Nghe An: Highlights September 19

*DBy the morning of September 19, many places in Vinh city and some neighboring districtsstill heavily floodeddue to heavy and prolonged rain from the previous day. According to Nghe An Newspaper, by 8:30 a.m., some roads in Vinh City were still flooded even though the rain had stopped. The most severely affected was Lenin Street connecting the city center with Vinh Airport and National Highway 46.

Vehicles wade through water on Lenin Avenue, in front of the provincial General Hospital. Photo: QA

*TPreviously, according to information from Thanh Chuong district, due to the influence of the storm's circulation, many households in Thanh Mai commune had their roofs blown off by the wind. Especially in village 5, Thanh Ha 1 commune.deceasedwhile trying to dive into the water to fix the family's weighing station.

The tornado blew off the roof of a house in Thanh Mai commune. Photo: Huy Thu

*LIVEIn mountainous areas, by the evening of September 19, the rain had not stopped, many villages in border areas suffered serious landslides,isolated by floods.

In communes such as Na Ngoi, Bac Ly and My Ly, Ky Son district, the rain has caused trees to fall, rocks and soil to slide, and many villages have been isolated by floods. In Na Ngoi commune, the floods washed away the only temporary bridge to Huoi Thum village, completely isolating the village from the outside.

Officers of Na Ngoi Border Guard Station (Nghe An Border Guard) help local people cross a dangerous landslide site. Photo: Phuong Linh

*TMeanwhile, in another development, many hydroelectric plants haveflood release noticeAccordingly, the water level on the Nam Mo River increased rapidly, and a number of hydroelectric plants in Con Cuong and Tuong Duong districts announced flood discharge.

Mr. Lo Van Ly - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Con Cuong district said that the district has received a notice from Khe Bo Hydropower Plant to release flood water with a flow rate of 500 to 1,000 m3/s from 8:00 a.m. on September 19; at the same time, Chi Khe Hydropower Plant is expected to release flood water with a flow rate of 600 - 1,300 m3/s from 8:30 a.m. on September 19.

Then, on the morning of September 19, Chau Thang Hydropower Plant and Nhan Hac Hydropower Plant also discharged floodwater. Specifically, Chau Thang Hydropower Plant (Quy Chau) discharged floodwater with a flow rate of 76 - 700 m3/s. Meanwhile, Nhan Hac Hydropower Plant (Que Phong) discharged floodwater with a flow rate of 500 - 1,000 m3/s.³/S.

Hydroelectric plants release floodwaters to ensure the safety of reservoirs... Photo: Archive

*TBack to Vinh city, heavy rain due to storm number 5 circulation has almostwipe out vegetable areaVinh Xuan, in Hung Dong commune. This is an old and famous vegetable growing area of ​​the city with an area of ​​nearly 18 hectares, supplying a large amount of green vegetables to Vinh urban residents. However, after the recent strong winds and heavy rains, the vegetable fields were flooded and the possibility of recovery at this time is very low.

The tarpaulins covering the vegetable beds were blown down by strong winds. Farmers had to put the tarpaulins back up on the fields, using support beams to make them more secure. Photo: QA

*MFloods not only cause many difficulties and obstacles for agricultural workers or people in mountainous areas, they also make many high-income people in urban areas "cry" because their cars are flooded.

On September 19, when the rain stopped and the roads were dry, car garages and motorbike repair shops were packed with people coming to repair their vehicles and overcome the consequences.flooded carof the previous day. According to Nghe An Newspaper, many garages in Vinh city did not have enough repairmen to support customers.

Not only motorbikes, cars also "invited" each other to the garage after being flooded and stalled. Many shops do not have enough people to repair cars. Photo: Hai Vuong

*SAfter the flood, education was the area that attracted public attention on September 19.

“Orphaned Turkish female student dreams of becoming a student at Foreign Trade University” - is the title of an article that many people expressed their admiration for.little schoolgirlfrom the mountainous district of Quy Hop.

That is my sister Truong Nguyen Linh Nga (born 2002), a student at Quy Hop 1 High School. In the recent high school graduation exam, Linh Nga achieved a total score of 30.35 points in 3 subjects (including priority points), in which Nga's D block score was 27.6 points (Math 9.2; Literature 9 and English 9.4). Truong Nguyen Linh Nga said she will apply for the Foreign Economics major at Hanoi Foreign Trade University. It is known that Nga is 1 of 2 ethnic minority students who achieved high scores in the high school graduation exam in the mountainous district of Quy Hop and were commended by the People's Committee of Nghe An province.

Nga (middle) is discussing homework with her friends. Photo by Phan Giang

*TOn September 19, in Vinh City, Nghe An Province,Ceremony to honor students who won international and national prizes and achieved high scores in the 2020 high school graduation exam.

Attending the ceremony were comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee.

Panorama of the Commendation Ceremony. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Also attending were comrades in the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Standing Committee of the People's Council, People's Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province, leaders of departments, branches, and mass organizations at all levels.

At the Commendation Ceremony, the provincial leaders presented Certificates of Merit and prizes to the following students: Pham Trung Quoc Anh won the Gold Medal at the 2020 International Chemistry Olympiad, First Prize for National Excellent Students in Chemistry; Tran The Trung won the contest: "Road to Olympia, 19th year"; Dau Huy Minh won the First Prize in the contest "Youth studying and following the ideology, morality and style of Ho Chi Minh"; 82 students won prizes at the 2020 National Excellent High School Student Contest and 4 students won prizes at the National Science and Technology Competition for high school students in the 2019-2020 school year; 36 students scored 28.3 points or higher in 5 university entrance exam groups and 7 ethnic minority students with scores close to the 5 exam groups: A, B, C, D and A1 were also honored to receive Certificates of Merit and prizes at the Commendation Ceremony.

This is the 11th consecutive year that Nghe An province has organized a ceremony to honor and award excellent international and national students and students with high scores in the National High School Exam.