Attending the Congress were comrade Nguyen Duc Dung - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Mass Mobilization Commission Huynh Thi Thuy Dung; Director of the Department of Home Affairs Tran Thi Kim Hoa; Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Tran Anh Tuan; Deputy Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation Duong Van Phuoc; Vice Chairman of the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee Nguyen Van Mau, along with 150 official delegates representing nearly 203 members of the whole province.
In recent years, the Association of the Elderly at all levels has carried out many practical and effective activities to take care of its members, promote the spirit of "Old age is a shining example", live a happy, healthy, useful life, and make many contributions to society.
Currently, the province has nearly 203 thousand members out of a total of 221.3 thousand elderly people, with 6,027 association groups; 1,240 branches; 240 grassroots associations. In recent years, the Provincial and local Elderly Representative Boards have strived to promote patriotic emulation movements. In particular, the movement "Old age - Bright example" has been actively responded to by the province's elderly people. Thereby, many typical examples have appeared in the fields of good economic performance, bright examples of participation in local movements and campaigns, bright examples in the work of building strong grassroots organizations of the elderly association...
Currently, the whole province has more than 10.5 thousand elderly people who are owners of production facilities and businesses, contributing more than 150 billion VND to the state every year, creating jobs for more than 28 thousand workers. With the spirit of "where there are elderly people, there is peace in life", More than 20,000 elderly people in the province, together with the police and military forces, participated in maintaining security, politics, and social order and safety in the localities. The elderly also mobilized their children and grandchildren to donate more than 2.5 million square meters of land, contribute more than 15 billion VND and millions of working days to build infrastructure, contributing to the construction of new rural areas, civilized urban areas and environmental protection.
On August 23, 2024, the Department of Home Affairs issued Decision No. 426/QD-SNV allowing the establishment of the Quang Nam Provincial Association of the Elderly. This is a social organization, organized and operating according to the Charter of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly, complying with the provisions of law, under the state management of the Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and departments and branches related to the field of operation of the association.
At the Congress, the Quang Nam Provincial Elderly Association for the 2024-2029 term built a direction for its activities based on the inheritance and continued successful implementation of 3 key tasks and 3 programs assigned by the Provincial People's Committee for the 2021-2026 term. In particular, focusing on implementing 3 major work programs of the Association including joining hands to take care of the elderly in difficult circumstances, lonely, homeless; the elderly actively participating in protecting the border, islands and preventing crimes, preventing social evils; the elderly participating in building cultural families, model families.
The Association continues to build and develop the association organization, unite over 90% of the elderly into the Association; 100% of the association officials at district and commune levels are trained in professional skills and association work skills. 100% of the elderly according to the prescribed age are celebrated with longevity and longevity by the association at all levels every year. At least 2/3 of the grassroots associations have a fund for the care of the elderly and 100% of the grassroots associations have an operating fund. 100% of mountainous districts and 100% of communes, wards and towns in the plains have intergenerational self-help clubs.
At the Congress, on behalf of the provincial leaders, Comrade Nguyen Duc Dung - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council praised and congratulated the achievements of the provincial Elderly Association in the past time. He suggested that after the founding Congress, the Provincial Elderly Association will continue to improve its organization, with all three levels of the province, district and grassroots having associations.
To promote spirit “Old age - Solidarity - Setting a good example” for the elderly, comrade Nguyen Duc Dung suggested that in the coming time, all levels, sectors and the Provincial Elderly Association need to continue to pay attention to building and fully and promptly implementing policies for the elderly, considering this a regular task in the political system.
Strengthening awareness of the responsibility of the whole society in protecting, caring for and promoting the role of the elderly and paying attention to creating conditions to build a strong association, considering the elderly as a resource for development and creating conditions for the elderly to truly be an important force of the country, the pillars of the family and society.
Especially during the Tet holiday, he suggested that all levels, sectors and localities should pay more attention to the material and spiritual life and health care of the elderly, especially those in difficult and lonely situations in mountainous areas and ethnic minority areas, so that the elderly can have a prosperous and warm Tet holiday.
The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee requested the Provincial Elderly Association to continue to innovate its operation methods, focusing on the grassroots level, developing members, and building a strong association. Promote socialization, diversify elderly care models; effectively carry out health care work, improve the material and spiritual life of the elderly. Encourage and motivate members and the elderly to contribute to the cause of building the homeland.
Along with that, continue to promote patriotic emulation movements, campaigns, especially the movement "Old age - bright example". Promote the knowledge, experience, life experience of a large number of cadres, members, and the elderly in well performing the key tasks, major work programs of the Association and tasks assigned by the Party and the State, contributing to the socio-economic development, national defense and security in the locality. Promote the role of the elderly in participating in environmental protection, spreading and imparting good production and business experiences and building new rural areas and civilized urban areas.
He also hopes to continue to receive consensus, unanimity, support, sharing and dissemination from the Provincial Elderly Association and the Provincial Elderly Association in implementing the common policies of the Party and the province in reforming and streamlining the political apparatus from the province to the grassroots level, successfully carrying out important political tasks in 2025, together with the whole country entering a new era - the era of national growth.
The congress to establish the Quang Nam Provincial Elderly Association for the 2024-2029 term elected an Executive Committee of 27 members. Mr. Nguyen Dinh Tam - Head of the Representative Board of the Quang Nam Provincial Elderly Association was elected to hold the position of Chairman of the Quang Nam Provincial Elderly Association for the 2024-2029 term.
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