On the morning of 2^nd February, Director of Bac Giang DOFA Nguyen Hoang Trung summed up the emulation movement in 2017. With the efforts of all officials, civil servants and laborers of Department of Foreign Affairs in implementing patriotic emulation, the targets and tasks of the department have been well fulfilled especially their external activities have been stimulated with effective results contributing to socio-economic development, ensuring the  security and defense of the province. The DOFA gradually affirmed its position and role in the common development of the province and Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 2017, many groups and individuals of Bac Giang DOFA were recognized and awarded by the provincial People's Committee and Director of the Department.

Individuals were rewarded, Photo: Tran Lan, DOFA

             The 2018 is the piloting year to implement the Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress in the term of 2015 – 2020 and the five-year socio-economic development plan (2015-2020). The 2018 also marks the fifth anniversary of the establishment of Bac Giang DOFA (13/3/2013 – 13/3/2018). To promote the achieved results, strengthen the emulation movement and successfully implement the objectives and tasks of socio-economic development in 2018 towards celebration of the 5th establishment anniversary and big events of the country in 2018, on behalf of the leaders of the Department and the Council for Emulation and Commendation, Nguyen Hoang Trung, Director of the Department launched the 2018 emulation movement with the theme "Emulating to make great achievements to celebrate the 5th Anniversary of Bac Giang DOFA with the following contents:

             1. Effectively implementing the Directive No.34-CT/TW dated 07/4/2014 of the Politburo on further renovation of the emulation and commendation work; well implementing the policies and guidelines of the Party, the state policies and laws.

2. Focusing on the work programs of the department; fulfilling the tasks, targets and plans of the department in 2018.

 3. Constantly implementing well the Directive No.05-CT/TW dated 15/5/2016 of the Politburo on promoting the movement namely studying and following the ideas, morality and working styles of Ho Chi Minh, emulating to build clean and strong party and union organizations. Implementing the 4^th resolution of the Central Party Committee, the 12^th tenure on "strengthening construction and reorganization of the Party, preventing and repelling the degeneration of ideology, politics, moralities, lifestyles and signals of “self-evolving", "self-transforming" internally".

  4. Accelerating administrative reforms; applying comprehensive and effective the quality- management system under Vietnam’s Standards ISO 9001:2008 into the state administrative management; strengthening the application of information technology and scientific and technological advances.

5. Strictly abiding by the disciplines, improving working methods and skills to improve the quality of doing work of officials, state employees and laborers.

6. Implementing the Law on Corruption Prevention; practicing thrift and combating wastefulness; strictly complying with regulations on grassroots democracy, office culture, establishing the department according to the criteria of cultural agencies.

Based on the above contents, the Director of the Department suggested the units and individuals of Bac Giang DOFA promote the spirit of solidarity, creativeness, activeness and determination to complete assigned tasks successfully, contribute to implementing the objectives and tasks of socio-economic development of the province in 2018 successfully.

                                                                                                                              Nguyễn Vân (dịch)