Dear revolutionary veterans, Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, Labor Heroes, People's Armed Forces Heroes, generals, officers, veterans, wounded comrades, martyrs' families, people with meritorious services to the country, exemplary policy families,
Dear Leaders and former leaders of the Party Committees and Provincial Party Committees ,
Dear all delegates attending the meeting.
In the atmosphere of the whole country being excited, proud, and joyful towards the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South, national reunification as well as the important events of the country in 2025, I and my comrades in the Central working delegation are very moved to attend the meeting with you today.
On behalf of the Party and State leaders, I would like to send my warm regards and best wishes to the leaders and former leaders of the Party, State, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front, revolutionary veterans, Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces, Labor Heroes, war veterans, wounded and sick soldiers, families of martyrs, people with meritorious services to the revolution, exemplary families of policy beneficiaries, and all comrades, compatriots, and distinguished guests. I wish you, comrades, and delegates good health and happiness, and to continue to pay attention and contribute your dedicated and intellectual opinions to the glorious revolutionary cause of our Party, our People, and to the localities where you reside.
Dear comrades!
We organize meetings, firstly to listen to the opinions of comrades who are very passionate about the development of the country. Secondly, to express gratitude for the great contributions of comrades to the revolutionary cause of the Party, the cause of liberating the South and unifying the country. Third, to spend time reporting to comrades on the situation of the country that is of great concern to the people of the whole country.
In this warm, emotional atmosphere, listening directly to the speeches of historical witnesses, the proud pride of the victors, I heard the resounding march "Liberate the South, we are determined to move forward/Destroy the American imperialists, Destroy the traitors" , "Here is the majestic Cuu Long/Here is the glorious Truong Son/Urge our group to rush forward to kill the enemy/Shoulder to shoulder, under the same flag" ... and I believe that these lyrics have been sung many times by you, my uncles, aunts, comrades and that is the source of spiritual strength, motivation, and belief that helps you overcome all hardships, difficulties, and dangers to fight and defeat the enemy.
No piece of literature can fully reflect the greatness of the Vietnamese nation, of the Vietnamese people, of Uncle Ho's soldiers in the two sacred resistance wars of the nation; no work can fully express the great will and strength of our people, our country in the aspiration "Vietnam is one, the Vietnamese people are one" .
From the storm of war, our people became the victors, became the "conscience and reason for living" of many countries fighting for national liberation, and became the symbol of the era.
The history of the Vietnamese revolution records the especially heroic and loyal role of veteran revolutionary cadres, veterans, former youth volunteers and militiamen, those who participated in the revolution in the resistance zones - those who fought on every battlefield, on every front - from the fiery front line to the solid rear, from the fierce battlefields of Truong Son, Tay Nguyen, Nam Bo to the war zones, swamps, in the enemy's rear, even in prison.
Comrades, Uncle Ho's soldiers, overcame countless hardships, difficulties, and dangers to write golden pages of history about the long-term resistance war, creating "Vietnam's standing" in the flow of the times.
During the arduous years of war, you, with your ardent patriotism, courageous spirit and steadfast will, overcame all losses and sacrifices to contribute to the victory of the Vietnamese revolution.
Many comrades have fallen, forever remaining in the motherland's heart on all fierce battlefields, from North to South, from high mountains to vast seas, from the Central Highlands to coastal plains. Their footsteps have walked on all beloved roads of the Fatherland, from the North to the South, from the South to the North.
There are comrades who return with wounds and illnesses on their bodies, with memories of war deeply imprinted in their minds. There are those who continue to silently contribute to the country in peacetime, from social work, economic development, building new rural areas to educating the younger generation.
In that arduous and heroic journey, we once again affirmed the historical role of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam; the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam and the Liberation Army of South Vietnam. They were the core political-military forces of the revolutionary movement in the South, a part of the "living body" of the national resistance movement of the Vietnamese people, playing a particularly important role in leading, organizing and directly fighting against the Saigon government and the US army, contributing greatly to the cause of liberating the South and unifying the country.
Meeting you today, we seem to see again the fierceness of the war, see before our eyes the battles of Ap Bac, Binh Gia, Ba Gia; see the victory of Van Tuong, see the mothers of Nam Can, see the Saigon girls carrying ammunition, giving first aid, delivering messages, see the student movement against the US and the puppets; see the general offensive and uprising of Tet Mau Than, remember the Route 9 campaign in Southern Laos, the Quang Tri campaign, the Tay Nguyen campaign, the Xuan Loc battle, the scene of the US and the puppets frantically jostling, fighting to get on the helicopter on the roof of the US Embassy in Saigon, see the 5 liberation army wings approaching Saigon, heroically entering the Independence Palace at noon on April 30, 1975.
