President Nguyen Minh Triet praised the work of Construction Materials Company No 1 at a ceremony to inaugurate the building of its Fico-Tay Ninh cement plant on December 28.

The State leader also presented the company with the Independence Order, first class. Triet told the company’s officials and employees at the ceremony in Cay Cay Hamlet in the southern province of Tay Ninh that he wanted them to continue upholding its tradition of supporting social welfare in the province.

The President said the new cement plant would help Tay Ninh province’s industrial drive.

Once completed, the plant will generate jobs and raise the living standards of thousands of people in the province.

Triet also expressed his optimism that the company would continue to prosper despite the global economic crisis.

He said he was glad to see that the plant would be able to produce 1.5 million tonnes of cement a year and to raise its annual capacity to 3 million tonnes in the near future.

“It speaks volumes for the unceasing efforts made by the company, which has benefited the people of Tay Ninh,” Triet said.

On the same day, the President met soldiers, heroic mothers and war veterans in the province./.