Don't let the waves make you give up rowing.

In the current gloomy picture of the global economy, Vietnam is still considered a bright spot. However, there are still many difficulties; some policies and guidelines have not been implemented resolutely and effectively, and at times, in some places, the spirit has even been depressed. The Politburo issued Conclusion No. 14-KL/TW, dated September 22, 2021; then the Government issued Decree No. 73/2023/ND-CP, dated September 29, 2023 to encourage and protect dynamic, creative cadres who dare to think and dare to act for the common good.

Climbing mountains, dreaming of high mountains

Striving for a prosperous and happy life is the eternal aspiration of our nation. It is this aspiration that forges the will of the Vietnamese people, always wanting to face challenges to assert their strength: "Climbing mountains, dreaming of high mountains/I take a ferry along the long river". The aspiration of the nation converges and crystallizes in Ho Chi Minh's Aspiration, that is, how to make our country completely independent, our people completely free, everyone has food to eat, clothes to wear, everyone can study. With extraordinary determination, he and our Party turned that aspiration into reality with the victory of the August Revolution in 1945. As he said: "Nothing is difficult/Only fear that the heart is not steadfast/Digging mountains and filling seas/Determination will make it happen".

The victories that have written many golden pages of the Vietnamese revolution under the leadership of the Party were not easy, but had to be exchanged for the blood of the entire nation, the sacrifices of many generations of cadres, many people who dared to bet their political lives for the common interests of the country. The "secret contract" of allocating land to individual farmers in 1966-1968 by Vinh Phuc Provincial Party Secretary Kim Ngoc, contrary to the Party's policy at that time, is an example. He was criticized, but later, from that breakthrough in thinking and working methods, the Politburo researched and issued Resolution No. 10-NQ/TW, dated April 5, 1988 on economic management innovation in agriculture, arousing the creative labor of the people. It was also the decision to implement a market-based price mechanism and abolish food stamps by Long An Provincial Party Secretary Nguyen Van Chinh after 1975. A typical example is the General Secretary of the early period of renovation, Nguyen Van Linh, who boldly piloted changes in the economic management mechanism in a number of state-owned enterprises in the area when he was Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee; wrote a series of articles in Nhan Dan Newspaper in the column "Things to do immediately" from 1987-1990, strongly criticizing the conservative, stagnant, corrupt, and weak ideology of the cadres at that time; was the one who contributed to turning the situation around, paving the way for the renovation cause. A typical example is Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet's bold decision to build the 500kV North-South transmission line, despite many objections.

In the specific context, the above-mentioned "fence-breaking" actions and bold decisions were like "tidal waves" and "tsunami" at that time. Only cadres with courage, the will to attack, and the desire to innovate for the common good can firmly steer the boat forward. Yesterday's stories still have value, are still lessons and examples for us today, especially when a number of cadres are afraid of making mistakes, shirking responsibility, and working half-heartedly, just to be content with their lot.

Only strong can stand against the wind.

President Ho Chi Minh advised that all success or failure depends on good or bad cadres. Cadres only dare to think and act effectively when they have good professional qualifications, capacity, work experience, and the ability to predict and handle bad situations well, especially unprecedented problems. Our ancestors used to say "Only those who are strong can stand against the wind"; otherwise, they will only ruin things; doing things rashly and recklessly is even more dangerous, even leading to sabotage.

Conclusion No. 14-KL/TW of the Politburo and Decree No. 73/2023/ND-CP of the Government have encouraged cadres to dare to think, dare to do, dare to make more breakthroughs, but have not kept up with the demands of current reality. The requirement is that the implementation must be more synchronous and drastic; there must be a clearer mechanism.

According to many cadres, including leaders, managers and professionals, the first thing to do is for Party committees, agencies and units to build and implement a good mechanism to encourage and protect cadres with creative thinking, breakthrough approaches, remove bottlenecks and bottlenecks in existing mechanisms, policies or regulations that are no longer suitable for reality..., bringing practical results and making positive contributions to the common development. All creativity and breakthrough thinking for the common good need to be supported with the close cooperation of Party committees and leaders, creating resources for the implementation process. Successful cases should be promptly rewarded and encouraged, creating a spread in work programs. Unsuccessful cases, even failures, need to be considered and thoroughly analyzed for causes. If the motive is pure and not self-serving, responsibility may not be handled, but it is necessary to organize to draw lessons from experience as a common lesson. Anyone who takes advantage of this policy to arbitrarily, "spend beyond their means", promote themselves, causing bad consequences must be severely punished.

Along with that is the strong innovation of personnel work, especially the evaluation of cadres. Evaluation is to assign work according to capacity and expertise, it is impossible to "let a carpenter forge a knife". Evaluate cadres objectively and impartially during the working process so that those with good qualities and abilities will have a training and promotion plan; those with weak qualities will be assigned other jobs. That is the way to motivate cadres to contribute, not afraid of difficult tasks. As for internal disunity, there are few people who are dedicated to their work, but there is no shortage of people who do little but criticize a lot, scrutinize each other, or "put a spoke in the wheel"; leaders are biased, capable cadres who are not in the right wing are not interested, even suppressed. Thus, no matter how good a cadre is, it is difficult to promote their talents.

It is a fact that the capacity of cadres at all levels, especially leaders and managers, is increasingly improved, and they are good at many fields. However, the fading of ideals and the decline in the will to strive among a number of cadres is still a matter of concern. Cadres are good at theory but lack dynamism and creativity in organizing practical activities, do not dare to make breakthroughs, and are immature in handling unexpected, complex, and sensitive situations.

Therefore, to have cadres who dare to think and dare to do, cadre work must pay attention to both virtue and talent, in which virtue is the root. Cadres with professional qualifications must also have qualities, ethics, a pure lifestyle, be dedicated to their work, contribute to the common development of the country, locality, and unit, and not waver in the face of any difficulties or challenges, including distorted, hostile, or discontented arguments.

In particular, not only must cadres dare to think and dare to do, they must also have courage, be alert, and dare to overcome themselves in the face of all temptations in everyday life. Reality increasingly gives us valuable lessons. Many cadres have qualifications, abilities, have held many important positions, have made certain contributions, are trusted by the Party, and loved by the people, but a little laxity, lose themselves or let their relatives "get involved", ruining their careers.

"A single tree cannot make a forest", if you want to grow, you have to rely on the forest; a dynamic cadre, who dares to think and dares to do, but alone is very difficult to do great things, especially when the agency has "five cliques and seven factions", it is even more difficult. Therefore, along with perfecting the mechanism to encourage cadres to dare to think and dare to do, it is necessary to build a healthy working environment; the party organization must be truly clean, strong, democratic, and united. All work must be shared responsibility; if there is no consensus, democratic discussion must be held to reach consensus and everyone joins hands, like "three trees together make a high mountain".

Dare to think, dare to act for the common good is always latent in every Vietnamese person. When we know how to arouse that virtue through specific policy mechanisms, no matter how long or difficult the road is, we will still reach the destination as promised.

(People's Newspaper)

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