Also attending the Festival were: Politburo member, Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu; Politburo member, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee Nguyen Duy Ngoc; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission Le Minh Tri; Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary General of the National Assembly, Head of the National Assembly Office Le Quang Manh; Member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Committee for Culture and Society Nguyen Dac Vinh; Member of the Party Central Committee, Chief of the Party Central Committee Office Pham Gia Tuc; Member of the Party Central Committee, Vice President - General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Nguyen Thi Thu Ha...
At the Festival, General Secretary To Lam, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and delegates and people in the residential area of Cluster 1, Ba Dinh Ward reviewed the glorious tradition of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) over the past 95 years. Evaluate the results achieved in implementing campaigns and patriotic emulation movements in 2025 of the inter-residential area of Cluster 1 and of Ba Dinh ward, launching the People's Emulation to implement the goals and tasks of 2026.
At the festival, General Secretary To Lam presented a statue of Uncle Ho returning home to the Party Committee, government and people of Ba Dinh ward; presented gifts to the festival organizer and 10 policy households in Ba Dinh ward.
Speaking at the festival, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man expressed his joy with General Secretary To Lam and leaders of the Party, State, Hanoi city, Ba Dinh ward to attend the National Great Unity Festival with the people of Cluster 1 in the atmosphere of the entire Party, people, and army, who are competing to achieve the feat of celebrating the 14th National Party Congress, electing 16th National Assembly deputies and People's Council deputies at all levels for the 2026-2031 term, the 11th National Patriotic Emulation Congress, celebrating the 80th anniversary of the first general election to elect the Vietnamese National Assembly...
The National Assembly Chairman said that in 2025, although there are many difficulties and challenges, the country's GDP growth is expected to reach over 8%; GDP per capita is estimated to reach 5,000 USD. State budget revenue in the first 10 months reached more than VND 2.13 trillion, equal to 109.1% of the annual estimate and increasing by 28.5% over the same period last year. The GDP scale is estimated at about 510 billion USD.
It is forecasted that in 2025, our country will achieve and exceed 15/15 main targets; in the period of 2021-2025, it will achieve and exceed 22/26 targets, of which all social targets will be completed. The work of preventing and combating corruption, waste and negativity has achieved many positive results; the fields of culture, education, health, social security, national defense - security, and foreign affairs are increasingly effective.
The National Assembly Chairman acknowledged and warmly commended the results achieved by Hanoi City and Ba Dinh Ward in the recent past.
After the merger, Hanoi has 126 communes and wards (51 wards, 75 communes). Gross domestic product in the city accounts for about 8% - 10% of the country's GDP. Budget revenue is among the top 2 localities with the largest budget contributions (along with Ho Chi Minh City), accounting for about 26% of the total budget revenue of the country. The service sector accounts for the largest proportion (over 60% of GRDP).
In 2025, Hanoi will continue to affirm its leading role in development with positive results, expected to reach 23/24 main targets, of which 2 important targets will exceed the Plan: GRDP per capita reached 176.4 million VND; the growth rate of export turnover of goods reached 11.6%; GRDP in the first 9 months of 2025 increased by 7.92%, striving for an increase of 8.5% for the whole year. Total state budget revenue by October 31, 2025 reached VND 567.9 trillion, of which domestic revenue was VND 534.9 trillion (up 35.0%) (equal to 27% of the total state budget revenue in 10 months of the whole country).
The National Assembly Chairman pointed out that the above achievements of Hanoi have important contributions from 126 communes and wards, especially the contribution of Ba Dinh ward.
After listening to the reports of the Front Working Committees, the National Assembly Chairman congratulated the outstanding results that the inter-residential area of Cluster 1, Ba Dinh Ward has achieved; expressed his joy at the atmosphere of solidarity, joy, excitement and affection; highly appreciated the Front Working Committee for always being close to the people, close to the people, maintaining security and order, and improving the material and spiritual life of the people.
Emphasizing that 2026 is the beginning of a new term, a new stage of national development, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man hopes that the Party Committee, government and people of Hanoi in general, and Ba Dinh ward in particular, will join hands, be unanimous, and focus on implementing the following key tasks:
First: focus on directing the implementation of the Resolution of the recent Hanoi City Party Congress; gradually resolving 4 issues: traffic congestion; urban order, green, clean, civilized; environmental pollution, water and air pollution; flooding in urban areas and suburban areas and especially striving to "reach the finish line" of tasks in 2025.
Second, strongly innovate the content and methods of activities of the Vietnam Fatherland Front at all levels according to the very specific and profound instructions of General Secretary To Lam, that is, Front and mass organizations must keep "3 close": close to the people - near the grassroots - near the digital space; "3 must": listen - must dialogue - must be an example - must take responsibility - must report the results; "4 no's): unformal - not avoided - not pushed - not doing wrong functions.
Third, organize more effectively the campaign "All people unite to build new rural areas, civilized urban areas", promote the role of self-management of the people, build a "bright, green, clean, beautiful, safe" area, closely connect with the movement "All people protect national security" ... strive to have no social evils, no use, no purchase and sale of electronic cigarettes, drugs, and law violators.
Fourth, proactively and regularly grasp the thoughts and aspirations of the people to promptly coordinate in resolving them. Implement well the grassroots democratic regulations, maximize the people's mastery according to the motto "people know, people discuss, people do, people inspect, people supervise and people benefit".
Fifth, diversify forms and methods of propaganda and mobilization. Timely commend and reward advanced models. Promote the movement to encourage learning and talent promotion; the movement "Studying digital skills" and "Studying for life". Caring for the families of people with meritorious services to the country. Mobilize resources from the community to care for and help people in difficult circumstances.
The National Assembly Chairman wished the Party Committee, government, people of Hanoi Capital, Ba Dinh Ward and inter-residential areas of Cluster 1 to successfully carry out their tasks in 2025, strive to achieve the socio-economic development plan for the 2025-2030 term, continue to effectively implement the spirit of the 14th National Party Congress Documents, carefully and thoroughly prepare to successfully organize the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People's Council deputies at all levels for the 2026-2031 term in the area; successfully organize the Hanoi City Front Congress, towards the National Congress of the 2026-2031 term of the Vietnam Fatherland Front.
On behalf of the Party Committee, government and people of Ba Dinh ward, Party Secretary and Chairman of the People's Council of Ba Dinh ward Pham Quang Thanh affirmed that he will continue to carry out campaigns and patriotic emulation movements well, thereby contributing to building a civilized, civilized, modern, globally connected Hanoi, elegant, splendid, harmonious development, peace, prosperity, serving government, dedicated businesses, a trusting society and happy people.
