Vice Chairman of the National Assembly: Preserving forests, building Con Cuong into an ecological town

(Baonghean.vn) - Continuing the working program, on the morning of October 30, comrade Tong Thi Phong - Politburo member, Vice President of the National Assembly and the working delegation had a working session with Con Cuong district.

Attending the meeting, on the Central side, there were comrades of the Party Central Committee:Ha Ngoc Chien - Chairman of the National Assembly's Council of Ethnic Minorities;Ho Duc Phoc - State Auditor General. Comrade Nguyen Van Tuyet - Deputy Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture, Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Deputy Secretaries of the Provincial Party Committee: Le Quang Huy, Nguyen Van Thong; members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee: Cao Thi Hien - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Le Xuan Dai - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee. Representatives of a number of departments, branches and leaders of Con Cuong district.

Con Cuong district leaders welcomed the working delegation.

Comrade Tong Thi Phong said the working delegation came to work with Con Cuong with the desire to inspect, encourage and help promote local development; including the construction of the district's traffic infrastructure.

Reporting to the working delegation, comrade Nguyen Dinh Hung - Secretary of Con Cuong District Party Committee stated the advantages and difficulties of the district in socio-economic development and development orientations in the coming time.

Accordingly, in the first 9 months of 2016, the economic growth rate compared to the same period reached 7.13%; the economic structure gradually shifted towards reducing the proportion of agriculture and increasing the proportion of industry, construction, services and trade.

Oranges are a strong product of Con Cuong.

At the meeting, comrade Ha Ngoc Chien requested the district to pay attention to helping and supplementing policies so that teachers at boarding schools can enjoy teaching policies in particularly difficult areas.

Expressing his concern and hope that Con Cuong district will develop further, comrade Ho Duc Phoc suggested that Con Cuong needs to promptly overcome the situation of high poverty, low and backward development level, and high number of drug addicts.

Comrade Ho Duc Phoc - Member of the Party Central Committee, State Auditor General spoke at the meeting.

The State Auditor General proposed to Con Cuong district a number of contents that need to be done in the coming time: promoting economic development, especially tourism development; developing pig, cow, chicken farming and planting crops such as corn, sugarcane, fruit trees, rice... taking advantage of land funds and applying suitable varieties of plants and animals for high efficiency. Especially focusing on developing economic models, eliminating hunger and reducing poverty; preserving and developing culture and focusing on protecting forest resources.

The comrades in the working group hope that Con Cuong, along with economic and social development, must pay attention to preserving the national identity and unique characteristics of the locality to develop tourism. In particular, in the coming time, there will be new adjustments in the Tourism Law and emphasize that Con Cuong developing eco-tourism is the right direction that needs to be actively implemented.

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh spoke at the meeting.

Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh hopes that Con Cuong needs to focus on the goal of building new rural areas and preserving cultural values, identity and focusing on tourism development. Although Con Cuong has not invested much, the province has identified this as one of the localities that receive investment attention, including the construction of a bridge across the Lam River and the development of infrastructure on the other side of the river.

The Provincial Party Secretary emphasized: Con Cuong also needs to be proactive in making breakthroughs and changes, and at the same time hopes that the Central Government will continue to support the locality to develop.

Speaking at the meeting, Comrade Tong Thi Phong wished Con Cuong to develop into a town; both promoting local socio-economic development and consolidating the strategic area in ethnic and border work of the province and the country.

Overview of the working session.

The Vice Chairman of the National Assembly assessed that the district has made new developments and emphasized that the local government and the district are responsible for developing Con Cuong, in which the future of Con Cuong is determined to be an ecological town.

Comrade Tong Thi Phong also noted: the responsibility of protecting the forest is the number one task; next is to protect the people and actively build the Party organization; exchange between ethnic groups to preserve traditions, promote identity, and build and develop together.

Suggesting development directions for this locality, comrade Tong Thi Phong suggested that in the process of promoting economic development, it is necessary to focus on developing tourism, preserving forest resources, along with paying attention to social issues, protecting and caring for people's lives.

Con Cuong has many conditions and potential for tourism development.

Provincial and district leaders need to focus on building solidarity; creating solid steps in building new rural areas, not being hasty, slow but sure, not leaving debts.

Regarding Party building work, it is necessary to maintain stance and viewpoints, protect policies, guidelines and laws; pay attention to eliminating backward customs; and have working groups in remote areas to care for the lives of ethnic minorities.

Prevent drug abuse, focusing on mobilizing people to participate; do not let hot spots occur.

Comrade Tong Thi Phong presented gifts to people in Chom Lom village, Lang Khe commune.

The delegation took souvenir photos with the authorities and people of Chom Lom village, Lang Khe commune.

After working with the leaders of Con Cuong district, the delegation went to Chom Lom village, Lang Khe commune to visit ethnic people and give gifts to the local people.

Hoai Thu