Nghe An: Highlights on January 13

* On the morning of January 13, in Vinh City ( Nghe An ), the Coordination Council of the North Central and Central Coast regions held a meeting to summarize activities in 2023 and develop a plan for 2024. Comrade Tran Hong Ha - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Regional Coordination Council chaired the meeting.

On July 11, 2023, the Prime Minister issued Decision 824/QD-TTg on the establishment of the North Central and Central Coastal Coordination Council. The regional coordination council was established to innovate the regional coordination mechanism, promote rapid and sustainable socio -economic development of the region, protect the environment and ensure national defense and security.

To date, 13/14 localities in the region have had their Planning Decision for the 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050, approved by the Prime Minister . In 2023, the whole region attracted 183 newly licensed projects with a total registered capital of 2.13 billion USD; Nghe An province alone attracted more than 1.6 billion USD in FDI, ranking 8th in the country and leading the Central and Central Highlands regions.

Speaking at the conference, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha said that currently, the North Central and Central Coast regions have extremely important political bases, foundations, and tools in terms of institutions, strategies, and planning for development.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha suggested that localities prioritize projects in transport infrastructure, considering connections with other regions; information technology infrastructure; energy infrastructure towards becoming a center of renewable energy industry, specifically offshore wind power; education and training infrastructure; medical infrastructure...

The comrades chairing the conference. Photo: Thanh Cuong

* Previously, with the witness of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and leaders of central ministries, branches and sectors; leaders of provinces and cities in the North Central and Central Coast regions, Nghe An province held a conference to announce the Provincial Planning for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050 and the overall adjustment project of the General Planning for the construction of the Southeast Nghe An Economic Zone to 2040.

On September 14, 2023, authorized by the Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha signed and issued Decision 1059/QD-TTg approving the Planning of Nghe An province for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050.

The planning of Nghe An province for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050, is built on the basis of inheriting important achievements of the previous period, the results of socio-economic development in the current period, especially attracting foreign investment capital; at the same time, closely following the new resolutions, orientations and directions of the Central Government, national-level planning to integrate in a unified and synchronous direction.

At the conference, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha presented Decision 1059/QD-TTg dated September 14, 2023 approving the Planning of Nghe An province for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050; Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung presented flowers to congratulate the leaders of Nghe An province.

* Also within the framework of the Conference to announce the Provincial Planning for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050 and the Project to adjust the overall Master Plan for the construction of the Southeast Nghe An Economic Zone to 2040, Nghe An province granted Investment Registration Certificates to 6 projects with a total value of 390 million USD.

Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy and Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Chairman Nguyen Duc Trung presented Investment Registration Certificates and flowers to congratulate 6 investors. Photo: Thanh Cuong

* In recent days, farmers in Que Phong and Quy Chau districts have been actively going to the fields to sow and transplant the spring crop of 2024.

According to information from the Tien Phong commune government, in the 2024 spring crop, the whole commune has 297 hectares of wet rice. Currently, the weather is not too cold and there is light rain, so the fields retain water. This is a favorable condition for farmers to plant the spring crop. In the border commune of Tri Le (Que Phong), farmers have basically finished plowing the wet rice fields. This is the area that produces "cây noi" (chicken) rice, a specialty of the Thai people in Tri Le. Japonica rice has also been grown by Tri Le farmers for over 10 years.

Farmers in Ban Bon block, Kim Son town and Ban Tang, Tien Phong commune, Que Phong district go to the fields to produce the 2024 spring crop. Photo: Nguyen Dao

* On the morning of January 13, in Vinh city, Tuoi Tre Newspaper coordinated with the Department of Education and Training, Nghe An Provincial Youth Union and Vinh University to organize the 2024 Admissions and Career Counseling Program.

This is the 22nd year of the program and the 9th time it has taken place in Nghe An. The program has attracted a large number of 12th grade students from many high schools in Vinh city and neighboring districts. This activity is part of the Admissions and Career Counseling Program, which is annually implemented by Tuoi Tre Newspaper in coordination with the Department of Higher Education (Ministry of Education and Training), and the General Department of Vocational Education (Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs).

Students ask questions to the advisory board participating in the consulting program. Photo: My Ha

* In the past five years, the demand for decorating landscapes and gardens to welcome Tet has increased. Therefore, at the end of the year, landscape decorators are always busy and overloaded with orders.

Mr. Nguyen Van Ba, a contractor specializing in designing and constructing gardens and miniature landscapes in Nghi An commune (Vinh city) said: "Even though we work overtime and have to hire more seasonal workers, we still cannot meet all of our customers' orders. Currently, many projects have to be refused or postponed until after Tet because designing and constructing gardens and miniature landscapes cannot be done carelessly or quickly. In addition to ensuring that the trees grow well and are healthy, they must be beautiful, reasonable, and have their own mark and style."