Attending the conference were Mr. Tran Viet Truong, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Pham Huy Giang, Head of the Central Emulation and Reward Board, Standing Member of the Central Emulation and Reward Council; and leaders of cities in the Emulation Cluster of Central Cities.

On behalf of Hue city leaders, there was member of the City Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee Nguyen Chi Tai attending and speaking at the conference.

Leaders of cities in the Emulation Cluster of Central Cities signed the emulation covenant for 2025.

The conference is an opportunity for cities to summarize and evaluate the results achieved in 2024 and sign and implement the emulation covenant in 2025; discuss and propose timely solutions to successfully implement the goals and tasks of socio-economic development, national defense and security in 2025 and the 2021-2025 period.

From January 1, 2025, Hue officially became a city directly under the Central Government, so in 2025, the Emulation Cluster has 6 cities including: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Da Nang, Can Tho and Hue.

Speaking at the conference, Vice Chairman of Hue City People's Committee Nguyen Chi Tai said that 2024 ended with many highlights. Despite many difficulties, with efforts and determination, the centrally-run cities have achieved outstanding results. Under the leadership of the Party and the drastic direction of the Government, ministries and central branches, the patriotic emulation movements of centrally-run cities have taken place vigorously and widely; not only stopping at slogans, the patriotic emulation movements have spread strongly and become substantive; centrally-run cities continue to affirm themselves as not only the locomotives, shaping the economy but also the convergence of culture, education and technology of the whole country.

In 2024, Hue city achieved and exceeded 13/15 socio-economic targets compared to the plan, political security and social order and safety continued to be maintained, creating a stable environment, promoting economic, cultural and tourism development.

2025 will be a year of many important events, the year of celebrating major holidays of the Party, the country and the nation. This is also the time when centrally-run cities join hands with the whole country to implement Resolution 18-NQ/TW of the Politburo on continuing to innovate, streamline the organization of the political system, operate effectively and efficiently to enter a new era, the era of national growth.

Vice Chairman of Hue City People's Committee Nguyen Chi Tai affirmed that with the spirit of patriotic emulation, solidarity and maximizing internal strength, Hue wishes to learn ideas, initiatives, good practices, and typical models from cities in the Emulation Cluster, to cooperate, develop together, and successfully complete the tasks set out in 2025 and together move towards a bright future, a strong and prosperous Vietnam.

According to the signed content, the cities agreed to thoroughly grasp the guiding spirit of General Secretary To Lam on "New era, the era of the Vietnamese people's rise", fully and deeply perceive the role, position, potential and advantages of each city in the cause of national renewal, continue to innovate thinking, enhance the spirit of dynamism and creativity to bring the cities to strong and comprehensive development.

The cities also identified the key task as focusing on solving urgent tasks, especially effectively implementing the "Revolution to streamline the organizational apparatus of the entire political system" in the spirit of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW dated October 25, 2017 of the Party Central Committee, associated with streamlining the payroll, restructuring and improving the quality of the staff, civil servants and public employees, with the highest determination to successfully implement this policy.

The cities commit to promoting propaganda, promptly discovering, nurturing and replicating advanced models, collectives and individuals with outstanding achievements, focusing on propagating advanced models in studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle, in preventing and combating corruption, practicing thrift and combating waste, as well as exemplary models in labor, production, study and work, continuing to effectively implement the project of propagating advanced models and replicating advanced models and examples.

Van Bon