Nghe An: Highlights on August 5

*Cafternoon 5/8,The Provincial Party Standing Committee held a regular meetingJuly 2021. Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An province chaired the meeting. At the meeting, the Standing Committee of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee approved the design idea of ​​the 9-storey Waterfall Project in Nam Dan district and approved the investment policy for a number of other projects in the province.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An province chaired the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

*TBefore that, on the morning of August 5, at the provincial citizen reception office, comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the People's Council of Nghe An provinceRegular citizen reception session in August 2021.Also attending were comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee: Le Hong Vinh - Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Le Duc Cuong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Committee; Ho Le Ngoc - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Internal Affairs Committee; Bui Thanh An - Chairman of the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Committee; and representatives of leaders of relevant departments, branches and localities.

Overview of the citizen reception session. Photo: Thanh Duy

*SOn August 5, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, Provincial Journalists Association, and Department of Information and Communications organizedpress briefingperiodically in August 2021. The leaders of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department requested press agencies to continue to be pioneers in propagating the prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic. At the same time, closely follow and promptly propagate current events, politics, socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security; the implementation of the Resolution of the Party Congress at all levels...

Delegates attending the press conference. Photo: Thanh Le

*SOn August 5, at the second session, the People's Council of Vinh city decidedinvestment policy for 3 projectsand adjusted the investment policy of 3 projects. The City People's Council also decided to allocate the city budget for the period 2021 - 2025 to implement the Nguyen Sy Sach extended road project connecting Lam riverside road, Vinh city with a total amount of nearly 430 billion VND.

Delegates of Vinh City People's Council voted to pass resolutions at the meeting. Photo: Mai Hoa

*TAccording to the report of Nghe An Provincial Center for Disease Control, on the morning of August 5, the whole province isMore than 11,600 people were quarantinedto prevent the Covid-19 epidemic. Of these, more than 9,200 cases are from epidemic areas across the country (of which, nearly 3,000 people are from Ho Chi Minh City).

A worker rides a motorbike from Binh Duong to Nghe An. Photo: Tien Hung

*TIn related developments, on the morning of August 5, Dr. Nguyen Van Dinh - Director of Nghe An Center for Disease Control informed: In the past 12 hours (from 7:00 p.m. on August 4 to 7:00 a.m. on August 5), Nghe An recorded13 new positive cases of Covid-19.

Citizens returning to Nghe An from southern epidemic provinces. Photo: Tien Hung

*DThe Covid-19 pandemic has caused business activities to stagnate. Unable to hold on, many stores had to liquidate, stop selling or return the premises, move home to sell online, or rent cheaper kiosks... Therefore, many kiosks in Vinh citydeep discounts but still sluggish

Many fashion shops on Nguyen Van Cu Street are offering promotions, discounts and transferring premises. Photo: Thanh Phuc