Resolutely prevent and fight African swine fever but should not turn our backs on clean pork

On the morning of June 5, the Central Propaganda Department organized an online conference for reporters of Provincial Party Committees, City Party Committees, and Party Committees directly under the Central Committee with 186 connecting points nationwide. Attending the conference at the Hanoi connecting point were comrade Le Manh Hung - Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department.Head of the Central Propaganda Department.At Nghe An bridge, comrade Kha Van Tam - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department chaired. Photo: Le Thanh

Speaking on propaganda orientation in June, Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department Le Manh Hung asked reporters to focus on propagating the results of the 10th Conference of the 12th Party Central Committee, and pay attention to widely propagating the 7th session of the 14th National Assembly to voters and people nationwide.

Regarding foreign affairs activities, the Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department asked the reporter to publicize the visit to three countries: the Russian Federation, the Kingdom of Belgium and Sweden by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc; and the official visit to Vietnam by President of the Cambodian National Assembly Samdech Heng Samrin.

Emphasizing the important tasks as well as the difficulties in preventing and fighting African swine fever nationwide, the Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department requested that press agencies coordinate with the Agriculture sector to promote propaganda work on disease prevention and control as well as raise awareness among people. That is, not buying, selling, using sick pigs, properly destroying sick pigs, protecting the environment, being resolute in disease prevention and control work but also not turning away from clean pork to stimulate demand. The Agriculture sector also needs to shift the structure of raising large livestock and poultry to stabilize the situation and market prices.

Spraying chemicals to prevent and control African swine fever. Photo courtesy

In addition, the reporters continued to pay attention to and implement emulation movements to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the implementation of President Ho Chi Minh's Testament and the 3rd anniversary of the implementation of Directive 05 of the Politburo on studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle. Thereby, discovering and praising typical examples, new factors, good people, good deeds, encouraging all classes of people to follow Uncle Ho's teachings...

Scene at Nghe An bridge. Photo: Thanh Le

Before that, the conference listened to Associate Professor, Dr. Major General Le Van Cuong - former Director of the Institute of Strategy and Science, Ministry of Public Security, reporting on the topic "Recent adjustments of major countries. Impact of Vietnam's policies"; Mr. Vu Anh Minh - Chairman of the Board of Members of Vietnam Railway Corporation reported on the topic "Outstanding results in implementing the 2017 Railway Law and orientation for railway development in the coming time".