Participants of the media forum will be shown an agro-town and innovative developments in the Vitebsk region

June 8, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. From agro-towns to the latest scientific developments will be showcased to participants of the 5th Belarusian International Media Forum in the Vitebsk region as part of the "Modern Belarus: An Outside Perspective" project, the ideology department of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee informed a BELTA correspondent. The guests will begin their acquaintance with the Vitebsk region on June 9 with the Marc Chagall Museum and Victory Square - the largest in Belarus, the reconstruction of which was completed on the eve of the May 9th celebrations. Then they will be expected at the Luzhesnyan boarding school-gymnasium, one of the best educational institutions in the republic. The first day of their stay in the northern region will conclude with a visit to the agro-town of Novka. Here they will be shown a high-tech greenhouse complex, a new energy-efficient power station, and social facilities of a modern village. The second day for the guests will be dedicated to innovations. Foreign journalists will learn about new developments at the Vitebsk State Technological University, get acquainted with its experimental production, and also visit Vitebsk City Clinical Maternity Hospital No. 1, recently reconstructed and equipped with modern diagnostic and laboratory equipment: expert-class ultrasound machines, fetal monitors, and incubators for premature babies. Br5 billion from the national and local budgets were allocated for the purchase of equipment. It is expected that participants of the media forum from Russia, Ukraine, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan will come to the Vitebsk region. -0-