Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visited the central
province of Quang Ngai on Jan. 14-15 on the occasion of the upcoming
Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
Meeting with Quang Ngai
province’s leaders on Jan. 15, the Party chief praised the provincial
authorities and people for the achievements in socio-economic
development, ensuring defence and security and building the Party and
the political system, contributing to the country’s common revolutionary
cause.
He said that over the past year, Quang Ngai has
recorded encouraging successes, with a per-capita GDP exceeding 1,400
USD per year and budget collection reaching over 17.5 trillion VND in
2011.
The operation of the Dung Quat oil refinery at full
capacity helped speed up the province’s socio-economic development,
generate more jobs and improve the living standards for local residents,
he added.
On the same day, General Secretary Trong visited and
offered incense at the Memorial Site of the late Prime Minister Pham
Van Dong in Duc Tan commune, Mo Duc district.
Earlier, the
Party leader paid a Tet visit to the authorities and people of Hanh
Thinh commune, which leads Nghia Hanh district in building newly-styled
rural areas.
On Jan. 14, General Secretary Trong visited Son
Tinh district’s Tinh Ky commune, which boasts 85 percent of its
population living on aquaculture./.
