Vendor registration process

A customer gets a portrait photo taken at a Vinaphone store. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Quyết Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Some 34 million users out of 38 million pre-paid mobile phone numbers nationwide have not yet provided their personal information, including portrait photo. The information was revealed by Việt Nam Telecommunications Authority until mid-March. Decree 49, issued last year, stipulates that by April 24, 2018, all mobile subscriptions activated before April 24, 2017, have to be registered with accurate information of owners, including name, identification/passport number and a profile picture. If they fail to register, the providers will block incoming calls after 15 days and stop providing services in the next 15 days. The number of customers who need to complete the process is very high, especially those who activated their numbers before Decree 49 took effect, the authority said. As the deadline of updating the personal portrait photo is coming to a close, … [Read more...] about Mobile phone users yet to complete registration process

A baby receives vaccination in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI (VNS) — Thousands of parents in Hà Nội failed to register their children for their five-in-one Pentaxim vaccination on Thursday. The city’s Centre for Preventive Medicine could meet only one-thirtieth of the total demand for 91,000 vaccination doses. The registration process on the centre’s website at ytdphanoi.gov.vn -- during the third phase of the serviced vaccination programme this year -- started at 9am on Thursday. The system was soon overloaded with more than 91,000 logins, and automatically shut down after one hour and 28 minutes of recording registrations for the available 3,080 doses. The vaccines comprised 1,880 doses held over from the second phase last month and 1,200 new doses. Those who failed to register their children for the vaccination this time will have to wait for the next registration period. Children born between March 18, 2014, and January 18, 2016, are eligible for the vaccination. They … [Read more...] about Thousands of Hà Nội children miss vaccination registration

A fruit seller selling fruits on a pavement in the capital city is requested to move to a market nearby. — Photo vietnamnet.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Vendors will no longer be allowed to sell fruits on pavements of the capital city’s inner districts. The Hà Nội People’s Committee has approved a pilot project on managing fruit businesses in the capital city’s inner districts, which aims to create close links between fruit producers, distributors and management agencies and provide knowledge and training on food safety to fruit sellers and vendors. The project target is to help 60 per cent of these fruit businesses to acquire business registration certificates, store signage, and fruit preservation facilities and equipment this year, and 100 per cent by the end of next year. Officials want to bring under control the origin and quality of fruits sold in the inner districts within the next year. The programme also aims to establish online cashier and payment systems … [Read more...] about No fruit vendors allowed on capital’s inner districts pavements

Tourists explore the nipa palm forest in Cẩm Thanh Commune, Hội An. — VNS Photo Công Thành Viet Nam News HỘI AN — With the number of street vendors increasing along with the exponential rise in popularity of Hoi An Town, the very factors that made it attractive – its pristine settings and quietness – are under threat. Authorities are now planning to take firm steps to restore some of the original tranquility of the town by “rearranging” street venders and reorganizing coracle services in Cẩm Thanh Village, touted as an eco-tourist destination. Nguyễn Văn Sơn, vice chairman of the city People’s Committee, said they started planning these moves last July and would start executing them this month. Sơn said street vendors selling snacks and souvenirs was part of the old image of Hội An Town, but their profusion was disturbing the quiet lifestyle of Hội An’s original traders. He said some illegal vendors were harassing tourists and charging very high prices, and creating … [Read more...] about Hội An to crackdown on street vendors, coracle services

New assessment system expected to improve administrative processes By Le Anh Residents apply for vehicle registration in HCMC. Residents in HCMC can now use a new evaluation system to make an assessment of and express their satisfaction with public employees when completing administrative procedures – PHOTO: LE ANH HCMC – Residents in HCMC can now use a new evaluation system to make an assessment of and express their satisfaction with public employees when completing administrative procedures as a way of contributing to improving the quality of  these procedures, heard attendees at a seminar on July 2. The city is piloting the new evaluation system in districts 9, Tan Phu and Cu Chi and in the nine wards and communes of Hiep Phu, Truong Thanh, Phu Huu, Tan Son Nhi, Hoa Thanh, Son Ky, Tan Thong Hoi, Tan Phu Trung and Cu Chi Town. In the districts and wards, the pilot program covers procedures to apply for construction licenses, register for business certificates for … [Read more...] about New assessment system expected to improve administrative processes