In this sacred moment filled with memories, we remember the feelings that Uncle Ho had for his fellow countrymen in the South. He once said , "The South is in my heart. Every day I think of my fellow countrymen and soldiers in the South. I love the South very much, I miss the South very much" and "The people of the North and the South will definitely reunite as one family... I intend that on that day, I will travel across the North and the South to congratulate our heroic compatriots, cadres and soldiers, and visit our beloved elders, youth and children ."
All of us sitting here today would like to report to Uncle Ho that his wishes and aspirations for the liberation of the South and the reunification of the country have been fulfilled by generations of descendants. All of the invited delegates today are the ones who directly carried out Uncle Ho's wishes.
The historical journeys of the revolutionary army are an epic in the history of the struggle for national liberation, protection of the country and protection of the people. The Party and the State have decided to invest in building the Vietnam Military Museum to permanently preserve hundreds of thousands of artifacts, documents and documents related to the history of the birth, fighting, victory and growth of the Vietnam People's Army. Phase 1 of the Museum has been completed and put into use since November 1, 2024. To date, there have been nearly 2.5 million visitors, including 12,000 international visitors, with an average of over 20,000 visitors/day. The Museum has become a "red address" for the Vietnamese people and international friends. (In my opinion, the Ministry of National Defense should have a plan to organize for all veterans, members of the Youth Volunteer Force, frontline laborers, militia, and guerrillas who participated in the fight against the US to visit the Vietnam Military History Museum this year, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the country's founding).
The Politburo has also decided to build the Museum of the History of the Communist Party of Vietnam, expected to be inaugurated on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of our Party (February 3, 2030). This will also be a red address, where historical artifacts of the Communist Party of Vietnam are preserved. And I believe that both museums mentioned above have many artifacts left from the contributions of the comrades sitting here today.
Through listening to your comments, I deeply respect, admire and appreciate your great achievements and contributions in the struggle for national liberation, national reunification, and in building and defending the Fatherland. Throughout your lives, wherever you are, in whatever position you hold, you have always demonstrated the mettle, intelligence, talent and dedication of a soldier, a communist party member; dedicating and sacrificing yourselves for the glorious revolutionary cause of our Party, our People and our Army.
I am very grateful for your heartfelt statements, your thoughts, your very responsible assessments of the Party and the people, and your feelings and aspirations to contribute to the development of the country through your statements today. These are great messages, encouragements, and motivations for the future development of the nation. I appreciate your heartfelt contributions.
Dear comrades,
Today, I would like to report to you about some issues that the people are very concerned about, especially policies related to "national security and people's livelihood".
The Central Executive Committee identified the current key tasks as:
Firstly, maintaining a peaceful, stable, secure and orderly environment in the country and the region. On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South, we clearly see the value of independence and freedom, so maintaining a peaceful and secure environment is very important for the development of the country. In particular, we focus on 5 tasks: (a) Continuing to build a clean and strong Party capable of leading the country. (b) Uniting all classes of people under the leadership of the Party, creating strength for victory. (c) Building a lean, compact, strong, creative, and people-serving State apparatus. (d) Building a revolutionary, disciplined, elite, and modern armed force capable of overcoming all difficulties and hardships, not being passive and surprised in any situation. (e) Have a suitable foreign policy, for the national interest, for the people's interest, maintain peace within the country, maintain national stability, ensure to repel conflicts and risks of war, so that people can live in peace and stability.
Second, rapid and sustainable socio-economic development. The Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress has identified two 100-year goals: by 2030, to become a modern industrialized country with an upper middle income; by 2045, our country will become a developed country with a high income. Thus, we must have a rapid growth rate to achieve these goals.
Third, improve people's lives. This is also the goal of socialist society, to meet the increasing needs of the people.
In 2025, we have three important things:
The first thing is to prepare well for the Party Congresses at all levels and the 14th National Party Congress, which is scheduled to take place in the first quarter of 2016. All work must be carried out on schedule. Documents have been basically prepared and will be sent to Party organizations to disseminate and discuss the major orientations of the Party. The spirit is that the documents must be very concise, easy to understand, easy to remember, easy to do, easy to organize, easy to check, and truly reach the people. To organize the Congress well, the organizational apparatus must be very clear and distinct from the commune level, the provincial level, and all levels of the industry.
The second thing is that the recent 11th Central Conference of the 13th tenure discussed in detail the policy of streamlining the organizational apparatus to build a constructive State serving the people. All Party members and people nationwide have known and supported this policy to realize the country's development goals.
The third thing is, by 2025, we strive to achieve the economic growth target of 8% or more. To achieve this goal, we must synchronously complete strategic infrastructure such as transport infrastructure, energy and digital infrastructure. The Politburo will also soon issue a Resolution on the private economy, considering the private economy as the most important driving force of the national economy, creating conditions for the private economy to participate more deeply in the national economy, so that everyone has a job, everyone is enthusiastic about working and producing, creating more material wealth for society.
