State President meets with Ho Chi Minh City’s voters
State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and candidates for the 15th National Assembly met with voters in Cu Chi and Hoc Mon districts of Ho Chi Minh City on May 14-15 via videoconference.
State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets with voters in Hoc Mon district (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNA) – State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and candidates forthe 15th National Assembly met with voters in Cu Chi and Hoc Mon districts of HoChi Minh City on May 14-15 via videoconference.
Presenting his programme of action, President Phuc affirmedthat he will do his utmost to serve the nation and people.
He stressed the need for deputies to listen to voters’aspirations and ideas and report them to the National Assembly, Party, Stateand relevant agencies, and pay more attention to locals’ substantialsocio-economic affairs.
It is also necessary to seek measures to reduce time andcosts related to administrative procedures to create favourable conditions forlocals and businesses, focus more on improving social welfare, and step up thefight against corruption and wastefulness.
The State leader also requested municipal authorities toinvest more in areas with slow development, build strong defense and security, exertefforts to improve the position and prestige of Vietnam in the internationalarena and speed up judicial reform.
For Cu Chi and Hoc Mon, the State President said it is necessaryto develop general planning for the two districts in the city’s overall masterplan to develop them into an ecological urban area during 2030-2045, with the highlightbeing the Northwest urban area.
State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presents gift to Heroic Mother Nguyen Thi Xay in Hoc Mon (Photo: VNA)
On this occasion, President Phuc also visited and met withvoters of Division 9 of Army Corps 4, during which he hailed the unit’scontributions to the national construction and defemce.
Besides, he also visited and presented gifts toseveral policy beneficiaries in Cu Chi and Hoc Mon districts./.
The National Election Council (NEC) has allowed the Central Highlands provinces of Kon Tum and Dak Lak to hold early voting at certain polling stations.
There is now less than two weeks to go before the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and members of People’s Councils at all levels for the 2021-2026 tenure. Voters in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang have expressed a belief that the deputies elected will contribute greatly to policies for the construction of the homeland.
During May 14-15, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and other candidates for the upcoming election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly in constituency No.10 met local voters in Cu Chi and Hoc Mon districts, Ho Chi Minh City.
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State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets with voters in Hoc Mon district (Photo: VNA) 
State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presents gift to Heroic Mother Nguyen Thi Xay in Hoc Mon (Photo: VNA) 
