Nghe An launched "Tree Planting Festival to forever remember Uncle Ho" in the spring of Mau Tuat 2018

Provincial leaders, provincial departments and branches participated in the launching ceremony of "Tree Planting Festival to forever remember Uncle Ho" in the spring of Mau Tuat 2018. Photo: Mai Hoa.

Attending the ceremony were comrades Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee.

Also participating were comrades in the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Standing Committee of the People's Council, People's Committee, Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, leaders of provincial departments, branches and sectors; leaders of Hung Nguyen, Nghi Loc districts, Vinh City, along with a large number of armed forces, workers, students and people of Hung Nguyen district.

At the ceremony, on behalf of the provincial leaders, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong launched the "Tet tree planting, forever grateful to Uncle Ho" in the spring of Mau Tuat 2018, affirming the role, great effects, comprehensive and long-term benefits, humanistic values ​​of tree planting, afforestation and launching the Tet tree planting. At the same time, it is required that localities, agencies and units organize appropriately, select multi-purpose, multi-purpose trees, both ensuring the role of protection, effectively preserving natural forest ecosystems, conserving gene sources, biodiversity of forests, meeting the needs of socio-economic development, contributing to ensuring security - national defense associated with sustainable poverty reduction.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Dinh Viet Hong launched the "Tet tree planting festival in the spring of Mau Tuat 2018". Photo: Mai Hoa.

Follow Uncle Ho's teachings“Spring is the season for tree planting/ Making the country more and more springy”Over the past 58 years, Tet tree planting has become a custom, a beautiful cultural feature of early spring, creating a widespread influence at all levels, sectors, agencies, units, and people in the province.

The annual Tet tree planting movement in early spring has really promoted the tree planting, forest planting and protection movement of the province, achieving many important results, raising the province's forest coverage to 57.2%. Forestry is also an important economic sector of the province, with export turnover from wood and non-wood forest products in 2017 estimated at nearly 180 million USD.

People from all walks of life in Hung Nguyen district attended the launching ceremony of the 2018 Tree Planting Festival. Photo: Mai Hoa.

According to the tree planting and forestation plan of the Provincial People's Committee, in 2018, the whole province strives to plant 17,000 hectares of new forests; at the same time, organize good protection of 944,000 hectares of existing forests; protect 73,000 hectares of forests; and take care of 46,740 hectares of planted forests.

In which, focusing on afforestation, intensive cultivation of large timber, improving productivity and efficiency of afforestation; ensuring the implementation of the goal of sustainable forestry development, associated with restructuring the industry, forestry growth model towards improving quality, efficiency and competitiveness, associated with environmental protection and ecotourism development, promoting the protective role, minimizing damage caused by natural disasters...

Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee Nguyen Van Huy called on all walks of life in the province to actively plant trees, protect forests, and develop sustainable forests. Photo: Mai Hoa.

At the launching ceremony, Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee Nguyen Van Huy called on all classes of people in the province to actively participate in planting trees and protecting forests, bringing great economic efficiency and contributing to protecting the ecological environment.

Chairman of Hung Nguyen District People's Committee Ngo Phu Han also participated in responding with commitments to practically and effectively implement the Tet tree planting movement in the spring of Mau Tuat 2018, associated with completing the plan to plant trees, protect and care for forests in 2018.

Provincial leaders planted trees after the launching ceremony. Photo: Mai Hoa

Armed forces and sectors participate in tree planting. Photo: Mai Hoa

Workers of Vinh City Green Parks Joint Stock Company participate in tree planting after the launching ceremony. Photo: Mai Hoa.

Immediately after the launching ceremony, provincial leaders, provincial departments, branches and people of Hung Nguyen district organized tree planting at VSIP Nghe An Industrial, Urban and Service Park.