Strive to complete the project to upgrade the Northern irrigation system by 2019.
This morning, April 5, the Provincial People's Committee had a working session with the delegation of the Japan International Cooperation Agency in Vietnam and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on the project to restore and upgrade the Northern Nghe An irrigation system. Working with the delegation, on the provincial side, there were comrades: Ho Duc Phoc - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of leaders of relevant departments, branches and localities.
(Baonghean.vn) -This morning, April 5, the Provincial People's Committee had a working session with the delegation of the Japan International Cooperation Agency in Vietnam and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on the project to restore and upgrade the Northern Nghe An irrigation system. Working with the delegation, on the provincial side, there were comrades: Ho Duc Phoc - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Dinh Viet Hong - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of leaders of relevant departments, branches and localities.
Working scene
The Northern Nghe An irrigation system is the largest irrigation project in the province, built in the early 1930s and completed and put into use in 1939. The project to restore and upgrade the Northern irrigation system has been approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development with a total investment of over VND 5,705 billion, with two components: Component 1 (construction component) with a total investment of VND 5,205 billion, is the investment component to restore and upgrade the Northern Nghe An irrigation system; Component 2 (training component) will invest in facilities, enhance research and training capacity for the Vietnam Institute of Water Resources.
Up to now, consulting services for the investment preparation phase have been completed such as consulting on surveys, investment project preparation, environmental impact assessment report preparation, consulting on project effectiveness and feasibility. According to the plan, from now until the second quarter of 2015, the preparation stages such as mine clearance, compensation, site clearance, contractor selection, detailed design for construction, and project completion will be completed in the second quarter of 2019.
At the meeting, on behalf of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee, comrade Ho Duc Phoc thanked the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and investors for their attention, direction and close coordination with Nghe An province in implementing the project; at the same time, he committed that the province would create all favorable conditions, arrange sufficient counterpart funds as well as promptly carry out site clearance so that the project could be implemented on schedule.
Phu Huong
