The State President made the request while receiving 46 former soldiers representing 860 members of the Ninh Thuan Patriotic Prisoners Association in Hanoi on November 9. 

President Triet expressed his admiration for the undaunted spirit of Ninh Thuan’s former prisoners and nationwide revolutionary soldiers in the country’s anti-imperialist war as well as his sympathy for their hardship and losses that they had to suffer. 

Revolutionary soldiers who were detained at these cells have shown their iron-clad will, patriotism and faithfulness to the Party and the nation during the hard struggles, said the President. 

Ninh Thuan remains a poor province, said President Triet, saying that the Central government has chosen Ninh Thuan as a destination for the construction of two nuclear power plants. 

This is a big investment policy to facilitate the province’s comprehensive development in the future to help it catch up with other localities, he said.