Nghe An: Highlights on April 20

*TAs of the morning of April 20, the country has recorded no new cases of Covid-19 for the fourth consecutive day. Sharing the same joy, in Nghe An, April 20 is also the day thatThe last citizen in the provincial quarantine area was allowed to return home.. This is a citizen who entered the country from Laos through an illegal route and was discovered by the authorities and quarantined according to regulations. Thus, up to this point, 28 provincial quarantine points in Nghe An have been empty. Since the beginning of the epidemic season, Nghe An has had 10,257 people quarantined to prevent the epidemic. Of which, 6,863 people were quarantined at the provincial level.

People complete procedures to leave the quarantine area. Photo: Huu Hoan

*LRegarding the activities to support Laos in preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic, on the morning of April 20, at Nam Can International Border Gate (Ky Son), the working delegation of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee led by comrade Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee conducted apresented Xieng Khouang province with medical equipment and necessities to serve the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic. The gifts include 10 tons of rice, 50,000 medical masks of various types, 1,000 bottles of hand sanitizer, 500 sets of medical clothing, 135 kg of disinfectant chemicals and many other necessities, worth more than 700 million VND. Also on this occasion, the Military Command of Nghe An province presented the Military Command of Hua Phan province (Laos) with more than 10,000 cloth masks and medical masks of various types, 300 bottles of sanitizer, 2,000 pairs of gloves and other necessities, worth more than 100 million VND.

Nghe An provincial leaders presented medical equipment and necessities.

*LIVEIn another development, many businesses, poor people, and low-income workers expressed joy whenGovernment's 62,000 billion VND social security support packagestarted to be surveyed and implemented from this week. This support package is the concretization of Resolution No. 42/NQ-CP of the Government on measures to support people facing difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In Nghe An, according to statistics, there are 6,198 enterprises with 138,585 employees affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. The total number of meritorious people and their relatives receiving monthly preferential allowances in the province is 70,433 people; The total number of social protection beneficiaries receiving monthly social allowances in the community is 133,140 people; The total number of poor households is 41,041 households; near-poor households is 75,398 households...

Due to lack of input materials and export restrictions, the garment industry is affected by the Covid-19 epidemic.

According to the provisions of Resolution No. 42 of the Government, the subject receiving the lowest support level is 500 thousand VND/month, supported for 3 months: 4,5,6.

*CALSO related to economic difficulties in the context of the pandemic, many shrimp farming households in Hoang Mai town and Quynh Luu district are forced tomust completely re-treat the pond due to white spot diseaseAt least 35 hectares of shrimp farming in Quynh Luu district must start over, while many farming households in Quynh Xuan and Quynh Lien areas of Hoang Mai town are also in a similar situation.

Mr. Nguyen Van Trang, a shrimp farmer in An Hoa commune (Quynh Luu) checks the pond and adds food to prevent disease for the shrimp. Photo: Viet Hung

*MAn event that also attracted public attention was on the morning of April 20,High Court in HanoiOpen the appeal trial of Nguyen Nang Tinh casecommitting the crime of "Making, storing, disseminating or propagating information and documents aimed at opposing the Socialist Republic of Vietnam".

Previously, on November 5, 2019, the People's Court of Nghe An province held a first-instance trial of Nguyen Nang Tinh's case with this charge. Believing that he was wrongly convicted, Nguyen Nang Tinh filed an appeal against the first-instance verdict. The debate at the appeal hearing clarified that the documents and evidence in this case were collected objectively, comprehensively, and in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the Criminal Procedure Code. The appellate panel did not accept Nguyen Nang Tinh's appeal for wrongful conviction, deciding to uphold the original charge and sentence of 11 years in prison...

Scene of the appeal trial on the morning of April 20 for Nguyen Nang Tinh.