Ensuring national reserves meet urgent support needs

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of January 7, in Vinh City, the State Reserve Department of Nghe Tinh region held a conference to summarize the work of 2016 and deploy tasks for 2017. Attending were comrade Le Xuan Dai, member of the Provincial Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

Conference scene.

In early 2016, the national reserve resources managed by the Nghe Tinh Regional Reserve Department were 291 billion VND, including food products (rice and national reserve paddy), metal products (steel plates), rescue materials (highway rafts, life jackets, life rafts), and forest fire fighting equipment and supplies.

To compensate for the quantity of national reserve goods (NRR) issued to carry out political tasks and exchange for grain in 2015, in 2016, the NRR Department of Nghe Tinh organized the import of 14,000 tons of southern rice, 6,000 tons of salt, 10,500 tons of paddy and other materials and equipment... with a total value of nearly 224.5 billion VND. NRR goods are warehoused and managed at 8 Sub-Departments in Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces.

Comrade Le Xuan Dai, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the conference.

Regarding barter, in 2016, the plan to barter 10,500 tons of 2014 winter-spring rice and nearly 1,200 tons of rice was implemented and completed in the first quarter of 2016. Regarding aid and relief: During the year, the unit supplied nearly 21,000 tons of rice from the national reserve to implement the State's social security, defense and security policies.

Of which, nearly 9,855 tons (worth 90.6 billion VND) were exported to Nghe An province; thousands of rescue materials and equipment were provided to promptly serve the tasks of fire safety, flood and storm prevention, natural disaster mitigation, security protection, and sovereignty of the sea and islands of the Fatherland. With a total value of national reserve goods exported and provided with relief of nearly 208.7 billion VND.

Comrade Le Xuan Dai awarded Certificates of Merit from the Prime Minister to 6 individuals with outstanding achievements.

In addition to the task of providing national reserve rice to help people in times of natural disasters and crop failures, in 2016, the Department also carried out the task of providing rice to support people in the Central provinces due to marine environmental incidents.

8 individuals were awarded the title of emulation fighter of the Finance sector.

Speaking at the conference, comrade Le Xuan Dai, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, highly appreciated the efforts of the staff of the State Reserve Department in Nghe Tinh region in overcoming objective and subjective difficulties in 2016, striving to excellently complete all assigned tasks.

The unit has met the requirements of famine relief and famine relief for the people, and at the same time supported the people of the Central region to overcome the consequences of the marine environment. In preserving goods, it has met the requirements of quality and extended the storage time to meet the requirements of practical developments... Entering the new year 2017, I hope that the Department will continue to strive to complete all assigned tasks.

The Nghe Tinh Regional Reserve Department supports national reserve rice for students with especially difficult circumstances in the mountainous district of Ky Son.

On this occasion, the Prime Minister awarded Certificates of Merit to 6 individuals with outstanding achievements in work from 2011-2015; the Minister of Finance awarded the title of Emulation Fighter of the Finance sector to 8 individuals./.

Quynh Lan