Solemn Ceremony to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Establishment of Que Phong District
(Baonghean.vn) - This is an extremely important event, a festival of the people of Que Phong district, marking a step of development and opening up new opportunities on the path of development of this mountainous border district.
On the evening of April 15, the Party Committee, government and people of all ethnic groups in Que Phong district (Nghe An) solemnly held a ceremony to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the district's founding (1963 - 2023), receive the Second-class Labor Medal and receive the National Historical Relic Certificate for the Nine-Room Temple.
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Panorama of the 60th anniversary of Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy |
Leaders of Nghe An province include comrades: Thai Thanh Quy - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee: Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province; Colonel Phan Dai Nghia - Commander of the Provincial Military Command; Pham Trong Hoang - Chief of the Provincial Party Committee Office. Also attending were comrade Nguyen Nhu Khoi - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council and leaders of departments, agencies, branches;...
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Central and Nghe An provincial leaders attended the 60th anniversary of Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy |
BORDER HIGHLAND DISTRICT IS FULL OF PROGRESS
60 years ago, in the context of the US imperialists trying to find ways to expand the war of aggression on a national scale, determining the strategic position and importance of the Western Nghe An region, including the land of Phu Quy with the construction of the North into a solid rear for the cause of fighting to liberate the South and unify the country, on April 19, 1963, the Government issued Decision No. 52-CP on re-dividing the boundaries of Anh Son, Nghia Dan and Quy Chau districts into 7 districts, in which Quy Chau district was divided into 3 new districts: Quy Chau, Quy Hop and Que Phong districts.
When it was first established, Que Phong had 6 commune-level administrative units. After a process of merger and separation, the district now has 12 communes and 1 town.
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Comrade Duong Hoang Vu - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Que Phong district presented a speech commemorating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy |
Implementing Uncle Ho's teachings in the Letter to the people and cadres of all ethnic groups in Que Phong district: "... Uncle hopes that the people and cadres of the district will strive to achieve many achievements in increasing production, be ready to fight and continue to study to make further progress", in the past 60 years, from a remote mountainous and border area, up to now, Que Phong has become a district full of prosperity, is changing dynamically in all fields, together with the people in Nghe An province and the whole country towards the future.
The socio-economy is increasingly developing, the work of hunger eradication and poverty reduction is effectively implemented, contributing to improving the material and spiritual life of the people. The average economic growth rate in the area in the period of 2010-2022 is 10.11%. The average income per capita (current price) is 34.03 million VND in 2022.
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On behalf of the Party Committee of Nghe An province, Secretary of the Party Committee of Nghe An province Thai Thanh Quy presented the Second-class Labor Medal and the Government's Emulation Flag to the Party Committee, Government and People of Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy |
To date, the District Party Committee has 33 grassroots party organizations with 5,448 party members, 100% of villages and hamlets have party cells; many units have been recognized by the province as excellent. The District Party Committee has been recognized by the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee for excellently completing its tasks in 2022.
With the achieved results, the Party Committee, Government and People of Que Phong district were honored to receive many noble awards from the Party and State. On this occasion, the district was honored to receive the Second Class Labor Medal from the President and the Emulation Flag from the Government.
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On behalf of the provincial People's Committee, Chairman of the provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung presented the Prime Minister's Certificate of Merit to comrade Truong Minh Cuong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of Que Phong District Party Committee. Photo: Thanh Duy |
On the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the district's founding, the sacred Chin Gian Temple (Chau Kim Commune, Que Phong District), the pride of the Thai people in the Northwest of Nghe An Province, was recognized as a National Historical Relic by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
This is a very important achievement of the ethnic groups in Que Phong district and a treasure trove of preserving and promoting unique identities, preserving customs, practices, cultural activities and separate festivals; also potential factors for Que Phong district to develop its strengths in the service industry - spiritual tourism, eco-tourism in the future.
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Representatives of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism presented the Certificate of recognition of the Nine-Room Temple as a National Historical Relic to the leaders of the Department of Culture, Sports and Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy |
DETERMINED TO SOON BECOME A BETTER DISTRICT IN NORTHWEST NGHE AN
Speaking at the ceremony, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung warmly congratulated, commended and acknowledged the achievements that the Party Committee, government and people of all ethnic groups in Que Phong district have achieved over the past 60 years.
With the desire to build Que Phong district increasingly strong, rich and beautiful, soon becoming a well-off district of the Northwest Nghe An region according to the goals set out in the Resolution of the 22nd District Party Congress, term 2020-2025, at the Celebration Ceremony, on behalf of the provincial leaders, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested Que Phong district to continue promoting the reasonable restructuring of the internal economic structure, on the basis of taking science and technology as a driving force to promote the potential and advantages of the locality, develop industries and products with competitive advantages and high value associated with building the brand of the district's products; effectively participate in the production network and value chain.
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Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung speaks at the 60th anniversary of Que Phong district's establishment. Photo: Thanh Duy |
The district also needs to continue to pay attention to investing in developing socio-economic infrastructure; make good use of and effectively use development investment resources in the district, especially national target programs and public investment capital; at the same time, strengthen management, inspection and supervision of the implementation of programs and projects to promote efficiency, avoid loss and waste; actively and proactively call for and mobilize social resources to serve development; strictly manage, rationally and effectively use land, resources and protect the environment in the area.
The Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province requested Que Phong district to continue to preserve and promote the fine cultural identity of ethnic groups, arouse aspirations and will to rise up; continue to mobilize all resources to implement poverty reduction work to ensure efficiency and sustainability; focus on developing education, vocational training, health care, cultural and spiritual life of the people.
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Many delegates and local people attended the 60th anniversary of Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy |
Along with that, Que Phong needs to promote administrative reform, improve the investment environment; strengthen administrative discipline and order; improve the effectiveness and efficiency of State management from the district to the grassroots in all fields; promote the exemplary role of leaders and key cadres.
On the other hand, well perform the tasks of national defense, security and social order and safety; proactively coordinate well with localities of Laos to ensure border security in conjunction with enhancing the effectiveness of foreign affairs, especially people-to-people diplomacy; consolidate and promote the great national unity bloc, ensuring the goal of keeping the border, people and local areas peaceful.
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Many delegates and local people attended the 60th anniversary of Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy |
The Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghe An province also requested Que Phong to strengthen the work of Party building and rectification; build a clean and strong government and political system in all aspects; strengthen solidarity and unity within the Party and the people, considering this a decisive factor to successfully implement the set goals and tasks.
On this occasion, on behalf of the leaders of Nghe An province, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung sincerely thanked the Central departments, ministries and branches for always paying attention, supporting and helping Nghe An province and Que Phong district in the past time; looking forward to continuing to receive more attention, support and help in the coming time.
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Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung presented a banner from the Provincial Party Committee - People's Council - People's Committee - Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province to the Party Committee, Government and People of Que Phong district. Photo: Thanh Duy |
With the cultural and historical traditions and achievements; the attention and support of the Central Government, along with the companionship of the province, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee believes that the Party Committee, Government and people of all ethnic groups in Que Phong district will continue to promote the precious tradition, arouse aspirations, dynamism, creativity, self-reliance, self-reliance to overcome obstacles, strive to successfully implement the set goals and tasks, soon escape poverty and become a well-off district of the Northwest region of Nghe An, contributing significantly to the overall development of the province.
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Comrade Truong Minh Cuong - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Secretary of Que Phong District Party Committee delivered a speech at the Commemoration Ceremony. Photo: Thanh Duy |
On this occasion, to recognize the efforts of the Party Committee, Government and People of Que Phong district, the Provincial Party Committee - People's Council - People's Committee - Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province presented a banner with the content: "Party Committee, Government and People of Que Phong district, 60 years of solidarity, innovation, creativity, construction and development".
Speaking at the event, comrade Truong Minh Cuong - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of Que Phong District Party Committee affirmed: The Party Committee, Government and People of Que Phong district promise to continue promoting the tradition of solidarity, innovation, improving the leadership capacity and fighting strength of the Party organization, exploiting all potential strengths, determined to build Que Phong district to soon escape poverty and become a well-off district in the Northwest of Nghe An province.
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Right after the ceremony is an art program with the theme "Fragrance and color of cinnamon land". Photo: Thanh Duy |