National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue congratulates Tet and presents gifts to policy families, workers, and armed forces in Bac Lieu province

Photo caption — National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue with policy beneficiaries of Bac Lieu province. Photo: Nhan Sang/VNA

Also attending were Mr. Y Thanh Ha Nie Kdam, Chairman of the National Assembly's Ethnic Council; Chairman of the National Defense and Security Committee Le Tan Toi; Vice President - General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Thi Thu Ha; and leaders of relevant departments and branches.

Mr. Lu Van Hung, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council, Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Bac Lieu province and leaders of Bac Lieu province also attended.

Speaking at the meeting, on the occasion of the New Year 2024, preparing to welcome the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin, towards the 94th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - February 3, 2024), on behalf of the Party and State leaders, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue sent to the Party Committee, government, all people, workers and laborers his warmest regards and best wishes.

After reporting on the country's socio-economic situation in 2023, the National Assembly Chairman emphasized that the Party Committee, government, army and people of Bac Lieu province have made positive contributions to the country's overall achievements. With the close and comprehensive direction of the Party, the National Assembly has continuously paid attention to and promoted the work of perfecting institutions and policies, creating a transparent and stable legal corridor, creating better conditions to care for and ensure the legitimate rights and interests of the people, and developing the country sustainably.

The National Assembly Chairman said that, promoting the nation's fine tradition of mutual love and support, before each Tet holiday, the Party, the State, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and organizations always pay attention, try to devote all resources, organize many practical and specific activities to take care of policy families, people with meritorious services, poor households, policy beneficiaries, workers and laborers in difficult circumstances... so that everyone, every family can enjoy the Spring Festival and celebrate Tet.

In the coming time, the National Assembly Chairman requested Party committees at all levels, authorities, the Fatherland Front and organizations in the whole province to thoroughly grasp and well implement the Directive of the Secretariat on organizing the Lunar New Year of Giap Thin in 2024; prepare the best conditions to serve the people to enjoy Spring, celebrate Tet joyfully, healthily, safely and economically; continue to care for families with meritorious services, poor households, victims of Agent Orange, workers and laborers in difficult circumstances...

The National Assembly Chairman emphasized the need to regularly exchange and listen to the opinions of the people and workers, research and develop mechanisms and policies to support and create conditions for each family and individual to develop their livelihoods and strive to escape poverty sustainably. For those in extremely difficult circumstances and with no capacity to escape poverty, the province will switch to social protection to take care of the people's lives.

The National Assembly Chairman hopes that families with preferential policies, poor households, and people in difficult circumstances will continue to strive, rise up, actively work and produce, and gradually build a prosperous and happy life.

Workers and laborers share the common difficulties of the country, locality and enterprises; strictly implement the Party's guidelines, policies and laws of the State, contributing to solving harmonious, stable and progressive labor relations in enterprises; implement the internal rules and regulations of enterprises, improve productivity, sense of organization, discipline, labor safety and hygiene, constantly compete in labor and production, contributing to the overall development of Bac Lieu province.

In the program, on this occasion, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Red Cross Society presented 600 gifts to policy families, meritorious people, poor households, victims of Agent Orange, workers, and laborers in difficult circumstances in the province.

At the meeting, the National Assembly Chairman and the Secretary of the Bac Lieu Provincial Party Committee witnessed the Chairman of the National Assembly's Ethnic Council Y Thanh Ha Nie Kdam presenting a symbolic plaque of VND 300 million mobilized from socialized sources (Agribank) to ethnic minority households in difficult circumstances in Bac Lieu province.

* On the same afternoon, visiting and wishing the armed forces of the province a Happy New Year, the National Assembly Chairman highly appreciated the achievements of the province in 2023, including the contributions of the armed forces. The armed forces have coordinated well in military work, local defense, ensuring political security, and social order and safety.

In particular, the police force has drastically and synchronously deployed measures to fight and prevent crime, contributing to curbing and reducing the rate of crime increase, traffic accidents have decreased in all three criteria, no fires or explosions have occurred in the area; achieving the targets assigned by the National Assembly. The provincial police have built, consolidated and effectively promoted crime prevention and control models. In 2023, the functional forces successfully coordinated to organize the Defense Zone Drill. In addition, the armed forces have performed well in social security activities. The border guard force annually organizes the program "Spring Border Guard, Warming the hearts of the villagers", adopting and educating students; the provincial police force has done a good job in building houses for the poor and low-income people.

The armed forces have taken care of and done well the work of Party building, force building, strengthened political and ideological education, actively advised the Party committees and authorities to implement the Resolutions, especially the Resolution of the 8th Central Conference on the Strategy for National Defense in the new situation, and national defense and security strategies. In the police force, there is Resolution No. 12-NQ/TW dated March 16, 2022 of the Politburo on "Promoting the building of a truly clean, strong, disciplined, elite, modern People's Public Security force, meeting the requirements of tasks in the new situation"...

On behalf of the Party and State leaders, National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue highly appreciated the achievements of the armed forces of Bac Lieu province in the past time. According to the National Assembly Chairman, in the coming time, the armed forces must continue to implement the principle of socio-economic development as the center; Party building as the key; cultural development as the spiritual foundation; ensuring national defense and security as essential and regular. The provincial armed forces continue to advise the Party committees and authorities at all levels, especially the provincial level, in organizing the implementation of policies and resolutions of the Central Committee, the National Assembly, and the Government on military, defense and security work. Covering that is the strategy to protect the Fatherland in the new situation; advising local Party committees and authorities to effectively implement the laws promulgated by the National Assembly in the recent past.

The National Assembly Chairman requested that the functional forces continue to promote the qualities of "Uncle Ho's soldiers", the tradition of the Vietnam People's Public Security soldiers, following Uncle Ho's teachings for the armed forces, always being a force absolutely loyal to the Party, the Fatherland, the people, protecting the Party, protecting the regime, protecting the Fatherland, protecting the people in all situations. The military and police forces must be clean, strong, disciplined, and modern to meet the requirements of building and protecting the Fatherland in the new situation.

In the coming time, the National Assembly will consider and give opinions on draft laws related to the armed forces. The National Assembly Chairman requested that the armed forces of the province have voices from the grassroots to contribute to bringing the law into life. The armed forces have done a good job of Party building, building a clean and strong political system, strengthening the fight against corruption and negativity, promoting the campaign to practice thrift, fight against waste, and fight against crime. The immediate task is to ensure absolute safety for the people; take care of families with meritorious services to the revolution, and people in difficult circumstances to enjoy a warm and absolutely safe Spring and Tet holiday.

On this occasion, the National Assembly Chairman presented Tet gifts to the armed forces of Bac Lieu province.

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