President Vo Van Thuong attends the "Charitable Tet" program in a border commune of Nghe An province
(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of January 17, comrade Vo Van Thuong - Politburo member, President attended the "Charitable Tet" program of Spring Giap Thin 2024 held in the border commune of Thanh Thuy, Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An.
Also attending were comrades: Le Khanh Hai - Member of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Office of the President; Nguyen Dinh Khang - Member of the Party Central Committee, President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; Hoang Cong Thuy - Vice President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Bui Thi Hoa - President of the Vietnam Red Cross Society; Lieutenant General Nguyen Anh Tuan - Party Secretary, Political Commissar of the Border Guard; Lieutenant General Hoang Khanh Hung - President of the Vietnam Association for Supporting Families of Martyrs.
Leaders of Nghe An province attending the program included comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Bui Dinh Long - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; leaders of a number of departments, branches and leaders of Thanh Chuong district.
THE PARTY AND THE STATE ALWAYS PUT PEOPLE AT THE CENTER OF DEVELOPMENT POLICIES
Thanh Chuong is a mountainous district with a natural area of more than 1,127 km2.2, population of nearly 258,000 people, including 3 ethnic groups (Kinh, Thai, Kho Mu). The whole district has 38 communes and towns with 234 villages, hamlets, blocks, and hamlets; There are 5 communes with nearly 60 km of border adjacent to Bolikhamxay province, Lao People's Democratic Republic. Thanh Chuong district Party Committee has 70 grassroots Party organizations with 13,400 party members.
In 2023, the district's economy continued to develop, the economic structure shifted in the right direction, the growth rate of production value reached 7.22%, the average income reached 48.2 million VND/person/year. The new rural construction movement was actively responded by the people, the whole district had 30/37 communes recognized as meeting new rural standards (of which 5 communes achieved advanced new rural standards and 1 commune achieved model new rural standards).
Besides the achieved results, Thanh Chuong is still a difficult district, purely agricultural production; natural conditions are not favorable for attracting investment projects. The policy target is large, the poverty rate in 2023 is 3.4% and near-poor households 5.67%.
Responding to the Appeal Letter for support for "Tet for the Poor" by the Provincial Party Secretary, Thanh Chuong district launched a campaign to support and help the poor and registered to support the Program "Tet for the Poor - Giap Thin 2024" with an amount of 3.6 billion VND.
Speaking at the "Humane Tet" program of the Spring of Giap Thin 2024, President Vo Van Thuong expressed his joy when in the first days of the new year 2024, near the traditional New Year of the nation, he and leaders of central agencies visited and wished a happy New Year to people in Thanh Thuy commune, Thanh Chuong district, Nghe An province.
On behalf of the leaders of Central agencies, comrade Vo Van Thuong sent New Year wishes of good health, happiness, joy and good luck.
After listening to the report of the leaders of Thanh Chuong district, the President was very pleased to see that the border district has a large land area, many communes, a large population, and a difficult economic situation, but in the past time, under the leadership and direction of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee of Nghe An province and the efforts of the district, it has achieved encouraging results.
In particular, comrade Vo Van Thuong was very impressed by the achievements of mobilizing people to do business, eliminate hunger and reduce poverty, and build new rural areas in Thanh Chuong. Starting from a mountainous district bordering the border, with very difficult circumstances, the district has made efforts to reduce poverty sustainably, the rate of poor households is now 3.4%, near-poor households is about 5.7% - lower than the average rate of Nghe An province.
In the new rural construction, many communes have completed the new rural commune standards, some communes have met the advanced new rural standards. This is a great effort, demonstrating the solidarity, cohesion, and joint efforts of the ethnic people of Thanh Chuong district under the leadership of the Party and the consensus and joint efforts of the entire political system.
On behalf of the Party and State leaders, I welcome, appreciate and commend the results that Thanh Chuong district has achieved in recent times.
The Vietnamese people have a very unique cultural tradition, including the tradition of solidarity, love, sharing, and mutual assistance. In difficult circumstances, “the whole leaf covers the torn leaf”, “the less torn leaf covers the more torn leaf”… In the process of movement, always strive to make everyone have a better life, not to leave anyone behind.
The President emphasized: "That sentiment, that unique beauty in the cultural tradition of the Vietnamese people is inherited, cultivated, and nurtured from generation to generation, bringing about very practical results, contributing positively to taking care of people's lives. Every holiday and Tet is an occasion for us to gather, look back on the year, look forward and think about the future with the hope for good things, then that tradition is promoted very strongly."
The President expressed his joy and appreciation for the many years that the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, the Vietnam Red Cross and many other mass organizations, with their creativity, solidarity, understanding and sharing with the people's circumstances, have had many good initiatives in organizing activities to care for and support people during Tet.
The Fatherland Front Committees at all levels have been persistent with the program “For the Poor” every year; the Labor Federation has been persistent with the “Happy Tet” program for many years; the Red Cross has been spreading the initiative of organizing “Humanitarian Tet” throughout the country for many years, especially in remote, isolated, and disadvantaged areas, bringing warmth and sharing during Tet and Spring.
Today's program is also a very specific event of the efforts and endeavors of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, the Vietnam Red Cross Society and other associations, unions and masses.
