The 7th Patriotic Emulation Congress of 'Exemplary Veterans' of Nghe An province, period 2019 - 2024
On the morning of October 31, the Nghe An Provincial Veterans Association organized the 7th Patriotic Emulation Congress of "Exemplary Veterans", period 2019 - 2024.
Attending the Congress were: Senior Lieutenant General Be Xuan Truong - Chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Association; Senior Lieutenant General Tran Vo Dung - Political Commissar of Military Region 4; Major General Nguyen Ngoc Ha - Deputy Commander of Military Region 4.
On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Nguyen Nam Dinh - Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Le Hong Vinh - Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.
Also attending were representatives of the Vietnam Veterans Association; departments and offices of the Military Region 4 Command; departments and branches of Nghe An province; Veterans Associations of some provinces and cities; heroes of the armed forces, heroic Vietnamese mothers and 200 typical and advanced delegates in the patriotic emulation movement "Exemplary Veterans" for the period 2019 - 2024.

Outstanding results
The entire Nghe An Veterans Association currently has 172,486 members, with 22 grassroots-level organizations and 4 affiliated bloc associations of 487; 542 grassroots-level associations, 3,793 branches, of which 3,769 branches (blocs, villages, hamlets), 24 branches are administrative and career agencies.

Last 5 years (2019 - 2024),emulation movement "Exemplary Veterans"has been launched by the Veterans Association at all levels of Nghe An province, implemented synchronously, comprehensively and achieved practical results in the following aspects: Participating in building and protecting the Party and government, maintaining political stability, social order and safety at the grassroots level; developing members, building a clean and strong Association; helping each other reduce poverty, doing good business; educating the tradition of patriotism, revolutionary heroism, and self-reliance for the young generation.

The Associations at all levels also link the emulation movement "Exemplary Veterans" with movements, campaigns and programs for socio-economic development, security and defense of the locality, such as: "The whole country joins hands to build new rural areas", "The whole people unite to build a cultural life", "Day for the poor", "Vietnamese people prioritize using Vietnamese goods"...
In recognition of the achievements and results in the emulation movement "Exemplary Veterans" in the period of 2019 - 2024, the Veterans Association of Nghe An province was honored to receive a Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister, and 5 times received Flags and Certificates of Merit from central ministries, departments and branches in emulation movements.
The whole Association had 125 collectives and 367 individuals awarded Certificates of Merit by the Prime Minister, ministries, central agencies, Vietnam Veterans Association and the Provincial People's Committee. The Provincial Veterans Association commended 405 collectives and 1,025 individuals with outstanding achievements in the emulation movement "Exemplary Veterans".
Continue to promote patriotism,
self-reliance
Speaking at the Congress, Senior Lieutenant General Be Xuan Truong - Chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Association highly appreciated the advisory, direction and leadership work of the Nghe An Provincial Veterans Association and acknowledged the results of the association at all levels; commended typical collectives and individuals in implementing the emulation movement "Exemplary Veterans" in the period of 2019 - 2024.

Senior Lieutenant General Be Xuan Truong suggested that in the coming time, Veterans Associations at all levels need to thoroughly grasp and effectively implement President Ho Chi Minh's patriotic emulation ideology.
The implementation of the emulation movement "Exemplary Veterans" must focus on linking it with the political tasks of the locality, unit and other patriotic emulation campaigns and movements; focus on new and difficult contents; replicate typical examples, becoming movements and motivations to carry out political tasks.

On behalf of the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, People's Committee, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province, comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee acknowledged, congratulated and commended the achievements in the patriotic emulation movement "Exemplary Veterans" of the Provincial Veterans Association.
The Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee emphasized that the 7th Patriotic Emulation Congress of "Exemplary Veterans" of Nghe An province took place at a time when the whole country was striving to fulfill the goals and tasks of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress. The people and Party committees and authorities of Nghe An province were making efforts and determined to successfully implement the Resolution of the 19th Provincial Party Congress, term 2020 - 2025.
Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu suggested that after the Congress, the Veterans Association at all levels should focus on doing a good job of propagating and disseminating the targets, tasks and solutions of the new term to all cadres and members; quickly develop and concretize the emulation movement implementation plan, contributing to the successful implementation of the Resolution of the Party Congress at all levels.

Associations at all levels and members need to continue to uphold patriotism, self-reliance and self-improvement; continue to help each other do business, improve material and spiritual life; strive to sustainably reduce poverty, get rich legally; participate in socio-economic development, and strengthen national defense and security.
Actively respond to local patriotic emulation movements and campaigns; thoroughly grasp and implement Party resolutions, socio-economic development programs and plans of the province, especially successfully implement the Resolutions of Party Congresses at all levels, Resolution 39 of the Politburo on building and developing Nghe An province to 2030, with a vision to 2045.

Along with that, build strong associations at all levels; closely coordinate with Party committees, authorities, the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations, promote the role of Veterans in participating in supervision, social criticism, and giving opinions on Party and government building.
Effectively fight against hostile forces and wrong views, protect the Party's ideological foundation; actively fight against corruption, negativity, waste, crime, social evils, ensure traffic safety...


The congress elected 14 delegates to attend the 7th National Patriotic Emulation Congress of "Exemplary Veterans".
On this occasion, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Veterans Association awarded the emulation flag to the Nghe An Provincial Veterans Association; awarded certificates of merit to 3 collectives and 1 individual Nghe An veteran with outstanding achievements in the patriotic emulation movement "Exemplary Veterans" for the period 2019 - 2024.
Nghe An Provincial People's Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 7 collectives and 7 individuals; Nghe An Provincial Veterans Association awarded Certificates of Merit to 12 collectives and 11 individuals with outstanding achievements in the patriotic emulation movement "Exemplary Veterans" for the period 2019 - 2024.