Uncle Ho once advised before he passed away , "The Party must have a very good plan to develop the economy and culture, in order to continuously improve the people's lives." Therefore, the biggest, most important, and most urgent goal at this time is to develop the socio-economy to improve the people's lives, so that everyone from rural to urban areas, from farmers to workers, from the elderly to children must have food and clothes, a safe and happy life; not only enough to eat and warm clothes, but also delicious food, clean food, beautiful clothes, and a happy and healthy life. The Party has the responsibility to satisfy the increasingly higher needs for spiritual and material life for all people. That is Uncle Ho's wish, that is the goal of the Socialist Society.
Decisions to exempt tuition fees for students from kindergarten to high school; increase health insurance support for people in difficult circumstances, strive for each person to have annual health check-ups; eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses nationwide by 2025; implement social policies demonstrating the superiority of socialism for workers, people in difficult circumstances, people with meritorious services to the Revolution, people in resistance zones during the war, war-torn areas... are all "immediate tasks" that the Central and Government have proposed.
Regarding the policy of rearranging and reorganizing administrative units and building a two-level local government. This is a policy that comes from a strategic vision for the long-term development of the country. The overarching goal of this policy is to quickly bring a truly prosperous and happy life to the people, making the country increasingly powerful; for Vietnam to integrate more strongly into world politics, the international economy and human civilization; expand development space, create comparative advantages and new development space for new administrative units. The Party Central Committee, the Politburo and the Secretariat have discussed and evaluated carefully, considered many aspects and reached a high consensus on implementing this policy. The people of the whole country agree, support and consider this to be a true revolution.
After the arrangement and merger of the Southern provinces ( from Binh Thuan and below, including Lam Dong and Dak Nong ) from 22 provinces and cities to 9 provinces and cities, this created a diverse development space, both in terms of nature, economy, culture, especially making the most of the marine spatial morphology to activate the connection between mountains, forests, plains, and islands to supplement, interact, and support each other to develop while still preserving the cultural identity of the region and locality; creating new momentum for some provinces to become centrally-run cities. At the same time, it created the foundation for the formation of a large economic center in the near future similar to Singapore, Shanghai, Dubai, London, New York...
The merger of provinces aims to create new dynamics, new potentials, and new spaces for development. It is not simply "two plus two equals four" but "two plus two is greater than four" . Can Tho-Hau Giang-Soc Trang; Ben Tre-Tra Vinh-Vinh Long become two new provinces with a "three-legged tripod" firmly entering the era of development, prosperity, and wealth. The new strength will certainly multiply many times. The people of the new provinces of Binh Duong, Dong Thap, Vinh Long, Can Tho, Hau Giang will become people with sea, mountains, and forests. Tay Ninh has a large river mouth connecting to the sea. "Highland people" of Gia Lai, Dak Lak, Lam Dong and "Land people" of Dong Thap, Dong Nai, Vinh Long will become "People with sea".
For the Party Committee, Government and people of Ho Chi Minh City: The city has been liberated for 50 years, the city has bloomed 50 seasons of flowers and the city has had remarkable achievements in the task of socio-economic development, improving the lives of the people. The face of the city has had many positive changes, more modern, more civilized, and richer. But to make "Ho Chi Minh City shine with its golden name" , the Party Committee, Government and people of the city must make more efforts, faster, more determined, and stronger.
I have discussed with the City leaders that there needs to be greater solidarity and unity; stronger political determination; more dynamism and creativity; proactively seizing opportunities and overcoming challenges; maintaining political and social stability; building and developing the City quickly and sustainably with quality and speed higher than the national average; building a healthy cultural environment; constantly improving the material and spiritual life of the people, ensuring security and national defense. Building a civilized and modern Ho Chi Minh City with the role of a special urban area, leading the industrialization and modernization cause, making increasingly greater contributions to the region and the country.
In the new development space, localities will supplement, support, link, and move forward together. The expanded Ho Chi Minh City will not only include the current Ho Chi Minh City with Binh Duong, Ba Ria - Vung Tau, but also be more closely connected with all provinces and cities such as Dong Nai, Tay Ninh, Dong Thap, Vinh Long, Can Tho, An Giang... to " redesign the regional development strategy ", aiming to maximize the unique advantages of each locality to create a new whole that is superior to the sum of its parts.
The new Ho Chi Minh City will become the locomotive, the driving force for strong development in the entire Southeast, Southwest, Central Highlands and South Central regions. But at the same time, the participation, cooperation and additional resources from the Southern provinces and cities - with strengths in land, labor, industry, agriculture, logistics, tourism, culture - will also be essential resources, strengthening the resilience and stature of the expanded Ho Chi Minh City. This is a process of "co-development", "co-elevation", with a relationship of mutual support and complementarity, together towards the common goal of forming a new growth pole with global competitiveness, friendliness, sustainability, and rich identity.
