War Veterans Association’s activities under review

(VOV) - The 5th National Congress of the Vietnam War Veterans Association (VWVA) opened in Hanoi on December 18, involving 510 delegates representing 2.6 million association members across the country.

The event’s attendees included Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Truong Tan Sang, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee President Huynh Dang, and other former senior leaders.

Addressing the conference, VWVA Chairman Lieu.Gen. Tran Hanh said the fifth congress aims to issue objective and comprehensive assessments, acknowledge weaknesses, and draw practical lessons from the association’s experiences over the last term.

It also plans to outline orientations, tasks, targets, and solutions for the next term, as well as revise association regulations and elect a new executive committee to serve from 2012 to 2017.

Over the past five years, the association has upheld the revolutionary tradition and followed the path blazed by late President Ho Chi Minh. Its role and status have been raised, earning its classification as a socio-political organisation and a reliable mainstay of the Vietnamese Party, State, and people.

The association has effectively managed nearly VND17,000 billion, sourced from loans and the thousands of billions of VND contributed by its members in hopes of boosting socio-economic development. As a result, 5,500 small and medium-sized enterprises (SoEs), more than 1,100 cooperatives, and 35,000 farms are now owned by war veterans.

In the new term, the association will uphold its traditions and continue striving to fulfill set targets such as reaching 95 percent of strong member associations, 95 percent of exemplary members, and 90 percent of “cultural-life” families.

Party Leader Trong and VFF President Dam praised the association’s contributions to national construction and defence, urging it on to greater efforts in achieving all of the new term’s assigned tasks.

Representatives from Laotian and Cambodian war veterans associations expressed their gratitude to the VWVA and noted their faith that relations with their Vietnamese counterparts will flourish and grow.

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