Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee inspects the progress of temporary housing demolition and forest fire prevention and control in the dry season

(AG Provincial E-Portal) - On April 5, Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of An Giang Provincial People's Committee Ho Van Mung led the delegation to inspect the progress of temporary housing demolition and forest fire prevention and control in dry season in the province.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Ho Van Mung inspects forest fire prevention and control work in the dry season

Specifically, the delegation inspected the site and listened to a quick on-site report on the progress of removing temporary and dilapidated houses; forest fire prevention and control; the provincial road under construction and inspected the defensive combat area in Tri Ton district and Tinh Bien town.

In Co To Mountain area, Co To township, Tri Ton district, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Ho Van Mung inspected the work of forest protection and fire prevention; listened to reports on the work of observation and on-duty at high-risk forest fire areas during the dry season in the district. The entire Tri Ton district has 4,509 hectares of protective and special-use forests managed by An Giang Provincial Management Board of Protective and Special-Use Forests. In 2025, according to the forecast of the Central Hydrometeorological Center, the weather nationwide will continue to be hot and sunny at high temperatures, with a high risk of explosions and forest fires. People going up to the mountains to farm, catch bees, etc., and being careless in using fire are the leading causes of forest fires.

To ensure fire prevention and fighting, the Management Board of Protective and Special-Use Forests of An Giang Province has developed and implemented 3 plans for forest protection and fire prevention. Accordingly, 14 propaganda banners were hung and 55 fire ban signs were posted in areas with high fire risk.

Through the actual inspection, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Ho Van Mung requested the Provincial Management Board of Protective and Special-Use Forests to coordinate with communes and townsship with forests to strengthen propaganda work to raise awareness of forest fire prevention and fighting for people having forest land about the use of fire. In particular, it is necessary to focus on information on the level of penalties for acts that pose a risk of causing forest fires; strengthen the review of arranged tools and have specific plans for forest protection, fire prevention and fighting in April; At the same time, closely coordinate with localities and functional forces in taking the initiative in human resources, means and tools for forest fire prevention and fighting according to the motto "4 on-site"; Review specific plans to handle situations.

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested departments and branches to support Tri Ton district and Tinh Bien town in maintaining and improving the quality of irrigation system operations, in order to effectively serve forest fire prevention and fighting as well as meet the production and living needs of people in the dry season of 2025.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Ho Van Mung inspects the provincial road under construction

Next, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Ho Van Mung inspected the provincial road under construction and the defensive combat area in Tri Ton district and Tinh Bien town; inspected the progress of the program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses in Tri Ton district and Tinh Bien town.

At each destination, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Ho Van Mung warmly visited meritorious families and near-poor households who were supported by the program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses according to the Prime Minister's policy. Thereby, encouraging families to soon stabilize their lives and strive to develop the economy upon receiving new houses.

Through the inspection, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Ho Van Mung highly appreciated the efforts and determination of the entire political system of Tri Ton district and Tinh Bien town in implementing the program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses in the area, contributing to shortening the progress according to the direction of the province. Thereby, he requested localities to continue to closely follow the progress, ensuring the completion of the program to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses in the area according to the direction of the province.


 

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Ho Van Mung inspected the progress of removing temporary and dilapidated houses and presented gifts to households in Tinh Bien town and Tri Ton district./.

News by Hanh Chau

Translation by Thi Huynh