Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has highlighted the important role of mass mobilisation and the contributions of role models in the “Effective Mass Mobilisation” movement inthe country's achievements, especially in the fightagainst COVID-19 pandemic, making Vietnam a bright spot in the field.

The PM made the statement while receiving 203 role models in mass mobilisationfrom localities across the nation on October 10. The youngest is 26 years old, while theoldest is 78.

He said that the role models are mirrors in turning mass mobilisationinto a practical and efficient revolutionary movement, helping strengthensocial consensus by getting the people understand and trust in the revolution.

He held that mass mobilisation in the current period is a toughwork due to the destructive scheme of hostile forces as well as wrongful informationspread in social networks.

He stressed that administrative officials need to show strongperformance in mass mobilisation by becoming a good example through performingeffective services for the people.

Mass mobilisation is not only the responsibility of the MobilisationCommission but the whole political system, he said, expressing hope that therole models will continue to supervise the performance of heads of the People’sCommittee, villages, Party cells and organisations in responding to people’saspiration.

He also underlined the need to renovate mass mobilisation methodsfor higher efficiency.

The “Effective Mass Mobilisation” movement was launched in 2009.Over the past decade, more than 900,000 role models have been honoured invarious fields.

According to head of the Party Central Committee’s MassMobilisation Commission Truong Thi Mai, compared to 85 delegates in the firstreception of the PM with the role models in 2015, this year, the number of thedelegates increased significantly.

At the reception, the PM presented thecertificates of merit to collectives and individuals whoshowed outstanding performance in mass mobilisation./.