PM encourages forces on duty during Tet in Can Tho city
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited and presented gifts to encourage the forces who are on duty during the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents Tet gifts to 50 workers who are constructing a 5.16-km Can Tho river embankment. (Photo: VNA)
Can Tho (VNA) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited and presentedgifts to encourage the forces who are on duty during the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festivalin the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho.
Visiting and delivering his Tet wishes to workers of the CanTho Urban Joint Stock Company, PM Chinh highly appreciated the spirit ofsolidarity, hard work, efforts and achievements of more than 450 officials andworkers of the company in recent times.
He requested the Party Committee and authorities of Can Thocity and the company to seek ways to improve the material and spiritual livesof its employees, especially families with difficult circumstances, and policybeneficiaries.
The company is working to ensure environmental sanitation ineight out of nine district-level administrative units of the city.
The Government leader also visited and presented Tet gifts to 50 workerswho are constructing a 5.16-km Can Tho river embankment.
Stressing the importance of the project, he said that theMekong Delta in general and Can Tho city in particular are among the places in theworld most affected by climate change.
He asked them to speed up construction to complete the projecton schedule and ensure quality and environmental protection.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visits Can Tho city’s police and military forces. (Photo: VNA)
The PM also paid a pre-Tet visit to the city’spolice and military forces, during which he asked their officers and soldiers to always closely followand firmly grasp the situation, and not be passive or surprised in any circumstance; and be the core in protecting the Fatherland's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity./.
State President Vo Van Thuong extended warm Tet greetings to disadvantaged people and workers with difficulties while attending the “Tet sum vay – Xuan tri an” (Tet reunion – Spring gratitude) programme in Ho Chi Minh City’s Thu Duc city on February 2 (the Kitchen God Day- 23rd day of the 12th lunar month).
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents Tet gifts to 50 workers who are constructing a 5.16-km Can Tho river embankment. (Photo: VNA) 
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visits Can Tho city’s police and military forces. (Photo: VNA) 
