Nghe An: Highlights on July 20

The focus of media activities in Nghe An on July 20 was the opening event of the 15th session of the 17th Provincial People's Council, term 2016 - 2021.

*TAt the opening ceremony, the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province arrived.offer flowers in memoryPresident Ho Chi Minh at the Square named after him.

Offering fresh flower baskets before his spirit, the delegates expressed their infinite gratitude and respect for the great thoughts and extremely noble life of Uncle Ho - the genius leader of our Party and people, national liberation hero, outstanding cultural celebrity.

Provincial leaders and provincial People's Council delegates commemorate President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Le

Studying and following Uncle Ho's example, in 2020, Nghe An Provincial People's Council continued to innovate, constantly improve the quality of its activities, and made many important contributions to promoting socio-economic development and ensuring national defense and security of the province.

*7h30 minutes,opening sessionofficially started under the direction of comrade Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council and Vice Chairmen of the Provincial People's Council: Cao Thi Hien - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee; Hoang Viet Duong - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee.

At this session, the Provincial People's Council will listen to 26 reports and announcements from the Provincial People's Committee, the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Council, the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee and a number of sectors on the performance in the first 6 months of the year and tasks for the last 6 months of the year.

Panorama of the 15th session of the 17th Nghe An Provincial People's Council. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Provincial People's Council will also organize discussions in groups and halls on the socio-economic situation in the first 6 months of the year; tasks for the last 6 months of 2020 and reports, submissions, draft resolutions submitted to the session;... Regarding personnel work under its authority, the Provincial People's Council will dismiss and elect additional members of the Provincial People's Committee for the 2016-2021 term.

In the meeting agenda, on the afternoon of July 21, the Provincial People's Council will question two issues: the management and implementation of urban land use projects and the handover and refund of initial investment costs for rural power grids. The Provincial People's Council will also consider and pass 22 draft resolutions.

*TalgaeOpening speechAt the 15th session of the 17th Provincial People's Council, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Xuan Son emphasized: Entering this year, the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, negatively affecting the world and Vietnam. The epidemic caused production, business, and trade activities to stagnate; people's lives and activities were disrupted; directly affecting the direction and administration of all levels and sectors in the political system.

In addition, extreme weather conditions, complicated developments of African swine fever and avian influenza have caused damage in many localities in the province.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Council Nguyen Xuan Son delivered the opening speech at the 15th session of the 17th Provincial People's Council, term 2016 - 2021. Photo: Thanh Duy

However, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Council also highly appreciated the leadership and direction of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial People's Council, and the Provincial People's Committee in simultaneously performing many urgent tasks: deploying urgent measures to prevent and control the epidemic; implementing solutions to maintain, restore, and develop the socio-economy; and preparing and organizing the Party Congresses at all levels for the 2020-2025 term. Therefore, Nghe An's economic growth rate in the first 6 months of the year is estimated at 2.69%; social security and people's lives are still guaranteed; national defense - security, order, and social safety continue to be maintained. The Party Congresses at all levels for the 2020-2025 term are being held according to the set plan.

*Tpresented at the meetingsocio-economic report, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Hong Vinh proposed 11 groups of tasks and solutions to achieve the goals from now until the end of the year. In particular, focusing on the following goals: removing difficulties for production and business, facilitating access to capital, credit, finance, tax, social insurance, and labor; strongly improving the investment and business environment; drastically accelerating the progress of implementation and disbursement of public investment capital; focusing on effective budget revenue and expenditure management; organizing budget expenditure according to the budget estimate and budget revenue capacity; taking care of people's lives and developing culture and society, focusing on strictly implementing measures to prevent and control epidemics...

Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Hong Vinh reported briefly on the socio-economic situation in the first 6 months of the year and tasks for the last 6 months of 2020. Photo: Thanh Duy

*TDuring the morning session, the Provincial People's Council conductedadditional voteMember of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee,term 2016 - 2021 for Mr. Vo Trong Hai - Director of Nghe An Provincial Police and Ms. Tran Thi My Hanh - Director of Nghe An Provincial Department of Culture and Sports.

Previously, the Provincial People's Council dismissed Mr. Nguyen Huu Cau - former Director of Nghe An Provincial Police and Mr. Ho Mau Thanh - former Director of Nghe An Provincial Department of Culture and Sports from the position of member of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee for the 2016-2021 term. These men were allowed to retire until they reach retirement age according to the regime.

Comrades Nguyen Xuan Son and Nguyen Duc Trung presented flowers to congratulate comrades Vo Trong Hai and Tran Thi My Hanh. Photo: Thanh Cuong

*COn the afternoon of July 20, the provincial People's Council delegates participated in discussions in 8 delegation groups. According to Nghe An Newspaper, the delegates focused on discussing, reflecting and recommending issues related to the implementation of policies and guidelines.Vinh city developmentbecome the economic and cultural center of the North Central region; develop tourism in the coastal urban area of ​​Cua Lo. Delegates also mentioned many shortcomings in development policies,forest management and protection. In which, the current situation of lack of production land and lack of livelihood in the ethnic minority region of Western Nghe An was mentioned. In addition, many issues of people's lives were also reflected by delegates. These were environmental pollution, lack of domestic water, and the arrangement ofarrangement of surplus staffAfter merging administrative units at commune, hamlet, block, village level...

Tomorrow (July 21), the Provincial People's Council continues to work in the hall. The focus will be on the question and answer session.

Provincial People's Council delegates in Vinh City and Cua Lo Town constituencies conducted group discussions. Photo: Thanh Duy

*Tprogram implementationrice crop insuranceYen Thanh district has coordinated with Bao Viet Nghe An to deploy rice insurance for 3,577 households in the summer-autumn crop.

Yen Thanh is one of 8 districts implementing agricultural insurance in the area according to Decision 340/QD-UBND dated February 10, 2020 of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee. Recently, Yen Thanh district has implemented a program to insure summer-autumn rice crop - 2020 with 31/39 communes, 3,577 households participating, including 428 poor households, 1,616 near-poor households.

Rice crop insurance will help farmers feel secure in production. Photo: Van Truong

*COn the afternoon of July 20, at the SOS Children's Village of the province, the awarding ceremony took place.Appointment decisionDirector of SOS Children's Village Vinh. At the ceremony, Deputy Minister Nguyen Thi Ha presented the Decision appointing Mr. Le Ba Luong as Director of SOS Children's Village Vinh.

SOS Children's Village Vinh was started in 1990, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday. Currently, the village has 15 families and 2 youth dormitories, caring for and raising 281 orphans in especially difficult circumstances and poor children with good academic performance.

Deputy Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Ha presented the Decision to appoint the Director of SOS Children's Village Vinh.