Long An Honours Notable Sponsors for Provincial Development and Social Welfare

DNHN - In 2023, despite challenging business operations and production activities, enterprises and generous donors still contributed over 536 billion VND to accompany and collaborate with Long An province in implementing social welfare programmes.

To express gratitude for this sentiment, on January 17, 2024, the Long An Provincial People’s Committee held a ceremony to honour outstanding sponsors for the development and social welfare of Long An province in 2023. The ceremony was attended by former President Truong Tan Sang; former First Deputy Prime Minister of the Government - Truong Hoa Binh; Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People’s Council - Nguyen Van Duoc; Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee - Nguyen Van Ut; Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of the province - Truong Van No; Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee - Pham Tan Hoa; Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee - Huynh Van Son; representatives of provincial departments, sectors, and localities, as well as notable sponsors.

In his speech at the ceremony, former President Truong Tan Sang sincerely acknowledged the valuable contributions of the business community to localities in general and to his hometown of Long An in particular. He expressed his hope that in the coming time, businesses will continue to unite, join hands to overcome difficulties and challenges, firmly develop even more robustly and successfully, and increasingly contribute to the goals of economic development and social welfare.

In 2023, despite numerous obstacles in business operations and production, with a sense of responsibility, a spirit of sharing with the community, and, in particular, enthusiastically responding to the call and mobilisation of former President Truong Tan Sang and former First Deputy Prime Minister of the Government Truong Hoa Binh, as well as provincial leaders, enterprises, and generous donors both inside and outside the province have accompanied and collaborated with Long An province to implement numerous social welfare programmes, such as constructing hundreds of bridges and rural roads; providing means of production to poor households; building and repairing hundreds of gratitude houses and charity houses; constructing many spacious, green, clean, and beautiful schools; sponsoring scholarships for hundreds of studious students from disadvantaged backgrounds; and building and renovating numerous cultural works and historical relics. The total value of contributions in 2023 exceeded 536 billion VND. From 2016 to the present, the total value of contributions has reached over 5,000 billion VND.

On this occasion, Mr Nguyen Van Ut - Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee expressed his gratitude: “On behalf of the Party Committee, the government, and the people of Long An, I would like to express my sincere respect, gratitude, and deep appreciation for the valuable, noble, and compassionate contributions of the former President, the former First Deputy Prime Minister of the Government, the business community, and entrepreneurs both inside and outside the province to the development of the province in general and social welfare work in particular. The provincial leaders also hope that entrepreneurs and businesses will continue to pay attention to, accompany, and join hands with the province to effectively carry out social welfare work for our homeland of Long An.”

2024 is a year of special significance, a period of acceleration to successfully fulfil the goals and tasks of the Resolution of the 11th Provincial Party Congress and the 5-Year Plan for 2021-2025. Long An province has set out many important objectives to be achieved in 2024 for socio-economic development. Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Van Ut hopes that entrepreneurs and businesses will continue to promote their pioneering role, take the lead in economic development, be more dynamic, courageous, and creative, adapt quickly to new conditions, dare to think and act, foster a spirit of solidarity and mutual support, assist one another in production and business, and build a corporate culture; propose and, together with the province, implement effective solutions to achieve the set goals and plans. The Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee affirmed that the provincial leaders are committed to always accompanying businesses; vigorously improving the investment and business environment sustainably; effectively implementing policies to support businesses; and promptly removing bottlenecks in production and business.

Uyen Nhi