Binh Duong asked to learn from recent social disorder
President Truong Tan Sang on May 17 made a fact-finding tour of foreign-invested firms in the southern province of Binh Duong where workers were incited to violence by bad individuals, triggering social disorder and damage to investors’ assets.
At his working session with the provincial authorities, President Sang reaffirmed the country’s consistent policy of acknowledging foreign investment as an inseparable part of the national economy.
President Sang said he is regrettable that the incident caused losses to both investors and workers and affected not only the economy but also businesses’ trust, ordering Binh Duong to withdraw lessons.
The province needs to work to help these investors quickly resume their operations, while exerting its utmost efforts to regain their confidence, he said.
Local authorities reported that local workers as angry at China’s illegal placement of its oil rig in Vietnam’s waters took to the streets to protest. They were incited or forced by some extremists to destroy property of enterprises and resist on-duty officials.
Binh Duong mobilised forces to arrest and punish the law breakers, while sending teams to enterprises to assess losses.
It vowed to employ all measures for the incident not to be repeated.
President Sang visited the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park No.1, where he called at the Hong Kong-invested Esquel Group, which has employed 5,000 workers. The group’s production has been interrupted due to the incident.
Meeting workers at their workshop, the President stated that patriotism should be shown by activities to raise productivity and join hands with the Party and State in strengthening the national economy.
Earlier, he met voters in district 4 of Ho Chi Minh City where he confirmed the nation’s unchanged policy to protect the national sacred sovereignty over its sea and islands and protest China ’s illegal placement of its Haiyang Shiyou-981 in Vietnam ’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.
He underscored that it is crucial to enhance solidarity and take peaceful measures to preserve the national interests on the basis of international law.
Responding to the voters’ concern about responsibilities of ministries and localities’ leaders in corruption cases, President Sang affirmed that the Party and State are determined to strictly deal with the cases, especially the serious ones.
He also urged voters to promote their role of supervising and reporting corruption to authorised agencies.
President Sang said he is regrettable that the incident caused losses to both investors and workers and affected not only the economy but also businesses’ trust, ordering Binh Duong to withdraw lessons.
The province needs to work to help these investors quickly resume their operations, while exerting its utmost efforts to regain their confidence, he said.
Local authorities reported that local workers as angry at China’s illegal placement of its oil rig in Vietnam’s waters took to the streets to protest. They were incited or forced by some extremists to destroy property of enterprises and resist on-duty officials.
Binh Duong mobilised forces to arrest and punish the law breakers, while sending teams to enterprises to assess losses.
It vowed to employ all measures for the incident not to be repeated.
President Sang visited the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park No.1, where he called at the Hong Kong-invested Esquel Group, which has employed 5,000 workers. The group’s production has been interrupted due to the incident.
Meeting workers at their workshop, the President stated that patriotism should be shown by activities to raise productivity and join hands with the Party and State in strengthening the national economy.
Earlier, he met voters in district 4 of Ho Chi Minh City where he confirmed the nation’s unchanged policy to protect the national sacred sovereignty over its sea and islands and protest China ’s illegal placement of its Haiyang Shiyou-981 in Vietnam ’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf.
He underscored that it is crucial to enhance solidarity and take peaceful measures to preserve the national interests on the basis of international law.
Responding to the voters’ concern about responsibilities of ministries and localities’ leaders in corruption cases, President Sang affirmed that the Party and State are determined to strictly deal with the cases, especially the serious ones.
He also urged voters to promote their role of supervising and reporting corruption to authorised agencies.