President meets prestigious locals in Bac Kan

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met in Hanoi on November 17 a delegation of reputable people and exemplary village heads in the northern province of Bac Kan on the occasion the 91st anniversary of Traditional Day of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (November 18) and 18 years of launching the great national unity festival.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaking at the event (Photo: VNA)
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaking at the event (Photo: VNA)

The President affirmed the position and role of reputable people and exemplary village heads in bringing the Party’s policies and orientations and the State’s law to ethnic communities.

He affirmed leaders of ministries, sectors and localities, including Bac Kan, and the entire political system have to continue paying attention to the 13th National Party Congress’s point of view on building a contingent of personnel and people with typical prestige in ethnic minority areas.

Localities also need to pay attention to fostering, arranging, and employing reputable people in social and mass organisations in residential areas, he said, adding that it is also necessary to early detect young, positive, enthusiastic, innovative faces to "rejuvenate" the prestigious teams.

The President suggested that village heads and reputable people in Bac Kan in particular and the entire country in general should constantly uphold their pivotal role in all aspects of social life; mobilise people to well observe the of orientations and policies of the Party as well as the law of the State; and be responsible for helping people overcome poverty.