Over many generations, solidarity has become a self-conscious quality that can arise at any time to help the Vietnamese people overcome difficulties or twists and turns of history.
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| On September 2, 1945, at Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi, President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence, giving birth to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, opening a new era in the history of the nation. (Photo: Archive) |
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On August 13, 2024, speaking at the meeting of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Congress Document Subcommittee, General Secretary and President To Lam emphasized the significance of the upcoming congress as "a new historical starting point, a new era, an era of growth for the Vietnamese people".
To soon complete strategic goals, the General Secretary thoroughly grasped one of the key viewpoints: "constantly strengthen solidarity, unity and democratic centralism within the Party, great national solidarity, and the close bond between the Party and the People."
As a social phenomenon that can appear at many levels (group, community, nation), solidarity is understood as consensus, cohesion, and close unity among many individuals, both in perception and action, towards common goals.
The basis for solidarity is the sharing of needs, values, and beliefs, which are concretized into goals for practical action. In the face of common problems, solidarity is an inevitable need to form and increase the strength of collective action efforts.
More than 50 years ago, President Ho Chi Minh pointed out in his Testament left to the Party and the People: “Solidarity is an extremely precious tradition of the Party and our people… Thanks to close solidarity, wholeheartedly serving the working class, serving the people, serving the Fatherland, since its founding, our Party has united, organized and led our people to enthusiastically fight, advancing from one victory to another.”
Indeed, in the history of formation and development, the Vietnamese people have often faced two collective threats: foreign invasion and natural disasters. These difficult challenges, which can affect the survival of an entire nation, a country, have aroused, trained, and cultivated the consciousness and instinct of solidarity in every Vietnamese person. Through many generations, solidarity has become a self-conscious quality, which can arise at any time to help the Vietnamese people overcome difficulties or historical twists and turns.
Founded in the early decades of the 20th century, when the country was ruled by foreign powers, after more than four decades of efforts, the Communist Party of Vietnam has realized its political commitment to the people, which is to regain national independence and unify the country in 1975. Among the many factors that make up the Party's leadership strength, it is undeniable that two factors play a prominent role, which are the loyalty of Party members to revolutionary goals and solidarity within the Party as well as the connection between the Party and social forces.
Solidarity in the new context
Solidarity is a state of consensus in both psychology, will and action. Because it involves many people, in reality, solidarity is always influenced by contextual factors, which can be generalized into a group of "attractive" forces, the driving force for solidarity, and a group of "push" forces, the agents that threaten solidarity.
If the "pull" force is the common values, beliefs, needs or interests that each individual cannot achieve on their own, then the "push" force is the individual factors that can conflict with the common values, interests and needs of the collective.
Therefore, in each different historical period, to maintain and foster solidarity, it is necessary to identify the "attractive" forces to promote and the "push" forces to find ways to manage. In the history of our country's revolution, the Communist Party of Vietnam has accurately identified the factors that can create and foster solidarity, which are the need for national independence and national unification (before 1975) and innovation and international integration to bring the country out of the risk of socio-economic crisis (after 1975).
However, the process of renovation from 1986 to the present has also seen the emergence of many different “pushing” forces, which are increasingly growing, affecting solidarity, both within the Party and at the social community level. It can be seen that three factors will have a great influence on solidarity, including: the Party’s leadership and ruling position, the market economy and international integration.
The Party's leadership and ruling position, along with its authority to manage opportunities and resources on a national scale, has enabled a group of Party members to hold public positions, and to influence and decide on the distribution of opportunities and resources of the country. Without a clear sense of duty to serve the community, individuals holding public power will gradually move away from the solidarity within the Party and from their connection with the people.
When the country transformed into a commodity economy, then a market economy, personal interests were respected, private property rights were protected, market rules such as competition, values, etc. grew stronger, strongly influencing the perception and actions of each individual, including cadres and party members. If they could not control themselves and let selfish interests dominate, cadres and party members holding public positions could be drawn into groups seeking personal and group interests, gradually moving away from solidarity.
Deep integration into the world economy, expanding international exchanges and cooperation not only puts the country in complex relationships of interests and power, but also introduces different viewpoints and ways of solving policy issues. Without a clear and steadfast awareness of national and ethnic interests, individuals holding State power can issue policy decisions that harm the interests of the nation and ethnic groups, thus distancing themselves from the great national unity bloc.
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| Dr. Nguyen Van Dang. (Photo: NVCC) |
Fostering solidarity for development goals
In the early days after the country gained independence, President Ho Chi Minh expressed his desire to improve the country's position, bringing the country "on par with the world powers". Continuing that spirit, in early 2021, the 13th National Party Congress set out a leadership vision: by 2045, Vietnam will become a developed, high-income country.
Looking to the future, in addition to traditional values that promote solidarity such as national independence, national unity, territorial sovereignty, etc., the goal of “a developed, high-income country by 2045” is a contemporary “attraction” that can be considered the basis for solidarity on a national scale. Every cadre and party member needs to realize that one of the most important pillars for solidarity in the next two decades is the status of a developed country.
In his Testament , Uncle Ho also advised: "The entire Party and people must unite and strive to build a peaceful, unified, independent, democratic and prosperous Vietnam." This also means that without solidarity, it will be very difficult for us to realize the leadership vision until 2045, bringing our country to join the group of developed countries. Therefore, we need to affirm and unify some new perceptions of solidarity in the current situation.
Firstly, solidarity within the Party as well as at the social community level will always be consolidated and nurtured when we maintain close, steadfast and loyal ties to the political commitments, policies and leadership lines set forth by the Party, as reflected in the Political Platform , Party Statutes , and Party Congress documents. More specifically, the highest political mission of the Party is to serve the interests of the people, to serve the interests of the nation and people.
Second, pushing back negativity and corruption, cultivating a sense of integrity, and serving the common interests of the people and the country is a key solution that can increase solidarity within the Party, as well as the connection between the Party and the people.
Third, design policy solutions to encourage cadres and party members to be more committed to the political commitments they swore when joining the organization.
Fourth, in the long term, to maintain cooperation and solidarity on a community scale, it is necessary to create institutional conditions to maintain the balance of power, access to opportunities and benefits among the subjects in the national governance structure. Thereby, minimizing the risks of authoritarianism, pursuing short-sighted interests, and harming solidarity.
*The article expresses the author's opinion.
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