Nghe An: Highlights of April 22nd

*On the morning of April 22nd, the Government held a conference.The Prime Minister meets with foreign investors.Comrade Pham Minh Chinh - Member of the Political Bureau, Prime Minister of the Government - chaired the conference.

Opening the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that Vietnam consistently affirms its view that the foreign-invested economy is an important component of the national economy, and is encouraged and facilitated for long-term development, cooperation, and healthy competition with other economic sectors.

At the conference, ministries, departments, localities, and the foreign investment business community jointly assessed the impact of the global and domestic economic situation on investment waves and business production activities; identified opportunities, challenges, and difficulties in order to proactively adapt solutions and policies to overcome obstacles and promptly seize opportunities for investment cooperation in the new situation.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh requested that ministries, sectors, and localities, based on their functions, duties, powers, spirit, and responsibilities, proactively and promptly resolve any obstacles raised by foreign investors in the quickest, most timely, and most effective manner.

The Prime Minister affirmed that Vietnam is creating all conditions to provide a favorable, safe, transparent, and highly competitive environment for foreign investors to confidently invest long-term in Vietnam, with the spirit of "equality, mutual development, mutual benefit, shared responsibility towards society, workers, and the environment; ensuring harmonious interests and shared risks; and continuing to strongly reform administrative procedures."

Overview of the Nghệ An province's live broadcast location. Photo: Phạm Bằng

*On April 22nd, on the occasion of the 48th anniversary of the liberation of Southern Vietnam and the reunification of the country (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2023), and in anticipation of the 133rd anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday (May 19, 1890 - May 19, 2023), a delegation from Dong Nai province visited...Offering flowers and incense at the Kim Lien National Special Historical Site.Nam Dan, Nghe An.

The delegation was led by Comrade Nguyen Hong Linh, Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee.

In a solemn atmosphere, the leaders of Dong Nai and Nghe An provinces respectfully laid flowers and offered incense in commemoration, expressing their profound respect and boundless gratitude for the immense contributions of President Ho Chi Minh.

A delegation from Dong Nai province laid flowers and offered incense at the Kim Lien National Special Historical Site in Nam Dan, Nghe An province. Photo: Thanh Duy

*Next, the delegation from the Government's Committee for Ethnic Minorities and Dong Nai province worked with the leaders of Nghe An province.Donated 3 billion VND to support house construction.Donations of 1 billion VND were given to impoverished ethnic minority communities to help them recover from natural disasters, storms, and floods.

At the meeting, after listening to the leaders of Nghe An province report on some socio-economic situations, Comrade Hau A Lenh - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Minister and Chairman of the Government's Committee for Ethnic Minorities - expressed his pleasure at the achievements of the province in recent times; including the work of caring for ethnic minorities and people in border areas.

Referring to the support program of Dong Nai province for 8 northern provinces, including Nghe An province, which is coordinated and implemented by the Government's Committee for Ethnic Minorities, Comrade Hau A Lenh respectfully thanked Dong Nai province for its noble gesture towards the ethnic minority people.

Referring to the program to support ethnic minorities that Dong Nai province, in coordination with the Government's Committee for Ethnic Minorities, is implementing in several northern provinces, including Nghe An province, Comrade Nguyen Hong Linh shared that although the gift is not large, it reflects the affection of the Party Committee and people of Dong Nai in sharing the difficulties of the poor ethnic minorities in Nghe An, thereby further strengthening the close and profound bond between the two provinces.

Leaders of the Government's Committee for Ethnic Minorities and Dong Nai province donated 3 billion VND to build houses for poor ethnic minority people in Nghe An province. Photo: Thanh Duy

*On the afternoon of April 22nd,Conference of Party newspapers of provinces and cities in the Central and Central Highlands regions.The 10th session (round IV) was held in Quang Tri province. Many opinions from media agencies discussed solutions to improve the effectiveness of propaganda in protecting the Party's ideological foundation in the new situation.

The 10th Conference of Party Newspapers of provinces and cities in the Central and Central Highlands regions (Round IV) was themed "Party Newspapers and the Propaganda and Protection of the Party's Ideological Foundation in the New Situation." This is a task that requires press agencies to enhance their political acumen, professional skills, and dissemination across multiple publications and media platforms.

During the conference, representatives from local Party newspapers contributed many methods and lessons learned to improve the quality of propaganda work in the new period. Among them, the responsibility of disseminating information to protect the Party's ideological foundation is one of the important tasks that requires continued creative and more effective approaches.

Nearly 400 delegates from local Party newspapers attended the workshop. Photo: Duc Dung

*Starting today (April 22), the Ban Ve Hydropower Reservoir will begin operation.ensure total discharge flowaverage not less than 200 m³To raise the water level of the Lam River, ensuring that pumping stations can pump water into the fields to combat drought and support the 2023 Spring crop production, from April 22nd to April 26th, 2023, the Ban Ve hydroelectric reservoir will increase its daily discharge from 65m³.³/s up to 200m³/S.

According to the water regulation plan outlined above, by the end of April 26th, the water level in the Ban Ve hydropower reservoir will only be around 170m, approximately 13m lower than the minimum water level. This means the company is facing significant difficulties in operating downstream water supply and power generation in the coming period.

From April 22nd, Ban Ve Reservoir will operate to ensure that the total average discharge flow is not less than 200 m³.3/s. Photo: PV