Top legislator pays pre-Tet visit to Yen Bai province
National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on January 31 visited and extended his Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to the Party Committee, authorities, people and armed forces of northern Yen Bai province.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue speaks at the event (Photo: VNA)
Yen Bai (VNA) – National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on January 31 visited and extended his Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings to the Party Committee, authorities, people and armed forces of northern Yen Bai province.
The Chairman expressed his impression at and appreciation of the province’s synchronised, flexible, and effective implementation of socio-economic development tasks, which has led to many important, comprehensive, and outstanding results.
Accordingly, the average annual growth rate of its gross regional domestic product reached 7.24% in the 2021-2023 period, ranking fifth out of 14 provinces in the region. The local economic structure continued to shift positively. Yen Bai also took the lead among northern mountainous provinces in building new-style rural areas, with the provincial contributions to the State budget exceeding the assigned plan, reflecting its sustainable development.
Hue suggested that Yen Bai further focus on effectively organising and implementing resolutions of the Party Central Committee, preserve and promote the nation’s great solidarity, and strengthen its Party building work.
He also requested the province to pay attention to taking care of policy beneficiaries, people in difficult circumstances, and poor households, while carrying out measures to ensure security and order, especially during the upcoming Tet holiday, and preparing the best conditions for a joyful and safe Lunar New Year celebration./.
National Assembly Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai visited and presented Tet gifts to social policy beneficiary households and poor students in Luc Ngan district, the northern province of Bac Giang on January 26.
A working delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on January 28 paid a visit to the northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien on the threshold of the Lunar New Year (Tet), the most important and longest festival of Vietnamese people in a year.
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National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue speaks at the event (Photo: VNA) 
