Nghe An temporarily stops fireworks and organizing festivals during Lunar New Year

According to the Directive, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested Directors of departments, heads of provincial-level departments, branches, units, and Chairmen of People's Committees of districts, cities, and towns to seriously and effectively implement the directives and dispatches of the Secretariat and the Prime Minister on ensuring traffic order and safety during the New Year, Lunar New Year, and Spring Festival 2022.

In particular, it is required to temporarily suspend all types of festivals and fireworks displays during the Lunar New Year; stop unnecessary mass gatherings; ensure security, order and social safety in the province; and ensure people have a happy and safe Tet holiday.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested to temporarily suspend the organization of festivals and fireworks displays during the Lunar New Year 2022. In the photo, the gong festival at the Hang Bua Festival (Quy Chau). Photo courtesy: Sach Nguyen

Continue to seriously implement Resolution No. 128/NQ-CP of the Government; strengthen measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic; prepare facilities, means, medical supplies, and be ready to promptly respond to situations that arise; regularly assess and update information and epidemic levels on the provincial Covid-19 Information Portal and the Ministry of Health.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee also requested all levels, sectors and localities to uphold the responsibility of leaders, regularly urge, inspect and take full responsibility if there are violations of the law and mistakes in the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic under their management authority.

Thoroughly grasp and strictly implement the prohibition of organizing visits, New Year greetings, and gift-giving to leaders at all levels in any form; not using state budget, means, and public assets for activities against regulations...; not participating in superstitious activities; taking time to visit policy families, poor households, and families affected by epidemics and natural disasters.

Regarding the prevention and control of Covid-19, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested the Department of Health to preside over and coordinate with departments, branches and localities to strengthen the prevention of Covid-19 and diseases that are at risk of outbreak in the Winter - Spring season. Proactively develop plans to respond to Covid-19 epidemic levels in order to detect early, isolate, quarantine and provide appropriate treatment as soon as cases are detected. Deploy Covid-19 vaccination according to the vaccine supply schedule; Prepare mobile medical stations in high-risk and very high-risk areas.

Associate Professor, Dr. Duong Dinh Chinh directs the activities of the mobile medical station in Nghi Phu commune, Vinh city. Photo: Thanh Chung

Strengthen inspection and examination of food safety before, during and after Tet to promptly detect, prevent and strictly handle violations of food safety.

Hospitals and medical facilities must maintain operations and be on duty 24/7; have plans to ensure sufficient human resources, drugs, supplies, and equipment to respond to emergency situations. Ensure that drug demand is met during Tet, and prevent sudden price increases or mass price increases.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung also requested departments, branches and localities to implement solutions to ensure supply-demand balance, stabilize the market before, during and after Tet; proactively prevent and combat natural disasters and epidemics for crops, livestock and aquatic products, ensure safe and flexible adaptation to the Covid-19 pandemic to stabilize production.

Timely deploy the work of ensuring policies for people with revolutionary contributions and social security work in the province during the Lunar New Year 2022. Timely care and support for policy beneficiaries, people in difficult circumstances, people with disabilities, children in special circumstances... to ensure that all policy beneficiaries have gifts and receive gifts before Tet.

Giving Tet gifts to workers. Photo: document

The Department of Transport shall preside over and coordinate with departments, branches and localities to strengthen the regulation and strict management of transport activities to serve the travel needs of people during the Lunar New Year; the Department of Culture and Sports and the Department of Tourism shall coordinate with departments, branches and localities to strengthen inspection and supervision of the implementation of regulations and requirements on Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control for cultural and festival activities in the province according to documents and instructions of the Central Government.

The Provincial Police, the Provincial Military Command, and the Border Guard Command proactively grasp the situation, take measures to prevent, detect, and effectively combat plots and sabotage activities of hostile and reactionary forces and opposing subjects, and avoid being passive and surprised in any situation./.