Nghe An: Highlights of March 17th
(Baonghean.vn) - Nghe An province has implemented Covid-19 prevention and control measures decisively, seriously, and comprehensively; the Nghe An Education Department warns about mobile food vendors in front of schools; the re-encroachment on traffic safety corridors is widespread; and there are suspicions that someone dumped pesticides into a fish pond… These are some of the prominent news items on March 17th.
*TAt the online meeting between the Standing Committee of the Government and the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 prevention and control and 63 provinces and cities, the meeting assessed the results of the past period of epidemic prevention and control work and discussed major solutions for effective epidemic prevention and control in the coming period.Nghe An is considered to have implemented the plan decisively.The province is seriously and fully implementing the directives of the Government, the Prime Minister, the National Steering Committee, and the Ministry of Health, in the spirit of avoiding complacency, negligence, and a lack of vigilance. The province is also focusing on achieving a "dual objective": effectively preventing and controlling the epidemic while simultaneously developing the economy and ensuring social welfare.
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| Comrades Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; and Duong Dinh Chinh - Director of the Department of Health, co-chaired the Nghệ An provincial branch of the meeting. Photo: Pham Bang |
*TconditionRe-encroachment on traffic safety corridors.Even after the clearance, violations remain quite common, especially regarding the installation of signs and billboards, and the occupation of sidewalks for business and trade; patrol and inspection work is still seasonal and not carried out regularly... This information was presented at the online conference summarizing the implementation of Resolution No. 56/2016/NQ-HĐND of the Provincial People's Council on some measures to clear violations of road and railway safety corridors and sidewalks in the province during the 2017-2020 period.
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| Comrade Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, delivered a speech at the conference. Photo: Quang An |
*LRegarding the incident where 9 students had to be taken to the medical station after consuming free drinks distributed outside the school gate,The Nghe An Department of Education has directed schools toStudents should not be allowed to consume food and drinks from mobile vendors located at the school gate.
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| The police invited the group distributing free drinks to the police station for questioning. (Photo: CACC) |
*Trecently,Concerned about the problem of counterfeit cooking oil.Due to the prevalence of contaminated cooking oil on the market, people in many areas have chosen to take peanuts and soybeans grown by their families to be pressed for consumption. Even families who don't engage in agriculture buy peanuts from local farmers to press themselves.
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| Machine-pressed peanuts have resulted in higher productivity compared to the traditional manual pressing method. Photo: TĐ |
*Afish pond 500m wide2The fish belonging to Mr. Hoang's family (Luu Tho hamlet, Luu Son commune, Do Luong district) died in large numbers after being raised for nearly a year. Immediately after noticing unusual behavior in the fish, Mr. Hoang observed and discovered...There was a bottle of pesticide in the fish pond.There's still half of it inside.
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| Fish are floating dead in the pond of Mr. Dao Van Hoang's family. Photo: Ngoc Phuong |
