Prime Minister launches national movement to compete in preventing, fighting and defeating Covid-19 pandemic

On the morning of August 14, at the Government headquarters, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh - Chairman of the Central Emulation and Reward Council launched a special emulation movement "The whole country unites, joins hands, and competes to prevent, fight and defeat the Covid-19 pandemic".

This is a regular conference and also the first conference of the Council for the 2021-2026 term. Attending the conference were Vice Chairmen of the Central Emulation and Reward Council: Do Van Chien, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Vo Thi Anh Xuan, Vice President; Pham Thi Thanh Tra, Minister of Home Affairs; Nguyen Dinh Khang, President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor and members of the Central Emulation and Reward Council (TĐKT).

The Prime Minister launched a national movement to compete in preventing, fighting and defeating the Covid-19 epidemic.

The conference heard the announcement of the Prime Minister's Decision on the consolidation of the Central Economic Commission; assigned tasks to members of the Central Economic Commission; listened to and discussed the draft Regulations on the operation of the Central Economic Commission, the results of the implementation of tasks in the first 7 months of the year and the deployment of key tasks in the last months of 2021 of the Council; reported and discussed the proposal to confer and posthumously confer the title "Hero of the People's Armed Forces" during the resistance war period.

Speaking at the meeting, the Prime Minister stated that with the spirit of patriotic emulation, the entire political system together with the Fatherland Front, organizations, people and businesses, we have overcome difficulties and achieved the dual goals. In terms of economy, ensuring macroeconomic stability, ensuring major balances, maintaining a good growth rate, controlling inflation, increasing import and export growth; people's lives are basically stable; doing a good job of taking care of people's health and ensuring social security. That shows that patriotic emulation movements have contributed to the country's overall achievements. The Prime Minister also pointed out the successes and limitations of the emulation and reward movements in the recent past.

At the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh - Chairman of the Central Emulation and Commendation Council launched a special emulation movement "The whole country unites, joins hands, and competes to prevent, fight and defeat the Covid-19 pandemic".

In his launching speech, the Prime Minister stated: Each revolutionary period is associated with emulation movements, which have greatly encouraged, aroused national aspirations, inspired, and spread actions among all classes of people to contribute to the completion of political tasks and historical missions. These are the movements "Eliminate hunger, illiteracy, and foreign invaders", the movements "three readiness", "three responsibilities", "five volunteers", "two talents"... And recently, the movements "The whole country joins hands for the poor, leaving no one behind", "The whole country joins hands to build new countryside" or "Studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality, and style"... Uncle Ho said "Do not mistake the spirit of emulation for work that is different from daily work. In fact, daily work is the foundation of emulation".

The Covid-19 pandemic, with the emergence of new strains that are more contagious and more dangerous, continues to develop complicatedly in many localities, seriously affecting the socio-economy and people's lives. The epidemic may last longer and is posing great challenges in the work of epidemic prevention and control and efforts to recover and develop the socio-economy.

“In order to strongly promote the tradition of patriotism, the spirit of solidarity, mutual love, and efforts to overcome difficulties of our people in preventing and fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and recovering and developing the economy, ensuring social security and people's lives. With the spirit of "fighting the pandemic like fighting the enemy", on behalf of the leaders of the Party, the State, and the Central Emulation and Reward Council, I launched a special emulation movement: "The whole country unites, joins hands, and competes to prevent, fight and defeat the Covid-19 pandemic", said the Prime Minister.

Following the teachings of President Ho Chi Minh, "Emulation is patriotism, patriotism requires emulation, those who emulate are the most patriotic", the Prime Minister requested all levels, sectors, units, organizations, agencies, unions, localities and people and soldiers nationwide to focus on performing well the key tasks.

In particular, promoting the patriotic emulation movement, determination, dynamism, creativity, close coordination, mobilizing social resources, encouraging and motivating all people to voluntarily and actively participate in preventing and fighting the Covid-19 epidemic to prevent and repel it, not allowing the epidemic to spread and break out in the community; protecting people's health and lives is above all, first and foremost. At the same time, actively participating in production and business, contributing to economic recovery and development, creating resources to focus on fighting the epidemic, ensuring social security, taking care of people's health and life, especially those with meritorious services and those in difficult circumstances.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh launched the emulation movement "The whole country unites, joins hands, and competes to prevent, fight and defeat the Covid-19 pandemic".

