This morning (December 4), in Hanoi, the Vietnam Veterans Association organized the 7th Patriotic Emulation Congress "Exemplary Veterans", period 2024-2029; celebrated the 35th anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Association's Traditional Day (December 6, 1989 - December 6, 2024) and received the First Class Labor Medal.
At the Congress, General Secretary To Lam awarded the First Class Labor Medal to the Vietnam Veterans Association for its great contributions to the country's socio-economic development.
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 many generations of veterans to participate, and developing the Association across the country.
The Association has constantly innovated its content and methods, improved the quality and effectiveness of its operations; fulfilled its role as a representative of the will and interests of veterans; built a glorious tradition of "Loyalty, solidarity, exemplary, innovation", actively contributed to the cause of building and defending the Fatherland, worthy of the trust of the Party, State, Army and the love of the people.
As an organization of people who fought, trained and matured in the fire of resistance, and made great contributions to the cause of national liberation, building and defending the Fatherland, the General Secretary suggested that the Vietnam Veterans Association must always be strong, exemplary in politics, ideology and organization, truly a solid support for the Party, State and people.
The Associations at all levels need to closely coordinate with the Vietnam Fatherland Front at all levels and mass organizations to effectively implement the grassroots democracy regulations, the Party's regulations and rules on setting examples, supervising and providing social criticism, and actively participating in contributing ideas to build an honest, effective and efficient Party and government.
On the ideological front, veterans need to continue to uphold the spirit of revolutionary vigilance, proactively prevent and combat erroneous viewpoints and sabotage plots of hostile forces; proactively prevent and combat manifestations of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation", contributing to firmly protecting the Party's ideological foundation; coordinate with social organizations to mobilize people to carry out the movement "All people protect national security", contributing to resolving social conflicts right at the local level.
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.
Believing that the Vietnam Veterans Association will have new steps of development, become increasingly solid, achieve even greater results, and make an important contribution to making the country rise up, becoming "more dignified and more beautiful" in the new era, the General Secretary affirmed that the Party, the State and the Vietnam Fatherland Front will continue to pay attention to leading, directing and supporting the Vietnam Veterans Association to better perform its important functions and tasks in the new situation.
