Hai Phong Port’s workers honoured with Labour Order
A ceremony was held in the northern city of Hai Phong on November 30 to mark the 90th traditional day of Hai Phong Port’s workers (November 24) and the 90th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s first cell in the port (November 28).
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (fifth, left) presents the third-class Labour Order to representatives of Hai Phong Port’s cadres and workers at the ceremony on November 30 (Photo: VNA)
Hai Phong (VNA) – A ceremony washeld in the northern city of Hai Phong on November 30 to mark the 90thtraditional day of Hai Phong Port’s workers (November 24) and the 90th foundinganniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s first cell in the port(November 28).
On behalf of the Party and State leaders, PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented the third-class Labour Order to the cadresand workers of Hai Phong Port in recognition of their particularly excellentcontributions to national development.
The first generation of the port’s workers wasformed in 1874, when the French colonialists began to build the first wharvesin Hai Phong. With an undaunted spirit, local workers fought against unjusttreatment, thus greatly contributing to the national struggles againstcolonialists and imperialists.
On November 24, 1929, the fight against portowners by 500 workers came to complete success, and this date became thetraditional day of local workers.
During the resistance war against the US, anumber of emulation movements were launched among workers of the port. Besides,Hai Phong Port was not only the place to receive assistance from othersocialist countries but also the starting point of the Ho Chi Minh Trail atSea.
Its workers stood side by side with militaryforces to unyieldingly fight and win against raids by the US air force andensure the safety for infrastructure and goods to serve the socialism buildingin the north and support the battle against the US in the south.
In the reform period, Hai Phong Port has beenexpanded and modernised. Its workers have actively engaged in emulationmovements, helping to improve productivity and quality of their performance.From 2009 to 2018, about 1,320 initiatives, mostly proposed by workers, helpedthe port save 16.2 billion VND (over 700,000 USD).
In 2019, Hai Phong Port is set to handle 35million tonnes of cargo, earn more than 2.2 trillion VND in revenue and over600 billion VND in profit, and contribute some 200 billion VND to the Statebudget.
According to Secretary of the Hai Phongmunicipal Party Committee Le Van Thanh, the city has a strategic location interms of socio-economy, security and defence of Vietnam. Particularly, the over-145-year-oldHai Phong Port is the most important gateway to the sea of the northern region.Its impressive performance over the past years has met socio-economicdevelopment demand of the country./.
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (fifth, left) presents the third-class Labour Order to representatives of Hai Phong Port’s cadres and workers at the ceremony on November 30 (Photo: VNA) 
