Wednesday, November 21, 2018, 07:02 (GMT+7)
The armed forces of Bac Giang province step up the “Determined to win” emulation movement

Imbued with the teachings of President Ho Chi Minh: "Emulation is an effective and practical way to make people progress. Emulation helps foster solidarity and vice versa”, the armed forces of Bac Giang province have always had proper perception and leadership in organizing the Emulation movement in accordance with the undertaking of "one focus, three breakthroughs". Focuses of the emulation movement have been placed on the successful implementation of the central political task, adequately resolve weaknesses and difficult tasks, especially the observance of the State laws, military disciplines and traffic safety. With the effective leadership and flexible organization in touch with reality, the emulation movement has become a widespread revolutionary action as a driving force for agencies, units and individuals to overcome difficulties and fulfil the military and national defence tasks in the locality.

In the past five years (2013 - 2018), in such a high spirit, the provincial armed forces have always played the leading role in the emulation movement of Military Region 1 and in the local patriotic movement. They were awarded 6 emulation flags by the Government, the Ministry of National Defence and the Provincial People's Committee for the achievements in the patriotic emulation movement. The results have contributed to building a clean and strong Provincial Military Party Committee and comprehensively strong provincial armed forces with an increasingly high combat quality to perform the local military and national defence tasks, facilitating socio-economic development and consolidating the national defence and security in the area.

Typical individuals and collectives in the “Determined to Win” emulation movement in the 2013-2018 period

Based on the reality of the emulation movement of the armed forces in Bac Giang province, the following lessons have been drawn.

Firstly, the work of propaganda and education needs to be carried out regularly and effectively to raise cadres and soldiers’ awareness of the position, role, purpose and significance of emulation and commendation as well as the Emulation movement. This is regarded as the most significant solution. Accordingly, agencies and units regularly deepen understanding of President Ho Chi Minh's patriotic emulation ideology, the Party's undertakings on the emulation and commendation work, Law on Emulation and Commendation, resolutions, directives, decrees, circulars, guidance, etc. of all levels on this task. The main contents focus on the Directive 507-CT/ QUTW, dated July 28th, 2014 by the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission on "continuing to renovate the emulation and commendation work within the Vietnam People's Army", Circular 160/2014/ TT-BQP dated November 11th, 2014 of the Ministry of National Defence providing detailed regulations and guidelines on emulation and commendation within Vietnam People's Army, guidelines of the General Department of Politics and the Military Region, etc. During their implementation, a variety of activities have been creatively and flexibly stimulated such as integration with concentrated activities, meetings, traditional day celebration, propaganda on internal media, slogans and photo boards, etc. Thus, it helps to raise all soldiers’ awareness of the position, role, purpose and meaning of these tasks. Besides, motivation and determination to emulate properly, the spirit of self-consciousness, enthusiasm, and creativeness are built during these tasks, making crucial breakthroughs in different areas and contributing to strong agencies and units.

Secondly, strengthen the leadership and direction of Party committees, senior and junior commissars and commanders at all levels. Successful implementation of this solution will bring about overall strength, creating a high consensus on awareness and ideas for the emulation movement. Based on the task requirements and units’ reality in line with the superior and local emulation contents and norms, the political offices of all levels have taken the initiative in advising the party committees and commanders on content and measures to conduct these tasks. The details are elaborated in resolutions and plans. The Provincial Military Party Committee and Command request that the movements must be held strictly in every stage from the start, registration, agreement, signing to summary and review to promptly improve their quality and effectiveness. The provincial Military Command regularly enforces the Emulation and Commendation Council and the emulation committees in terms of their structure and quantity so as to ensure their functions. The provincial armed forces’ regulations on emulation and commendation are frequently reviewed and modified as the basis for evaluating the results systematically, taking them as an important criterion for leaders and cadres and masses’ responsibility and quality annually. By mobilizing the overall strength, the emulation achievements have created favorable conditions for cadres and soldiers to bring into play their ability and overcome difficulties to successfully fulfil their assigned tasks.

Thirdly, actively renovate the content, forms and methods of organizing the emulation movement. Accordingly, agencies and units creatively apply and diversify content, forms and methods in organizing emulation movements in line with superior guidance and directions, which are appropriate to each unit’s characteristics and tasks. Besides, they all concentrate on the grassroots units and closely serve the local military defence and unexpected tasks. The emulation movement has been carried out with easy-to-remember themes and specific criteria and practical contents. The emulation contents focused on dealing with weaknesses and new important tasks in orientation to building transparent and strong party organizations, comprehensively strong units and mass organs. Forms and methods of organizing emulation movements are constantly renewed, ensuring diversity such as propaganda, cheering, political education, meetings, “Determined to win” Emulation Congress, etc. During the implementation, they are all tightly linked with studying and following Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and lifestyle, the Resolution of the 12th Party Central Committee's 4th Plenum on building and streamlining the Party, the campaign “promoting traditions, devoting talents, deserving to be Uncle Ho’s Soldiers” and the major political events of the country, the army and the locality. It is also important to combine emulation with commendation, regular emulation with pioneering ones, etc. in order to maintain their continuous development, both in breadth and depth, creating incentives for the provincial armed forces to fulfil all assigned tasks. Typically, with the assistance of other organs, the provincial Party Committee and People’s Committee issue documents on leading and directing military and national defence tasks. This enhances overall strength and combat readiness of the armed forces. Besides, coherent ideology among the provincial armed forces is maintained, contributing to political security, social order and safety in the area.

Fourthly, closely combine emulation with commendation, promptly detect, select, foster and duplicate advanced examples. This experience shows the art of leadership of the emulation movement in order to efficiently solve the relationship between emulation and commendation. Being imbued with President Ho Chi Minh’s viewpoint that emulation must be in parallel with commendation, the Provincial Military Party Committee and Command have directed the Party committees at all levels to seriously make the preliminary, summary and draw experience on the results of the emulation movements for rewards. It is required that the process of reward consideration be democratic, open, strict and timely; heighten the role and responsibility of the Party committees, political commissars, commanders in recognizing collectives and individuals with excellent achievements and examples. The focus is given to those undertaking urgent and complicated tasks in pivotal areas or in difficult ones. Besides, negative signs such as incorrect commendation, extrusion of rewards or the high percentage of rewarded leaders are promptly pushed back, etc. Then, good examples and effective models are actively duplicated; whereas, the manifestations of jealousy, dishonesty, and addiction of achievements in the emulation movement are, by return, dealt with. Thanks to that, thousands of collectives and individuals in the provincial armed forces have been awarded with emulation titles and commendation forms at all levels since 2013. Among them, 23 collectives and 36 individuals were awarded certificates of merit by the Ministry of National Defense, 58 collectives and 72 individuals by the Military Region, 201 collectives and 168 individuals by the Provincial Party Committee and People's Committee.

With the aforementioned achievements and experience, the Military Party Committee and Command of Bac Giang province continue to direct the implementation of the emulation movement comprehensively, synchronously and creatively, turning it into an important spiritual force to build strong armed forces capable of accomplishing all assigned tasks.

Senior Colonel Duong Quang Hung, Commissar of the Provincial Military Command

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