First provincial-level Party Congress in Vietnam

In the afternoon, delegates heard the announcement of the election results of the new Provincial Party Committee.

With an absolute number of 48/48 votes, Ms. Le Thi Thuy, member of the 12^th Party Central Committee, secretary of the 19^th Ha Nam Provincial Party Committee in the 2015-2020 tenure, was re-elected to the post at the first session of the new provincial Party Committee for the 2020-2025 tenure.

Accordingly, 48 comrades were elected to the Executive Board of the Provincial Party Committee for the 2020-2025 tenure.

At the first session of the 20^th Provincial Party Committee, the members of the Executive Board elected the Standing Board of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary and Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Party Committee Commission of Inspection and Chairman of the Provincial Party Committee Commission of Inspection.

Le Thi Thuy was born on January 7 in 1964 in the central province of Nghe An. In July 2019, Ms. Thuy was assigned by the Politburo to join the Executive Board, the Standing Board and hold the position of Secretary of the Ha Nam Provincial Party Committee for the 2015-2020 tenure.

According to a draft political report for the 2015 – 2020 tenure presented at the congress, local Party building work has achieved positive progress, particularly in streamlining apparatus.

The local average annual socio-economic development was 10.1 percent, ranking 2nd in the Red River Delta and 4th nationwide. Its agricultural and industrial production value during the period were estimated at over 39 trillion VND and 470 trillion VND (1.67 billion USD and 20.24 billion USD), which meant average annual increases of 1.12 and 14.4 percent, respectively./.