Lach Van silted up, voters shared their concerns with National Assembly delegates

On the morning of May 8, in Dien Ngoc commune, Dien Chau, National Assembly deputies elected at constituency No. 5 including Mr. and Mrs. Nguyen Van Chi - Standing member of the National Assembly's Finance and Budget Committee; Nguyen Thanh Hien - Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation had a meeting with voters of Dien Bich, Dien Hoa, Dien Ngoc, Dien Thanh communes and Dien Chau town.

Delegate Nguyen Van Chi announced the expected content and program of the 5th session of the 14th National Assembly. Photo: Thanh Le

Opening the conference, delegate Nguyen Van Chi informed voters of Dien Chau district about the expected content and program of the 5th session of the 14th National Assembly.

At the meeting, there were 23 opinions of voters reflecting and recommending to the National Assembly deputies on 10 groups of issues regarding policies for people with meritorious services, land management in the area; voters were concerned about environmental pollution in the area; agricultural, farmer and rural policies; infrastructure construction; health care and food safety policies; anti-corruption, etc.

Among them, dredging Lach Van estuary is the content that many voters of Dien Chau district reflected to the National Assembly delegates. Mr. Thai Ba Tu, a voter of Dien Bich commune, suggested: Dien Chau people have invested in building new large ships. The number of ships is large, with large capacity, but the estuary is too shallow, making it difficult and dangerous for ships to anchor.

"Dien Chau residents have petitioned for many years but have not received any response. We request that the State pay attention to investing in dredging the estuary so that people can have conditions to catch and trade seafood, and protect people's property," said Mr. Tu.

A "hot" issue that has long been raised in meetings with voters of National Assembly deputies and provincial People's Council deputies is the environmental pollution in Dien Ngoc commune, Dien Chau district.

Voter Nguyen Cong An, Dien Ngoc commune said: People in the commune often live with environmental pollution from fishmeal processing factories, household waste, etc.

"Especially in the hot and sunny season, the people of Dien Ngoc commune are "tortured" by the foul smell from fishmeal processing factories, which greatly affects the lives and activities of the people. All levels and sectors need to have solutions to solve the environmental pollution problem for the people of Dien Ngoc commune" - voter Nguyen Cong An suggested.

Voters of Dien Chau district make recommendations to National Assembly delegates. Photo: Thanh Le

Regarding the issue of dredging Lach Van estuary, Vice Chairman of Dien Chau District People's Committee, Mr. Phan Xuan Vinh affirmed: This is an urgent issue that voters and Dien Chau district have been petitioning for many years.

Dredging Lach Van estuary is extremely necessary, currently Lach Van has about 200 large capacity ships anchored. However, due to financial difficulties, it has not been able to be implemented.

"The People's Committee of Dien Chau district has worked with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Department has invited foreign experts to conduct a survey. In the coming time, the People's Committee of Dien Chau district will propose to the Provincial People's Committee to approve the project and continue to mobilize capital sources to invest in dredging the estuary to ensure the safety of fishermen's boats entering and exiting Lach Van estuary," said Mr. Vinh.

Overview of the voter contact conference. Photo: Thanh Le

In addition, voters' recommendations related to issues under their authority were received, explained and clarified by the leaders of Dien Chau district and delegate Nguyen Thanh Hien - Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation.