Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc wishes a happy New Year to former leaders of the Party and State

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and several Politburo members took photos with former leaders of the Party, State and localities in the Central region at the meeting.Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA

On the occasion of the Lunar New Year, in Da Nang, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired the annual meeting towish a Happy New YearFormer leaders of the Party, State and localities in the Central region.

Also attending were Politburo member, Standing member of the Secretariat Vo Van Thuong; Politburo member, Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court Nguyen Hoa Binh and leaders of central departments, ministries and branches.

This year's meeting had fewer attendees than previous years to ensure Covid-19 prevention and control in accordance with the spirit of the Directive of the Standing Secretariat and the Prime Minister.

Emphasizing the good results of the 13th National Congress of the Party, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc stated that the first success was that the Congress passed documents with a very high consensus. That is the new guidelines and ways of doing things of the Party and the country, focusing on developing science and technology and innovation; at the same time continuing to implement 3 strategic breakthroughs.

The second success is that the Congress elected 180 official Party Central Committee members and 20 alternate Party Central Committee members. The Central Executive Committee also elected a Politburo with 18 members and 5 members of the Secretariat with a suitable structure in terms of age, ethnicity, and gender. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed that this is a very encouraging result.

Referring to the country's socio-economic development results in the past year, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc happily informed delegates that people's lives from the South to the North, from remote areas to the hinterlands, including localities affected by the Covid-19 pandemic or severe natural disasters, have remained stable and improved.

Many provinces and cities have made special achievements in stabilizing people's lives when facing difficulties.

However, as the Lunar New Year 2021 approaches, the Prime Minister requested local leaders to conduct closer inspections to ensure the lives of people in disaster-hit areas.

In particular, no one should be left without rice and salt or without meals. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc emphasized the need for every family to have a Tet holiday and at the same time be safe from the Covid-19 pandemic.

On this occasion,Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan PhucPropose that Party Committees nationwide organize to thoroughly grasp the ResolutionXIII Congressof the Party, creatively apply and deploy to specific local conditions in a strong, drastic and timely manner, with specific action programs, to help the locality develop even faster, contributing to the realization of socio-economic development goals in the next 5 years, as well as the vision to 2030 and 2045./.