State leader attends celebration of President Ho Chi Minh’s visit to Ha Bac

President Vo Van Thuong attended a ceremony in Bac Giang province on October 8 to mark 60 years since the then President Ho Chi Minh’s presence and direction at the first Party congress of Ha Bac province (now Bac Giang and Bac Ninh provinces) (October 17, 1963-2023).
State leader attends celebration of President Ho Chi Minh’s visit to Ha Bac ảnh 1An art performance at the ceremony (Photo: VNA)
Bac Giang (VNA) – President Vo Van Thuong attended a ceremony in BacGiang province on October 8 to mark 60 years since the then President Ho ChiMinh’s presence and direction at the first Party congress of Ha Bac province(now Bac Giang and Bac Ninh provinces) (October 17, 1963-2023).

Addressing the event, Thuong expressed his delight at thedevelopment of Bac Giang, saying that its achievements over the past 60 yearsare the continuous efforts of the local Party Committee and people inimplementing the teachings of President Ho Chi Minh when he visited Bac Giang.

The province needs to focus on strongly transforming theeconomic structure associated with renewing the growth model in the directionof promoting the application of science and technology, and innovation, andincreasing labour productivity; paying more attention to investing inagricultural development, farmers and rural areas.

State leader attends celebration of President Ho Chi Minh’s visit to Ha Bac ảnh 2President Vo Van Thuong (Photo: VNA)
The State leader asked the province to solve bottlenecks,increase competitiveness, maintain a favourable business and investmentenvironment to attract more investors.

With a large area of forests and orchards, the provinceneeds to attach great importance to environmental protection, resourcemanagement, and climate change response, he added.

State leader attends celebration of President Ho Chi Minh’s visit to Ha Bac ảnh 3President Vo Van Thuong offers incense at Xuong Giang victory special national relic site (Photo: VNA)
Earlier the same day, President Vo Van Thuong offeredincense at Xuong Giang victory special national relic site.

State leader attends celebration of President Ho Chi Minh’s visit to Ha Bac ảnh 4President Vo Van Thuong attends the groundbreaking of a project on upgrading the national relic site of Stand B of Bac Giang stadium (Photo: VNA)
He attended the groundbreaking of a project on upgrading thenational relic site of Stand B of Bac Giang stadium where President Ho Chi Minhtalked to local officials and people on October 17, 1963.

State leader attends celebration of President Ho Chi Minh’s visit to Ha Bac ảnh 5President Vo Van Thuong visits veteran Nguyen Van Thong (Photo: VNA)
President Thuong also visited and presented gifts to veteranNguyen Van Thong, and veteran revolutionary and former Secretary of the Ha Bac province’s Party Committee Nguyen Thanh Quat in Bac Giang city./.
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