Highlights of Nghe An province on July 8

* These days, Nghe An provincecontinued heat, intense heat, some places are especially intense with the highest temperature commonly 36 - 39 degrees Celsius, some places over 40 degrees Celsius such as: Tuong Duong, Quy Chau, Con Cuong, Vinh City,...

The intense heat combined with the effects of the southwest monsoon makes production and life very difficult.

* With such extreme weather patterns,many areas of seasonal riceIn the mountainous districts of Nghe An, planting is not yet possible. Localities hope for rain in the coming time to continue planting the remaining winter-spring rice areas, otherwise they will be forced to leave them fallow, because the end of July is the late season.

Mr. Nguyen Tien Duc - Head of the Department of Cultivation and Plant Protection said: Nghe An's plan is to plant 110,000 hectares of summer-autumn and winter-spring rice. By July 8, the whole province had planted 70,000 hectares, most of which was summer-autumn rice. Winter-spring rice is being planted in mountainous districts, however, because many places do not have water, the land cannot be prepared for planting.

* The intense heat wave that has lasted for many consecutive days has caused many summer-autumn rice fields in Nghe An to dry up at the end of the canal. At this time, many pumping stations are having to"struggle" to run at full capacityto prevent drought for summer-autumn rice.

* The 14th session of the 18th Provincial People's Council, term 2021-2026, passed a Resolution regulating a number ofspecial mechanism and policysupport socio-economic development of Yen Thanh district in the period 2023 - 2030.

Accordingly, the Resolution stipulates specific mechanisms and policies on land use fee support policies, cement support policies, support policies from money for protection and development of rice-growing land, etc.

* On July 7, Dien Chau District People's Committeemobilized to protect the construction of Dien Doai overpasson National Highway 48 over the North-South Expressway. On the first day of duty, the authorities did not encounter any acts of obstruction of construction activities. Images of construction protection activities.

* First 6 months of the year,Cua Lo's fishery outputThe growth was quite good, reaching over 10,000 tons, of which Nghi Thuy ward alone reached over 7,000 tons. The increase in output led to the development of processing, while the cost of sea trips decreased, and the fishermen's lives were improved.