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(Baonghean)- President Ho Chi Minh's visit to his hometown on June 14, 1957 was a great source of encouragement and motivation for the entire Party Committee, army and people of Nghe An, at a time of extremely special significance.

On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's first visit to Nghe An (June 14, 1957 - June 14, 2017), Nghe An Newspaper interviewed comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Nghe An province.

The President and leaders at all levels held a naming ceremony for Nghi Thiet seaport (Nghi Loc). Photo: Nguyen Son

PV:Dear Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh, President Ho Chi Minh’s affection for his homeland, and his homeland’s affection for President Ho Chi Minh, was extremely deep and great. In your opinion, if we could draw out the core points from his first visit to his homeland after more than 50 years of separation, what would they be?

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh:President Ho Chi Minh's visit to his hometown on June 14, 1957 was a great encouragement and motivation for the entire Party, army and people of Nghe An, at a time of extremely special significance. There have been many research works, studies, and affirmations of the value in many aspects of this meaningful event. The length of time together with the challenging and glorious historical journey that our nation has gone through is a convincing measure affirming the profound and lasting values ​​of the event.

From June 14-16, Uncle Ho met with the Regional Party Committee, the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, the Provincial People's Committee, representatives of organizations and dignitaries. He talked with more than 3,000 representatives of the Military, People, Government, and Party of Nghe An and Military Region IV, along with cadres and party members in Vinh town. He visited Vinh Power Plant and met with Soviet experts who were helping us build the Plant, visited the Military Region Headquarters, visited the kindergarten for children in the South, watched performances, listened to Nghe Tinh folk songs, met with cadres and soldiers of the Hai Van Corps in Ru Dun (Nam Dan). Finally, Uncle Ho visited Kim Lien.

The places Uncle Ho visited and the people he met became historical addresses and historical witnesses; his speeches and feelings were all remembered, becoming stories, historical lessons, short-term and long-term guidelines, and the pride of each individual, agency, unit, and locality. The more we think about Uncle Ho and his first visit to his hometown, the more proud we are, and the more deeply we engrave some values ​​that will last forever, which are:

Firstly, despite being busy with countless great tasks, despite shouldering the great aspirations of the entire nation, the great responsibility of history and the times, President Ho Chi Minh always had a source of deep and profound love for his homeland. Despite being away from his homeland for half a century for the cause of national and people liberation, every memory, every image, every childhood memory was still vivid and sharp.

On his revolutionary journey, his homeland was the driving force, the strength, the meaning, the love, as in the emotional verses Uncle read when he returned to visit: "The homeland is a place of great love and gratitude/ Those fifty years have known so much love." These things made Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality, style, and personality even greater, more noble, and more humane, truly an outstanding son of his homeland, the crystallization of the cultural quintessence of the nation and humanity.

Second, President Ho Chi Minh's love for his homeland was always intertwined with his love for his country, his love for his homeland was blended and imbued with his love for the people, his personal love was not separate from his public love. Therefore, his love for his homeland was also his concerns and wishes for good and progressive things. On his first visit to his homeland, in the context of the whole province striving to restore the economy, initially developing culture and achieving encouraging results, Uncle Ho both encouraged and motivated, but did not forget to advise on solutions and measures to carry out the tasks that the entire Party, the entire army and the entire people were striving to carry out, including the fundamental issues in Party building work.

He praised Nghe An's achievements in the resistance war and in peace; at the same time, he criticized the shortcomings, shortcomings, and limitations of the organization, party members, cadres, and the masses. He reminded about production combined with thrift, about preserving traditional customs, about economic development and lessons of correcting mistakes, about the strength of solidarity. The things he advised cadres, party members, and the masses of Nghe An have become goals, action platforms, not only for Nghe An but also the Party's major policies, concretized into the Resolution of the Politburo. His advice, as meaningful as the demands of history, has always been considered by generation after generation as a guiding principle in all actions to strive to reach and achieve.

There are many things to remember, of which, in my opinion, the two things mentioned above are also two great lessons, which cover other values. And that is also what every cadre, party member, and the masses in Nghe An "keep in mind", are proud of Uncle Ho and are pioneers in making efforts to follow Uncle Ho.

PV:Could you summarize some of the outstanding achievements that Nghe An Party Committee has achieved over the past 60 years, since Uncle Ho first visited his hometown?

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh:President Ho Chi Minh visited his hometown for the first time in 1957, then from December 8-10, 1961, he visited his hometown for the second time. Before that, after the success of the August Revolution in 1945, on September 17, 1945, Nghe An became the first locality to which he sent a letter just half a month after the National Day, and before he passed away, Nghe An was also the last locality to which he sent a letter (July 21, 1969). Feeling the care, encouragement and support of Uncle Ho, Nghe An always rose to the forefront in all movements to build and protect the Fatherland.

Over the past 6 decades, Nghe An and the whole country have continued to write brilliant golden pages of history, making the history of the Vietnamese people in the Ho Chi Minh era famous with many great achievements: Defeating plots to invade Vietnam, winning total victory and unifying the country in 1975, quickly overcoming difficulties and healing the wounds of war, successfully implementing the renovation process and raising the country's development position in all aspects, creating an important premise for Vietnam to continue entering a period of deep integration.

