Party leader visits, extends Tet greetings to Hung Yen's officials, people

As the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival is approaching, Party General Secretary To Lam on January 7 visited and extended Tet greetings to the Party Organisation, administration and people of the northern Hung Yen province.

Party General Secretary To Lam meets with residents of Yen My district of Hung Yen province. (Photo: VNA)
Party General Secretary To Lam meets with residents of Yen My district of Hung Yen province. (Photo: VNA)

Hung Yen (VNA) – As the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival is approaching, Party General Secretary To Lam on January 7 visited and extended Tet greetings to the Party Organisation, administration and people of the northern Hung Yen province.

Lam offered his best wishes to Party and State leaders, former and incumbent local leaders, revolutionary veterans, heroic Vietnamese mothers, heroes of the armed forces, as well as all local officers, soldiers and people.

With 2025 marking the final stretch of the 2021-2025 socio-economic development plan and the realisation of resolutions by all-level Party Congresses for the 2020–2025 term, he asked the provincial Party Organisation to dive deep into understanding the province’s unique context to harness its potential and advantages, set specific goals, priorities, key tasks and breakthroughs to drive a new and stronger transformation in socio-economic development and building of the Party and a clean and strong political system.

The leader requested the provincial Party Organisation to continue leading and directing the swift, drastic and effective restructuring of the political system at the provincial and district levels, ensuring it is streamlined, efficient and effective.

The province should also embrace new working methods, pursue administrative reform, and leverage technological adnvaces in management and governance, he said.

His message was layered with a commitment to social welfare, pushing for policies that would uplift the lives of policy beneficiaries, war veterans, the poor, workers, and vulnerable groups, ensuring that no one in Hung Yen would be left in poverty.

Expressing his confidence in the local Party Organisation, administration and people, the Party chief foresaw the province meeting and excelling beyond the targets set by the 20th provincial Party Congress, transforming into a hub of modern industry and sustainable growth and positioning it among the leading localities nationwide.

Earlier, Lam and his entourage offered incense at Trieu Viet Vuong temple, memorial house of Party General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh, memorial house of Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Binh, memorial house of Hoang Thi Loan – mother of President Ho Chi Minh and Xich Dang Temple of Literature./.

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