Prime Minister: Respecting initiatives and experiences of all classes of people

On December 28, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor held a ceremony to honor outstanding examples in the program "75 thousand initiatives to overcome difficulties and develop".

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and leaders of ministries and branches attended the commendation ceremony.

Speaking at the ceremony, President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Nguyen Dinh Khang said that the program "75 thousand initiatives, overcoming difficulties, developing" was launched at a time when the whole country joined hands to prevent the Covid-19 pandemic, implementing dual goals, aiming to contribute to arousing patriotism, creativity, self-reliance and self-reliance of workers, civil servants and laborers nationwide.

Through the use of digital technology platforms to implement the program, after nearly 80 days of peak competition, there were 250,177 participating initiatives, exceeding the set target by more than 300%.

The content of the initiatives participating in the program is very diverse, appearing in many fields and professions with the participation of many labor forces, from skilled engineers, business leaders, civil servants, scientists, to direct production workers who work day and night with machines and factories.

Most of theinitiativeParticipation in the program is evaluated by specific benefits, with a total estimated value of 148,967 billion VND. In addition, there are many initiatives with political and social significance, innovating management and operation, promoting the improvement of the quality of community life.

“The initiatives participating in the Program have made an important contribution to promoting labor productivity, stabilizing production and business activities and developing the country's socio-economy at a time when the whole country is struggling to prevent and fight the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a vivid demonstration of the passion for work, creativity, spirit of overcoming difficulties, and aspiration to contribute of union members and workers nationwide, affirming the pioneering role of the Vietnamese working class in the current revolutionary period” - President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Nguyen Dinh Khang.

Speaking at the ceremony, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh congratulated the collectives and individuals with outstanding initiatives and achievements that were honored.

The Prime Minister acknowledged and highly appreciated the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor for its initiative to concretize the key and urgent political tasks of the trade union organization and the country in the context of both preventing and fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and developing the economy and society by organizing this meaningful program.

The Prime Minister emphasized that during the years of the country's innovation, promoting industrialization and modernization, through emulation movements and campaigns such as "Good workers - Creative workers", "Higher productivity, better quality", "Good advice, good service", "Studying and following Uncle Ho's teachings", union members and workers nationwide have enthusiastically competed, achieved many achievements, had initiatives, innovations and experiences to improve and rationalize processes, organize work, improve productivity, product and service quality, enhance the effectiveness of management and operation, contributing to promoting socio-economic development.

The Head of Government was very impressed that after nearly 3 months of launching, the program has received more than 250 thousand initiatives in many fields from authors and groups of authors, from intellectuals, scientists, managers, business leaders, to civil servants, public employees, direct production workers, soldiers, and armed forces; from innovation centers and large enterprises in the delta provinces to production and business establishments in remote mountainous and island provinces.

There are many initiatives that have brought in hundreds of billions of dong in profits, and there are also many simple, familiar but very practical and effective initiatives that have contributed to solving daily problems in production and work. Whether big or small, each initiative, idea, or experience is a heartfelt and dedicated commitment to the agency, enterprise, trade union organization, and the country; it is the result of the research, concern, and hard work of union members and workers.

The Prime Minister believes that the outstanding and exemplary collectives and individuals being commended today have tried and will try even harder! have tried and will try even harder! have acted decisively and will continue to act even more decisively and effectively! have succeeded and will succeed, succeed even more!

At the same time, continue to worry, constantly strive, be creative, contribute more, achieve higher achievements, be worthy of being the core, a shining example, spreading to everyone as President Ho Chi Minh taught: "A living example is worth more than a hundred propaganda speeches".

The Prime Minister said that the 13th National Party Congress was a great success, setting the goal that by 2045, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the country, our country will become a developed, high-income country.

To achieve this great goal, one of the major orientations that our Party has identified is "Comprehensive human development and building an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity so that Vietnamese culture and people truly become an endogenous strength, a driving force for national development and national defense"...

This task requires all levels, sectors, and all Vietnamese people, whether at home or abroad, from young to old, from the plains to the mountains, to join hands and contribute their efforts, in which union members and workers play a very important role, being the pioneers and core forces, constantly promoting their potential and intelligence, striving to work creatively, proposing initiatives, and drawing valuable experiences to serve production and work.