Comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang - Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council - attended and directed the Congress.
Also attending and congratulating the Congress were representatives of leaders of central ministries and departments; leaders and former leaders of Dien Bien province through the ages, revolutionary veterans, Heroic Vietnamese Mothers, Heroes of the People's Armed Forces, delegates of ethnic groups and religions, and delegations of the two provinces, Lai Chau and Vinh Long.
Speaking at the opening of the Congress, Comrade Tran Quoc Cuong - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Dien Bien Provincial Party Committee - affirmed that the 15th Dien Bien Provincial Party Congress is a particularly important political event, marking a new milestone in the process of building and developing the Party Committee, government and people of all ethnic groups in Dien Bien province.
Therefore, it is recommended that the delegates promote the spirit of "Solidarity, democracy, discipline, innovation, development", promote the " spirit of Dien Bien Phu in peacetime" and the highest responsibility before the Party and the people to complete the contents and programs.
"Successfully organizing the 15th Dien Bien Provincial Party Congress will create an important first step to build Dien Bien province to become a developing province in the direction of a green, smart, sustainable economy and become a fairly developed province in the region by 2030" - comrade Tran Quoc Cuong emphasized.
Reporting on the outstanding results achieved by the Dien Bien Provincial Party Committee in the past term, Comrade Tran Tien Dung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee - said that in the context of many difficulties and challenges, the Party Committee, government and people of all ethnic groups have strived to achieve many results in all fields.
Notably, the economy continues to grow quite well compared to the region; the average annual growth rate reaches 8.76%; the economic structure has shifted positively; the average GRDP per capita reaches 54 million VND/year; the local budget revenue reaches 2,062.3 billion VND. The province's Competitiveness Index (PCI) in 2024 increased by 14 places compared to 2020.
The cultural and social fields have always been of interest, the education and health systems have been invested in and upgraded; the multidimensional poverty rate has decreased from 30.76% in 2020 to 17.66% (average 3.97%/year). Political security, social order and safety and national border sovereignty are maintained.
Along with that, the political system and local government at both levels are arranged in the direction of streamlining, being strong, efficient, effective, and efficient, better serving people and businesses, contributing to the development of the locality...
On behalf of the Politburo, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang - Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council - highly appreciated the Political Report, Review Report and documents submitted by the 14th Provincial Party Committee to the Congress.
That is reflected in the spirit of openness, responsibility and innovation, "looking straight at the truth, accurately assessing the truth", to clearly identify on that basis the thinking, vision, development orientation, key tasks, strategic breakthroughs in line with the potential and advantages of the province, the new development practices of the country and the trend of the times.
According to comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang, to successfully implement the goal of "Dien Bien becoming a province developing towards a green, smart, sustainable economy, striving to develop well in the region" is a task with many difficulties and challenges.
Therefore, it is required that the Party Committee, government and people of all ethnic groups in the province continue to promote the spirit of solidarity, unity, joint efforts, consensus, great efforts and the highest determination, in accordance with the direction of General Secretary To Lam: "We must arouse the spirit of Dien Bien - the spirit of ever-winning belief, solidarity, determination, the strength of great national unity and the will to overcome to create a "Dien Bien Phu in the new era" - to make the victory of intelligence, innovation and development aspiration".
