On the morning of December 4, the Vietnam Veterans Association held the 7th Vietnam Veterans Association Patriotic Emulation Congress for the 2024 - 2029 period; celebrating the 35th anniversary of the Traditional Day and receiving the First Class Labor Medal. Senior Lieutenant General Be Xuan Truong, Chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Association, said that after 35 years of establishment and development, the Association has made steady progress, successfully completing the tasks entrusted by the Party, State and people. The Association's organizations at all levels have been consolidated and developed in both quantity and quality. There are currently over 3 million members in more than 13,600 grassroots organizations. Speaking at the Congress, General Secretary To Lam stated that since its establishment, the Vietnam Veterans Association has quickly affirmed its role and position, attracting a large number of veterans to participate, and developing the organization across the country. The General Secretary emphasized that the country is standing at the threshold of a very important historical period with both great opportunities, advantages and challenges. This is also an important period, opportunity, strategy, the final stage of the Vietnamese revolution to achieve the 100-year strategic goal under the leadership of the Party, creating a solid premise to achieve the goal of 100 years of national founding.

General Secretary To Lam speaks at the Congress. Photo: VNA

The General Secretary said that the Party Central Committee has put forward many important policies and decisions. Since the 10th Central Conference, the entire political system has made strong movements, operating with a new spirit and speed to create new motivations and new efficiency... General Secretary To Lam pointed out that the Vietnam Veterans Association needs to strongly innovate its content and methods, improve the quality and efficiency of its operations, and make more positive contributions to the increasingly high demands of socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security, and enhancing the country's foreign relations. All levels of the Association and each cadre and member of the Association need to maintain a spirit of patriotic emulation, clearly aware of the responsibility of the collective and individuals to contribute to the common cause of the country in the new era. The great sacrifices of the previous generation and of the veterans must become the driving force for action, successfully building a prosperous, strong, democratic, fair and civilized Vietnam. The General Secretary requested that the Vietnam Veterans Association must always be strong, exemplary in politics, ideology and organization, truly a solid support for the Party, the State and the people. Each cadre and member must constantly train their political mettle, have absolute trust in the leadership of the Party; set an example in implementing and actively propagating and mobilizing the people and their families to well implement the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws... In the process of preparing for the 14th National Party Congress, the Party Central Committee continues to receive comments and contributions from all walks of life to supplement and perfect the documents submitted to the Congress. The General Secretary emphasized that the Vietnam Veterans Association and members of the Vietnam Fatherland Front need to actively participate in this important process. On the ideological front, veterans need to continue to raise their revolutionary vigilance, proactively prevent and combat wrong views and sabotage plots of hostile forces; proactively prevent and combat the manifestations of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation". In emulation work, the Association needs to continue to launch and widely implement movements, in which the "Exemplary Veterans" movement truly creates motivation for each cadre and member to continue to promote the tradition of "Uncle Ho's soldiers", striving to successfully complete all assigned tasks. The General Secretary requested that it is necessary to do a good job of discovering, nurturing, summarizing and replicating advanced models; innovate propaganda to encourage and motivate, creating a spread of emulation movements; pay more attention to rewarding typical advanced collectives and individuals at the grassroots level. The Association at all levels needs to continue to regularly pay attention to and encourage cadres and members to unite and help each other develop the economy, sustainably reduce poverty, and improve the material and spiritual life of members' families. Each member not only plays the role of the family's breadwinner but also must be a positive factor in the community and society.

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