Nghe An: Honoring 119 elderly people who are good at production and business

Also attending was comrade Nguyen Hoa Binh - Vice President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly.On the side of Nghe An province, there are comradesThai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission;Le Xuan Dai - Member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of a number of relevant departments, agencies and sectors. The conference also had the participation of 119 outstanding elderly delegates, representing more than 3,500 elderly people who are good at production and business in the whole province.

Delegates attending the conference. Photo: My Ha.

In the past 5 years, implementing the movement "Old age - bright example" to compete in good production and business, the province has seen the emergence of many typical economic models in many fields such as agriculture, forestry, fishery, industry, construction, small-scale industry, trade services...

Typically, Mr. Vu Van Duc (72 years old in Quynh Xuan ward, Hoang Mai town) specializes in aquaculture with a revenue of 10 billion/year; Mr. Lu Trung Hoa (64 years old in My Ly commune, Ky Son district) is the owner of a forest and livestock farm with an average revenue of nearly 300 million VND/year; Mr. Nguyen Dinh Dem (83 years old in Nghia Hong commune, Nghia Dan district) is a passenger transport business service, creating jobs for 54 workers...

Comrade Le Xuan Dai gave a speech at the conference. Photo: My Ha

The success of economic models led by the elderly has promoted the role and potential of the elderly, generating hundreds of billions of VND in revenue per year. At the same time, it has contributed to transforming the economic structure, labor, crops and livestock, developing traditional occupations suitable to each locality, creating thousands of jobs for workers.

Speaking at the conference, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Le Xuan Dai highly appreciated the efforts of the members of the elderly association, especially in innovation and creativity in thinking, working, and good business production.

Vice President of the Central Association of the Elderly awarded Certificates of Merit to outstanding examples. Photo: My Ha

He also believes that with their exemplary, transparent, and methodical gathering and association, the exemplary elderly will be a role model to encourage their children and grandchildren to comply with the law, strive to get rich, and develop the economy.

On the part of the Provincial Elderly Association, it is necessary to do a good job of disseminating typical examples of good production and business of the elderly so that they can be replicated and developed throughout the province. The Association also needs to innovate its activities to gather members in economic development and grasp the needs and aspirations of its members, especially the difficulties in production and business, to propose to the Provincial People's Committee to promptly remove obstacles and problems.

Comrade Le Xuan Dai awarded Certificates of Merit to typical examples of good production and business. Photo: My Ha

On this occasion, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly, the Provincial People's Committee and the Provincial Association of the Elderly awarded Certificates of Merit to 119 exemplary elderly people in production and business.