Truck carrying giant tree shows signs of violating the law; Interest rate for social housing loans is 4.8%/year

1. Interest rate for social housing loans 4.8%/year

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The Prime Minister has just signed Decision 370/QD-TTg on preferential interest rates for social housing loans at the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies according to the provisions of Decree No. 100/2015/ND-CP of the Government.

Specifically, the preferential loan interest rate at the Social Policy Bank for those who buy, rent-purchase social housing; build new houses or renovate and repair houses for living according to Decree 100/2015/ND-CP dated October 20, 2015 of the Government on development and management of social housing in 2018 is 4.8%/year (0.4%/month). The overdue debt interest rate is calculated at 130% of the lending interest rate.

According to Decree No. 100/2015/ND-CP, subjects eligible for preferential loans to buy, rent, or hire-purchase social housing; build new or renovate or repair houses for residence are subjects specified in Clauses 1, 4, 5, 6 and 7, Article 49 of the Housing Law.

The above subjects are allowed to borrow for a minimum of 15 years from the date of first loan disbursement. In case the customer needs to borrow for a term lower than the minimum loan term, they can negotiate with the bank on a lower loan term.

2. Clarifying the reflection that the vehicle carrying the 'giant' tree has signs of violating the law

A company transporting giant timber on National Highway 1A was fined by the Traffic Police of Thua Thien - Hue province. Photo: Internet.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh requested the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Transport to direct the inspection and clarify whether or not there was any cover-up for vehicles carrying oversized and overloaded trees as reported by the press.

Regarding this matter, the Deputy Prime Minister requested the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Transport to direct the inspection and clarify whether or not there is any act of covering up for oversized and overloaded vehicles circulating on the road as reported by the press and the compliance with the provisions of the law on vehicle weight; if there is any violation, it must be strictly handled according to the provisions of the law and reported to the Prime Minister before April 15, 2018.

The Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to direct the inspection and clarification of the origin of the trees transported on vehicles as reported by the press; take strict measures to handle violations (if any) in accordance with the law, and report to the Prime Minister before April 15, 2018.

3. Prime Minister establishes Working Group on public service inspection

Minister of Home Affairs Le Vinh Tan is the Head of the Prime Minister's Working Group on Public Service Inspection.

The Prime Minister has just decided to establish a Working Group on public service inspection. Minister of Home Affairs Le Vinh Tan is the Head of the Working Group.

The 4 Deputy Heads of the Group include: Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Duy Thang; Deputy Head of the Government Office Nguyen Xuan Thanh; Deputy Minister of Justice Phan Chi Hieu; Deputy Inspector General of the Government Nguyen Van Thanh.

Members include: Director of the Department of State Administrative Organization and Public Affairs, Government Office Hoang Thi Ngan; Director of the Department of Personnel Organization, Government Inspectorate Hoang Thai Duong; Deputy Director of the Department of Criminal and Administrative Law, Ministry of Justice Nguyen Thi Hanh; Chief Inspector, Ministry of Home Affairs Nguyen Huu Tuan; Director of the Department of Civil Servants and Public Employees, Ministry of Home Affairs Truong Hai Long - secretary of the Working Group.

The working group is responsible for advising and assisting the Prime Minister in inspecting the strict compliance with legal regulations by agencies, organizations and staff, civil servants and public employees in public service activities at ministries, branches and localities; recommending the Prime Minister to direct the handling of violations in public service activities at ministries, branches and localities.

4. Discuss solutions to promote land concentration

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The Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to preside over and coordinate with the Central Economic Commission, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Planning and Investment and relevant agencies to prepare the conference content, focusing on assessing the current situation, practical needs, experiences and the necessity of accumulating and concentrating land to serve agricultural production and socio-economic development; clearly identifying difficulties, obstacles and major shortcomings in the process of implementing land accumulation and concentration.

Analyze and evaluate the impact of the implementation of current policies and the actual implementation of land accumulation and concentration in localities on socio-economic and environmental issues. Propose solutions to remove obstacles in terms of mechanisms, policies, implementation methods, etc.; identify tasks that need to be carried out, agencies and organizations in charge of implementation, authority and implementation roadmap.

5. Conditions for granting Certificate of vocational education quality assessment

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Specifically, the conditions for granting a Certificate of eligibility to conduct vocational education quality assessment activities for domestic organizations that are public service units and enterprises include:

1- Established and operating under the provisions of Vietnamese law.

2- Have a stable headquarters for at least 2 years; have enough working rooms for inspectors with a minimum area of ​​8m2²/person; have enough equipment to serve vocational education quality assessment activities.

3- The person directly in charge of vocational education quality assessment activities meets the requirements according to regulations.

4- Have at least 10 inspectors working full-time under labor contracts or working contracts of at least 12 months or more for the inspection organization.

5- Have an electronic information page of the accreditation organization that includes content and database serving the activities of assessing the quality of vocational education.

The Decree also specifically stipulates the conditions for granting a Certificate of eligibility to operate vocational education quality assessment for foreign organizations: 1- Meeting the 5 conditions mentioned above; 2- Having operated in the field of education, occupation, educational quality assessment, vocational education quality assessment for at least 5 consecutive years up to the time of requesting a Certificate of eligibility to operate assessment....

6. Overcoming the situation of seafood shipments being returned by foreign countries

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To thoroughly handle the issue of seafood shipments being warned about food safety indicators, especially chemical and antibiotic residues exceeding prescribed levels in import markets, the Prime Minister requested ministries, branches and localities to focus on directing and organizing the implementation of a number of tasks and solutions.

Accordingly, the Prime Minister assigned the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) to coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to update information and notify businesses about changes in import policies, food hygiene and safety standards, quarantine requirements, and import conditions of countries for seafood products.

People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities shall promote the dissemination and popularization of legal regulations on ensuring food safety in seafood production and trading; guide and support aquaculture facilities, seafood collection and processing facilities to apply advanced production processes and quality management programs to ensure food safety; support seafood processing and exporting enterprises to connect and build seafood raw material areas to ensure the requirements of import markets and traceability of product origin.

Monitor and give early warnings of diseases in aquaculture to promptly advise farmers on effective disease prevention and treatment, use veterinary drugs for aquaculture in accordance with regulations and not use banned substances or raw antibiotics to prevent and treat diseases.

7. Completing the Project for population stabilization and socio-economic development in the Son La hydropower resettlement area

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The Government Office has just announced the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung at a meeting on population stabilization and socio-economic development in the Son La hydropower resettlement area.

Accordingly, the Deputy Prime Minister assigned the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to promptly complete the Project on stabilizing the population and developing the socio-economy in the resettlement area of ​​Son La hydropower plant, and submit it to the Prime Minister for approval in April 2018.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment shall preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Finance and relevant ministries and agencies to balance and allocate capital to implement the Project and report to the Prime Minister according to regulations.

The Ministry of Finance shall coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment to balance and arrange central budget capital for the Project; guide the Ministry of Industry and Trade and Vietnam Electricity Group to propose a plan to use depreciation sources to support capital for the Project implementation in accordance with regulations; report to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision.

The People's Committees of Son La, Dien Bien and Lai Chau provinces coordinate with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to review and complete the Project; balance local budget capital and other mobilized capital sources to implement the objectives and tasks of the Project.