Nghe An: Highlights on March 20

*Morning of March 20,Provincial People's Committee organized a working session with the State Audit delegationon the announcement of 2 decisions to audit the National Target Program on Socio-Economic Development in Ethnic Minority and Mountainous Areas for the 2021-2030 period and the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction for the 2021-2025 period.

Working scene. Photo: Thanh Le

*Nghe An Provincial People's Committee has issuedPlan to organize the Lotus Village Festival in 2023on the occasion of the 133rd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19, 1890 - May 19, 2023). This year, there will be many new and exciting activities such as lotus food processing contest, street carnival, hot air balloon festival... taking place at the 2023 Lotus Village Festival.

Procession of Uncle Ho's photo at the Sen Village Festival in 2022. Photo: Duc Anh

*Deployed from March 8 to April 30, 2023, by mid-March, Nghe An province had 10,230 candidates taking the exam, 32,602 tests.Study the National Congress ResolutionXII, leading the country.

Nghe An leads the country in the contest to learn about the Resolution of the 12th National Youth Union Congress. Nghe An has the first candidate to score 100 points in the country and maintains its position as the unit with the highest number of candidates in the country. Photo: Thanh Quynh

*In Nghi Loc district (Nghe An) there are currently3 outstanding off-budget investment projectsCurrently, the District People's Committee is urging localities and businesses to comply with the direction of all levels and sectors.

Hong Son Production and Trading Company Limited has built a factory since 2011, but has not yet completed the land lease procedures. Photo: Xuan Hoang

*Around the end of January, beginning of February of the lunar calendar,sardines go upstreamto reproduce. Local fishermen along the Lam River said that this year, fewer sardines went upstream, but in return, they were fatter, bigger, and more expensive.

At the end of the second lunar month, when sardines go upstream, it is also the time when fishermen along the Lam River enter the season to exploit this specialty fish. Photo: Thanh Phuc

*Dien Chau has more than 220 hectaresGrowing potatoes for high yieldwith an expected output of up to thousands of tons. These days, farmers in Dien Chau district have begun the potato harvest, with an average purchase price at the field of 7.7 million VND/ton.

Farmers in Dien Ky commune simultaneously harvest potatoes. Photo: Mai Giang