Vinh City directs 24/7 monitoring of karaoke establishments in the area.

Recently, on March 30, Vinh City People's Committee issued Document No. 1543/UBND-CA on strengthening state management of fire prevention and fighting (PCCC) for business establishments.karaoke, the bar has been suspended and committed to voluntarily stop operating in the city.

The reason for issuing the document stems from the current situation where karaoke establishments and bars are suspended but still secretly operating, especially in the evening, late at night and early morning, posing a potential risk of fire and explosion, causing great damage to people and property.

The interdisciplinary team led by Vinh City Police inspected karaoke and bar businesses in the area. Photo: D.C.

In the document, Mr. Tran Quang Lam - Vice Chairman of Vinh City People's Committee requested heads of city-level departments, agencies, branches, organizations, and chairmen of relevant ward and commune People's Committees to strictly manage karaoke and bar businesses that have been suspended and commit to voluntarily stop operations in the city.

Vinh City Police posted notices of karaoke establishments that do not meet fire safety and security requirements at business establishments. Photo: D.C.

In particular, the People's Committees of wards and communes mobilize functional forces to closely coordinate with the Ward and Commune Police in supervising the implementation of establishments, absolutely not allowing establishments to operate without ensuring conditions on security and order, fire prevention and fighting and must be licensed to operate according to regulations. Establish a working group to closely monitor 24/24 hours a day for karaoke and bar establishments that have been suspended and committed to stop operating in the area.

Particularly in Hung Binh, Hung Phuc, Hung Dung, Ben Thuy, and Truong Thi wards, in addition to monitoring establishments in the area, every day from 8:00 p.m., a working group will be assigned to coordinate with the Fire Prevention and Rescue Police Department to monitor 5 key karaoke businesses including karaoke 48 Nguyen Sy Sach, Bently, Vertu, Apec, and Omega to guide and not allow people to use the service without ensuring fire prevention and fighting conditions.

A karaoke establishment in Vinh City is closed to cooperate with authorities to resolve security and fire safety issues. Photo: D.C.

Vinh City People's Committee also noted that if any ward or commune allows secret facilities to operate, the Chairman of the People's Committee of that ward or commune must be responsible to the Chairman of the City People's Committee.

According to statistics, the whole province currently has 415 karaoke establishments; 9 bars, pubs. Vinh City alone has 31 karaoke establishments, 9 bars, pubs. Currently, only 2 pubs including Hustle and The Local pub in Vinh City are qualified to operate (because they are built with brick walls, do not use flammable materials, have secure escape routes...), the rest are suspended and stopped operating, mostly because the decorative and soundproofing materials do not meet standards.