Rush to change driver's licenses; Encourage officials with limited capacity to resign

TPO - Setting up a hotline to return money to Van Thinh Phat bondholders; People rushing to change their driver's licenses, places working overtime to handle the situation; Disciplined officials and those with limited capacity encouraged to resign; The reason why Nguyen Van Linh underpass is heavily flooded after 2 months of opening to traffic,... are notable news in Ho Chi Minh City this week.

TPO - Setting up a hotline to return money to Van Thinh Phat bondholders; People rushing to change their driver's licenses, places working overtime to handle the situation; Disciplined officials and those with limited capacity encouraged to resign; The reason why Nguyen Van Linh underpass is heavily flooded after 2 months of opening to traffic,... are notable news in Ho Chi Minh City this week.

Set up a hotline to return money to Van Thinh Phat bondholders

The Ho Chi Minh City Civil Judgment Enforcement Department said that in addition to the temporarily seized cash, during the process of organizing the enforcement of the Van Thinh Phat case (phase 1), this agency is making efforts to handle assets to ensure the recovery of money and assets according to the content of the judgment.

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Ms. Truong My Lan - Chairwoman of Van Thinh Phat Group and her accomplices committed acts of fraud and property appropriation. Photo: Tan Chau.

When the second-phase appellate judgment comes into legal effect, the Ho Chi Minh City Civil Judgment Enforcement Department will prioritize paying the temporarily collected amount and the amount collected from handling assets and guarantees to the judgment debtors (35,824 bondholders).

In order for bondholders and people with related rights and obligations to access information about their rights, the Ho Chi Minh City Civil Judgment Enforcement Department has established a hotline 1900 599802 (operating 24/7) to answer and support people in the process of exercising their rights and obligations related to judgment enforcement. (SEE DETAILS)

People rush to change their driving licenses, places work overtime to handle the situation

According to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport, from October 2024 to now, the number of people registering to renew their driving licenses has increased dramatically (as of December 2024, it was nearly 890,000 blanks). From January 13 to 24, there were about 12,000 applications for renewal and re-issuance.

In addition to the high number of applications, the issuance and renewal of driver's licenses in Ho Chi Minh City is facing some difficulties such as lack of blanks and lack of materials for printing driver's licenses. To solve the problems encountered in the issuance and renewal of driver's licenses, Ho Chi Minh City is focusing on printing and returning driver's licenses for new and renewal applications submitted before December 2024.

Encourage disciplined officials and those with limited capacity to voluntarily resign.

Ho Chi Minh City has just issued regulations on dismissal, resignation, transfer, and replacement of officials and civil servants. The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee encourages officials and civil servants who have been disciplined with warnings or reprimands but have limited capacity and reduced prestige to voluntarily resign. If they do not voluntarily resign, the competent authority will consider dismissal, transfer, and replacement according to regulations.

Notably, Ho Chi Minh City does not assign a management position to the field in which the transferred person violated (the reason for the transfer or replacement).

The reason why Nguyen Van Linh underpass is flooded after 2 months of opening

Not long after opening to traffic, the underpass at the Nguyen Van Linh - Nguyen Huu Tho intersection (District 7) was flooded due to unseasonal rain that lasted from night to morning of February 13. The flooded tunnel section was about 50m long, the water was 30-40cm deep, making it difficult for vehicles to move through the area.

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A 50m section of the Nguyen Van Linh - Nguyen Huu Tho underpass (direction from National Highway 1 to Tan Thuan) was flooded. Photo: MH

A representative of the HCM City Traffic Construction Investment Project Management Board (Traffic Board, investor) said that after inspection, the pumping system and pumping station in this underpass were still operating normally.

However, some water intakes and water collection pipes, as well as pumping stations were blocked by trash, causing water to not drain quickly, leading to flooding at the Nguyen Van Linh underpass branch from National Highway 1 to Tan Thuan (HC1), but the opposite branch (HC2) was not flooded. (SEE DETAILS)

HCMC Metro No. 1 runs slowly during heavy rain to avoid sudden stops

Mr. Tran Dang Thanh, Deputy Director of Metro Operation Company No. 1 (HURC1), informed that Metro No. 1 will be adjusted to a slower speed during heavy rain to avoid sudden stops, ensuring safety for passengers while waiting for the contractor to completely fix this error.

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Metro Line 1 is sometimes overloaded due to the large number of passengers. Photo: Duy Anh

The operator of Metro Line 1 Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien has adjusted the parameters in the chart, which means limiting the train speed during heavy rain to temporarily overcome the situation of sudden stops while passengers are on the trip. When the system is completely updated, normal speed will be restored in the near future. (SEE DETAILS)

Cause of the biggest unseasonal rain in 20 years

In recent days, Ho Chi Minh City and the Southern provinces and cities have experienced widespread unseasonal rain with relatively large rainfall.

Mr. Le Dinh Quyet, Head of Forecasting Department - Southern Hydrometeorological Station, said that the rainfall on February 12 and 13 was the highest in the past 20 years in Ho Chi Minh City, with an average of about 120.7 mm. In the remaining days of February this year, Ho Chi Minh City is likely to experience unseasonal rain.

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Unseasonal rain has been occurring continuously in recent days in Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: Pham Nguyen

The cause of the rain is not unusual. Currently, the tropical depression is active in the middle of the East Sea, the low pressure trough connects with the tropical depression, converging wind and humidity, creating unseasonal rain in Ho Chi Minh City and the provinces and cities of the South. (SEE DETAILS)

Oil spilled hundreds of meters on the road, the motorcyclist fell flat on his face.

While riding motorbikes on the road leading to Tan Son Nhat airport, many people in Ho Chi Minh City slipped and fell because they ran over oil spilled on the road from a passenger bus. This bus had a foreign license plate and was traveling on Cong Hoa street towards the center of Ho Chi Minh City.

When the vehicle reached the intersection with Ut Tich Street (Ward 4, Tan Binh District), it spilled oil all over the road. The oil trail stretched over 100 meters, from the intersection to the foot of Lang Cha Ca overpass, causing slippery conditions, causing many motorcyclists to fall on the road.

Tan Son Nhat Traffic Police arrived at the scene to record the incident. Traffic police officers spread sand on the oil stains to ensure traffic safety for passersby. Because the incident occurred during rush hour, it caused traffic congestion at the gateway to Tan Son Nhat airport.

The truth about the case of a woman who took her child to the doctor and was set up to be pickpocketed

Representatives of District 1 Police (HCMC) are consolidating the case file to prosecute Ms. Ho Thi Xuan (born 1987, from Lam Dong) for the act of "Taking advantage of social networks to share false information".

Authorities determined that Ms. Xuan's livestream of crying because her pocket was pickpocketed while taking her child to Children's Hospital 2 (District 1) for a medical examination was not true.

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Police working with Ms. Xuan. Photo: CA

The reason was that she accidentally lost 9.5 million VND while traveling from Mien Dong Bus Station to Children's Hospital 2, so she livestreamed to ask for support and donations to have enough money to see a doctor for her child and buy a bus ticket to go home.

In total, Ms. Xuan received 28.3 million VND from everyone. Ms. Xuan used more than 1 million VND of this money to pay for hospital fees and motorbike taxi fare. After the incident, Ms. Xuan voluntarily deleted the clip posted on her personal social media account. (SEE DETAILS)