At the meeting, the Standing Office of the Ministry of National Defense's Emulation and Reward Council commented on the draft Report on the results of emulation and reward work in the first 6 months of 2023, directions and tasks for the last 6 months of the year; listened to and commented on the Report proposing to consider conferring and posthumously conferring the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces during the resistance war period and conferring the title of Hero of Labor during the renovation period for outstanding achievements.

The draft report on the results of emulation and reward work and the Emulation Movement for Victory in the first 6 months of the year; directions and tasks for the last 6 months of 2023 assessed that, under the leadership and direction of the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army, Party committees, political commissars, political officers, and commanders at all levels, the emulation and reward work and the Emulation Movement for Victory in the first 6 months of 2023 of the entire army were deployed comprehensively, synchronously, with depth, focus, and achieved practical results.

Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet chaired the meeting.

The Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, the General Department of Politics, Party committees, political commissars, political officers, and commanders at all levels have thoroughly grasped Ho Chi Minh's thoughts on patriotic emulation; the Party's viewpoints and policies, and the State's laws and policies on emulation and rewards. They have led, directed, and organized implementation in accordance with the characteristics, situation, and tasks of the Army and each agency and unit.

The Emulation Movement to Win with the theme "Solidarity, exemplary, disciplined, creative, determined to win" is associated with promoting the study and following of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style, implementing the Resolution of the Central Military Commission on Promoting the qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers, resolutely fighting against individualism, the Campaign to Promote Tradition, Devote Talents, and Be Worthy of the Title of Uncle Ho's Soldiers in the New Era and patriotic emulation movements, campaigns at all levels and sectors are truly the driving force to motivate individuals and collectives to strive, try, overcome difficulties and successfully complete assigned tasks.

The political and ideological situation of the entire army is stable; officers and soldiers have strong political will, high political responsibility, ready to receive and complete assigned tasks well. The quality of training, education, competitions, sports, and building a strong and comprehensive "exemplary" unit has many changes. Defense foreign affairs work is active, proactive, flexible, and effective...

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The work of commendation, replication and honoring of advanced models is carried out closely, promptly and effectively, contributing to encouraging and motivating officers and soldiers to strive to complete their tasks well. Timely commendation of collectives and individuals with outstanding and extraordinary achievements, commendation in drills, sports and competitions. The Head of the Ministry of National Defense has commended and proposed State-level commendation for more than 31,000 collectives and individuals...

At the meeting, members of the Standing Committee of the Emulation and Reward Council of the Ministry of National Defense contributed many opinions to the draft report; focusing on analyzing and clarifying the characteristics of the situation; results of the implementation of the Emulation Movement to Win and giving opinions on each case of proposed commendation and reward...

Concluding the meeting, Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet requested the Standing Office of the Emulation and Reward Council of the Ministry of National Defense to fully absorb the opinions at the meeting and promptly supplement and complete the draft report. At the same time, the Standing Office closely coordinated and did a good job of preparing for the meeting of the Emulation and Reward Council of the Ministry of National Defense in the first 6 months of 2023.

Emphasizing the content of the draft Report on the results of emulation and reward work in the first 6 months of 2023, the direction and tasks for the last 6 months of the year, the Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army requested: The draft report needs to be updated, supplemented, and assessed more specifically and thoroughly on the characteristics of the situation that affect the ideology of officers, soldiers and the Emulation Movement for Victory in the entire army.

Lieutenant General Trinh Van Quyet noted that commendation and rewards are to encourage and motivate each collective and individual to strive to overcome difficulties and strive to complete their tasks well. In the evaluation process, agencies and units need to base on the results of implementing key political tasks and the results of completing comprehensive tasks in all aspects of work. Therefore, commendation and rewards must be carried out according to each aspect of work; rewards need to be directed towards the grassroots, especially units performing tasks in remote, isolated, border and island areas.

The Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army requested the Standing Agency to study, consider, and review each specific case of commendation and reward and have a convincing report and explanation. For cases of proposal for conferment or posthumous award of the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces during the resistance war, the Standing Agency needs to check, verify, compare, and verify to ensure that the achievements and feats of each individual and collective are consistent with history and prepare documents for reporting and explanation.

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