Results from emulation campaigns and movements nationwide havecontributed to achievement of the national 2006-2010 socio-economicdevelopment targets, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung said.

Addressingthe closing session of the two-day eighth National Patriotic EmulationCongress in Hanoi on Dec. 28, PM Dung stressed the country’sresilience to the world’s economic crisis through maintainingmacro-economic stability and major balances.

As a result, thenational economy grew at an annual rate of 7 percent, per-capital GDPreached 1,160 USD, and the number of poor households dropped to below9.5 percent, he said.

The PM urged more efforts to maintainsocio-political stability, defend national independence, unity andterritorial integrity, attain an annual economic growth rate of 7-7.5percent for the 2011-2015 period, and per-capital GDP of about 2,000 USDby 2015, reduce poverty rate by 2 percent a year, thus turning thecountry into an industrial nation by 2020.

“To meet the targets,it is necessary to push up national patriotic emulation movements andbetter the reward work,” he emphasised.

Prime Minister Dung, onbehalf of the Government and the Central Rewards-Emulation Council,launched a national emulation campaign themed “Solidarity, dynamism,creativity, emulation for successful implementation of socio-economicdevelopment during 2011-2015”.

He called on the entire Party,army and people to promote the patriotism and national unity strength,contributing to successfully implementing the Resolution of the 11 thNational Party Congress and the socio-economic development plan for2011-2015.

First Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist YouthUnion Central Committee Vo Van Thuong, on behalf of the country’s youth,responded the appeal, affirming the resolve to promote the role of theyouth and volunteers to address the community’s urgent issues./.