The new mission for the expanded Ho Chi Minh City is not only to become an international megacity leading the region, but also to be a comprehensive development link between the city and the region - in which the southern provinces not only "accompany" but also proactively play the role of strategic partners, jointly creating a common economic, cultural and social space. The new Ho Chi Minh City will be successful if the whole region develops together; and the region will flourish when Ho Chi Minh City leads, cooperates, shares, and moves forward together.
The expanded Ho Chi Minh City will be a regional center of finance, trade, logistics, high-tech industry and marine tourism, playing a key role in the national and regional economic and creative network. The city's development orientation is based on digital technology, green economy, circular economy, promoting sustainable environmental development, building a harmonious, open, cohesive and civilized society, integrating and crystallizing the most advanced and quintessential values of Asia and the world.
The expanded Ho Chi Minh City will play a core role, a driving force for the comprehensive development of the Southeast, Southwest , and more broadly the Central Highlands and South Central regions. The development of the city is closely linked and supports the development of the provinces and cities in the region . Ho Chi Minh City not only "leads", but also closely connects, maximizing the complementary advantages, building an inter-regional economic and cultural space, forming a new growth pole of regional and international stature.
In the process of merging provinces, it is necessary to ensure : (1) Promoting high-quality human resources from all relevant localities , the arrangement of cadres must select people with good capacity, ensuring balance, harmony and solidarity, maximizing the exploitation of talent and management experience from many localities; cadres who dare to think, dare to speak, dare to do, dare to take responsibility, dare to sacrifice for the common interest.
(2) Synchronize spatial development planning, build a modern and integrated infrastructure system, including transport infrastructure, telecommunications infrastructure, urban infrastructure, industrial infrastructure... not only within the new administrative unit but also effectively connect with provinces in the region, forming a synchronous infrastructure network for the whole region.
(3) Unify the legal system and administrative procedures: Develop a common set of standards for the new administrative unit on the basis of harmonization, inheritance and upgrading from the practices of each locality. At the same time, review all current regulations to ensure transparency, convenience and best support for people and businesses both inside and outside the new administrative unit.
(4) Manage land and public assets in an open, transparent and professional manner: Pay special attention to areas with great development potential to avoid loss, waste and vested interests.
(5) Listening, explaining, dialogue and accompanying the people, businesses and localities in the region. Making people understand correctly, trust, be proud and actively participate in the process of restructuring new administrative units is a common task and opportunity for everyone.
After the merger, the requirements are: (1) To form a development space that is closely linked and synchronous between the new and old areas, in terms of spatial planning, finance, technical infrastructure, social infrastructure and urban management; at the same time, to establish regional coordination mechanisms to ensure sustainable, stable and long-term development for the entire Southeast and Southwest regions.
(2) Adjust and optimize the budget and investment resources, with the principle of reasonable and effective allocation for the development of inter-regional transport infrastructure and high-quality public services; at the same time, encourage the participation of resources among southern provinces and cities according to the regional investment linkage mechanism.
(3) Comprehensively care for social security, ensuring that no one is left behind in the development process; prioritize narrowing the development gap between localities, especially newly merged areas and disadvantaged areas.
(4) Strictly protect natural resources and ecological environment, especially in merged provinces with both forests and seas; development must be sustainable, harmonizing economy, society and environment for present and future generations.
(5) Improve the quality of education, healthcare, culture and sports, gradually narrow the gap in public service quality between regions and merged units; build a civilized, modern lifestyle imbued with national cultural identity; better ensure social security and safety so that every citizen has the right to be proud, responsible for contributing and enjoying the fruits of development.
(6) Firmly consolidate national defense, security and order, ensure political and social stability in all situations, especially in the context of large-scale localities, high regional connectivity and deep international integration.
(7) Continuously innovate leadership methods, improve the capacity and fighting strength of Party committees at all levels. Expand and build a truly clean and strong political system; organize a streamlined, efficient, effective, modern government apparatus, imbued with the motto "of the people, by the people, for the people", meeting the increasingly high demands of the people in the new development context.
Dear comrades!
In the overall achievement of the country, the elderly comrades, generals, officers, heroes of the armed forces, heroic Vietnamese mothers, typical policy families, especially the great and great sacrifices of soldiers and people of all classes made the country of the country of triumphal, long -lasting and developing. On behalf of the Party and State leaders, I would like to thank and wish the comrades with his enthusiasm and responsibility, depending on the conditions of each person, continue to make more practical contributions to the glorious revolutionary cause of the Party, people and people.
Once again, wish all comrades and families abundant health, peace and prosperity.
Thank you very much.
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