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>Copyright 1998 British Broadcasting Corporation BBC Summary of
>World Broadcasts
>
>August 20, 1998, Thursday
>
>SECTION: Part 3 Asia-Pacific; VIETNAM; FE/D3310/B
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>LENGTH: 434 words
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>HEADLINE: Senior party leaders review progress in Son La Province
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>
>SOURCE: Source: Voice of Vietnam, Hanoi, in Vietnamese 2300 gmt
>17 Aug 98
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>BODY: [24]
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>Text of report by Vietnamese radio on 17th August
>
>Party Central Committee Adviser Do Muoi and comrade Nguyen Duc
>Binh, member of the party Central Committee Political Bureau paid
>a working visit to Son La Province on 11th-16th August to observe
>socioeconomic tasks, review preparations for the construction of
>the Son La hydroelectric power plant, and hear a report on the
>implementation of democracy in a number of villages.
>
>Speaking to leading cadres of the province, comrade Do Muoi urged
>them to make greater efforts to strengthen production activities,
>promote businesses, and actively participate in the movement to
>eliminate hunger and alleviate poverty. He urged local cadres and
>people to strive to effectively promote the
>agro-industrial-forestry development programme. He said it was
>essential to use machinery to help increase agricultural
>production and strengthen the processing system. The province
>must strive to preserve and improve the quality of its cultivated
>land while planting more forest trees. It should also strive to
>produce more construction materials and other essential goods for
>local consumption and export.
>
>Comrade Do Muoi also heard a briefing on preparations for the
>construction of the Cong Ma hydroelectric power plant at Muong La
>District. In his meeting with the engineering group, he urged
>them to speed up the preparation process so that the project's
>blueprint could be submitted to the government and the National
>Assembly soon for approval.
>
>During their visit to the province, comrades Do Muoi and Nguyen
>Duc Binh visited various villages to hear the local cadres and
>people brief them on the implementation of democracy at the
>grass-roots level. Comrade Do Muoi urged local authorities to
>maintain close relations with the people while relying on their
>efforts to speed up socioeconomic development. He asked the local
>administration to make greater efforts to seriously implement the
>lines and policies of the party and state, while promoting
>democracy, and to enhance the people' s intellectual standards.
>It was also essential to implement the motto: Let the people
>know, discuss, and inspect tasks. Comrade Do Muoi also called for
>greater efforts to contain corruption, saying that when all tasks
>were carried out in a transparent fashion, the people would
>wholeheartedly support the local administration.
>
>During his trip, comrade Do Muoi also presented a gift to the
>family of the late revolutionary Lo Van Gia and visited ethnic
>minority families, cadres and people of Mai Son District, and the
>Son La Sugarcane Company.
>
><ENDS>
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