Highlights of Nghe An province on June 3

*Afternoon of June 3,Minister of Natural Resources and EnvironmentDang Quoc Khanh went to Kim Lien National Special Relic Site (Nam Dan) to offer flowers and incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh.

Offering incense and flowers to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh at the Kim Lien National Special Relic Site, Minister Dang Quoc Khanh and the delegation of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment expressed their respect and infinite gratitude to President Ho Chi Minh, the great leader of our Party and People, Hero of National Liberation, and outstanding cultural figure. He devoted his entire life to the cause of national liberation of the Vietnamese people, tirelessly striving for peace and progress around the world.

The delegation offered flowers and incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh. Photo: Thanh Cuong

*June 2,Nghe An Provincial People's Committee issued DocumentNo. 4264/UBND-CN dated June 2, 2023 sent to the Ministry of Transport on the completion of site clearance and material mines for the construction of the North-South Expressway Project, Eastern section, Dien Chau - Bai Vot, passing through Nghe An province.

In the written response to the Ministry of Transport regarding the difficulties of the Dien Chau - Bai Vot construction investment component project passing through Nghe An, the Provincial People's Committee affirmed: "The project enterprise has reflected the contents to the Ministry of Transport dishonestly, objectively and has not coordinated with the Provincial People's Committee and relevant agencies of the province in the process of handling difficulties related to the project."

Previously, on May 17, 2023, Phuc Thanh Hung Construction Investment Joint Stock Company - the project enterprise sent a document to the People's Committee of Nghe An province, the People's Committee of Hung Nguyen district and Project Management Board 6 - Ministry of Transport requesting to resolve the site clearance problems of the Dien Chau - Bai Vot section construction investment component project. The project enterprise listed many problems and said that this affected the progress of the project implementation.

However, with Document No. 4264/UBND-CN, Nghe An Provincial People's Committee stated that this enterprise was dishonest when reporting to the Ministry of Transport.

North-South Expressway project through Hung Dao commune (Hung Nguyen). The location is still virgin land, not yet weathered even though the land has been cleared (photo taken on May 27, 2023). Photo: Thanh Thanh Nhat Tuan

*Regarding the North-South Expressway Project, the Eastern section through Nghe An, the site clearance for the entire route has been basically completed. However, the reality shows thathas many weak points and problemsneed to focus on removing, including weaknesses related to technical design and inadequacies of construction items.

The west side of the expressway underpass in village 5, Quynh Vinh commune was dug into a large hole but the construction unit did not fix it. Photo taken on the morning of May 31, 2023. Photo: Thanh Thanh Nhat Tuan

*On the afternoon of June 3, in Vinh City (Nghe An), the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment held a ConferenceAnnouncement of Strategy for sustainable exploitation and use of resources, marine and island environment protection to 2030, vision to 2050 and workshop on National Marine Spatial Planning.

Speaking at the opening of the conference, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Vo Tuan Nhan emphasized that the sea is a component of the sacred sovereignty of the Fatherland, a living space, a gateway for international exchange, closely associated with the cause of building and protecting the Fatherland.

Resolution No. 36 of the Party Central Committee on the Strategy for Sustainable Development of Vietnam's Marine Economy to 2030, with a vision to 2045, states that Vietnam must become a strong maritime nation, rich from the sea, with sustainable development, prosperity, security and safety.

Nghe An has a 82km long coastline, with great potential for marine economic development.

With the policy of strongly orienting towards the sea and getting rich from the sea, in the coming time, Nghe An province will focus resources to accelerate the construction of Nghe An to become a strong province in the maritime economy of the North Central region, with a synchronous and modern socio-economic infrastructure, high resilience to natural disasters, epidemics and effective adaptation to climate change and rising sea levels; gradually prevent and repel the increasing trend of pollution, marine environmental degradation, coastal landslides and sea erosion; form a marine culture, restore and preserve marine ecosystems.

Comrades: Vo Tuan Nhan - Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment; Nguyen Van De - Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee chaired the conference. Photo: Pham Bang

*The heat yesterday madeWater resources in rivers, lakes and dams are gradually depleting., the risk of water shortage for summer-autumn crop production is present...

Recently, Nghe An province has suffered a prolonged heat wave with temperatures ranging from 40 - 42 degrees Celsius, causing the water level in many dams to decrease. According to statistics, Nghe An province has 1,061 dams, of which 102 are managed by enterprises. Up to now, 26 dams have a capacity <50% (in the same period in 2022, there were 12 dams). Of the 959 dams managed by the locality, none are full, 568 dams have a capacity of 40 -70% and 15 dams have a capacity of 20 - 30%. If the hot weather continues to last for a long time, hitting the peak of pumping water to supply plowing and planting in the summer-autumn crop, the water level in the dams will decrease sharply, unable to maintain for the next irrigation periods.

Nau Dam, Nghi Van Commune, Nghi Loc District is dry, people can walk on the lake bed. Photo: QA

*In another development, along with enduring severe heat for many days, storms damaging houses, people in many districts and towns in Nghe An also have tofind ways to cope with the heat, stuffy when there is a power outage...

In localities such as Do Luong, Anh Son, Quy Hop, Con Cuong, Quynh Luu, Hoang Mai town, Thanh Chuong and many other localities across the province, people reported that power outages have greatly affected people's lives and work.

Residents of Hamlet 1, Dai Son Commune (Do Luong) pooled money to buy mini generators to combat the heat, mainly to run electric fans for the elderly and children. Photo: HT

*To serve daily activities and protect crops and livestock from the heat during rotating power outages, many people choosebuy generator for use...

Increased demand makes the generator market bustling. Photo: TP

*In the field of education, starting from the beginning of June, a number of schools in Vinh city havestart enrolling for grade 6. Among them, it is expected that many schools will have to hold entrance exams because the number of applications is greater than the assigned quota.

Parents register their children for the entrance exam to Dang Thai Mai Secondary School. Photo: MH

*Bad news for football lovers in Nghe An,Mr. Nguyen Huy Hoang - Head coach of Song Lam Nghe An football team has resigned..

The person chosen to replace coach Nguyen Huy Hoang to lead Song Lam Nghe An from the 11th round of V.League 2023 will be former player Phan Nhu Thuat.

Coach Huy Hoang has not yet brought the results and playing style that Nghe An fans expected. Photo: Hai Hoang