During that period, Nghe An has developed in all aspects, from urban areas to the plains and coastal areas, the Western Nghe An region has changed its appearance. The economy has grown quite well and shifted in the right direction, attracting increasing investment. The infrastructure system has been focused on building in a synchronous and modern direction. People's lives and social welfare activities have been gradually improved. National defense and security have been strengthened, foreign affairs activities have been promoted. The enhancement of the Party's capacity and leadership has been regularly paid attention to, the work of Party building and rectification has been carried out effectively, the political system has been consolidated and maintained.

On July 30, 2013, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong signed and issued Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW of the Politburo on the direction and tasks for the development of Nghe An province until 2020 (referred to as Resolution 26). Resolution 26 has gradually come into effect and created a strong breakthrough, Nghe An has risen to become an impressive destination for investment attraction. In 2016, the evaluation and ranking index of the province's economic management quality (provincial competitiveness) ranked 25th out of 63 provinces and cities.

In 2016, the total state budget revenue of the province reached 11,005 billion VND; GDP per capita according to the new method reached 28.54 million VND; the growth rate of gross regional domestic product (GRDP) increased by 7.5%. On the occasion of the 61st anniversary of National Day September 2, 1945 - September 2, 2016, Nghe An started and inaugurated 8 major projects: Inauguration of Yen Xuan road bridge over Lam river; Opening of National Highway 1A - Nghia Dan - Thai Hoa town; Inauguration of Nghe An wood processing factory; Inauguration of the Provincial Radio and Television Station Office Building; Inauguration of the Office of the Town Party Committee - Fatherland Front, and organizations of Hoang Mai town; Inauguration of the Office of the People's Council - People's Committee of Hoang Mai town; Muong Thanh Grand Hoang Mai Hotel; Construction of Vinatex Hoang Mai Garment Factory.

On the occasion of the 42nd anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2017), Nghe An province inaugurated and put into use Nghi Thiet Cement Grinding Station of Song Lam Cement Joint Stock Company; inaugurated the road connecting National Highway 7 through D4, N5 to Nghi Thiet Cement Grinding Station; inaugurated the Vinpearl Cua Hoi resort, entertainment and resort complex and opened the Cua Lo beach tourism season. Nghe An's state budget revenue in the first 5 months of 2017 reached 40.6% of the estimate assigned by the Provincial People's Council and increased by 24.5% over the same period in 2016. Recently, on June 10, at the ceremony to commend typical advanced models nationwide in 2017, Nghe An Party Committee and people were honored to be awarded the Emulation Flag of the Government. These are signals carrying messages of solidarity, innovation, stability and development, which are being vigorously implemented by every cadre, party member and people of Nghe An.

PV:Can you tell us about the important orientations to continue to strongly develop Nghe An in the coming time?

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh:To be worthy of being the homeland of President Ho Chi Minh, to carry out Uncle Ho's instructions on developing Nghe An into a prosperous province in the North, to successfully implement the Resolutions of Party Congresses at all levels and Resolution 26 of the Politburo, Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress, Nghe An has been focusing on comprehensive development, emphasizing the following contents:

Firstly, effectively implement the Central Resolution 4 (12th tenure) in conjunction with Directive 05 on continuing to promote studying and following the moral example, ideology and style of Ho Chi Minh. In which, resolutely carry out administrative reform, focusing on improving the quality of cadres, civil servants and public employees. Make a breakthrough in improving the overall quality of State management, building trust with businesses and people in terms of transparency, dynamism and efficiency. Focus on improving the quality of the political system at the grassroots level, focusing on the grassroots level to serve the grassroots level, serve businesses and serve the people. Promote the qualities of Nghe An people to build the qualities of Nghe An cadres and party members who are dedicated, exemplary, creative and devoted to the people, effectively contributing to the cause of innovation and development of the homeland and the country.

Second, build and protect the great national unity bloc. Promote the combined strength of the Fatherland Front and organizations at all levels, rally, propagate, mobilize, resolutely repel plots of incitement, division, and defeat the "peaceful evolution" plot of hostile forces aimed at opposing the Party, the State, and undermining the great national unity bloc.

Third, continue to improve investment attraction policies and mechanisms, modernize infrastructure to serve socio-economic development and people's lives. Create favorable conditions in terms of mechanisms and infrastructure to promote the development of clean industries, high-tech agriculture, tourism, services, finance and banking, etc. Encourage and create favorable conditions for people to apply new science and technology, expand production and business, and ensure sustainable income for people.

Fourth, strengthen comprehensive integration activities in economics, culture, education, health, etc. Strengthen connection, exchange, promotion, brand building and brand recognition system, create positive impressions in the stages of attraction and service. Make Nghe An's landmarks, products, characteristics, and marks increasingly noticeable and have strong advantages in competition and integration. Create many job opportunities, opportunities to use high-quality labor, create opportunities to contribute and serve, and development opportunities for each person, each industry, each region, and the whole homeland.

PV:Thank you very much, comrade!

Ngo Kien(Perform)