In his speech, Chairman of the Thua Thien-Hue Provincial People’s Committee, Nguyen Ngoc Thien, said his province was one of the first three localities to have the honour of receiving a letter of commendation from late President Ho Chi Minh and the Government title for its heroism and resilient courage during the anti-US resistance war in which thousands of local people and soldiers were killed or became martyrs and invalids.

35 years after its liberation, the province has recorded rapid and stable economic growth through the shifting of its economic structure towards industrialisation and modernization of “services- industry- agriculture” with a focus on the key economic sectors. 

Last year, the province’s budget collection reached more than VND7 billion, a 2.7 fold increase over 2005 and per capita GDP surpassed US$1,000 while the number of poor households dropped from 3 percent to 2.5 percent. This year, Thua Thien-Hue is striving to make industry and services account for 37 percent and 45 percent of its GDP, respectively.

On behalf of Party and State leaders, Minister of National Defense Phung Quang Thanh praised Thua Thien- Hue’s contributions to the anti-US resistance war for national unification and expressed the hope that the province will make still greater achievements in economic development and national security and defence in order to become a centre for economics, culture, education and training and healthcare for the whole country.