Nghe An: Highlights on September 22

*NAn's girlfriendtop of the countryabout OCOP products achieving stars. This information was given by Mr. Le Van Luong - Head of Nghe An Rural Development Department.

The OCOP program is a rural economic development program in the direction of endogenous development and value addition, contributing to economic restructuring, improving income and living standards for people and effectively implementing the criteria group "Economy and production organization" in the National Criteria Set on new rural communes for the period 2016 - 2020.

Up to now, Nghe An is one of the leading provinces in the country in terms of the number of products achieving OCOP stars (the whole country has 1,928 products achieving 3 stars or more, each province/city has an average of 30.6 products). In 2020, up to this point, according to the preliminary report, localities have selected about 60 products to complete the dossier to request the province to evaluate and classify. Thus, it can be said that, by the end of 2020, we will likely reach and exceed the target of having 90 products achieving 3 OCOP stars or more.

Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Provincial OCOP Program Executive Board, Chairman of the Provincial OCOP Product Classification and Evaluation Council visited OCOP products with 3 stars or more of Nghe An in 2019. Photo: Xuan Hoang

*Tadvertise46 awardsat the Nghe An Province Elderly Singing Festival. After 2 days of organizing the performance, on the morning of September 22, the Organizing Committee of the Nghe An Province Elderly Singing Festival 2020 held the Closing and Award Ceremony.

The 2020 Nghe An Province Elderly Singing Festival was organized by the Department of Culture and Sports in coordination with the Provincial Elderly Association. This is a festival for the elderly, held for the first time in Nghe An province, attracting the Elderly Association's Art Troupe of 20 districts, cities and towns with more than 30 performances and more than 300 actors participating.

The Organizing Committee representative awarded the First Prize to the Arts Team of the Elderly Association of Tuong Duong district. Photo: Cong Kien

*CThe australian sculpin is a rare fish that often appears after storms and they often move to coastal reefs. Seizing this opportunity, fishermen in the Quynh Luu coastal area bring their fishing gear.go fishing at seabring in a decent income

In September - October, the scad fish appear along the coast, so this is the season when fishermen in coastal areas have extra income from fishing. After the season, these "anglers" will move to other coastal areas to fish for grouper, sea bass, scad...

The bream lives close to the reef because they move here to hide after rough seas. Photo: Viet Hung

*CIt is also fish, but some people in the mountainous district of Con Cuong, Tuong Duong havecaught a fish, selling for tens of millions of dong.

On September 22, Mr. Bui Van Tam in Block 5, Con Cuong Town, Con Cuong District said that he had just bought two "giant" eel fish for more than 30 million VND. Eel fish is considered a specialty of the Western region of Nghe An. These fish often live in rock crevices in rivers and streams. During the rainy season, the water from upstream flows down, so people fishing on the Lam River often catch these giant eel fish.

The giant catfish weighs 17 kg and is 1.7 m long. Photo: Bao Han

*Mdanger on the borderin Nghe An. Photo reportage recorded by Nghe An Newspaper reporter shows that landslides often occur on National Highway 16 during storms, and rocks falling from the mountains threaten the lives of passersby.

National Highway 16 is a vital route of nearly 150 km running along the border communes from Que Phong to Tuong Duong and then Ky Son. This route connects National Highway 48 with National Highway 7.

Landslide on the border road of Western Nghe An. Photo: Duc Anh

*GAs the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, authorities are having another headache.smuggling problem, especially moon cakes and children's toys. In fact, the transportation and trading of smuggled goods, goods of unknown origin and poor quality not only violates the law but also causes insecurity for consumers.

Up to now, through coordination, Nghe An Market Management Department has confiscated 7,630 moon cakes of unknown origin, with a total fine of nearly 50 million VND, and nearly 1,300 children's toys that are smuggled and banned goods of all kinds with a total fine of nearly 100 million VND.

Authorities inspected and seized Chinese-made goods at a children's toy business on Le Huan Street, Vinh City. Photo: PV

*NOn September 22, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened a first-instance criminal trial to try Mac Thi Le Quyen (born in 1984, from Ta Ca commune, Ky Son district), registered permanent residence in Nghi Kim commune, Vinh city, for the crime of "Fraudulent appropriation of property".

Although disabled with withered legs, Mac Thi Le Quyen still brags that she works at the Department of Home Affairs of Nghe An province and can run staff at hospitals, schools, hydroelectric plants, etc. for anyone in need.

Defendant Mac Thi Le Quyen (red shirt) was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Photo: Tran Vu