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Seven decades ago, in the Spring of 1948, the country was
struggling as it waged its resistance war against the French. To encourage
the nation to contribute to the war, President Ho Chi Minh made an appeal for
patriotic work emulation on June 11, 1948.
Opening the appeal he wrote: "The purpose of patriotic work
emulation is to eliminate poverty and hunger and illiteracy and foreign
aggressors. It means our entire people have enough rice to eat and clothing
to wear. The entire population will know how to read and to write. The
soldiers will have enough food and weapons to defeat the foreign aggressors.
These are aimed to unite the entire nation. Thus we will have an independent
nation, free civil rights and happy welfare of the people."
In her opening remarks, Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh,
First Vice President of the Central Council for Emulation and Reward, said
that 70 years ago, the call by late President Ho Chi Minh became an appeal
opening up the nation’s patriotic emulation movement under the leadership of
the Communist Party of Vietnam.
The appeal has encouraged all people to promote the tradition of
patriotism and solidarity and step up emulation work in order to overcome all
difficulties and challenges in the struggle for national liberation and
during the nation building and development cause, stated Thinh.
According to Thinh, over the past seven decades, the Party and
State have granted the "Hero of the People's Armed Forces” title to 7,814
collectives and over 9,300 individuals, the "Labour Hero” title to 1,332
collectives and individuals, and the "Heroic Mother” title to nearly 140,000
women, and commended millions of role models across the country.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong expressed his thanks
for efforts by the Central Council for Emulation and Reward, ministries,
sectors, localities and the entire people to step up patriotic emulation
movements, thus helping create socio-economic development achievements,
consolidate defence security, build a firm political system and safeguard the
national sovereignty.
However, he pointed to several shortcomings in emulation
movements and commendation work which need to be solved soon.
He asked the Councils for Emulation and Reward from the central
to grassroots level, and leaders of ministries and local authorities to
heighten their sense of responsibility and continue reforming the leadership
and organisation of emulation and reward work.
Party
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong calls on all people and soldiers to
continue following late President Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts on patriotic
emulation. (Photo: NDO/Dang Khoa)
The Party chief called on all people and soldiers to continue
following late President Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts on patriotic emulation, add
the emulation work in their daily activities, and effectively carry out the
Party’s policies and the State’s laws related to emulation and reward work.
Emulation movement should be practical and bring about certain
benefits for the nation, society and people, and inspire the sense of
responsibility and self-consciousness of the entire people in order to create
a new motivation for the nation building and safeguarding cause, he stressed.
On this occasion, 70 collectives and individuals who have made
great contributions in research, learning, labour and production were
honoured.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc handed over the Government’s
emulation flags to ten ministries, sectors and ten cities and provinces
leading in the emulation movements in 2017.
Earlier, leaders of the Party, State, Government and National
Assembly, and delegates paid tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh at his
Mausoleum.
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Source: NDO
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