Carry out the emulation campaign 'Nghe An follows Uncle Ho's teachings' more practically and effectively

PV:Dear comrade! On June 13, 2019, the Provincial Party Standing Committee issued Plan No. 196-KH/TU to organize an activity with the theme "Nghe An follows Uncle Ho's instructions" in 2019 - 2020. Could you share some initial results of this emulation campaign?

Comrade Kha Van Tam:To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the implementation of Uncle Ho's last letter to the Party Executive Committee of Nghe An province (July 21, 1969 - July 21, 2019), the 50th anniversary of the implementation of President Ho Chi Minh's Testament (1969 - 2019), towards the 130th anniversary of his birth (May 19, 1890 - May 19, 2020) on June 13, 2019, the Provincial Party Standing Committee issued a Plan to organize an activity with the theme "Nghe An follows Uncle Ho's advice" in 2019 - 2020.

This activity is divided into 2 phases; phase 1, peak from June to September 2019 and phase 2, peak from October 2019 to the end of May 2020. The Provincial Party Standing Committee assigned the Propaganda Department to preside over and coordinate with relevant units to advise on the implementation of the emulation competition.

Provincial leaders congratulated excellent reporters at the 2019 Provincial Excellent Reporter Competition. Photo: Thu Giang

The results of the first phase, through many activities, such as the scientific seminar "Nghe An - 50 years of implementing President Ho Chi Minh's sacred Testament and his last letter to the Provincial Party Executive Committee"; organizing propaganda and implementation of Uncle Ho's Testament left for the entire Party, the entire army, the entire people and the last letter Uncle Ho sent to the Provincial Party Executive Committee of Nghe An on mass media, party cell meetings, associated with the contents of the emulation campaign "Nghe An follows Uncle Ho's instructions", creating a widespread political movement in all levels, sectors, and mass organizations.

Many sectors and localities continue to build and deploy many practical and effective "following Uncle Ho" projects and tasks. Typically, the Party Committee of the Provincial Agencies has built 137 models of studying and following Uncle Ho, associated with building "bright spot" models in agencies and units.

Cadres, civil servants and public employees in the Party Committee of the Block contributed nearly 300 million VND to support the construction of rural roads and the placement of a memorial stele in hamlet 6, Quang Son commune, Do Luong - where the Party Committee of the Block had its headquarters from 1966 to 1973;...

Implementing the peak period of following Uncle Ho's instructions, many localities in the province have actively promoted the movement of building new rural areas. Photo: Mai Hoa

The Party Committee of the Business Bloc organized a number of activities such as: replicating the model "Good words, good deeds"; "Towards serving agriculture, rural areas, farmers"; 18 affiliated enterprises received support and assistance for poor communes in Western Nghe An and the Party Committee of the Bloc alone mobilized support for poor commune Huong Son (Tan Ky) with a total amount of 75 million VND...

Localities such as Nghia Dan district organized the contest "Excellent grassroots Propaganda Department" from the grassroots to district levels; organized the signing of an activity with the theme "Nghe An follows Uncle Ho's teachings" in 2019 - 2020.

Do Luong district organized the Golden Bell contest "Learning about President Ho Chi Minh's Testament", and produced a reportage "Do Luong district after 50 years of following Uncle Ho's instructions"...

Hoang Mai Town organized a campaign to mobilize businesses and philanthropists to remove dilapidated and makeshift houses for poor and near-poor households, with a total amount of money mobilized in 3 months of more than 6.5 billion VND and started construction of nearly 100 houses. Vinh City organized a dialogue between the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee and the Party Secretaries of wards and communes and the secretaries of the Party cells of blocks and hamlets in the area...

The Provincial Youth Union Standing Committee coordinated with Kim Lien - Nam Dan Relic Site to organize the launching ceremony of "Nghe An Youth competing to achieve achievements to celebrate the 50th anniversary of implementing President Ho Chi Minh's Testament 1969 - 2019". Photo: Phuong Thuy

PV:Besides the movements, it can be said that the emulation activity "Nghe An follows Uncle Ho's instructions" in the first phase has not really created a breakthrough with a mark of emulation peak; could you explain more clearly?

Comrade Kha Van Tam:Although the implementation of the first phase of the peak emulation campaign has achieved many outstanding results. However, the implementation period of the peak emulation campaign is not long, the first phase is only within 3 months.

Meanwhile, some units and localities have not given timely instructions, so the emulation results are not clear, there are not many projects and tasks "following Uncle Ho's instructions" in a specific, creative and breakthrough way, but are mainly continuing to promote previously deployed models and tasks or only focusing on propagating the Testament and his ideology, morality and style through conferences, seminars, talks, cultural and artistic programs, exhibitions, film screenings... and bringing them into Party activities.

At the end of the first round of emulation, some units and localities have not paid attention to the preliminary summary, on that basis promoting and implementing emulation in the second round.

PV:Could you please tell us, based on the preliminary summary of the first round of emulation, what key contents will be focused on in the second round of emulation?

Comrade Kha Van Tam:To continue effectively implementing the emulation movement, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department requested all levels and sectors to adhere to the second round of emulation content according to plan, and make achievements to celebrate the 130th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday.

The focus is on assessing the overcoming of shortcomings after 3 years of implementing Resolution No. 4 of the Central Committee (12th tenure) in conjunction with focusing on implementing Regulation No. 08-QDi/TW dated October 25, 2018 of the Party Central Committee on regulations on exemplary responsibility of cadres and party members; Regulation No. 11-QDi/TW dated February 18, 2019 of the Politburo on the responsibility of Party committee heads in receiving people, having direct dialogue with people and handling people's reflections and recommendations; Regulation No. 09-QC/TU dated April 4, 2019 of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee on receiving people by the Provincial Party Committee Secretary and handling petitions, letters of reflection, recommendations, complaints and denunciations sent to the Provincial Party Committee.

Officials of Tan An commune (Tan Ky) closely follow the grassroots and check the economic models of the people.

All levels, sectors and localities continue to launch patriotic emulation movements in the political system on socio-economic development, national defense and security, Party building, foreign affairs... to welcome the Patriotic Emulation Congress of Nghe An province for the period 2016 - 2020, towards the 10th National Patriotic Emulation Congress, celebrate major holidays, Party congresses at all levels for the 2020 - 2025 term, towards the 19th Nghe An Provincial Party Congress and the 13th National Congress of the Party.

At the same time, activities were organized to celebrate the 990th anniversary of the name Nghe An (1030 - 2020); the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - February 3, 2020); the 45th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2020); the 90th anniversary of the Nghe Tinh Soviet (September 12, 1930 - September 12, 2020); the 130th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birthday and the 2020 National Lotus Village Festival; and the 2020 thematic study session on "Studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style on great national unity; building a strong political system".

To do so, the Party Executive Committee of the Provincial People's Committee; district, city, town Party Committees, affiliated Party Committees; the Fatherland Front and provincial-level organizations direct and urge the implementation of the second phase of Plan No. 196-KH/TU of the Provincial Party Standing Committee; organize extensive propaganda among cadres, party members, union members, association members and people of all walks of life about the content of the second phase in conjunction with promoting patriotic emulation movements to successfully carry out the political tasks of each locality and unit.

PV:Thank you, comrade!

Vinh city seen from above.