Also attending were former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung; former National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan; former Standing member of the Secretariat Le Hong Anh; former Minister of National Defense Pham Van Tra; Deputy Prime Minister Mai Van Chinh.

Speaking at the ceremony, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man stated that these days 50 years ago, under the wise leadership of the Party, the direct direction of the Central Government, Military Region 9, the army and people of Can Tho simultaneously attacked and rebelled, won the government on April 30, 1975, making an important contribution to the Spring victory in 1975, completely liberating the South, unifying the country; End of the long -term, arduous and great resistance war in the history of anti -foreign aggression of our nation; Autumn the river for a termite, the North - South reunited with a house, the country is full of joy, entering the era of independence, unity, peace and development.

Fun with the results of the city achieved, the Chairman of the National Assembly said that the development of Can Tho is not commensurate with the potential, advantage, and not commensurate with the development requirements of cities directly under the Central Government. Entering the new phase, we must strictly learn from the past shortcomings, "new in thinking - creativity in doing - effectively in implementing".

The Chairman of the National Assembly suggested that the city needs to focus high, ensure the solidarity, high unity, timely, synchronous and effective implementation of the Party's guidelines, the Government, laws and resolutions of the National Assembly on arranging administrative units; Implementing the revolution on personnel organizations and growth goals.


To exploit and maximize the potential and advantages of the locality and the region, the National Assembly Chairman said that it is necessary to focus on developing a green economy, a digital economy, a circular economy, a knowledge economy, a sharing economy, and a private economy. Accelerate the development of science and technology, innovation and digital transformation, widely and substantially deploy the "digital education" movement.

In addition, economic development must go hand in hand with cultural and social development; people's health care, tourism development; international cooperation; education - training development, creating high-quality human resources; attach importance to learning, improving people's knowledge, as General Secretary To Lam recently wrote in the article " Lifelong learning".

The National Assembly Chairman emphasized that Can Tho needs to build clean and strong Party Committees at all levels; strictly, regularly and continuously implement the work of preventing and combating corruption, waste and negativity.

In addition, closely combine socio-economic development with building a solid national defense and security posture, building a strong national defense and people's security.