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Pioneer Army marching to gather to take over the Ha protecting the homeland, but also acted as a “great
Noi capital. This is also the third time he has visited rearguard”, mobilizing the highest level of human
Phu Tho province. He advised: and material resources. for the resistance. Since the
Great Spring Victory in 1975 and especially since our
“The Hung Kings had the merit of building the country, Party initiated and led the reform process, the Party
We must work together to protect the country.”
Committee, government and people of all ethnic
His advice affirmed the birth of the nation’s groups in Phu Tho province have continued to uphold
history with the contributions of the Hung Kings; patriotism and revolutionary hero, promoting all
in addition, summarizing thousands several years resources, overcoming all difficulties and challenges,
of history, finding out the eternal laws of the promoting industrialization and modernization and
country and the whole nation, has great educational achieving very encouraging achievements.
significance about patriotic traditions, national pride From a poor province, purely agricultural, with
and solidarity. Uncle Ho’s words are the words of the poor infrastructure; slow development of industry,
rivers and mountains, of millions of hearts and the
people of Vietnam during the past 70 years and will trade and services, and a large proportion of agricultural
economic structure, up to now, Phu Tho’s economy
continue forever and ever.
has always maintained a growth rate higher than the
Keeping in mind the advice of President national average. In 2023, the province’s economic
Ho Chi Minh when he visited Hung Temple and growth reached 7.58%, among the 15 localities with
implementing his sacred Testament, the Party high growth rates, ranking 3rd out of 14 provinces in
Committee, government and people of Phu Tho the Northern Midlands and Mountains; total social
province have always stood shoulder to shoulder, investment capital increased by 17.6% over the same
joined hands and hearts with the people and soldiers period; total state budget revenue increased by 37.8%
of the whole country to achieve great achievements, compared to the estimate. In the first six months of
contributing worthily to the cause of building and 2024, the economy continued to recover, the total
defending the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland. provincial product (GRDP) is estimated to increase
Throughout the resistance war against the US to by 8.16% over the same period last year, ranking 4th
save the country, the Party Committee and people of out of 14 provinces in the Northern Midlands and
Phu Tho not only fulfilled the task of building and Mountains. The Provincial Competitiveness Index

100 young men
representing Lac Hong
descendants raised
the festival flags high
through Nghi Mon
gate towards Thuong
Temple, representing
the nation’s moral
principle of “When
drinking water,
remember its source”.

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