Seminar on Socio-Economic Development Associated with National Defense and Security

(Baonghean.vn) - On the afternoon of April 4, a delegation of lecturers and students of the 59th course of the National Defense Apprenticeship, led by Senior Lieutenant General, Associate Professor, Doctor Vo Tien Trung - Member of the Central Military Commission, Director of the National Defense Academy, had a discussion on "Socio-economic development associated with national defense and security" with Nghe An province.

Also attending were Major General Tran Viet Khoa - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Director of the National Defense Academy and other members. Receiving and working with the delegation of the National Defense Academy were representatives of the leaders of the Military Region 4 Command.

On the side of Nghe An province's leaders, there were comrades: Ho Duc Phoc - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Le Xuan Dai - Member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee; leaders of provincial departments, branches and sectors...

Overview of the seminar.

At the seminar, the provincial leaders reported on the socio-economic situation of the province. In 2015, Nghe An achieved remarkable results such as: completing 24/27 socio-economic targets, the total product according to the new calculation method is estimated to increase by 7.43%. The growth rate in 2015 is higher than the growth rate of the last 3 years and higher than the average growth rate of the whole country (estimated at 6.68%). By the end of 2015, the whole province had 108 communes recognized as meeting new rural standards.

Comrade Ho Duc Phoc reportedon socio-economic development work associated with national defense and security of the province in recent times.

In the field of investment attraction, in 2015 Nghe An achieved very encouraging results, granting new and adjusting investment certificates for 162 projects with a total registered capital of 85,864 billion VND, granting new business registration certificates for 1,361 enterprises, an increase of 13.32% over the same period...

In the cultural field, Nghe An has also well organized cultural and artistic activities to celebrate holidays, New Year, and major anniversaries, especially to celebrate Party Congresses at all levels, organize the ceremony to honor Vi and Giam folk songs, and the National Sen Village Festival...

Comrade Le Xuan Dai reported on the socio-economic development of Nghe An province.

Regarding the work of socio-economic development associated with national defense and security, in recent years, the Party Committee and government of Nghe An province have always attached importance to thoroughly grasping the leadership, direction and organization of the implementation of the Party and State's viewpoints and policies on socio-economic development associated with strengthening and consolidating national defense and security as a fundamental, strategic and long-term task, so they have done a good job of propaganda and education for cadres, party members and all classes of people, armed forces in the whole province...

Thanks to that, in 2015, the work of building and consolidating the national defense posture, associated with the people's security posture and the national border defense posture, improving the combat readiness of the armed forces in all situations achieved many remarkable results, consolidating 645 self-management committees and 36,230 self-management groups, 281 advanced models and typical examples in the movement to protect national security, creating a solid national defense and security posture right at the grassroots level, especially in key areas with complex security and order issues.

Comrade Nguyen Huu Cau - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Provincial Police Department affirmed that all activities of hostile forces are under the control of the provincial security forces.

At the seminar on socio-economic development associated with national defense and security, the delegation of lecturers of the National Defense and Security training class of the Academy of the Ministry of National Defense also discussed with the provincial leaders about a number of issues of concern such as: Hunger eradication and poverty reduction in the area; Security maintenance in key border areas; Prevention of cross-border smuggling and drug trafficking and human trafficking crimes in remote areas; Religious security work...

Comrade Vo Tien Trung assessed that although Nghe An is a province with a large and complex area, Nghe An has always done well in socio-economic development associated with national security and defense, worthy of being the heroic homeland of the Soviet Union.

The delegation presented the leaders of Nghe An province with a landscape painting of the Temple of Literature to honor the educational achievements of Nghe An province.

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