Hanoi (VNA) – The Party Central Committee (PCC)’sSecretariat met in Hanoi on February 16 to review the implementation of itsDirective No. 26-CT/TW, issued on November 23 last year, on the organisation ofthe Lunar New Year (Tet) 2024 celebrations and assign some focal tasks toall-level Party committees.

A report delivered at the meeting noted that thanks to the early issuance ofthe directive, Party committees and administrations at all levels actively madepreparations to ensure a merry, safe, and economical Tet for all people andcreate new momentum for socio-economic development, national defence, andsecurity safeguarding. Tet goods were diverse and had ensured quality as wellas stable prices, made-in-Vietnam goods held an increasing market share,traffic and communications were smooth, while improvements were seen in fireprevention and food safety.

Party and State leaders paid Tet visits to all 63 provinces and centrally-run cities, presented gifts to social policy beneficiaries and workers notreturning home for Tet, and extended greetings to residents in remote anddisadvantaged areas along with the forces on duty during the holiday.

Tet gifts and assistance worth nearly 20 trillion VND (815 million USD) werepresented to more than 13.9 million people of target groups, statistics showed.

Communications on national and local achievements were enhanced, and a widerange of Tet celebrations and festivals were held; security, border sovereignty,territory, and social order and safety were firmly maintained; and the annual treeplanting festival was organised practically and effectively, according to thereport.

The Secretariat praised all-level agencies, organisations, Party committees,and administrations' serious, creative, and fruitful implementation of thedirective.

During this year’s Tet, more national projects were sustained compared to lastyear. These include the North-South Expressway, Long Thanh InternationalAirport, the 500kV circuit-3 power transmission line, Ring Road 3 of Ho ChiMinh City, Bien Hoa-Vung Tau Expressway, and the Terminal T3 project of theTan Son Nhat International Airport.

Regarding post-Tet duties, the Secretariat ordered agencies, units, andlocalities immediately get down to political tasks, quickly resume normaloperations to serve people, promote industrial production and construction,properly tend to the winter - spring rice crop, actively prevent crop andlivestock diseases, and continue assisting some important sectors directly hitby changes in the global market.

The Secretariat also asked for implementing comprehensive measures to safeguardnational security and social order and safety, fostering the combat againstcrimes and social evils, properly carrying out social security policies, andcaring for laid-off and disadvantaged workers.

In addition, it is also necessary to boost internal political security,increase communications to popularise economic, cultural, and socialachievements, and effectively fight distortions and wrongful allegations ofhostile forces, according to the Secretariat./.