Minister of Finance Nguyen Van Thang visited and worked in Tuyen Quang

Minister Nguyen Van Thang speaks at the working session with leaders of Tuyen Quang province

On the side of Tuyen Quang province, receiving and working with the delegation were comrades: Phan Huy Ngoc, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; members of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee: Nguyen Manh Tuan, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Ly Thi Lan, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Lai Tien Giang, Commander of the Provincial Military Command; Van Dinh Thao, Director of the Department of Finance.

Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Phan Huy Ngoc spoke at the working session with the delegation of the Ministry of Finance .

Journey to the source of meaning

Minister Nguyen Van Thang and the delegation of the Ministry of Finance visited and offered incense and laid wreaths to pay tribute to the martyrs resting at the Pham Van Khang Martyrs' Cemetery and comrades in Phuc Ninh Commune, Yen Son District, Tuyen Quang Province (now Xuan Van Commune).

Provincial leaders presented flowers to congratulate Minister Nguyen Van Thang on his visit and work in the province.

Martyr Pham Van Khang, former Head of the Production Team of the Ministry of Finance, was assigned the task of transporting documents and equipment for printing financial money by river to the Viet Bac War Zone during the resistance war against the French. On the way, comrade Pham Van Khang's canoe was discovered, chased and shot down by French aircraft in Minh Tan village, Phuc Ninh commune. Comrade Pham Van Khang and his comrades fought bravely to protect national assets and sacrificed themselves on April 25, 1947.

The delegation of the Ministry of Finance offered incense at the Memorial Site of Martyr Pham Van Khang and his comrades in Xuan Van commune.

Martyr Pham Van Khang and his comrades were buried by the people on the banks of the Lo River along with mass graves. In 2007, to show gratitude to the martyrs of the Finance sector who fought and sacrificed for the independence and freedom of the Fatherland, the Ministry of Finance and the People's Committee of Tuyen Quang province organized a search, collection and construction of the Martyr Cemetery of Pham Van Khang and his comrades on the banks of the Lo River. The project was inaugurated on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27, 2007).

Delegates attend the plaque-attaching ceremony of the project commemorating the Traditional Day of the Finance Sector

Through many times of investment in renovation, upgrading and construction of additional auxiliary works, up to now, the Cemetery of Martyrs Pham Van Khang and his comrades has become spacious, becoming a meaningful destination for generations of the Finance industry.

Minister Nguyen Van Thang spoke at the ceremony.

At the working session with the Ministry of Finance delegation, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Phan Huy Ngoc briefly introduced the province's outstanding achievements in recent times, especially economic development, budget collection results in the area, and development solutions in the coming time...

Representative of Agribank Vietnam donated 2 billion VND to the province to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses.

At the same time, I would like to thank the Ministry of Finance and other ministries, departments, and branches of the Central Government for their attention to Tuyen Quang province over the past time. This is an important and valuable source of motivation to help the Party Committee, government, and people of all ethnic groups in the province make a breakthrough in the coming time.

Bao Minh Joint Stock Corporation donated 2 billion VND to the province to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses.

Minister Nguyen Van Thang congratulated the province on its achievements in recent times. He also congratulated the provincial leaders who have just been assigned important tasks by the Central Government. The merger of the two provinces has opened up new development space with many new potentials.

Vietnam Computerized Lottery Company (Viettlot) donated 300 million VND to the Le Van Hien Primary and Secondary School Scholarship Fund.

The Minister suggested that the province continue to promote the achieved results, continue to exploit its strengths, effectively implement socio-economic development solutions, especially increasing budget revenue, paying attention to poverty reduction, and eliminating temporary housing in the area in accordance with the direction of the Prime Minister...

The Minister emphasized that Tuyen Quang is a land rich in national cultural identity, so it is necessary to strengthen solutions to preserve and promote it in association with tourism development, increasing income for local people...

Minister Nguyen Van Thang and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Phan Huy Ngoc and leaders of the Ministry and the province planted souvenir trees in the campus of Le Van Hien Primary and Secondary School.

Support the construction of a spacious school in the revolutionary homeland

During this working trip, the delegation of the Ministry of Finance visited teachers and students of Le Van Hien Primary and Secondary School, Tu Thinh Commune (now Son Duong Commune). At the same time, a ceremony was held to attach a signboard to the Le Van Hien Primary and Secondary School, on the occasion of the 80th Anniversary of the Traditional Day of the Finance Sector (August 28, 1945 - August 28, 2025).

Le Van Hien Primary and Secondary School was established in 2004 (formerly Tu Thinh Secondary School, Tu Thinh Commune, former Son Duong District). The school It is an honor to be named after the late Minister of Finance of our country from 1946 to 1958. Since its inception, the school has received attention and support from the Ministry of Finance to build a 3-storey classroom building with 21 classrooms and a principal's office with 10 offices.

Minister Nguyen Van Thang, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Phan Huy Ngoc and delegates performed the ceremony of attaching the plaque to the project commemorating the 80th anniversary of the Traditional Day of the Finance Sector.

The project to renovate and upgrade Le Van Hien Primary and Secondary School was approved for investment in 2022, with items including: renovating and repairing a 3-storey classroom building with 21 rooms and a 2-storey principal's office; building a new 3-storey classroom building, 2-storey principal's office, multi-purpose building, dormitory, canteen, public service building and auxiliary items; purchasing learning equipment... with a total investment of over 69.5 billion VND from capital contributed by the staff and civil servants of the Finance sector.

The projects funded by the Ministry of Finance have helped ethnic children in Son Duong commune study in a spacious and well-equipped environment, and the quality of education has been gradually improved.

Minister Nguyen Van Thang talks with students of Le Van Hien Primary and Secondary School

Speaking at the ceremony, Minister of Finance Nguyen Van Thang reviewed the 80-year tradition of building and growing the Finance sector. At the same time, he expressed his gratitude to the ethnic people of Tuyen Quang province for protecting and sheltering the Finance sector so that it could continuously grow and mature, contributing to the victory in the resistance war against the French colonialists.

He emphasized: With the tradition of "remembering the source of water", over the years, generations of leaders and officials of the Finance sector have regularly cared for and encouraged the people of all ethnic groups in Tuyen Quang province in terms of material and spiritual matters. The ceremony of attaching the signboard of Le Van Hien Primary and Secondary School, invested in and built by Tuyen Quang province on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the Finance sector's tradition, is a great honor for generations of the sector.

He hopes that local authorities and schools will effectively use the invested facilities to gradually improve the quality of education in the coming time.

Minister Nguyen Van Thang and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Phan Huy Ngoc visited the headquarters of the Ministry of Finance during the resistance war against France from 1947 to 1954.

On the same day, the delegation of the Ministry of Finance offered incense to commemorate President Ho Chi Minh and the late Minister Le Van Hien at the Ministry of Finance relic site in Cau Bi village, Tu Thinh commune (old). The comrades in the delegation expressed their respect and infinite gratitude for the great contributions of President Ho Chi Minh and revolutionary predecessors, heroic martyrs to the cause of national liberation as well as gratitude for the contributions of the late Minister Le Van Hien to the Finance sector.

The leadership team and staff of the Finance sector today vow to strive and make every effort to fulfill their tasks, making an important contribution to the socio-economic development of the country.

On this occasion, Agribank Vietnam donated 2 billion VND to support the elimination of temporary and dilapidated houses in the province; Viettlot Computerized Lottery Company donated 300 million VND to the Le Van Hien Primary and Secondary School Scholarship Fund; Bao Minh Joint Stock Corporation donated 2 billion VND to support the elimination of temporary and dilapidated houses in the province.

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