Promoting the tradition of patriotism, making Nghe An a fairly prosperous province.

Attending the ceremony, on the Central side were comrades: Major General Tran Vo Dung - Party Secretary - Political Commissar of Military Region IV; Luong Hong Quang - Director of the Department of Emulation and Commendation - Office of the President; Le Van Vu - Director of Department 3 - Central Economic Commission.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrades: Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; Nguyen Xuan Son - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Nguyen Xuan Duong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee.

Members of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee: Cao Thi Hien - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Ho Phuc Hop - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Le Hong Vinh - Head of the Inspection Committee; Le Xuan Dai - Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee of Provincial Agencies, Tran Van Hung - Commander of the Provincial Military Command.

In particular, the ceremony was attended by delegates who are Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, Armed Forces Heroes, Labor Heroes, Emulation Fighters of the whole province, advanced models of different periods, delegates with outstanding achievements in many fields, who are the fresh flowers in the garden of patriotic emulation from all over the province.

Overview of the ceremony. Photo: Duc Anh

Delivering the opening speech, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee Nguyen Xuan Duong said: 70 years ago, on June 11, 1948, President Ho Chi Minh issued a call for patriotic emulation to encourage compatriots and soldiers nationwide to promote the tradition of patriotic emulation, to solve urgent tasks of the nation to fight against hunger, illiteracy and foreign invaders. His call was enthusiastically responded to by compatriots, cadres and soldiers nationwide, who made great efforts to fight, work and study.

Delegates attending the ceremony. Photo: Duc Anh

Since then, the revolutionary forces with national spirit through emulation movements have multiplied; emulation movements have always been an extremely important factor in the successive victories in politics, economics, culture, and military. The theory and practical lessons from the work of organizing patriotic emulation movements are a bright part of Ho Chi Minh's thought; they have been, are and will live forever in the revolutionary cause of our people.

Responding to his call, over the past 70 years, the Party Committee, government and people of Nghe An province have devoted all their efforts to participating in the resistance war and national construction, bringing about many great results, leaving deep impressions, further glorifying the tradition of the heroic revolutionary homeland.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Duong delivered the opening speech. Photo: Duc Anh

The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee affirmed: In the process of innovation, the Party Committee and people of Nghe An have strived to achieve many important results in all fields: economy, culture, society, national defense and security and Party building.

In 2017, 27/27 main targets on socio-economic development were completed; The growth rate of gross regional domestic product (GRDP) in 2017 reached 8.25%. Budget revenue in 2017 reached 12,465 billion VND, equal to 107.5% of the estimate, up 13.3% over the same period in 2016.

In 2017, Nghe An's Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) ranked 21st, up 4 places compared to 2016, among the top in the country and leading the North Central region. Nghe An's 2017 Administrative Reform Index (Par Index) ranked 31st, up 7 places compared to 2016.

Leaders of Nghe An province presented flowers to congratulate Nghe An students who won high prizes at the International Olympic Competitions. Photo: Archive

Through summarizing the patriotic emulation movement, every year many typical, outstanding and outstanding collectives and individuals have been awarded many emulation titles and forms of commendation by the President, Prime Minister, Minister and Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

Many groups and individuals have been awarded the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces, Hero of Labor, National Emulation Fighter, Medals of various ranks, Certificates of Merit from the Prime Minister, and Emulation Flags from the Government. Every year, the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee has awarded the Excellent Emulation Flag to more than 100 units and awarded about 4,000 Certificates of Merit to groups and individuals.

In 2015, the people and officials of the province were honored to be awarded the First Class Independence Medal; in 2016, they were awarded the Government's Emulation Flag.

However, in recent years, the emulation movement still has limitations and shortcomings. The movement has not developed evenly, in some places it has not been regular or continuous. The organization and launching of the emulation movement has sometimes been formal, confused, and the goals and contents of the emulation have not been clearly defined.

“The 70th anniversary of Uncle Ho's call for patriotic emulation takes place in the context that the entire Party, army and people are actively implementing "Studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle", striving to successfully implement the goals of the Resolution of the 12th National Party Congress. The Party Committee and people of Nghe An province will definitely promote the tradition of patriotism, diligence, creativity, seize opportunities, overcome challenges to make Nghe An a prosperous province in the Northern region" - the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee emphasized.

At the ceremony, delegates listened to presentations from many typical and advanced examples, people who have overcome difficulties to affirm their creativity and tireless working spirit; people who have silently sacrificed and contributed to the community and the comprehensive development of their province.

They are the collective of Phan Boi Chau High School for the Gifted, a unit that has achieved many consecutive years of high achievements in education and training; Major Nguyen Van Dao - Deputy Chief of Staff, Provincial Police, who has achieved many feats in crime prevention and control to keep peace for the people; Deputy Commander Nguyen Ngoc Ha - Chief of Staff of the Provincial Military Command, who has advised and proposed many important strategic plans; and the Tho ethnic farmer Truong Dinh Thong - Nghia Long commune (Nghia Dan) who has had many breakthrough initiatives and achieved high achievements in production and business...

These examples are vivid evidence of the strong vitality of patriotic emulation movements and the timeless value of Ho Chi Minh's thought on patriotic emulation.

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Provincial Party Secretary spoke at the ceremony. Photo: Duc Anh

Speaking at the ceremony, Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee emphasized: Following Uncle Ho's words, Nghe An has continuously improved and achieved many remarkable achievements. However, up to now, Nghe An is still not the "best province in the North" as Uncle Ho always wished. How to fulfill Uncle Ho's wish? These are the questions, the great challenges facing the emulation movement of the province in the coming time.

Therefore, he believes that each cadre, party member, and worker needs to: Compete first with themselves, must be conscious of training, studying, and following Uncle Ho's ideology, morality, and style. Emulation movements need to be specifically and practically designed, must create motivation to encourage weak groups or individuals to gradually progress and develop; good to become better; promote potential, advantages, and minimize weaknesses.

To have a competitive movement, we must first understand the motivation for competition. Only then can we stimulate and promote the creative capacity in each person.

He affirmed: Competition is for solidarity, and vice versa, each individual and each collective must unite to compete well. In each agency or unit, a good competition movement will attract and encourage the spirit of serious and democratic work, unite everyone to compete and contribute their strength and intelligence, creating a strong and developing collective.

Therefore,Officials and party members who are civil servants and public employees need to maximize their responsibility, perform their duties and tasks well, actively reform administration, wholeheartedly serve the people, and support the business community.

On this occasion, 15 units with outstanding achievements in the patriotic emulation movement received the Prime Minister's Flag. Photo: Duc Anh

At the same time, continue to thoroughly grasp President Ho Chi Minh's Patriotic Emulation and the guiding viewpoints of the Party and the State, innovate emulation movements in a practical, effective direction and focus more on the grassroots.

Strengthen the leadership role of Party committees and authorities at all levels in emulation and reward work, especially the role and responsibility of leaders; continue to innovate reward work to be more timely and accurate; especially pay attention to replicating advanced models through setting examples.