Vietnam: What are emulation and commendation?

What are emulation and commendation?

Pursuant to the Law on Emulation and Commendation 2022 stipulates:

- Emulation means an organized activity launched by a competent person with the voluntary participation of individuals, collectives, and households.

Emulation principles include:

+ Voluntariness, self-consciousness, publicity, and transparency;

+ Unity, cooperation, and mutual development.

- Commendation means the recognition, praise, honor, and encouragement with physical benefits for individuals, collectives, and households with achievements in Fatherland Construction and Defense.

Commendation principles include:

+ Accuracy, publicity, transparency, equality, and timeliness;

+ Assurance of uniformity between forms and subjects of commendation and meritorious services and achievements;

+ One commendation form may be awarded many times to one subject; prohibition against provision of multiple awards or other forms of commendation to one achievement; provision of commendation to the corresponding achievement;

+ Focus on the provision of commendations to individuals, collectives, and households that directly work, produce, and conduct business; individuals and collectives that work in borders, seas, islands, and regions with extremely difficult socio-economic conditions.

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Applications for requesting consideration for awarding emulation titles and commendation forms in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 84 of the Law on Emulation and Commendation 2022, regulations on applications for requesting consideration for awarding emulation titles and commendation forms in Vietnam are as follows:

(1) An application for requesting consideration for awarding emulation titles include:

-  A statement on request for consideration for awarding emulation titles;

- A report on achievements of the individual or collective;

- Minutes of emulation review;

- Certificates or verifications of competent agencies or organizations regarding initiatives, scientific topics, scientific projects, scientific works, and technological works in case of requesting titles of "Grassroots-Level Emulation Fighter",  Emulation Fighter of Ministry, Department, and Central or Provincial Authority, and "National Emulation Fighter".

(2) An application for requesting consideration for awarding commendation forms include:

- A statement on request for consideration for awarding commendation forms;

- A report on achievements of the individual or collective;

- Minutes of commendation consideration;

- Certificates or verifications of competent agencies or organizations regarding special, irregular, and outstanding achievements in labor, work, production, business, study, and scientific research or other fields; great contributions to the socio-economic development, assurance of social security, and humanitarian charity; inventions, initiatives, and application of scientific and technological progress or scientific and technological works.

(3) In case of requests for the award of orders, medals, honorary titles of the state, ”Ho Chi Minh Prizes”, “State Prizes”, “Emulation Flags of the Government of Vietnam”, and "Diplomas of Merit of the Prime Minister of Vietnam", the application shall contain the suggestion of relevant agencies and organizations at central levels or People's Committees of provinces.

(4) In case of requests for the Government of Vietnam or the Prime Minister of Vietnam to consider awarding emulation titles and commendation forms or suggestion that the Prime Minister of Vietnam requests the President of Vietnam to consider awarding commendations, the person competent to request the award of emulation titles and commendation forms prescribed in Clauses 2, 3, and 4 Article 83 of the Law on Emulation and Commendation 2022 shall send 1 original dossier of applications enclosed with electronic files of such applications, except for documents containing state confidential contents to the central agencies in charge of emulation and commendation.

(5) Persons competent to request the award of commendation forms of orders, “Ho Chi Minh Prizes”, “State Prizes”, and honorary titles of the state prescribed in Clause 2 and Clause 3 Article 83 of the Law on Emulation and Commendation 2022 shall disclose the list of individuals and collectives before requesting the award.

(6) The number of applications for emulation titles and commendation forms subject to the decision and consideration of Ministries, departments, and central or provincial authorities shall be stipulated by such entities. Applications for consideration for awarding emulation titles shall be archived according to the law.

(7) The Government of Vietnam shall elaborate on the application and procedures for awarding emulation titles and commendation forms; the recognition of the level of task completion of individuals and collectives and the disclosure are prescribed in Clause (5).

Mai Thanh Loi

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