On behalf of the city's leaders, Chairman of the City People's Committee Do Thanh Trung warmly welcomed the delegation to visit the port land in the atmosphere of special solidarity and friendship between Vietnam and Laos. Regarding the local situation, the Chairman of the City People's Committee said that after the administrative boundary arrangement, Hai Phong currently has an area of nearly 3,195 km², a population of over 4.6 million people, including 114 communes, wards, special zones and the City Party Committee has more than 251 thousand party members. The city maintains impressive growth momentum: in 2025, GRDP will increase by 11.81% (marking 11 consecutive years of double-digit growth); In the first 9 months of 2026, it will continue to increase by 12.08%, budget revenue will reach over 163 trillion VND and FDI attraction will reach over 3.6 billion USD.

Sharing about the work of building the Party and the political system, Comrade Do Thanh Trung emphasized that the city persistently innovates the leadership method according to the motto "6 clear - 1 throughout" (clear people, clear tasks, clear authority, clear responsibilities, clear time, clear products and one thing one focal point throughout), associated with the streamlined operation of the two-level local government model. The staff is evaluated substantively according to the performance index (KPI) and output products. In particular, the city focuses on Party development in non-state enterprises (in the first 9 months of 2026, 70 new Party organizations will be established, 7,110 Party members will be admitted); promote the application of the electronic Party Member Handbook, digital transformation of Party agencies; at the same time, promote the role of social supervision and criticism of the Fatherland Front and mass organizations in order to create consensus among the people.

Speaking at the meeting, Comrade Xo Lap Phom, Deputy Minister of Technology and Communications of Laos, expressed his emotion and sincere gratitude for the solemn, warm and fraternal welcome of the leaders of Hai Phong city. He congratulated and highly appreciated the comprehensive achievements that the Party Committee, the government and the people of Hai Phong have achieved in recent years, especially the high political determination and the spirit of solidarity and consensus in concretizing the guidelines and guidelines into methodical action programs. efficiency. He affirmed that the great friendship, special solidarity, comprehensive cooperation and strategic cohesion between the two Parties, the two States and the two peoples are invaluable assets "unique in the world"; at the same time, he highly appreciated Hai Phong city for always maintaining a relationship of cooperation, twinning and practical and effective support for localities of Laos such as Vientiane province and Udom Xay province. Deputy Minister of Confectionery emphasized that the breakthrough results and vivid lessons learned that Hai Phong shared are especially valuable practical materials for members of the delegation to study, understand and apply in leadership and direction at ministries, the central sector as well as localities of Laos in the coming time.

At the exchange session under the leadership of the Head of the Organizing Committee of the City Party Committee Vu Tien Phung, members of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Delegation expressed their deep impression of the outstanding development of Hai Phong. The two sides focused on exchanging and discussing in depth many practical issues of mutual interest such as: experience in operating and allocating budgets, mechanisms for retaining budget revenue surplus for infrastructure reinvestment; solutions to develop Party organizations, foster the admission of Party members in private enterprises and enterprises with foreign direct investment (FDI); mechanisms for promoting the role of social supervision and criticism of the Fatherland Front; and social security policies to ensure that all levels of people benefit from economic growth.

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