Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets with workers in Thanh Hoa province. (Photo: VNA)

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh made the statement on Sunday while attending a Lunar New Year (Tet) program and presented gifts to social policy beneficiaries, the poor and disadvantaged workers in Thanh Hoa province.

He asked Thanh Hoa’s authorities and socio-political organisations to continue implementing guidelines, policies and laws of the Party and the State, and better the social welfare work.

People should be motivated to actively join socio-economic and cultural development, national defence and security, and social welfare, he said, asking the locality to optimise its unique potential and advantages, especially its population that ranks third nationwide, only after Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.

Mr. Chinh also requested local authorities and residents to support competent forces to complete the construction of the Quang Trach-Pho Noi power transmission line that runs through Thanh Hoa.

Hailing Thanh Hoa’s social welfare activities, Chinh said the work should be stepped up in the time ahead, especially during the Lunar New Year festival, to ensure that no one is left behind.

Social welfare policies must be comprehensive, inclusive and sustainable, he said, asking the province to pay more attention to housing for workers and low-income earners.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh pays tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at a memorial site in Thanh Hoa city. (Photo: VNA)

Earlier the same day, PM Chinh and his entourage paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at a memorial site in Thanh Hoa city.

On this occasion, he also visited and presented gifts to a sick soldier in Tho Xuan district, and a heroic Vietnamese Mother in Ngoc Lac district.