The Central Committee of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly awarded Commemorative Medals and supported social security in Nghe An

Delegates attending the program to present commemorative medals and social security gifts. Photo: Thanh Duy

At the program, on behalf of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly, comrade Nguyen Thanh Binh awarded the Medal for the cause of caring for and promoting the role of the elderly in Vietnam to comrades: Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Tran Quoc Khanh - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Phan Thi Tuyet Hanh - Deputy Chief of the Provincial Party Committee's Office; Nguyen Hong Tuan - Deputy Chief of the Provincial Party Committee's Office; Le Van Ngoc - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province.

On behalf of the comrades receiving the Medal, Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung sincerely thanked the Central Committee of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly for their sentiments; at the same time, informed about some of the socio-economic development situation of the province in the first 6 months of 2022.

Chairman of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly Nguyen Thanh Binh presented the Commemorative Medal to 5 comrades. Photo: Thanh Duy

Accordingly, despite facing many challenges and difficulties, the province has achieved positive results. The gross domestic product (GRDP) growth rate is estimated at 8.44% (construction growth scenario is 7.7 - 8.3%), ranking 2nd in the North Central region, 18th out of 63 provinces and centrally-run cities. Budget revenue reached 10,400 billion VND.

By the end of June 2022, Nghe An attracted 58 new projects and adjusted 63 projects with a total newly granted and increased capital of more than VND 28,101 billion. Compared to the same period in 2021, the number of newly granted projects increased by 13.72%, the total newly granted capital increased by 1.39 times.

In particular, in the first 6 months of the year, the province's foreign investment attraction results were extremely positive, with a capital of 580 million USD, for the first time ranking in the top 10 provinces with the highest FDI attraction in the country.

Cultural and social activities are given attention, including social security, especially for the elderly. National defense and security are ensured; social order and safety are maintained.

Comrade Nguyen Duc Trung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee spoke at the program. Photo: Thanh Duy

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung emphasized: To achieve such results, the most important thing is that the province has promoted the spirit of solidarity and unity from the Standing Committee, the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, the Provincial Party Executive Committee and spread it to all levels and sectors, for the common development goal; at the same time, in the process of leadership, direction and operation, priority selection has been focused and key, especially in the use of resources.

Along with that, the province focuses on handling bottlenecks and bottlenecks for development, especially bottlenecks in infrastructure and administrative procedures.

In the last 6 months of 2022, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said: Nghe An will focus on completing the Provincial Planning Report for the period 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050, to submit to competent authorities for appraisal and approval in order to create a premise and driving force for the long-term development of the province; well prepare the contents of summarizing 10 years of implementing Resolution No. 26NQ/TW dated July 30, 2013 of the Politburo; at the same time, focus on solving bottlenecks in infrastructure such as deep-water seaports and propose to the Government and the Prime Minister to upgrade and renovate Vinh International Airport.

Comrade Nguyen Thanh Binh - Chairman of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly spoke at the program. Photo: Thanh Duy

Along with that, the province will continue to promote administrative reforms, improve the investment and business environment to promote investment attraction, contributing to promoting the socio-economic development of the province in the coming time.

On behalf of the provincial leaders, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Duc Trung hopes that the Central Committee of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly, with its role and responsibility, will continue to pay attention to Nghe An, especially to the elderly - an extremely important force, contributing to the stability and development of the locality.

Speaking at the program, Chairman of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly Nguyen Thanh Binh informed the provincial leaders about some key features of the association's activities, especially participating in the Steering Committee of Project 134 to survey, evaluate and summarize the pilot model of the association of the elderly at the provincial and district levels to propose building a model of the operation of the association of the elderly close to reality, improving and spreading the position and role of the association and the elderly, contributing to the development of each locality and unit.

Comrade Truong Xuan Cu - Vice President of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly, member of the 15th National Assembly, presented social security support to the Provincial Association of the Elderly. Photo: Thanh Duy

Comrade Nguyen Thanh Binh expressed his impression and congratulated the successes of the Party Committee and People of Nghe An in recent times, on the basis of consolidating and effectively promoting the spirit of solidarity, unity, and "one voice, one action".

On this occasion, from socialized sources, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly donated 50 million VND to the Association of the Elderly of Nghe An province to support members in difficult circumstances.