Nghe An: Highlights on May 20

*SOn the morning of May 20, along with 63 connection points nationwide, the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province attended the online opening session.9th session, 14th National Assembly. In her opening speech, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan affirmed that the 9th session will be a special session, marking innovation, solidarity, determination, creating motivation for our country and people to overcome difficulties and continue moving forward.

Opening of the 9th session of the 14th National Assembly. Photo: VNA

*BThe Provincial Party Standing Committee held a conferencelisten, give opiniondraft documents, preparation work and plans for the Congress; approve the personnel plan for the 27th Congress of the Con Cuong District Party Committee, term 2020 - 2025. At the conference, discussions focused on contributing ideas on major orientations for the district in the next term such as: needing to set clear goals for the results of administrative reform, providing online public services; promoting the application of information technology in the leadership and direction of departments and branches.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee chaired the conference. Photo: Thanh Duy

*UVinh City People's Committee has a document assigning Nghi Duc Commune People's Committee to develop a plan and implement measures.construction site clearance protectionVinh - Cua Lo road. The Vinh - Cua Lo road project (phase 1) is a key project of the province with a total investment of 1,411 billion VND, starting construction in November 2017, with a plan to complete the project before November 30, 2019. However, the project has not been completed yet, mainly because the site clearance work through Nghi Phu and Nghi Duc is still stuck.

Vinh - Cua Lo road is under construction at a slow pace through Vinh city. Photo: Tran Chau

*UThe Provincial People's Committee requests agencies and units to strengthen measures to prevent and control aquatic animal diseases.Request for serious handlingcases of spreading disease sources into the environment, non-compliance with procedures and instructions for disease prevention and control of veterinary agencies.

Shrimp harvesting in Dien Trung commune (Dien Chau). Photo: Xuan Hoang

*HProvincial Women's Unionproject launch“Enhancing the capacity of officials and public awareness in improving access to support services for women and children affected by gender-based violence.” Under this project, rapid response teams will be established to support cases of gender-based violence.

Conference scene. Photo: My Ha

*Drescuebody foundA young man drowned. At 1:00 p.m. on May 19, the victim and 5 friends were swimming at the foot of the New Canal Bridge in Hamlet 1, Dong Son Commune, Do Luong. They then swam to the middle of the canal and sank.

Location where the drowning incident occurred. Photo: Ngoc Phuong