Processed and unprocessed pork fat is found at an illegal processing centre in Đà Nẵng City.— VNS Photo Anh Tuấn Viet Nam News - ĐÀ NẴNG (VNS) — The central city’s environmental police department, along with the veterinary sub-department, seized 780kg of packaged and fresh pork fat from an illegal processing house in Liên Chiểu District yesterday. Colonel Trần Thanh Nhơn said 12 bags of the processed pork fat were due to be delivered to the city’s market, while 150kg of the unprocessed fat was scheduled to be fried and packed into bags. Đào Trần Quang, an employee of the processing centre, confessed that the processed pork fat was sold in markets across the city. He said he was paid VNĐ3 million per month to process and deliver pork fat to different markets over the past three years. The processing centre could not present a business license, food safety certificates, or registration documents related to its hygiene. It was one of largest illegal pork fat processing … [Read more...] about Police discover 780kg of pork fat processed illegally

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) is recently signed by the Intellectual Property Office under the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Korea Intellectual Property Office.— Photo qdnd.vn HÀ NỘI — The intellectual property (IP) registration process, which lasts 36-42 months, will be shortened to 36 months from June 1 next year. The change is regulated in a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) recently signed by the Intellectual Property Office under the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Korea Intellectual Property Office. The MOU aims at strengthening intellectual property (IP) management. The MOU focuses on setting up IP rights in Việt Nam, enhancing the quality of examination of patent applications and the system of automation of administration of industrial property registration applications. Specifically, Việt Nam and Korea will cooperate to quickly handle patent applications. The pilot programme will be implemented from the beginning of June next year and … [Read more...] about Việt Nam to run pilot automation of patent applications

Illustration by Đàm Minh Trí Viet Nam News by Mai Hiên HÀ NỘI – Nguyễn Thu Hương, a resident of Hà Nội’s Đống Đa district, was worried when she saw street vendors preparing food without gloves. She complained several times but was repeatedly ignored. With a strange look, one person asked, “if you are worried about food safety, why do you still eat street food?” A new Government degree mandating higher fines for food safety violations may ease Hương’s concerns. Set to take effect on October 20, the decree will set fines at up to VNĐ200 million (US$5,840) or seven times higher than the value of the goods. These rates are 3.5 times higher than those set by a 2013 decree. Food sellers found to use plant and animal products that fail to meet veterinary hygiene and quarantine inspection requirements will be fined between VNĐ20 million and 40 million ($854-1,709). Fines between VNĐ40 million and 50 million ($1,709-2,130) will be levied on those who use banned chemicals … [Read more...] about Public awareness key to making food safety fines effective

Each citizen will be issued with a new identity card and a 12-digit NI number, which incorporates all basic personal information, some of which is currently recorded in household registration books. — Photo baophatluat.vn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội is working on gradually digitising the household registration books of over 7.6 million residents, a move to simplify administrative procedures related to residence management. Citizens will be managed solely through their identification numbers on a new online national database. Personal transactions will be performed solely through the national identification (NI) number and all changes to personal information will be updated on the national database and recorded alongside each person’s NI number. Each citizen will be issued with a new identity card and a 12-digit NI number, which incorporates all basic personal information, some of which is currently recorded in household registration books. The new ID card will include … [Read more...] about Hà Nội promotes IT in citizen management

Minister of Transport Nguyễn Văn Thể takes the floor during this morning NA’s Q&A sessions. — VNA/VNS Photo Doãn Tấn Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI — Over 2.8 million vehicles across the country are expected to be installed with chips that allow them to cross toll stations without having to stop by the end of 2018, said Minister of Transport Nguyễn Văn Thể during a Q&A session with lawmakers in Hà Nội this morning during a National Assembly meeting. The automatic toll collecting chips are believed to be the answer to the country’s numerous issues regarding its Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) projects, which have been criticised for being poorly planned and lacking in transparency. It will be, at the very least, a difficult order for the transport ministry to meet, as only 500,000 vehicles are equipped with the chips at the moment, according to its own report. Those who were expecting a heated grilling session for the transport minister were not disappointed. Numerous questions … [Read more...] about Transport minister takes hits during NA’s grill