Local voters expressed their highunanimity with many guidelines and policies on socio-economicdevelopment and security-defence which were adopted by the NA during itsseventh session.
They expressed their anger atChina’s illegal placement of the oil rig Haiyang Shiyou-981 in Vietnam’scontinental shelf and exclusive economic zone as well as itsmaintenance of a large number of escort ships to hinder Vietnamese lawenforcement forces’ sovereignty protection activities.
They also proposed measures to enhance economic and defence strengthsfor the country’s sea and islands, and firmly safeguard national seasovereignty.
NA Chairman Hung pointed todifficulties facing the country over the past time, including unstableeconomic development, high poverty rate, and limited defence-securitystrength.
China’s illegal rig placement inVietnamese waters has caused numerous difficulties for the country incarrying out its socio-economic development plans while stirring angeramong the people, he said.
This situation requireseach voter and each person to make greater efforts and maintain theirsolidarity, proactiveness and creativeness in order to overcome alldifficulties for the cause of national construction and defence, headded.
“We always aspire for peacefully developmentand Vietnam-China friendship but the Vietnamese nation never yields toany threat and violation of its national independence and sovereignty,”he stressed.
The same day, the NA Chairman anddeputies visited Ngan Truoi-Cam Trang irrigation system in Vu Quangdistrict, an important work for the province’s socio-economicdevelopment.
Under construction since June 2009,the 9 trillion VND (428.5 million USD) project includes a 750 millioncu.m reservoir, the third largest of its kind in the country, and a 16MW hydropower plant. It provides water for Thach Khe iron mine and32,500 ha of agricultural land in eight districts.-VNA