Nghe An Outstanding Business Association: Supporting the poor to celebrate Tet with nearly 11 billion VND

Scene of the launching ceremony. Photo: Dao Tuan

Attending and directing the launching ceremony were comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee. Also attending were comrades: Le Minh Thong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Huy - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee.

Nghe An Outstanding Business Association currently has 154 members, and is an organization that has made many contributions to the province's budget collection. In particular, the Association is one of the pioneers in social charity activities. In 2018, the Association called on businesses and members to join hands to support the Tet program for the poor with 11.9 billion VND.

Implementing the Appeal Letter of the Provincial Party Secretary and the plan of the Provincial People's Committee to help the poor celebrate the Lunar New Year 2019, as of January 11, the Nghe An Outstanding Business Association has mobilized nearly 11 billion VND.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy acknowledged the contributions of the business community in social charity work. Photo: Dao Tuan

Recognizing and appreciating the contributions of the business community, including the Nghe An Outstanding Business Association in recent times, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy also affirmed that this is the leading and core force in social work, humanitarian charity, especially the Tet For the Poor program. On behalf of the provincial leaders, comrade Thai Thanh Quy thanked and welcomed the humane and kind hearts of the Nghe An business community.

At the conference, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said that in 2018, overcoming many difficulties and challenges, Nghe An province completed 27/27 socio-economic targets set. Economic growth rate reached 8.77%; the province's budget revenue reached more than 13,920 billion VND.

Sharing with businesses about the direction in 2019, comrade Thai Thanh Quy emphasized that this is a pivotal year to implement the targets of the Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress, prepare for the Party Congresses at all levels in 2020 and move towards the 13th National Congress of the Party. Therefore, the province looks forward to the cooperation and contribution of all levels, sectors, localities and the business community to successfully implement the set goals. 2019 was also chosen by Nghe An province as the year to promote administrative reform, this is one of the favorable conditions to support and promote the activities and development of businesses.

Delegates attending the launching ceremony. Photo: Dao Tuan

Affirming that the work of hunger eradication and poverty reduction has a very practical contribution from the business community, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy said that compared to 2017, in 2018 the number of poor households in Nghe An has decreased to 5.5%. However, currently the province still has more than 53,000 poor households and 79,800 near-poor households, of which 2,500 households are unable to escape poverty due to special circumstances. Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Thai Thanh Quy informed that for the number of households unable to escape poverty, the Provincial People's Committee will soon submit to the Provincial People's Council a specific support policy. The head of the Provincial People's Committee of Nghe An also hopes that the business community will continue to promote the spirit of mutual love and support, accompanying the province in the work of hunger eradication and poverty reduction.

At the launching ceremony, Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee Nguyen Van Huy said that, implementing the Appeal Letter of Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Dac Vinh and the plan of the Provincial People's Committee on organizing the Tet For the Poor program Ky Hoi 2019, as of January 11, 2019, 257 agencies, units and enterprises have registered to support Tet for the poor with an amount of more than 50 billion VND.