous month and 12.8 percent year on year. During Q1, average coffee export prices grew 6.8 percent from a year earlier to 1,801 USD per tonne. MARD statistics also showed that in the first three months, the country exported 10.61 billion USD worth of agricultural, forestry and fishery products, up 19.7 percent year on year. Meanwhile, imports hit 7.74 billion USD, up 44.7 percent. That resulted in a trade surplus of 2.87 billion USD for the agricultural sector during the period./. VinFast selects NVIDIA DRIVE to power next-generation intelligent autonomous electric vehicles VinFast Trading and Production …

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The controversial Cat Linh-Hadong urban metro project has set its current deadline for commercial operation on April 30, with most stakeholder having mixed feelings of hope and doubt. Nguyen Nam, a 40-year-old living in Nguyen Trai street where the metro line is running through, told VIR, “Unlike with previous announcements, these days I can see the trains on the Cat Linh-Hadong line run almost every day. I hope this time the train will be operated on schedule. I have been waiting for years.” Similarly, Hang Nguyen, a 38-year-old white-collar worker in Giang Vo street near Cat Linh – the starting point of the metro line – expects that people might be able to take the train in May. “At first, when the train is actually operational, I will still ride my bike and wait for feedback about safety issues because the project has been sluggish for the last 10 years,” she said. Such mixed feelings are common among Hanoians who witnessed several delays and hiccups within the first metro line’s schedule. On March 31, the Cat Linh-Hadong line had its construction and installation completed as announced by Nguyen Ngoc Dong, Deputy Minister of Transport, with the handover to Hanoi authorities currently taking place and expected to be completed in May. Dong elaborated, “To complete the handover, the Ministry of Transport (MoT), Hanoi People’s Committee, the Railway Project Management Unit, and Hanoi Metro will work from March 31 with the Chinese engineering-procurement and construction contractor on checking receipts, dossiers, other documents, and assets. The works are expected to be completed in three to four weeks.” In addition, the urban railway might need additional 107 employees for operation. According to Hanoi Metro, applications will be accepted until April 15. Earlier in January, French consultant ACT gave 16 recommendations on risk prevention in the operation of the route, focusing on three groups of issues such as documents, design improvements, …

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