Long An: 10 remarkable events in 2021

1. Successfully held the election of deputies to the XVth National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels, term 2021-2026 in the province.

On May 23, 2021, together with voters nationwide, more than 1,279,000 voters in Long An province voted for deputies to the XVth National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels, term 2021-2026, reaching 99.83 percent. Election results, 8 out of 8 people were elected as National Assembly deputies; 60 out of 60 people elected to be deputies to the Provincial People's Council; 473 out of 476 people were elected delegates to the district People's Council; 4,819 out of 4,863 people elected to be deputies to the People's Council at commune level.

Provincial leaders come to inspect the election of deputies to the XVth National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels, term 2021-2026

2. On March 21, 2021, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Phuc - Member of the Politburo, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (now President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam) attended the Inauguration Ceremony of Phuoc Dong Wharf Bridge Industrial Park and awarded the ceremony. Certificate of investment registration for typical projects in Long An.

At the ceremony, Long An province awarded investment certificates for Long An LNG Thermal Power Plants I and II projects of LG Liquefied Gas Power Company and other projects, with a total investment capital of more than 3.2 billion USD.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Phuc - Member of the Politburo, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (now President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam) and leaders of the Central Government, provinces and businesses pressed the buttons to inaugurate the Phuoc Dong Wharf Bridge Industrial Park.

3. Inaugurate Thien Ho Duong High School - the first high-quality school in the Dong Thap Muoi region of the province, with an area of 34,379 square meters, a total investment of 132 billion VND.

This is the school that the Former State President - Truong Tan Sang mobilized the Saigon Investment Group, the Northwest Saigon Urban Development Joint Stock Company to invest in building; named after the national hero Thien Ho Duong with the meaning of traditional patriotic education for young generations.

Ribbon is cut to inaugurate the Thien Ho Duong High School

4. Successfully organize "The seminar on orientation for the development of hi-tech economic zones"

On April 19, 2021, the province successfully organized "The seminar on orientation for the development of hi-tech economic zones" with the participation of Comrade Truong Hoa Binh - Politburo member (term XII), Standing Deputy Prime Minister (term of 2016-2021) and many important leading partners. At the seminar, the province signed 10 memorandums of understanding and contracts with partners who are domestic and foreign organizations and businesses to carry out digital transformation and develop orientations for the hi-tech economic region.

Standing Deputy Prime Minister (term  2016-2021) - Truong Hoa Binh (first row, 2nd, R) attends the seminar

5. Long An is the first province to control the Covid-19 epidemic, soon return to the "new normal" state and quickly restore production and trade of enterprises and socio-economic development throughout the province.

The frontline forces are injected vaccine against Covid-19 

6. Although the situation of the Covid-19 epidemic is complicated, affecting all aspects of socio-economic life, in 2021, Long An will still achieve economic growth rate (GRDP) of 1.02 percent and collect the state budget revenue with 18,800 billion VND, reaching 123.9 percent of the central estimate and reaching 120.6 percent of the estimate assigned by the Provincial People's Council.s

The difficulties are removed for businesses in the current period to restore production, trade and attract FDI

7. Immediately after controlling the Covid-19 pandemic, Long An organized the groundbreaking of many important transport infrastructure projects: Bridge over Vam Co Tay River connecting Ring Road of Tan An City; Provincial Road (PR) 823D - the axis linking the region, connecting Long An with Ho Chi Minh City and the Eastern and Southwest provinces; inaugurated PR 818; so on to create a complete transport system to attract investment and develop society-economy.

Central and local leaders press the buttons to start the construction of the bridge over the Vam Co Tay River connecting the Ring Road of Tan An City

8. Inaugurate the relief of Comrade Chau Van Liem and the demonstration on June 4, 1930 at the Duc Hoa crossroad relic site (Duc Hoa townlet, Duc Hoa district) and celebrate the 160th anniversary of the Tay Duong fort battle (December 16, 1861 – December 16, 2021) at Can Giuoc Martyrs Monument Area, Can Giuoc Townlet, Can Giuoc District.

Chau Van Liem's bas-relief was recently invested by the province with an investment of over 19 billion VND to preserve, embellish and promote the cultural heritage values of the June 4, 1930 protest at the place where he died.

The raid on the Tay Duong fort on the full moon night of November in the year of the Rooster was a brilliant milestone. From this epic battle, for the first time, the image of a farmer stepped onto the historical stage through the immortal writings - The funeral oration for the martyrs of Can Giuoc (Van te nghia si Can Giuoc) by patriotic poet Nguyen Dinh Chieu.

Delegates cut the ribbon to inaugurate the Chau Van Liem bas-relief

9. Long An cooperated with the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and the Central Propaganda and Training Department to successfully organize the ministerial-level scientific conference "Comrade Vo Van Tan with the Vietnamese revolution and the homeland of Long An" on the 130th birthday anniversary of comrade Vo Van Tan - former Standing Member of the Party Central Committee, former Secretary of the Party Committee of Cochinchina.

The seminar took place on August 26, 2021 to review the vibrant and rich revolutionary life of comrade Vo Van Tan; gratituded and honored for his great contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation; at the same time, it contributed to fostering and educating revolutionary traditions for cadres, party members and people of all classes, especially the young generation.

Politburo member, Director of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council - Nguyen Xuan Thang speaks at the opening ceremony and conference title (Photo: VNA)

10. Long An conducted the development of the Provincial Planning for the period 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, ensuring a solid basis for the province to manage and develop sustainably in the future.

In the process of development, Long An oriented development according to the province's economic structure in terms of industry, trade - urban services, and hi-tech agriculture. The province's zoning is very clear, the province also based on this zoning, ensuring harmony in the process of organizing and implementing the planning when it oriented planning.

The appearance of urban areas in the province is increasingly great progress

By BLA – Translated by Duc Tam

Source: https://baolongan.vn/10-su-kien-noi-bat-tinh-long-an-nam-2021-a128058.html