Top leader demands stronger changes for Hanoi’s sustainable development
Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong on October 12 requested that Hanoi make comprehensive and stronger improvements in all aspects so as to develop faster and more sustainably.
Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Party GeneralSecretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong on October 12 requested that Hanoimake comprehensive and stronger improvements in all aspects so as to developfaster and more sustainably.
Addressing the 17th Hanoi Party Congress for the2020-2025 tenure, the top leader congratulated the local Party organisation,administration, and people on their significant achievements over the lastfive-year tenure, which he said have contributed considerably to Vietnam’s commonsuccesses.
He asked the capital to concurrently build onits glorious traditions and achievements, tap into its potential andadvantages, optimise its opportunities, and mobilise all resources, inparticular the trust and unanimity of local cadres, Party members, and people,to serve the city’s development.
The Party organisation, administration, andpeople of Hanoi should be further aware of the role, stature, and responsibilityof the capital as well as its Party organisation, he said, noting that as thecity plays a particularly important role and holds many advantages that cannotbe found elsewhere, its Party organisation needs to take appropriate steps foreach period that match the country’s development strategy.
As one of the economic locomotives of the nation, it is necessary for Hanoi tocapitalise on every resource, potential, and advantage to develop its localeconomy quickly and sustainably so that it can truly serve as a developmentdriving force, the Party and State leader said.
The Party organisation of Hanoi, he went on,also needs to pay special attention to Party building and rectification; thestudying and following of late President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality, andlifestyle; along with the fight against wrongful and hostile viewpoints,“self-evolution” and “self-transformation”, as well as corruption and waste.
The 17th Party Congress of Hanoi, attended by497 official delegates representing over 450,000 Party members in the city,opened on the morning of October 12 and will wrap up on October 13./.
Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong attended and delivered a key speech at the 17th Party Congress of Hanoi which opened on October 12.
The 17th Congress of Hanoi’s Party organisation for the 2020-2025 tenure opened on October 12 morning, with the participation of 497 official delegates representing over 450,000 Party members across the capital city.
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Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong (Source: VNA) 
