The government must have a positive attitude in serving the people.

Also attending were Colonel Trinh Van Hung - Deputy Chief of Political Affairs of Military Region 4, comrades in the Provincial Party Standing Committee: Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, Phan Duc Dong - Head of the Internal Affairs Department, Tran Van Hung - Commander of the Provincial Military Command and members of the Provincial Base Construction Steering Committee. Photo: My Ha

In recent times, Party committees at all levels have regularly disseminated, led, and directed the effective implementation of policies on building a comprehensively strong base, meeting the requirements of tasks in the new situation. During the year, 5,244 new Party members were admitted, including nearly 1,000 ethnic and religious Party members.

In 2018, the socio-economy developed comprehensively, completing 27/27 targets (of which 11 targets were exceeded), total budget revenue was 13,805 billion VND, equal to 108.6%, up 8.1% compared to 2017, average income was over 38 million VND/person/year.

Comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department spoke at the meeting. Photo: My Ha

In the field of national defense, the plan for training in national defense and security knowledge has been completed and exceeded, and 100% of the military recruitment targets have been completed to ensure quality. Social policies and military rear policies have been well implemented.

The province has mobilized more than 186 billion VND to build, repair and upgrade 212 solidarity houses and gratitude houses. In addition, nearly 16,000 meritorious households with housing difficulties have been supported according to Decision 22/2013 of the Prime Minister. Thousands of cases have been resolved with policies according to State regulations.

In 2018, Nghe An completed 100% of its military recruitment target. Photo: Thanh Cuong

By the end of 2018, the whole province had 435/480 establishments recognized as comprehensively strong establishments (reaching 90%), the rate of good clusters was 139/142 (reaching 97.88%).

At the conference, members of the Steering Committee also discussed many issues, focusing on the contents of mastery of safety, building a comprehensive strong foundation, combat readiness, cyber security issues and ensuring security and order at the grassroots level.

Concluding the conference, Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh acknowledged the achievements. He emphasized: In any period, building a strong political system must always be a top priority, creating a foundation for social stability and economic development.

To do that task well, it is necessary to promote the role of mass organizations, mass mobilization and the government must have a positive attitude towards the people. The government must be the one serving the people, if there are problems or incidents, they must be resolved in accordance with procedures and legal regulations.

In case the government is weak, it can increase the number of cadres at the grassroots level and in fact, in recent times, many cadres in the provinces and districts, after being increased to localities, have promoted positive results.

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh and representatives of departments and branches witnessed the signing ceremony of the units. Photo: My Ha.

Regarding the national defense and security tasks, he requested that the focus be on the militia and self-defense forces and attention be paid to the coordination of forces in the blocks, wards, towns and inter-commune clusters in the spirit of "4 on-site". The evaluation and classification of clean and strong units must be more rigorous, close to the locality and clear, specific to each issue. If any locality has not achieved the standard, it is necessary to propose solutions to overcome it.

At the conference, members of the Steering Committee signed a program to coordinate the implementation of military and defense tasks in 2019.