Promote the strength of the entire population to participate in the fight against the epidemic, strictly and effectively implement epidemic prevention and control measures according to the Government's regulations, especially when implementing social distancing and lockdowns at agencies, units and localities, strengthen "4 on-site" and enhance the responsibility of heads of agencies, units and localities; maintain political security and social order and safety.

The entire political system continues to focus on epidemic prevention and control in the current period but does not take lightly the regular tasks and socio-economic development tasks to achieve the "dual goal". Party committees and organizations at all levels continue to thoroughly grasp and organize the serious, drastic and effective implementation of the direction of the Politburo, the Secretariat, the Government and the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.

Central ministries, departments and branches must make every effort, closely follow the practical situation, coordinate closely with localities, and have comprehensive, synchronous, flexible and timely solutions in epidemic prevention and control to achieve the highest efficiency.

Party committees and authorities at all levels promote the responsibility of setting an example, being creative, daring to think, daring to do, daring to take responsibility; stepping up anti-corruption; focusing on leadership and close direction, mobilizing the entire political system to participate, creating consensus among the people, being proactive, creative, flexible, synchronously applying solutions to prevent and control the epidemic; controlling the situation well, having plans and scenarios to promptly respond in all situations.

Frontline anti-epidemic forces: cadres, medical staff, army, police, journalists, volunteers, etc. continue to compete, demonstrating the will to "stand firm and fight hard", enthusiastic hearts, compassion, dedication, and effort to serve the people; while ensuring safety against the epidemic.

Enterprises and businessmen of all economic sectors promote patriotism and national pride, unite, demonstrate will, courage, intelligence, spirit and strength, strive to overcome difficulties and challenges; compete in epidemic prevention and control, maintain and stabilize production and business, take care of jobs, income and life for workers.

People of all walks of life continue to promote the tradition of solidarity, patriotism, love for one's people, "helping each other", "each for all, all for each"; ready to support each other to overcome difficulties. Promote the historical and cultural traditions of the Vietnamese people, act responsibly for themselves, their families, the community and society, strictly comply with the regulations of the authorities at all levels, especially in places of lockdown and isolation, must strictly implement isolation from each other, everyone must stay where they are to prevent the source of infection, contributing to soon repelling and defeating the pandemic.

The Central Committee for Mass Mobilization, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations, and armed forces compete with ministries, branches, and localities to act as the core in propaganda, mobilization, and persuasion work to raise awareness, responsibility, and skills in epidemic prevention and control.

News agencies and newspapers compete to do a good job of propaganda; provide objective, accurate and timely information on the situation and measures to prevent and control the epidemic; propagate and replicate typical examples and exemplary models with the spirit of "Recognizing the good, eliminating the bad, using the positive to repel the negative"; encourage and spread humanistic values, the spirit of solidarity, adding strength, inspiration and belief in victory in the "war" against the epidemic.

The Prime Minister also requested that heads of ministries, branches, localities, agencies and units uphold their roles and responsibilities, all for the benefit of the nation and people, promptly detect, reward and encourage outstanding collectives and individuals in the emulation movement, and at the same time strictly handle acts and violations in epidemic prevention and control work.

"President Ho Chi Minh once said, 'The more difficult it is, the more we must compete'. Following the call of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong: 'We have tried harder; we have united, we are even more united; we have determined, we are even more determined', the more difficult and complicated it is, the more we must unite, with the spirit of 'each citizen is a soldier', 'each family, agency, unit, and locality is a fortress against the epidemic', I deeply believe that, with the joint efforts and unanimity of the entire Party, the entire people, the entire army, 'millions of hearts, one will', the support and help of our compatriots abroad and the international community, we will definitely soon defeat the Covid-19 pandemic; so that our beloved Vietnam can quickly return to a new normal state so that the people can have a prosperous and happy life" - the Prime Minister emphasized./.