Party leader tours Lao Cai province
(VOV) - Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on January 6 visited the border commune of Ban Lau, Muong Khuong district, Lao Cai province, during his tour of northwest provinces.
Trong praised commune leaders and people’s efforts to implement national programmes and objectives that will create major socio-economic and cultural changes.
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He stressed the importance of ensuring security and order, combating cross border crime, as well as the management and use of agricultural land and plantations.
The commune should focus on building a strong Party organization and political system, and implement regulations for grassroots level democracy, Trong said.
Ban Lau commune is home to more than 6,000 people from 11 ethnic minority groups. Food production in the commune grew from 2,800 tonnes in 2010 to 3,150 tonnes in 2012, and the rate of poor households dropped to 18.16 percent.