The press accompanies and shares the strong and sustainable development goals of Nghe An province (*)

Today, Nghe An province is very excited and happy to organize a press meeting to celebrate the 98th anniversary of Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1925 - June 21, 2023) and to present the Nghe An Press Award 2022.

This is also an opportunity for Nghe An province to honor and thank the press agencies, journalists, reporters, and people working in press agencies in the province who have always accompanied the province in their work, especially in carrying out the tasks of socio-economic development and information and propaganda work in particular.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, I would like to send my best regards and congratulations to the leaders of press agencies, journalists, reporters, and journalists in the province.

Along with other localities across the country, in the past time and in the first 6 months of 2023, Nghe An province has encountered many difficulties in implementing socio-economic development tasks. However, under the leadership and direction of Party committees and authorities at all levels, with the consensus of the people and businesses, Nghe An has still maintained quite positive socio-economic development results.

Economically, Nghe An has maintained a fairly stable growth rate. In the first quarter of 2023, the growth rate reached 7.6%; the budget revenue for the first 6 months is estimated at over VND 8,500 billion; the total investment capital attracted reached about VND 15,000 billion, of which FDI capital alone reached 428 million USD.

Culture and society have also achieved many positive results. The province has successfully organized the event to celebrate the 133rd birthday of President Ho Chi Minh and the Lotus Village Festival. Social security work has received attention, especially the campaign to support the construction and repair of houses for the poor and disadvantaged. To date, the province has mobilized about 560 billion VND, equivalent to about 11,000 houses.

In addition to the efforts of the Party Committee, government and people of Nghe An province, to achieve the above results, there are very important and meaningful contributions from the team of journalists, press agencies, journalists and reporters working in Nghe An province.

Like the press team in the whole country, the press team of Nghe An province in the past time has made positive contributions to the implementation of propaganda tasks in accordance with the principles and purposes. Through propaganda, it has created political stability in the area, created consensus in the Party, in the government, among the people and created trust of the people.

Nghe An press has focused on promoting the tasks, policies on economic development, and major events held in the province. In particular, press agencies have promoted the image of Nghe An land, people and homeland to help people across the country have a deeper understanding of Nghe An.

Nghe An press has also argued and refuted false information, orienting information positively. Along with refuting, the critical nature of press agencies has also done well, pointing out many existing problems, so that Party committees and authorities at all levels can further improve the quality of management work to achieve the goals and tasks of socio-economic development.

The team of journalists and reporters working in the province have actively ventured into the field, not afraid of difficulties or hardships, ready to go to difficult places to carry out their tasks, helping to make propaganda work better and faster.

Press agencies, journalists, reporters, and press workers have had many sports and cultural activities, creating a vibrant atmosphere, solidarity, and unity. Especially in social security work, press agencies and press workers are the pioneers, contributing greatly to the social security results of the province.

Along with the meeting, the province also organized the Nghe An Press Awards 2022. With a total of 29 award-winning works, including 3 first prizes, 4 second prizes, 9 third prizes, and 13 consolation prizes. The number of awards is not large, not fully reflecting the quality press works in the province.

However, the Organizing Committee has considered and selected to award the prize because these are typical works, reflecting the results of implementing political tasks, new values, and effective contributions to socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security, Party building, and building the political system in Nghe An province.

On behalf of the leaders of Nghe An province, I acknowledge and warmly commend the achievements and results that press agencies, journalists, reporters, and journalism staff in the province have achieved in the past time.

In the coming time, Nghe An province will continue to strongly, synchronously, comprehensively and drastically deploy tasks and solutions to realize the goals and targets of socio-economic development of the province.

At the end of May 2023, the Politburo held a conference to review 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26 on the development of Nghe An province in the 2013-2023 period. Through the conference, the results that Nghe An province has achieved, as well as the shortcomings and limitations that need to be overcome, were recognized.

At this conference, the Politburo also agreed to issue a new Resolution on the construction and development of Nghe An province until 2030, with a vision to 2045. This is an extremely important Resolution, creating a premise for Nghe An province to develop more strongly and sustainably in the coming time.

The Politburo also emphasized the view that Nghe An must be worthy of being the homeland of President Ho Chi Minh. In the conclusion, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong also emphasized, "Nghe An must step strongly, must go far, only then can Nghe An truly be Nghe An." This is a great inspiration for the Party Committee, government and people of Nghe An province to realize development goals in the coming period.

We hope that, in order to achieve that goal, press agencies, journalists, reporters, and those working in press agencies will continue to accompany and stick with the province with the highest spirit and responsibility, and the best sense of construction so that Nghe An can truly develop, as the Central Government wishes for the province to "be worthy of being the homeland of President Ho Chi Minh" and as President Ho Chi Minh wishes that Nghe An must become the most prosperous province in the Northern region. We aim to become a prosperous province in the country in the near future.

In order for press agencies, journalists and reporters to carry out their tasks in the province, the Party committees, authorities and departments, branches and localities will continue to accompany, bond, share and jointly shoulder responsibilities for the development goals of the province. Because Nghe An province develops thanks to the contributions of journalists, and if the province develops, press agencies and journalists in the province will certainly develop.

Finally, on behalf of the provincial leaders, I would like to express my sincere thanks to the press agencies and journalists for their contributions to the development of the province in the past time. At the same time, I hope to continue to receive the support of the press agencies and journalists in the future. I wish the press agencies, journalists, reporters working in the press agencies, and all delegates good health, happiness, success and many victories in work and life.

(*) Title by Nghe An Newspaper