Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong visited police officers, staff of the National Load Dispatch Centre (NLDC) and environmental workers of Hanoi who were on duty on the last night of the Year of the Dog on February 4.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong visited the traffic-order police team of Ba Dinh district, Hanoi, on February 4 night

He was accompanied by Minister of Public Security To Lam, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Hoang Trung Hai and other officials.

The Party and State leader hailed efforts by the traffic-order police team of Ba Dinh district, which houses the headquarters of many central agencies and ministries, in ensuring political security and social order and safety.

He said their tasks become even heavier during the Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday when they have to ensure absolute security and safety for people to enjoy a merry Tet.

He wished them as well as police officers nationwide health, happiness and tasks fulfilled in the Year of the Pig.

Visiting the NLDC of the Vietnam Electricity group (EVN), Party General Secretary and President Trong spoke highly of the sector’s active preparations to ensure power supply throughout Tet. He also applauded their efforts to develop the electricity sector into one of the spearhead industries critical to national industrialisation and modernisation.

The EVN has helped ensure energy security, and it should bring into play its achievements in the time ahead, the leader added.

On this occasion, he also talked to electricity workers at Con Co Island, the Son La hydropower plant and the 500kV substation in Dong Anh district of Hanoi via video calls.

On Thanh Nien street, the leader met and talked to residents and environmental workers of Hanoi.

Also on the Lunar New Year’s Eve, General Secretary and President Trong and other officials offered incense at the 1,500-year-old Tran Quoc Pagoda, one of the oldest pagodas in Hanoi, and Quan Thanh Temple to pray for national peace and prosperity and people’s happiness.

PM pays Tet visits to armed forces, residents in Da Nang city

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (front, second, left) visits the Da Nang Military High Command on February 5 

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc sent the best wishes to armed forces and residents in Da Nang while visiting the central city on February 5, the first day of the Year of the Pig.

At the Da Nang Military High Command, he extended the Lunar New Year (Tet) greetings from Party and State leaders to officers and soldiers of the armed forces in the city, asking them to uphold their traditions to fulfill every task assigned by the Party and State.

Appreciating the forces’ achievements, he noted that Da Nang holds an important role in the implementation of Vietnam’s maritime strategy in the central region.

He requested the forces enhance their coordination, stay ready to respond to any circumstances and carry out the mass mobilisation work well so as to win more people’s trust.

The Government leader also asked leaders of armed forces units to better care for the life of their officers and soldiers who are on duty during the Tet holiday.

Col. Truong Chi Lang, Commander of the Da Nang Military High Command, reported on the local armed forces’ attainments in 2018, elaborating that they successfully ensured political security and social order, safeguarded the country’s sovereignty at sea, and helped strengthen civil-military relations.

They have been seriously performing their tasks during the Tet holiday, he said, adding that Tet wishes and gifts have been offered to officers, soldiers and people with disadvantages in Da Nang.

Also on February 5, PM Phuc visited and extended Tet greetings to officials and residents in Thuan Phuoc ward of the city’s Hai Chau district.

On February 4, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee Tran Thanh Man paid Tet visits to the Military High Command, the Department of Public Security and the Can Tho Urban JSC in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.

VNA