State President meets voters in HCM City

State President Nguyen Minh Triet met voters in district 1, Ho Chi Minh City to announce the results of the eighth session of the 12th National Assembly.

At the meeting, voters in HCM City said the NA session has made many changes as it has promoted democracy and devised policies to meet the people’s expectations.

Voters agreed on the overall goal of the socio-economic plan for 2011 and asked the NA to strengthen supervision of the activities of ministries, agencies and localities. This supervision was requested for implementation of administrative reform, investment projects and stronger anti-corruption work.

Voters also addressed some urgent issues in certain localities such as the execution of the Nhieu Loc-Thi Nghe Canal project, the East-West corridor and “death” holes on main roads.

President Triet praised opinions given by HCM City’s voters and highlighted the country’s socio-economic development achievements and shortcomings. He emphasized that the Party and the State are launching a campaign to stamp out corruption and expressed a wish that the most concrete and urgent issues will be resolved soon.

In the afternoon, President Triet met voters in district 2, HCM City.