The Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee met in Hanoi on January 31 under the chair of Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong to review the performance of the its directive on the organisation of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The
Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee met in
Hanoi on January 31 under the chair of Party General Secretary and President
Nguyen Phu Trong to review the performance of the its directive on the
organisation of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.
The Secretariat lauded sectors and
agencies for their serious observance of the Secretariat’s Directive 40 and the
Prime Minister’s Directive 33 to improve the people’s spiritual and material lives
during the festival.
Due attention was paid to social policy
beneficiaries, national contributors, the elderly, the poor and labourers in
localities, it said.
Through organisations and agencies, the
President presented Tet gifts to more than 1.7 million people across the
country. Meanwhile, cities and provinces mobilised more than 1.6 billion VND
(69,000 USD) to support over 2.3 million social policy beneficiaries and poor
households during the festival.
The Secretariat also commended efforts
in ensuring traffic safety, especially administrative fines imposed on violations
of traffic rules, and maintaining political security, border, sea and island
sovereignty, social order and safety and firefighting,
Officials and Party members have set
examples in thrift practice and anti-corruption.
Regarding tasks in the time ahead, the
Secretariat asked all-level Party committees to focus on fighting the acute
respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV), considering this a
central, urgent task for both short and long terms.
Speaking at the meeting, Party General
Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong said right after the Tet holiday,
sectors and agencies need to resume production and business, and complete their
assigned political tasks.
He emphasised the need to further
prepare and organise all-level Party congresses, towards the 13th National Party Congress, well perform foreign affairs, especially Vietnam’s role
and responsibility as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security
Council and ASEAN Chair, firmly protect sovereignty, border and territorial
integrity, and ensure political security and social order and safety.
The leader also asked all-level Party
committees to organise practical activities to celebrate the 90th founding anniversary of the CPV (February 3), and the country’s major
festivals.
After scrutinising proposals of the CPV
Central Committee’s Commission Organisation, the Secretariat made some
personnel decisions./.