Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong paid a Tet visit to the
Party committee, authorities and people of the central province of Quang
Nam on Jan. 13-14.
At a Jan. 14 meeting with key officials and
people of Quang Nam province, the Party leader wished them a happy
new year and success in implementing the province’s socio-economic
targets.
He reminded the local Party committee and authorities to pay more attention to the people’s lives.
Earlier,
the Party leader visited the Tam Phuoc commune in Phu Ninh district –
which was pilot locality in building the new style rural area and has to
date fulfilled 18 out of 19 criteria on new rural area construction.
Trong
visited and presented gifts to 88-year-old Vietnamese heroic mother
Nguyen Thi Chien, whose husband and two children sacrificed their lives
for the country.
He also visited the revolutionary base relic
site in Song Tra commune of Hiep Duc district, where he lit incense in
memory of Vo Chi Cong, late chairman of the State of Council .
The
Party leader met with people of ethnic groups in the three poor
mountainous communes of Song Tra, Phuoc Tra and Phuoc Gia and presented
gifts to 88-year-old Vietnamese heroic mother Do Thi Thang,
revolutionary veterans and needy families.
Meanwhile on Jan. 14 in Hanoi , President Truong Tan Sang met with writers and artists, wishing them a happy new year.
He
said with their talent, tireless work and creativeness, writers and
artists have been making contributions to preserving and promoting the
nation’s valuable traditional cultural value.
He said he believed
that as fighters on the ideological front, the writers and artists will
continue joining hands with other circles, branches and localities to
successfully implement political tasks and targets for 2012 and the
Resolution of the 11th Party Congress.
Also the same day,
President Sang paid a New Year visit to Prof. Vu Khiey, who at the age
of 97 is working on a three-volume book on 1,000 years of Thang
Long-Hanoi, a study project that he wrote for the past 10 years./.