Nghe An and the outstanding news of the past week

(Baonghean.vn) - The atmosphere everywhere welcomes Christmas 2016, the bustling activities to celebrate the founding anniversary of the Vietnam People's Army, the opening of the Sunflower Festival... are the outstanding news of the past week.

Exciting atmosphere to welcome Christmas 2016

The highlight of the past week was the activity to welcome Christmas 2016. On the afternoon of December 23, the delegation of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, departments, branches and sectors led by comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee came to present flowers and congratulate the Bishop's Palace of Doai Commune, Vinh Diocese; Vinh Thanh Major Seminary; Congregation of the Lovers of the Holy Cross; Center for Orphans and Disabled Children on March 19; Yen Dai Parish and Cau Ram District.

» Provincial leaders congratulate religious organizations on Christmas

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh and provincial leaders congratulate the Bishop's House of Doai commune.

At Cau Ram district, the Provincial Party Secretary congratulated the priests, the Pastoral Council, and parishioners on a peaceful, joyful, and happy Christmas. At the same time, he hoped that, in their positions, the priests, dignitaries, and officials would continue to encourage parishioners to well implement the policies of the Party and the State, actively participate in building new rural areas, patriotic emulation movements, building and defending the Fatherland, maintaining political security, social order and safety in the locality; and encourage outstanding parishioners to participate in political and social organizations to contribute more to promoting the socio-economic development of the province.

This year's Christmas atmosphere was prepared quite carefully by the parishioners in the province, showing their meticulousness and investment in facilities to create "wonders" such as many large grottos, the 34-meter-high Abel tower, and many parishes were splendidly decorated on Christmas Eve.

Celebrating the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army

» Provincial leaders congratulate military units

» Phoenix School students experience at Brigade 414

To celebrate the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army and the 27th anniversary of National Defense Day, many exciting activities took place in the province.

On the occasion of December 22, many schools in the province have chosen military units as places for students to experience real life.

This year in particular, many schools in the province have organized field trips with the themes “I love soldiers” and “I practice being soldiers” to help students have the opportunity to visit and experience many units. The activities not only help students understand more about the life and activities of soldiers, improve their life skills, but also further strengthen the solidarity between the army and the people, the relationship between units and schools, contributing to bringing joy to officers and soldiers on the occasion of the anniversary.

Vinh City People's Council, term XXI, held the 3rd session

» Vinh City: 'Lack' of responsibility, 'weak' capacity in ensuring urban order?

» The 3rd session of the 21st Vinh City People's Council passed 13 Resolutions

The 3rd session of Vinh City People's Council, term XXI, passed 13 Resolutions.

Taking place over 2 days, December 20 and 21, the meeting discussed important contents. In particular, at the question and answer session of the meeting, delegates had quality questions expressing responsibility for the issues that the City must focus on solving in the coming time to enhance the effectiveness of state management, especially urban order and traffic safety management. At this meeting, the City People's Council discussed and unanimously approved 13 Resolutions.

Meeting to prepare for the Spring 2017 investor conference

» Nghe An prepares for Spring 2017 investor meeting

On the afternoon of December 21, the Provincial People's Committee had a meeting with departments, branches and the Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam, Nghe An Branch (BIDV) on the plan to organize a conference to meet investors in the Spring of Dinh Dau 2017.

Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Ngoc Hoa chaired the meeting.

Accordingly, based on the evaluation of the results of 8 years of organizing the Spring Meeting with Investors, representatives of departments and branches proposed solutions to advise the Provincial People's Committee and the Provincial Party Committee to organize the 9th conference. The proposed time is after the full moon of January (lunar calendar). The goal of the conference is to honor investors with many achievements and contributions to Nghe An in recent years, and at the same time attract more businesses to invest in the province. This year, BIDV Bank continues to accompany Nghe An province to organize the "Spring Meeting with Investors 2017".

Opening of Sunflower Festival and Western Spring Festival

The art program to open the Sunflower Festival and the Western Nghe An Spring Festival is a cultural activity to welcome the new year 2017, creating a vibrant, joyful atmosphere and honoring the traditional cultural values ​​of ethnic minorities.

General rehearsal of the opening program of the Sunflower Festival and the Western Spring Festival on the evening of December 24.

The Western Nghe An Spring Festival was held in Nghia Dan district with the participation of ethnic minorities from the districts of Nghia Dan, Quy Hop, Quy Chau, Que Phong, Con Cuong, Tuong Duong and the Nghe An Ethnic Song and Dance Troupe. The festival will take place from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on December 25.

The festival will have activities imbued with the cultural identity of the ethnic groups in Western Nghe An such as organizing folk games: throwing con, swinging, drumming, gongs, carving, and bamboo dancing to celebrate the New Year; Performing rituals and cultural and religious rituals of the ethnic groups; Performing arts and displaying spring costumes; Organizing campfires, drinking rice wine, etc.

The Sunflower Festival starts from December 25 to 27. Before the festival took place, thousands of domestic and foreign tourists, including international visitors, came to this charming sunflower field. Notably, before the opening ceremony of the festival, this morning, December 25, the roads leading to the sunflower field were congested due to the sudden increase in visitors. This has caused difficulties for ensuring traffic safety and security in the area, as well as for the tourists themselves, who are eager to attend the sunflower festival.

An Nhan

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