Heavily promoted fake housing projects According to Mr. Le Thanh My, Chairman of Nhon Trach District People's Committee, they have not given permission to Alibaba to construct any residential projects, yet those made-up ventures are still being sold online, the latest being the Ali Aqua Nhon Trach project. In Long Thanh district, where Long Thanh International Airport is to be established, Alibaba is also selling multiple residential projects named with their own brand. As of now, Alibaba is trying to sell 29 land projects, 27 of which are located in Long Thanh district. Upon discovering that the company was selling land lots in Xuan Loc commune, the district People's Committee had to force the dismantling of all enclosures and billboards around the area, while trying to make sure the same illegal tradings of land would not reoccur. Exploiting legal loopholes According to Dong Nai Department of Natural Resources and Environment, the 27 residential land projects being promoted in … [Read more...] about Alibaba’s hoax urban projects emerge in southern provinces
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Vietnamese digital map to be urgently prepared
The aim of this project is to create and then share addresses of all houses, state offices, schools, cultural sites, healthcare institutes, tourist attractions, and stores. It is in the framework of the larger project ‘Digitizing the Vietnamese knowledge’, approved by the Prime Minister. Until the middle of January 2019, the database has around 1,387,000 addresses ready for the creation of the first Vietnamese digital map. As scheduled, in this month, all provinces and cities in the country will finish the task of collecting data. The digital map is expected to include the basic maps of Vietnam, with all borderlines and information on administration, traffic, river systems, as well as precise coordinates of all locations in the nation, along with necessary applications. Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui The Duy affirmed that Vietnam must have its own database system to serve the task of governmental management and to meet the searching demands of citizens. The … [Read more...] about Vietnamese digital map to be urgently prepared
Central bank issues road-map for ATM card upgrades
Under Circular 41/2018/TT-NHNN, which will replace Circular 19/2016 as the regulation on bank card operations starting on February 18 this year, commercial banks must increase the ratio of chip cards to at least 60 percent by 2020. This means at least 51 million cards will use chip technology. The regulation will ensure the country has completely switched to chip cards by the end of 2021. The new regulation also stipulates card payment institutions must ensure that at least 35 percent of their ATMs and 50 percent of their points of sale (POS) accept chip cards by the end of this year. The ratios are required to increase to 100 percent by the end of 2020. During the transition period, institutions must ensure all their ATM operations run smoothly, stably and safely to protect the interests of cardholders. Photo: TP Bank Under the new circular, SBV also requires all domestic chip cards must meet standards issued by the bank in October last year. The cards must be … [Read more...] about Central bank issues road-map for ATM card upgrades
Exhibition of old maps, photos shows Saigon of 200 years ago
An exhibition of old maps and panoramic pictures of Saigon is on at Nguyen Van Binh Street in the city’s District 1 from November 30 to December 9. It has 15 ancient maps, both printed and hand-drawn, created between 1799 and 1922. The oldest map on display is from 1799. The original maps showing the war zone during the French attack on Saigon from 1859 to 1863 are being exhibited for the first time ever. A map of Saigon in 1881 by Farvre, a Marine Corps captain. At that time Duc Ba Cathedral (Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica)in the center of the city was finished. The map of Saigon was colored in 1878, when the French took over and gradually redesigned the city. At this time there were entities such as the governor’s palace (currently Tran Dai Nghia high school), the residence of French officers, the securities trading department and an officers’ club. A map of Saigon in 1893 clearly labels places such as Norodom Palace, Roman Catholic … [Read more...] about Exhibition of old maps, photos shows Saigon of 200 years ago
Vietnam, Russia draws up road-map for defense cooperation in 2018-20 period
The two defense ministers reviewed the results of the bilateral defense cooperation in the past time and discussed orientations for bilateral defense cooperation in the future. The host affirmed that the Russian Federation always considers Vietnam as an important partner and a traditional close friend in the Asia-Pacific region. Russia is always willing to expand defense cooperation with Vietnam, he emphasized. The guest congratulated the Russians on the successful organization of the recent presidential election. At the working session He showed empathy for difficulties facing the country, but still strongly believed that the Russians, under the leadership of the Russian State and President V. Putin, will soon overcome difficulties and build a developed country with its increasing credibility and status in the world. General Lich also highly appreciated Russia’s organization of the annual Moscow Conference on International Security, saying that the … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Russia draws up road-map for defense cooperation in 2018-20 period