(CLO) On the morning of February 6, in Hanoi, the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics chaired and coordinated with the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission, the Central Theoretical Council, the Communist Magazine, Nhan Dan Newspaper, Vietnam Television and the Vietnam Journalists Association to hold a press conference to launch the "Fifth Political Contest on Protecting the Party's Ideological Foundation" in 2025.
Comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee 35, Head of the Competition Steering Committee chaired the press conference to launch the competition.
The press conference was held online from Hanoi to 63 points, provinces and cities across the country.
Speaking at the press conference, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Le Van Loi, Head of the contest's organizing committee, said that the contestants are Vietnamese people at home and abroad, and foreigners whose political works meet the contest's criteria.
Entries must be original creations that have not been published in the media or social networks as of the launch of the fifth contest in 2025 (October 20, 2024).
Written works must ensure a non-duplication ratio compared to other works of the author/author group or of another author/author group (no more than 20% for magazine genre, no more than 25% for newspaper genre).
Comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee 35, Head of the Steering Committee of the speech contest. Photo: Dinh Hiep
Each author/group of authors can submit a maximum of 5 entries (1 entry/genre), including 1 entry for magazine (print or electronic magazine), 1 entry for newspaper (print or electronic newspaper), 1 entry for radio, 1 entry for television, 1 entry for video clip. Authors/groups of authors or relevant agencies may not use entries for this contest to participate in other contests...
The theme of the work focuses on fundamental, core, and new issues on protecting the Party's ideological foundation and fighting against erroneous and hostile viewpoints that have emerged in recent times, such as: Protecting, applying, and developing Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh's thought in the current context; protecting and spreading the theory on the path of national renewal.
Protect and disseminate the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws, the cause of innovation and building socialism in Vietnam, and Vietnam's achievements over 40 years of innovation. Party congresses at all levels leading up to the 14th National Congress of the Party; strategic decisions and revolutionary transformations to bring the country into a new era of development.
At the same time, the work identifies, fights and refutes erroneous and hostile viewpoints against the Party, the State and the regime; practices and experiences in organizing the protection of the Party's ideological foundation, fighting and refuting erroneous and hostile viewpoints in the new context. Recommendations are made to perfect the country's development policy to successfully achieve the goal of 100 years of the Party's founding and 100 years of the country's founding.
In particular, the work identifies and fights against distorted arguments about the country's development goals in the era of national development. It identifies and fights against new destructive arguments about the preparation work for party congresses at all levels towards the 14th National Congress of the Party.
The Central Steering Committee will award prizes according to 5 categories of entries: Magazine, Newspaper, Radio, Television, Video clip. Each category of newspaper/magazine works is expected to award 3 A prizes, 6 B prizes, 10 C prizes, 20 Encouragement prizes. Each category of radio/television works is expected to award 2 A prizes, 4 B prizes, 6 C prizes, 10 Encouragement prizes; the Video clip category is expected to award 1 A prize, 2 B prizes, 3 C prizes, 6 Encouragement prizes. At the same time, the Central Steering Committee plans to select and award 1 Special prize for works in all categories...
Speaking at the Press Conference, comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang said that after 4 successful times of organization, the Political Contest on protecting the Party's ideological foundation has truly affirmed its position, role, identity and prestige...
In 2025, the international situation is forecast to continue to evolve rapidly, complicatedly, and unpredictably. Opportunities and advantages are intertwined with difficulties and challenges, but difficulties and challenges will be more numerous. In order to implement the Contest in a broad, quality, and effective manner, comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang said that it is necessary to continue to affirm that the purpose of the Contest and each entry is to protect the Party's ideological foundation, protect the purity and strength of the Party against false, distorted, and hostile arguments. This also aims to make the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws penetrate deeply into the hearts and minds of every cadre, party member, and citizen, to highly promote patriotism, the spirit of great national unity, self-reliance, self-confidence, self-reliance, self-strength, endogenous strength, innovation and creativity, and the desire to rise up, to successfully achieve strategic goals, which are: by 2030, the 100th anniversary of the Party's founding, to turn our country into a developing country with modern industry and high average income; and by 2045, the 100th anniversary of the country's founding, to become a developed country with high income following the socialist orientation.
Press conference scene.
Along with continuing to promote the active and proactive role of core forces, mobilizing the participation of a large number of cadres, party members, civil servants, armed forces, and people of all walks of life, it is necessary to thoroughly grasp and organize the participation of teachers, education managers in general schools, union members, youth, lecturers, students of universities and colleges, intellectuals, and artists in the contest in a proactive, positive, and quality manner.
At the same time, the Competition Steering Committee also hopes to receive more enthusiastic, objective, scientific opinions and entries from scholars, intellectuals, and researchers who are Vietnamese living abroad and from foreigners who love Vietnam, contributing to affirming and spreading the image of a Vietnam that is innovative, integrated, and developing, always striving for peace, independence, democracy, wealth, prosperity, civilization, and happiness, actively contributing to the peace, prosperity, and progress of humanity.
“Focus on improving the quality of the contest entries on the principle of combining theory and practice, “building” and “fighting”, protecting the Party’s ideological foundation, fighting against wrong and hostile views on the work of building a clean and strong Party and political system. Pay attention to protecting internal politics, “self-examination”, “self-correction” and preventing manifestations of “self-evolution” and “self-transformation” within the organization, in conjunction with effectively implementing political and professional tasks of agencies, units, enterprises, organizations and individuals; promote the study and following of Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and lifestyle, encourage and protect those who are dynamic, dare to think, dare to do, dare to take responsibility, dare to innovate, dare to face difficulties and challenges and are determined in action for the common good…” – The Head of the Competition Steering Committee affirmed.
He also requested that the content of the work should vividly reflect reality, have tight arguments, sharp reasoning, clear points and evidence, and convincing evidence; avoid one-sided propaganda, dissemination, struggle, and refutation... The Steering Committee of the Competition hopes that the Fifth Competition in 2025 will continue to receive many high-quality entries with profound content, vivid and attractive forms, and very much hope that among them there will be works awarded the Special Prize.
Ha Van
Address for receiving applications and entries at the Central level:
Office of Steering Committee 35, Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, No. 135 Nguyen Phong Sac (or No. 419 Hoang Quoc Viet), Nghia Tan Ward, Cau Giay District, Hanoi.
Phone: 080.41053 or 090.958.1987 (Comrade Dao Dinh Thao), email: [email protected].
Deadline for receiving applications and entries for the Central level competition: Until July 15, 2025 (according to the postmark).
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