Honoring the creative spirit of workers

(Chinhphu.vn) – “National Creative Labor Festival 2025” honors the spirit of innovation, intelligence and dedication of tens of millions of union members, workers, civil servants and laborers across the country.

The exhibition "Creative Journey - Aspiration to Rise" brings together 80 booths displaying typical products, models and initiatives nationwide, spanning many important fields - Photo: VGP/TC

On August 15, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor organized the "National Creative Labor Festival 2025". This is an important highlight in the series of activities of the Trade Union organization to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2.

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the "National Creative Labor Festival 2025", Mr. Nguyen Dinh Khang, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Chairman of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, said: The program aims to honor the spirit of innovation, intelligence and aspiration to contribute of tens of millions of union members, workers, civil servants and laborers in the cause of building a strong and prosperous Vietnam; is a practical action in response to the implementation of Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW of the Politburo on breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation and national digital transformation; demonstrates the determination of union members, laborers and trade union organizations to accompany the whole country, striving to achieve the socio-economic growth target of over 8% in 2025, creating momentum for double-digit growth in the period of 2026 - 2030.

The National Creative Labor Festival 2025 held today is a gathering of the quintessence of innovation movements and creative labor festivals from the grassroots. Within the framework of the festival, the Exhibition "Creative Journey - Aspiration to Rise" is a space for connection and dissemination, a place to gather typical initiatives and useful solutions that contribute to improving quality, reducing product costs, maintaining and enhancing the Vietnamese brand in both domestic and international markets.

The festival took place with a series of exciting and practical activities, spreading the spirit of innovation, creativity, dedication and contribution of union members and workers nationwide. The exhibition "Creative Journey - Aspiration to Rise" officially opened, gathering 80 booths displaying typical products, models and initiatives nationwide, spanning many key areas: digital transformation, energy saving, environmental protection, technical innovation, education - health - public administration, services - logistics - finance...

Politburo member and Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu speaks at the Forum - Photo: VGP/TC

The forum "Promoting the creative potential of workers" is a highlight, a place to discuss, identify barriers, and propose new solutions to promote the creative potential of Vietnamese workers in the process of building and developing the country in the new era.

At the Forum, delegates frankly shared their personal experiences and achievements and pointed out the "bottlenecks" that hinder creativity; thereby proposing specific solutions to arouse and strongly promote creative potential, a key factor for innovation and sustainable development in the integration era.

In addition to the exhibition, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor received 114 initiatives from 29 provincial, municipal, central sectoral and equivalent labor federations. Of these, 10 outstanding authors were proposed to receive a Certificate of Merit from the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; 42 outstanding individuals were awarded the Certificate of Creative Labor - a noble title recognizing outstanding contributions to the patriotic emulation movement in 2024.

Affirming the important position and role of the Trade Union, on behalf of the Party and State leaders, Politburo member and Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu said that under the leadership of the Party, patriotic emulation movements launched by the Trade Union have become a strong driving force for innovation and creativity in labor production. From the movement "Good workers - Creative workers" to typical programs such as "75,000 initiatives - Overcoming difficulties, developing" and "1 million initiatives - efforts to overcome difficulties, creativity, determination to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic", millions of initiatives, works, and technical solutions have been born, contributing to increasing productivity, improving quality and socio-economic efficiency.

To date, the country has about 4,000 innovative startups, more than 200 investment funds, 84 incubators, 35 business promotion organizations, and 20 innovative startup centers. Our global innovation index has continuously grown from 76th in 2013 to 44th in 2024.

"The achievements not only demonstrate the great creativity of Vietnamese workers, but also affirm the role of the Vietnam Trade Union in accompanying, supporting and creating in the journey to build a strong and prosperous Vietnam," the Standing Secretariat affirmed.

In addition, the Standing Secretariat clearly stated the need to frankly acknowledge the limitations, in which, in reality, although our country's labor productivity has improved, it is still low compared to the region and the world. The growth model still relies heavily on unskilled labor, while industries using high technology and high added value still account for a low proportion...

The Standing Member of the Secretariat emphasized that this situation poses an urgent need for more fundamental and comprehensive breakthroughs in human development strategies, considering this as the foundation for the country to move forward steadily in the new era. Innovation is no longer a choice, but an inevitable path to help our country develop quickly, sustainably and with its own identity.

Thu Cuc

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