The Nghe An Ornamental Plants Association outlines its tasks for 2013.
(Baonghean.vn) -This morning, January 27th, the Nghe An Ornamental Plants Association held a conference to summarize its activities in 2012 and plan for 2013.
Currently, the Nghe An Ornamental Plants Association has 125 branches with nearly 4,500 members. Last year, the ornamental plants movement in Nghe An developed rapidly and effectively; people invested approximately 222 billion VND in ornamental plants, with nearly 2,000 laborers participating, including 250 households growing flowers. Many districts have sustainable ecological residential area models. 50-70% of families have ornamental plants, and many households have ornamental plant gardens ranging from 20-50m2. Currently, there are 400 gardens valued at 100 million VND, 200 gardens valued from 300-500 million VND, and 100 gardens valued at around 1 billion VND.
Overview of the conference
Following the directive of the Provincial People's Committee, the Ornamental Plants Association, in coordination with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Tan Ky District People's Committee, has prepared a dossier to submit to the competent authority for recognition of the thousand-year-old banyan tree in Giai Xuan commune, Tan Ky district, as a Vietnamese heritage site, and has advised on a plan for the conservation and promotion of this banyan tree.
The conference also adopted the operational plan for 2013, including: Each district and town should develop model communes to participate in the new rural development program; guidance should be provided to districts and towns on organizing spring bonsai festivals to celebrate the Party and the Spring Festival, and to effectively implement the tree planting festival. In particular, the conference emphasized the need for a scientific arrangement of flower and bonsai markets in Vinh City to serve the people celebrating the Year of the Snake (2013).
Awards were presented to collectives and individuals who achieved outstanding results in the ornamental plant movement.
On this occasion, the Association also awarded certificates of merit to 3 collectives and 18 individuals for their outstanding achievements in the ornamental plant movement over the past year.
Thanh Nga
