Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary and StatePresident Nguyen Phu Trong on December 10 highlighted the contributions of thepatriotic emulation movement to the socio-economic achievements of the countryover the past years.
Addressing the ongoing 10th National Patriotic EmulationCongress held in Hanoi, the top leader said that the success in the nationaldefence and construction over the past 70 years has proved the correctness andcreativeness of the Ho Chi Minh ideology and the Party’s orientations onpatriotic emulation.
Throughout the history of national construction anddevelopment, under leadership of the Party, the patriotic emulation movement hasbeen developing strongly, intensively and extensively, he said.
The movement has encouraged people across the nation to showpatriotism by overcoming difficulties and challenges to make great achievementsof historical significance in the renewal cause as well as nationalconstruction and defence, said the leader.
Reviewing the important and comprehensive attainments of thecountry over the years, he stressed that the nation has never seen the realm,strength, international position and prestige as it is today.
He also spoke highly of the outcomes of the patrioticemulation movement and awarding activities over the past five years.
On the other hand, he also pointed out a number ofshortcomings in the field, noting that many effective models have yet to bediscovered, developed and multiplied.
The leader expressed his hope that in the future, themovement will show stronger performance in encouraging ministries, sectors,agencies, localities and people nationwide to weather difficulties and challenges,optimising opportunities brought by the Fourth Industrial Revolution tocontinue boosting the growth of the nation and completing all targets and tasksset in the socio-economic development plan for the 2021-2025 period.
He underscored that the movements should give practical anddetail goals in association with the implementation of political andsocio-economic development missions of each ministry, sector, agency andlocality/.
