Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu
Trong paid a visit to staff at the National Assembly Office yesterday, Jan 26, on the
occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year Festival, which falls on February 3.

Party General Secretary and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong pays a Tet visit to NA officers and staff yesterday, Jan 26. (Photo: VNS)

Trong,
who is also National Assembly Chairman, spoke highly of the great efforts made
and the responsibility shown by officers and staff to complete their tasks last
year.

He said
that in 2010, the country had marked great achievements of National Assembly
activities, such as the 7th and 8th sessions of the 12th National Assembly and
meetings of the National Assembly Standing Committee that had left a good
impression on voters and people throughout the country.

The
success of Viet Nam’s role as ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly Chairman in the
2009-10 term also contributed to the international reputation of Viet Nam’s
National Assembly thanks to the efficient contributions of all officers and
staff, Trong said.

He also
reminded them to try to complete the 12th National Assembly term on a high and
prepare for the upcoming 13th National Assembly election as well as the People’s
Council election.

Generals commended

Prime
Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, who is also a politburo member, yesterday paid a Tet
(Lunar New Year) visit to the General Department for Anti-Crime Police and the
General Department for Homeland Security II.

He
commended generals, officers and staff of the two departments for their
achievements last year.

“You
have greatly contributed to the country’s political security, maintaining law
and order and achieving rapid socio-economic development,” Dung said. “Viet
Nam’s increasing prestige in the world is greatly attributable to the efforts
made by the public security forces.”

Regarding the forces’ tasks for this year, Dung asked them to hold high the
vigilance against dark plots and smash them in the bud in order to maintain a
peaceful life for the people and protect the country’s territorial integrity.

He also
asked the People’s Public Security Forces, including the Homeland Security
Forces, to act as good advisors to the Party and Government in order to
successfully mobilise the integrated strength of the whole political system in
the fight against crimes.

Dung
urged the police forces to train themselves to become an elite force that can
foil any dark schemes of the enemy or counter-revolutionary forces.

The same
day, Deputy Prime Minister and Politburo member Nguyen Sinh Hung visited the Hai
Phong Shipyard.

Hung
expressed his appreciation of the great efforts made by leaders and workers at
the Hai Phong Shipyard in overcoming difficulties and challenges in 2010.

He
congratulated the Vinashin Group’s efforts in restructuring its business to make
Viet Nam’s ship building industry stable and developed.

“In the
last half of 2010 the shipbuilding industry scored a quite remarkable recovery,
contributing to make the shipyard workers feel at ease in their work,” Hung
said.

On the
occasion, Hung also visited the Nam Trieu and Pha Rung shipyards where he
presented gifts to the workers.

Meanwhile Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong on Tuesday started a two-day
visit to Ha Giang, a poor northern mountain province made up mostly of ethnic
people.

To help
people have a comfortable Tet, Trong presented them 2,500 packages of gifts,
worth VND500 million (US$26,000).

Nguyen
Thi Kim Ngan, minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and Secretary of
the Party Central Committee, concluded her two-day New Year visit to the
southern most province of Ca Mau yesterday.

During
her stay there, Ngan presented gifts to social beneficiary households which had
rendered great services to the homeland.

Yesterday, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai, Secretary of the Party Central
Committee and Director of its Commission for Communication and Education To Huy
Rua, and Secretary of the Party Central Committee Ngo Xuan Lich visited and
wished a Happy New Year to people in southern Binh Thuan Province, northern Hoa
Binh Province and outstanding artists in Ha Noi.

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