Thong Nhat district marks 35th liberation anniversary

11:04, 18/04/2010

(ĐN)- Thong Nhat district held a meeting on April 16 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of its liberation. The district has over the past 35 years obtained important and comprehensive achievements in socio-economic development.

(ĐN)- Thong Nhat district held a meeting on April 16 to celebrate the 35th anniversary of its liberation. 

A dance performance at the celebration ceremony

The district has over the past 35 years obtained important and comprehensive achievements in socio-economic development.  Thong Nhat has registered an annual economic growth rate of 9.5 percent over the past years. There are now no hungry families in Thong Nhat and the rate of poor households has fallen by 7.9 percent (according to the national criteria). So far, the district have completed a programme to eliminate dilapidated houses of the poor. Apart from economic development, the district had encouraging achievements in culture, healthcare and education.

Before attending the ceremony, the delegations from the Party Committee, the People’s Council, the People’s Committee and the Fatherland Front Committee of Thong Nhat district  had laid wreaths at the district’s martyr cemetery and burned incenses to commemorate revolutionary soldiers who laid down their lives for national independence.

Reported by Huu Thang