President Ho Chi Minh's call for patriotic emulation

(Baonghean) - To widely implement the Party Central Committee's Directive on the patriotic emulation movement and prepare for National Resistance Day, on June 11, 1948, President Ho Chi Minh issued a call for patriotic emulation, officially launching the patriotic emulation campaign. President Ho Chi Minh's call for patriotic emulation was published in the Cuu Quoc newspaper No. 968, June 24, 1948, the full text is as follows:



The purpose of patriotic emulation is:

Destroy hunger,

Destroy ignorance,

Destroy foreign invaders.

The way to do it is: based on:

People's force,

The spirit of the people, to cause:

Happiness for the people.

Therefore, it is the duty of the Vietnamese people, regardless of whether they are scholars, farmers, workers, merchants, or soldiers, to compete with each other in whatever they do:

Expedite,

Fertilize,

Make more.

Every Vietnamese citizen, regardless of age, gender, rich or poor, big or small, must become a fighter on the fronts: Military, Economic, Political, Cultural. Implement the slogan:

National resistance,

Total resistance.

In the Patriotic Emulation, we:

Just resisted,

Just founded the country.

The first results of the Patriotic Emulation will be:

All people have enough food and clothing,

All people know how to read and write,

The whole team was fully equipped with food and weapons.

to destroy foreign invaders,

The whole country will be unified and completely independent.

So we do:

Independent nation,

Civil liberties,

Happy people,

Three doctrines that the great revolutionary Sun Yat-sen put forth.

To achieve that good result, I would like to:

The elders compete to urge their children and grandchildren to enthusiastically participate in all work.

Children compete to study and help adults,

Rich people compete to expand their businesses,

Workers and farmers compete in production,

Intellectuals and professionals compete to create and invent,

Government employees compete to work wholeheartedly and serve the people.
Soldiers and militia competed to kill more enemies and capture more guns.
In short, everyone competed, everyone participated in the resistance war and nation building. The movement was vibrant.

Patriotic emulation will penetrate deeply and spread to all aspects and all classes of people, and will help us to eliminate all difficulties and all enemy plots to achieve final victory.

With the indomitable spirit and endless strength of our nation, with the patriotism and determination of our people and army, we can win, we will definitely win.

Dear all compatriots,

Hey all soldiers,

Go!

HO CHI MINH CITY

Written on June 11, 1948
National Salvation Newspaper, Branch No. 6, No. 968,
June 24, 1948