Nghe An: Highlights on April 27

*DProposalExpanding the recruitment of leadership and management positionsAgencies and units nationwide are the contents presented at the online conference to review 3 years of implementing the project "Piloting innovation in the selection of leaders and managers at department, agency and division levels". The conference was organized by the Ministry of Home Affairs under the chairmanship of Minister Le Vinh Tan.

According to the report of 14 Central agencies that are piloting the Project, 12 agencies have organized exams to recruit 29 positions of leaders and managers at the department and division levels, with 42 candidates passing, 32 at the department level, and 10 at the division level. For 22 provinces and cities that are piloting the Project, 17 localities have organized exams to recruit 86 positions of leaders and managers at the department and division levels, with 368 candidates passing, 33 at the department level, and 335 at the division level.

View of Nghe An bridge. Photo: Thanh Le

*SOn April 27, under the chairmanship of Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Thong, Nghe An organizedMain Block Meeting. According to the report at the conference, in April, the province discovered and arrested 114 cases, 183 subjects, seized 1.5 kg of heroin, 5.1 kg of crystal meth and nearly 8.1 kg of synthetic drugs. Tuong Duong district police arrested and temporarily detained 3 suspects for human trafficking, rescued 1 victim. Arrested 30 cases, 197 subjects gambling, seized 900 million VND. The conference also focused time on removing obstacles and thoroughly handling long-standing cases.

Comrade Nguyen Van Thong chaired the conference. Photo: Hoai Thu

*CAlso on the same day, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee led the working delegation to visitCheck out some production models and projectsin Nghia Dan district. Here, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee inspected the implementation of the resettlement project for 29 households in Nghia Chinh hamlet and 92 households in Dong Lam hamlet, Nghia Lam commune; visited and inspected the spring rice production model with Thai Xuyen 111 rice variety and the biomass corn production linkage model in Nghia Thinh commune.

The delegation inspected the spring rice production model with Thai Xuyen 111 rice variety.

*SThe event that received the most public attention on April 27 was that schools officially reopened to welcome more than 280,000 secondary and high school students after a long break to prevent and fight the Covid-19 epidemic. On the first day of returning to school, in general, schools in the area ensured the regulations of the Government, the Ministry of Health and Nghe An province on social distancing to prevent and fight the epidemic. Before April 27, the provincial Department of Education also directed schools to complete the infrastructure system, prepare necessary equipment and supplies toensure student safetyfirst day back to school

Before entering school, all students wash their hands with sanitizer. Photo: Duc Anh

Tosupport students during the "special back to school" periodOn April 27, hundreds of Rapid Response Teams from Youth Unions of 21 districts, cities and towns in the province were present at schools in a timely manner to support students in properly implementing epidemic prevention regulations. These included checking masks, measuring body temperature, and instructing students on hand washing with soap and disinfectant before entering the classroom.

*CALSO related to the work of preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic in the field of education, starting next week, all levels of education will return to school. In that context, on April 27, Nghe An province issued a decisionAdjusting the 2019-2020 school year planAccordingly, the Provincial People's Committee decided to extend the 2019-2020 school year to July 2020, completing the second semester education program before July 11, 2020, and ending the school year before July 15, 2020.

Director of the Department of Education and Training Thai Van Thanh inspected the teaching and learning organization at Huynh Thuc Khang High School on the morning of April 27. Photo: My Ha

Along with the teaching plan, the exam schedule has also been adjusted. The general vocational exam for grade 11 students will be held in May and June 2020; the provincial excellent student exam in cultural subjects at junior high school, high school, and continuing education at high school will be held in May and June 2020; the entrance exam for grade 10 and the entrance exam for Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted will be held in July 2020.

*MA death on a passenger bus on April 27 attracted special attention from the public in Nghe An. Accordingly, a man named D.D.N was found dead on the bus from Hanoi to Do Luong (Nghe An). What worried many people was the information that the victim had been sick, had a fever, and coughed before. At 3:30 p.m. the same day, Mr. D.D.N's sample was tested by the Nghe An Provincial Center for Disease Control and the results were positive.negative for SARS-CoV-2 virus.

The test sample of Mr. D.D.N - the person who died on the bus from Hanoi to Nghe An was negative for SARS-CoV-2 virus. Photo: Thanh Cuong

*MA rather unusual "delivery" happened on the journey of train SE4 from Binh Duong to Nghe An. Ms. Lang Thi Mau (born in 1992), residing in Ke Gia village, Thach Ngan commune, Con Cuong district, returned to her hometown in Nghe An when she was in the last month of pregnancy. On the afternoon of April 26, when the train was about 30 km from Hue station, Ms. Mau showed signs of labor and abdominal pain. At that time, the train cabin was filled with only staff and male passengers. Fortunately, a male passenger in the same compartment had a friend who was an obstetrician, so he made a video call to help with the delivery. The doctor guided her through the delivery over the phone.Nghe An woman gives birth safely on train.

The pregnant woman was taken to the nearest hospital in Hue for convenient care. Photo: Thu Dung