PM meets voters in Can Tho city

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh addresses the meeting (Photo: VNA)

Can Tho (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinhmet nearly 800 voters in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on October 13, duringwhich he answered many questions and requests regarding various areas.

After listening to a report on the planned agenda of theNational Assembly’s fourth session and the operations of the NA delegation ofdeputies in the first nine months of 2022, voters showed their delight atpositive outcomes of the COVID-19 fight as well as socio-economic recoveryand development of the country.

They raised concern about a number of issues related to theliving conditions of locals and socio-economic development of Can Tho and theMekong Delta region in general.

Voters also stressed the need to design policies topreserve and promote the cultural identity of the Khmer ethnic minority group and seeksolutions to deal with the shortage of medicine and medical bio-products,stabilise prices of agricultural input materials and petrol, and speed up majornational transport projects.

Ngo Thanh Tien (standing), a voter from Thoi Binh ward, Ninh Kieu district speaks at the meeting (Photo: VNA)

PM Chinh asked relevant agencies to respond to proposals andrequests of the voters in line with their authority and responsibility, andreport issues beyond their capacity to the Government as well as ministries andsectors.

He said that the Governmenthas issued many regulations to protect users and enhance the sense ofresponsibility of telecommunication service suppliers, and pledged that the Government will work harder to improve the situation.

Mentioning the implementation of national transportprojects, he said that the Government has set up a national steering committeeto direct their construction.

The Government leader said that the Government has held manymeetings to give directions and solutions to deal with shortcomings in thebidding of medicine and medical equipment, ensuring the health of the people.

Regarding the teaching of the language of the Khmer community,PM Chinh said that the Party and State always pay great attention to thepreservation and promotion of cultural values of ethnic groups through themaintenance of their languages and scripts. The policy has been stated in resolutionsof the Party, the Education Law, and decrees of the Government. Localities areencouraged to choose the languages of ethnic minority groups for teaching, hestated.

Over the petrol prices, PM Chinh said that the State andGovernment have directed ministries, sectors and localities, especially theMinistry of Industry and Trade, to work hard to ensure the market and pricestability, meeting the demand of production, business and people’s dailyactivities.

On the development of the transport infrastructure system ofCan Tho city, he said that the Government has also directed the expansion andconstruction of a number of transport projects including Can Tho Airport, CaiCui Port and expressways connecting the city and regional transport routes./.

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