President attends ceremony for Action Month for Elderly in Hung Yen
Hanoi (VNA)
– President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a ceremony in the northern province of
Hung Yen on October 1 in response to the Action Month for the Vietnamese
Elderly, on the occasion of the International Day of Older
Persons.
In his
speech, the leader extended his regards and praise to the 12 million senior
citizens for their active contributions to national construction and defence.
Describing them as an
important driving force of the society and mainstay of families and
communities, he affirmed that the Vietnamese Party, State and people are
always respectful and grateful to thousands of old women honoured as Heroic
Vietnamese Mothers, many Heroes of the People’s Armed Forces and Heroes of Labour for their sacrifice and tireless dedication.
He hailed the Vietnam Association of the Elderly (VAE) with
10 million members, including its Hung Yen provincial chapter, for holding
activities in response to the month, patriotic emulation campaigns and the
fight against COVID-19.
He asked the VAE, Party committees and authorities to
continue following the Party’s guidelines, State policies and laws on the
elderly, creating conditions for them to uphold their role in national
development, continue being bright examples and spiritual mainstay for future
generations.
The President wished that the Vietnamese old persons at
home and abroad would continue joining patriotic emulation campaigns, thus
dedicating their brainpower and experience to the national development.
On the occasion, he presented gifts to five centenaries living in the province and certificates of merit to individuals and
organisations that care for the elderly.
During a working
session with the standing
board of the provincial Party Committee the same day, the leader agreed with their
proposal to choose three strategic breakthroughs, namely management in
accordance with the provincial planning, socio-economic infrastructure
development with a focus on transport infrastructure, and hi-quality workforce
training.
The province should gear toward hi-tech and eco-friendly
industry, spread organic and hi-tech farming models and support new-style
cooperative models, he said.
In his opinion, Hung Yen needs to continue improving
business environment and economic resilience, promoting the private sector and
start-up spirit among youths.
In the past nine months, the local economy expanded by
10.4% with revenue to the State budget reaching over 45 trillion VND (1.95
billion USD), or 3.4-fold increase from the same period last year. Public
investment disbursement met 92.4% of the plan. The province also came third
nationwide in terms of the target programme on new rural development in 2020.
The rate of poor households has been reduced to below 2.5%./.