Nghe An honors 114 elderly people with good economic performance in the period 2018-2023

On the morning of July 25, in Vinh city, the Nghe An Provincial Association of the Elderly held the 4th Conference to commend outstanding elderly people with good economic performance, period 2018-2023. Attending the conference, on behalf of the Central Association of the Elderly, there was Mr. Nguyen Thanh Binh - Chairman of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly; on the provincial side, there were comrades: Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee; Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, along with representatives of provincial departments and branches and 114 outstanding elderly people with good economic performance.

Implementing the movement "Elderly people participate in good economic activities, period 2018 - 2023", the Association of the Elderly always focuses on propaganda, mobilization, review and grasp the results of good economic models and through the periods, associated with the preliminary and final summaries of the Association's work, annually integrating the commendation of the elderly who have achieved the title "Elderly people with good economic activities" associated with the emulation movement "Old age - Bright example", from which the emulation movement of good economic activities of the elderly is encouraged, motivated and increasingly developed.

Up to now, the whole province has nearly 185,000 (accounting for 44.2%) elderly members participating in labor and production; in the period of 2018-2023, 1,807 models of good economic performance at the commune level, 326 models at the district level, 56 models at the provincial level; 18 models at the central level; creating jobs for thousands of workers.

In practice, the elderly members have directly participated and guided their children and grandchildren in effective production in various fields. They are all typical examples of applying scientific and technical advances, applying new technologies, contributing to the transformation of economic structure, labor, crops and livestock, developing traditional industries in accordance with the advantages of each locality, creating many effective production and business models, creating jobs for thousands of workers, contributing to hunger eradication and poverty reduction, and striving to become rich legitimately.

Speaking at the conference, Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, Head of the Provincial Elderly Affairs Committee highly appreciated the contributions of the elderly in economic development and social movements in localities, especially 114 typical examples of the elderly who were honored as exemplary elderly people with good economic performance in the period of 2018-2023.

He expressed his hope that in the coming time, the Association of the Elderly at all levels will continue to promote the propaganda of the Party and State's policies and laws on economic development, culture - society, national defense - security, economic development, maintaining security and order and social safety, economic development associated with environmental protection and building new rural areas and civilized urban areas. The elderly members will continue to contribute their strength, intelligence and experience in economic development, contributing to poverty reduction and legitimate enrichment. Promote the movement "Old age - Bright example".

At the conference, comrade Nguyen Thanh Binh - Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly spoke to acknowledge the contributions of elderly members at all levels of Nghe An, praising typical examples of elderly people who are good at doing business in Nghe An.

The Chairman of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly also emphasized: “In the coming time, the Nghe An Association of the Elderly will continue to innovate, improve the quality and effectiveness of the emulation movement for the elderly to be good at business. Link the movement for the elderly to be good at business with promoting the work of consolidating and building a strong Association organization.

Propaganda and mobilization of the elderly who are good at business to join the Association. Building solidarity, sharing, learning from each other's experiences, helping each other in developing production, business, eliminating hunger, reducing poverty, striving to become rich legitimately; actively contributing to building the Association of the Elderly, building a strong political system".

At the conference, typical good economic performers presented papers and shared experiences in production and business.

On this occasion, 114 elderly people were honored as typical examples of good economic elderly people. Of these, 13 received Certificates of Merit from the Central Committee of the Vietnam Elderly Association; 20 received Certificates of Merit from the Provincial People's Committee; 15 received Certificates of Merit from the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee and 66 received Certificates of Merit from the Provincial Elderly Association.

The conference also elected 6 delegates to attend the Central Conference to honor outstanding elderly people with good economic performance.

Specific goals of the movement "Elderly people doing good business in the period 2024-2029":

- Each Association facility develops at least 2 models of elderly production and business that meet district-level criteria (revenue of at least 1 billion VND/year).

- The district association develops at least 5 more models that meet provincial criteria (revenue from 5 billion VND/year or more).

- The whole province develops at least 10 more models that meet the Central level criteria (revenue from 10 billion VND/year or more).