Comrade Vo Van Thuong hopes that the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and its members will continue to promote this spirit better and better to take better and more specific care of families in difficult circumstances, especially families with meritorious services, families of war invalids and martyrs.
Up to now, our country has been reformed for nearly 40 years, achieving many great and historic achievements. From 2000 to 2010, Vietnam was considered a bright spot in implementing the United Nations millennium goals; and is currently firmly implementing the sustainable development goals by 2030.
In realizing those goals, hunger eradication, poverty reduction, and care for families in difficult circumstances, families with meritorious services, families of war invalids and martyrs are contents of profound humanistic significance, demonstrating our Party's policy of always putting people at the center of development policies.
Visiting Thanh Thuy commune, Thanh Chuong district this time, the President was very happy to witness the traffic roads, spacious headquarters, and the gradual development of people's lives. Although the rate of poor and near-poor households is lower than the average rate of the province, it is better than many other localities, but the President hopes that the government and people of Thanh Chuong district will continue to unite, share, make efforts, and build a better life day by day.
I hope that Thanh Thuy commune in particular, Thanh Chuong district and the mountainous districts of Nghe An province in general will continue to develop, each year will be higher than the previous year, the number of poor and near-poor households will be lower than the previous year, and people's lives will be better and better. Every time we meet again, we will always see joy and smiles on the faces of the ladies, uncles, brothers and sisters. I hope that the leaders of Nghe An province will continue to pay attention to leading and directing the implementation of the Party's policies and guidelines and the State's laws and policies to care for and develop the socio-economy, so that people's lives will be better and better.
The President also shared that for decades we have wanted the life in the mountainous areas to catch up with the lowlands, to be equal to the lowlands. Now that goal is still ahead, requiring efforts and hard work.
President Vo Van Thuong asked the entire political system of Nghe An province to unite and soon realize that goal, making Nghe An a well-off province of the country. “The well-off province of the country has a full and complete meaning when we have no more poor households. I hope that will not be far away for Nghe An” - Comrade Vo Van Thuong emphasized.
NGHE AN CONTINUES TO PAY VERY ATTENTION TO SOCIAL SECURITY WORK
Speaking at the program, on behalf of the provincial leaders, Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy emphasized: The Party Committee, government and people of Nghe An province are very happy and excited to welcome the President along with delegates who are leaders of central agencies and organizations to visit and wish a happy New Year on the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2024; and were very moved when the President and the working delegation went to Thanh Thuy border commune, Thanh Chuong district to visit and give meaningful gifts to policy families, poor households, near-poor households, workers in difficult circumstances, and boarding students of Thanh Chuong district and Nghe An province.
Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy reported to President Vo Van Thuong and the Central working delegation on social security work in the province. Accordingly, along with economic development, Nghe An province pays great attention to improving the material and spiritual life of families with revolutionary contributions, poor and near-poor households, households in difficult circumstances, and vulnerable households.
Many meaningful activities and programs have been effectively implemented by the province. In particular, for the past 10 consecutive years, Nghe An has organized the program "Tet for the poor", calling on the social community to join hands with the province to care for the poor; thereby mobilizing a total budget of over 720 billion VND, ensuring that each poor household is given a gift worth at least 500,000 VND on the occasion of Tet.
In particular, in early 2023, Nghe An launched a program to mobilize and support the construction of houses for more than 15,800 poor people and people with housing difficulties in the period of 2023 - 2025. Up to now, after 1 year of implementation, the whole province has built and handed over 7,517 houses (reaching 48%), with a total amount of over 350 billion VND from socialized sources.
"This is one of the activities that the entire political system has participated in and implemented methodically to help poor households, near-poor households, and households with housing difficulties have a stable life and escape poverty sustainably," the Provincial Party Secretary emphasized.
Seriously and fully accepting the President's instructions and assignments, Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy affirmed that the whole province will continue to promote the spirit of solidarity and unity to together complete the political goals and tasks set out in the coming time, especially implementing well policies, caring for and taking care of people with meritorious services to the revolution; caring for the poor and disadvantaged.
Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee Thai Thanh Quy respectfully thanked the Party Central Committee, the Government, the National Assembly, the central agencies, sectors, and organizations, especially the President himself, for their attention, leadership, direction, support, assistance, monitoring, and assistance to Nghe An province and its people in the past time; and hoped to continue to receive attention, support, leadership, direction, monitoring, and assistance in the coming time.
On this occasion, the President and the delegation presented gifts with a total value of 20.26 billion VND, including: 60,000 energy-saving stoves worth 19.2 billion VND; 200 gifts (each worth 1.2 million VND, including 1 million VND in cash and 200,000 VND in gifts) with a total value of 240 million VND; 308 gifts (in vouchers and cash, worth 500,000 VND) with a total value of 204 million VND; 15 gifts for martyrs' families (each worth 1.2 million VND, including 1 million VND in cash and 200,000 VND in gifts) with a total value of 18 million VND; 1 semi-boarding kitchen for Thong Thu Kindergarten, Que Phong district (300 million VND) and 1 Red Cross house (50 million VND) for poor families; Gave 200 gifts to workers in Nghe An province, each gift worth 1.3 million (including 1 million VND in cash and 300,000 VND in gifts), with a total value of 260 million VND.
In Thanh Thuy commune, President Vo Van Thuong and the delegation visited the Nhan Ai Tet market with the people of this border commune.
