Nghe An: Highlights on January 11

*Afternoon of January 11,Comrade Truong Tan Sang- Former Politburo member, former President and his wife Mai Thi Hanh visited the Kim Lien National Special Relic Site to offer flowers, offerings, and incense in memory of President Ho Chi Minh.

Former President Truong Tan Sang, his wife and provincial leaders offered flowers and incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh at the Kim Lien National Special Relic Site (Nam Dan). Photo: Thanh Duy

*On the morning of January 11, in Vinh City, the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee held a conference combining face-to-face and online meetings.Summary of Party building workand inspection and supervision work in 2022, deploying tasks in 2023. The conference was broadcast live to 21 bridge points of district, city and town Party committees.

Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy presented Certificates of Merit from the Provincial Party Standing Committee to 7 grassroots Party Committees for "Excellently completing tasks" in 2022. Photo: Thanh Duy

*By the end of 2022,Nghe An is expected to have 309/411 communes meeting new rural standards.(reaching 75.18%). New rural construction in Nghe An continues to go into depth, focusing on the goal of improving the material and spiritual life of the people, honoring the cultural values ​​of villages and communes...

Quynh Doi village gate, Quynh Luu district. Photo: Hong Dien

*These days, people in the remote Ky Son district are exploitingmossy peach brancheshave beautiful shape, transported to Muong Xen town to sell to traders. Every day, hundreds of stone peach branches from here are transported downstream, serving the needs of customers during Tet.

From mid-December, the Ky Son highlanders search for and select stone in their fields and high mountains, transport it to Muong Xen town for display, and wait for traders from the lowlands to come and buy it. Photo: Q.An

*In recent years,Tet pole raising movementhas become popular from rural to urban areas in Nghe An. Since the full moon of December, many families have erected poles, so the market for bamboo poles, flashing lights, and decorative lanterns is quite hot...

After the full moon of December, in many localities in the province, people were busy buying bamboo and setting up poles to welcome Tet. Photo: Thanh Phuc

*After investing in cryptocurrency exchanges and losing money, Van had the idea.fraud by money transfer service via accountfor customers, appropriating nearly 11 billion VND. On January 11, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened the first instance trial of defendant Nguyen Thi Van (born 1988), in Thanh Lien commune (Thanh Chuong), temporarily residing in Trung Do ward (Vinh city) for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".

Defendant Nguyen Thi Van was sentenced to life in prison. Photo: Tran Vu