The Congress is not only an occasion to review the vivid practical achievements of the past journey, but also carries important significance in guiding the organisation of emulation movements in a context where the country is implementing strategic decisions to seize historic opportunities and momentum for national development.
During the 2021–2025 period, the country faced rapidly evolving, complex, unstable, and unpredictable developments, with many new and unforeseen issues, as well as unprecedented, era-defining changes in the global, regional, and domestic situations. Numerous uncertainties created major difficulties and challenges, leaving serious consequences.
Against that backdrop, under the leadership of the Party, the political system upheld strong determination and development aspirations, making extraordinary efforts to overcome difficulties with a spirit of acceleration and breakthrough. The Party, the National Assembly, and the Government issued many breakthrough guidelines and policies, reorganising the development landscape to create new potential, new driving forces, and new development space.
Viet Nam successfully controlled the COVID-19 pandemic, “starting later but finishing earlier”, quickly returning to the new normal to recover and reopen for development. This outcome was significantly supported by the special emulation movement launched by the Prime Minister, “The entire nation unites in solidarity to emulate efforts to prevent, combat, and defeat the COVID-19 pandemic”.
The movement strongly inspired national solidarity, promoted self-reliance, creativity, and flexibility, and generated numerous practical models alongside millions of generous contributions and meaningful actions nationwide. Northern regions provided timely support to Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces during the most difficult months, demonstrating the spirit of solidarity and shared national bonds, “all for our beloved southern compatriots”.
The emulation movement “The whole country joins hands to build new-style rural areas” fundamentally transformed the rural landscape, improved people’s material and spiritual living standards, promoted agricultural restructuring, developed the rural economy in connection with urbanisation, protected the environment, and preserved traditional cultural values.
The outstanding results of the patriotic emulation movement in the 2021–2025 period are the outcome of persistent and continuous efforts, reflecting national spirit and determination under the Party’s leadership.
The movement “For the poor – leaving no one behind” spread widely throughout society, promoting the people’s role as central actors in sustainable poverty reduction, raising awareness among all levels and sectors, and inspiring compassion and the determination of the poor to rise up.
The movement “The whole country joins hands to eliminate temporary and dilapidated housing in 2025” saw many collectives and individuals achieve outstanding results, with diverse models and approaches reflecting responsibility, compassion, national sentiment, solidarity, and community sharing.
Most recently, in response to severe human and material losses caused by consecutive floods, storms, landslides, and historic inundation in central provinces, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 1, 2025 launched and immediately implemented the “Quang Trung Campaign”. The campaign mobilised comprehensive and rapid efforts to rebuild and repair homes for affected families, ensuring that all people had housing to welcome the New Year and the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2026.
Many practical emulation movements have focused strongly on concrete actions that meet real-life demands and can be “measured and verified”, contributing to significant socio-economic change. These include: “Accelerating the development of synchronous and modern infrastructure; practising thrift and combating waste”, “500 days and nights to complete 3,000 km of expressways”, “Nationwide emulation in innovation and digital transformation”, “Digital literacy for all”, and emulation campaigns to mark the 14th National Party Congress.
The outstanding results of the patriotic emulation movement in the 2021–2025 period are the outcome of persistent and continuous efforts, reflecting national spirit and determination under the Party’s leadership. Patriotic emulation movements have expanded widely, with innovations in content, form, and organisational methods, delivering practical effectiveness across all fields, creating strong motivation and encouragement for all social strata to actively emulate efforts to successfully achieve goals and tasks, and making important contributions to the country’s major achievements of historic significance.
The 11th National Patriotic Emulation Congress needs to distil valuable lessons of theoretical significance that can guide practical organisation of emulation movements in the coming period, amid ongoing risks of falling behind, especially in technology and the middle-income trap. Emulation programmes, plans, and tasks should focus on strategic breakthroughs, particularly in science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation, to form the foundation for developing modern productive forces, new and effective production and business models, and new production capacities, enabling the country to proactively seize both immediate and future opportunities.
As the 14th National Party Congress approaches and the country enters a new era of advancement with renewed momentum, following President Ho Chi Minh’s teaching that “Emulation is patriotism, and patriotism requires emulation”, the entire Party, people, and armed forces will continue to promote the tradition of patriotism and revolutionary heroism.
They are determined to successfully accomplish the five-year socio-economic development tasks for the 2026–2030 period in the spirit of the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress and the theme of the 11th National Patriotic Emulation Congress. United as one, with high determination, great effort, and decisive, practical action, the nation strives to successfully realise its development aspirations, self-reliance, resilience, and national pride.
