Nghe An: Highlights on August 3

*13th Central Executive Committee Conferenceopened on the morning of August 3 in Hanoi. The conference elected comrade To Lam, President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, to hold the position of General Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam with an absolute number of votes.

*In his inaugural speech, the new General Secretary - President To Lam emphasized: “I promise before the Central Committee, before the entire Party, the entire people and the entire army, to constantly strive, together with the Central Committee comrades, to inherit and strongly promote the glorious tradition and valuable experience of our Party and the achievements of the congresses, including the 13th Congress; to promote to the highest level the spirit of “self-reliance, self-confidence, self-reliance, self-strengthening, national pride”; to constantly strengthen solidarity and unity within the Party, the great solidarity of the entire nation; to continue to promote Party building and rectification, to prevent and combat corruption and negativity; to unite thoughts and actions, Party ideas and people's hearts; to be devoted, devoted, devoted, and strive and sacrifice for a strong Communist Party of Vietnam; for a rich, strong, democratic, fair and civilized Vietnam; for the Vietnamese people to have a prosperous and happy life”.

*Immediately after being elected,Comrade To Lam chaired the press conference.

Speaking at the press conference, the new General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the President expressed: Comrade General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong - an exceptionally outstanding leader, a loyal communist party member with great prestige of our Party, State and People, the full embodiment of the qualities, talent, mettle and intelligence of the generation of Vietnamese leaders in the renewal period, his passing is an extremely great and irreparable loss for our Party, our nation and our People; at this moment, our entire Party, our entire people, our entire army and international friends are still very emotional, not yet relieved of their infinite grief for our exceptionally outstanding leader.

However, in response to the urgent and regular requirements and tasks of the Party and State in building and developing the country and taking care of the people's lives, the Politburo and the Central Executive Committee have decided on the policy of perfecting the leadership positions of the Party and State, first of all the position of General Secretary of the Central Executive Committee of the Party.

*Vinh City plans to spend more than 3,000 billion VND on public investment.2025. Specifically: the total expected public investment capital from the city budget in 2025 is 3,004 billion VND. Of which, it is expected to allocate more than 1,961 billion VND to repay debts of completed and unfinished projects; more than 742 billion VND for 82 projects and works expected to start new construction and prepare for investment; more than 300 billion VND for reserves, planning, land use plans, debt settlement of wards and communes, and entrusted lending through the social policy bank system (10%).

* On the morning of August 3, the Business Bloc Delegation of Nghe An province organizedCeremony to honor students with outstanding achievementsin studying and training are children of cadres, party members and workers of the Party Committee of the Enterprise Bloc in the 2023 - 2024 school year. 102 outstanding students were commended.

* On August 1, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Hong Vinh signed the Decisionsadministrative sanctionsin the field of road and railway traffic against Mr. YVP (born in 1979), residing in Nghi Huong ward, Cua Lo town; Mr. N.D.T (born in 1975), residing in Truong Thi ward, Vinh city; Mr. NHC (born in 1982), residing in Lang Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district.

These three men were fined a total of more than 100 million VND.