Nghe An: Highlights on April 25

*NOn April 25, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Cuong - Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, and a working delegation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development worked in Nghe An on agricultural restructuring associated with new rural construction and livestock development.

Speaking at the meeting,Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong acknowledged the efforts of the Party Committees, authorities and people of Nghe An localities in agricultural development, actively contributing to the overall development.The Minister emphasized that Nghe An has formed high-quality agricultural areas, which is an important factor in increasing production value. The core issue is to focus on mobilizing and using resources reasonably and effectively.

Minister Nguyen Xuan Cuong inspects spring rice crop in Tan Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district. Photo: Thanh Duy

Emphasizing the importance of food security, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development said that with a large province and a large population, Nghe An must pay more attention to this field. Accordingly, in agricultural production, it is necessary to actively take care of safe conditions for production, strengthen disease prevention, and adapt to climate change.

On the same day,Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong and the working delegation and leaders of Nghe An province inspected the actual spring crop production and pig herd restoration.in some localities in the province.

*TMorning of April 25,The Provincial Youth Union, the Youth Union of Nghe An province in coordination with the Provincial Hematology and Blood Transfusion Center organized the Voluntary Blood Donation Program.. According to the original plan, about 600 people participated, however, nearly 1,000 people came to register to donate blood voluntarily. The organizing committee collected 700 units of blood. This is a very valuable amount of blood to serve the treatment of people when the blood bank is exhausted.

Volunteers participating in blood donation. Photo: Thanh Quynh

In this activity, through the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, Nghe An province youth donated 2 tons of rice to support the poor affected by Covid-19.

*LRegarding the prevention of Covid-19 epidemic,The Prime Minister has just issued Directive 19/CT-TTg on continuing to implement measures to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic in the new situation.The Prime Minister requests Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Heads of Government agencies, Chairmen of People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities, relevant organizations, units and individuals to strictly implement this Directive.

*Cin Nghe An,After 5 days of vacancy, Nghe An province's quarantine area continues to receive citizens returning from abroad.. Previously, at midnight on April 24, authorities in Nghe An received 52 citizens returning from Laos through Cau Treo border gate in Ha Tinh to take them to centralized quarantine.

Authorities worked all night to receive returning citizens and send them to centralized quarantine. Photo: Tien Hung

As of the morning of April 25, Nghe An province has 126 people quarantined and monitored to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic. In addition to the 52 people being quarantined at the provincial level, there are 46 people quarantined at home; 11 people quarantined at the district level; 17 people quarantined and treated at the hospital. To date, Nghe An has taken samples from 7,492 people, all of which have tested negative, except for 5 cases that are still waiting.

*TRONG related developments,“Green vegetables in Nghe An increase in price after lifting social distancing order”.Therefore, vegetable growers in the key area of ​​Quynh Luu, Hoang Mai town are really excited to harvest and continue to plant the new crop..

Harvesting carrots in Quynh Lien commune, Hoang Mai town. Photo: Viet Hung

*LIVEthe opposite direction,Some business sectors, although allowed to reopen, are still "desolate".According to the reporter's records, on April 25, about 70% of the shops on many streets in Vinh city had reopened, mainly selling clothes, shoes, cosmetics... However, the number of customers coming to shop was very small. Other establishments such as Karaoke, beauty salons... still complied with the direction of the Government and the province to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic.

On Nguyen Thi Minh Khai Street, one of the busiest business streets in Vinh City, many shops are still closed. Photo: QA

*SAfter a long break to prevent the Covid-19 epidemic, on April 27, middle and high school students will return to school. At this time,Schools in the province have implemented many solutions to ensure safety before welcoming students back to school..

To continue implementing the 2019-2020 school year plan, the Department of Education and Training has just issued instructions to units on organizing teaching and learning during the time students return to school after the Covid-19 epidemic prevention break and testing and evaluating students in the second semester of the 2019-2020 school year.

To ensure safety against Covid-19 for students, the school has arranged medical staff on duty to measure students' body temperature and wash their hands with sanitizer before entering the school. Photo: Duc Anh

*VRegarding the incident where a truck driver reversed his car, killing a child on April 22 in Quynh Phuong ward (Hoang Mai town),The police are detaining the subject.. Through the extraction of the neighbor's camera, Hoang Mai Town Police discovered that at about 8:00 a.m. on April 22, a male driver driving a truck with license plate 37C - 187.xx carrying construction materials, while reversing, ran over a young boy, causing the victim to die on the spot.

After causing the accident, the driver took the victim to another place and erased all traces. Image extracted from camera

What is condemnable is that upon discovering the incident, the male driver got out of the car and carried the victim’s body to another location. Afterwards, the driver returned to cover the blood stains with dirt and quickly got back in the car and left the scene.