Founder and trainer of our Party

While the country was groaning under the domination of French colonialism and feudalism and the future of the nation was “as dark as if there was no way out”, the Communist Party of Vietnam was born and shone the miraculous light of ideology and correct fighting path on that dark picture. And, in that miraculous light, there was the ideology and aspiration to save the country, the intellectual height and cultural depth, the soul of “the most beautiful Vietnamese person”: Ho Chi Minh.

On June 13, 1957, Uncle Ho visited Thanh Hoa. Accompanying him was comrade Nguyen Chi Thanh. He spoke to more than 10,000 delegates from all walks of life, ethnic groups, religions, overseas Chinese, soldiers, and cadres from the South... Photo: archive

The founder

Faced with the question of the nation's survival, Nguyen Tat Thanh (Nguyen Ai Quoc - Ho Chi Minh), an outstanding son of the nation, with a deep love for his country and people, left to find a way to save the country. After a journey across many continents and immersed in the rhythm of life of the times, overcoming many hardships and dangers, he came to the truth: Capitalism, imperialism and colonialism are the source of all suffering of workers and laborers in the mother country as well as in the colonies. With a burning desire to gain independence and freedom for the people and the country, he surveyed the revolutionary struggles of the people in many countries around the world. From typical bourgeois revolutions in Europe and America, to the Russian proletarian revolution, with his intellectual genius and sharp perception, he came to the great Russian October Revolution, approached Marxism-Leninism and determined the path to national liberation.

In early 1919, he joined the French Socialist Party. In June 1919, with the new name Nguyen Ai Quoc, he represented Vietnamese patriots and sent to the Versailles Conference the 8-point Petition of the Annamese People, demanding that the French Government recognize the democratic freedoms and equality of the Vietnamese people. In July 1920, he read Lenin's "First Draft of Theses on the National and Colonial Questions", published in the Nhan Dao newspaper. It was from here that he found the path to fight for true independence and freedom for his nation and his compatriots. From December 25 to 30, 1920, he attended the 18th Congress of the French Socialist Party as a representative of Indochina. At the end of the Congress on December 30, 1920, Nguyen Ai Quoc approved the establishment of the French Communist Party and became one of the founders of the French Communist Party and also the first communist of the Vietnamese people.

Deeply aware of the role of revolutionary organization and theory, after becoming a communist, he actively researched and developed the theory of national liberation according to the proletarian revolution of Marxism-Leninism to spread it in Vietnam. In particular, in the period of 1921-1930, he continued to work in the French Communist Party, researching, supplementing and perfecting the ideology of national salvation; while actively spreading Marxism-Leninism to the workers' movement and the Vietnamese patriotic movement. He focused on preparing the organization and cadres, established the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association (1925), organized many cadre training courses in Guangzhou, China; and at the same time sent cadres to study at the Oriental University (Soviet Union) and the Huangpu Military Academy (China).

His activities strongly promoted the revolutionary movement in our country. The combination of Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh's revolutionary ideology with the workers' movement and the patriotic movement led to the formation of the first communist organizations in Vietnam. That was a great step forward for the national movement. However, the existence and separate activities of the three communist organizations caused the force and strength of the revolutionary movement to be dispersed, which was not in line with the interests of the revolution and the organizational principles of the Communist Party.

As a delegate of the Communist International with full authority to decide all issues related to the revolution in Indochina, Nguyen Ai Quoc summoned delegates of the Annam Communist Party and the Indochina Communist Party to a unification conference in Kowloon - Hong Kong (China). The conference decided to unify the Annam Communist Party and the Indochina Communist Party into the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930). At the same time, it approved the Brief Platform and Brief Strategy - the first Platform of the Party.

The birth of the Communist Party of Vietnam was the result of the mobilization, development and unification of the revolutionary movement throughout the country; the meticulous preparation in all aspects of leader Nguyen Ai Quoc and the unanimity of the pioneers for the benefit of the class and the nation. In particular, the birth of the Party with its first political platform opened a new era for the Vietnamese revolution - the era of fighting for national independence and advancing towards socialism. The first platform of the Party was born, identifying the most basic contents of the Vietnamese revolutionary path; meeting the urgent needs of history and becoming the flag of gathering, uniting communist organizations, revolutionary forces and the entire nation.

Independence and freedom were the main ideas of the first political platform. And Nguyen Ai Quoc - the person who outlined the platform, also played a decisive role in founding the Communist Party of Vietnam.

"May we reach out forever with Him"

Before returning to the "world of the virtuous", in his Testament left to our entire nation, he devoted his attention first to the Party: "First of all, speaking about the Party: 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, moving from one victory to another. Solidarity is an extremely precious tradition of the Party and of our people. Comrades from the Central Committee to the Party cells must preserve the solidarity and unanimity of the Party as if preserving the apple of their eye." At the same time, he also advised, "In the Party, practicing broad democracy, regularly and seriously self-criticizing and criticizing is the best way to consolidate and develop the solidarity and unity of the Party. There must be comradely love for each other. Our Party is a ruling Party. Each Party member and cadre must truly imbue revolutionary ethics, be truly thrifty, honest, impartial and selfless. Must maintain "Keep our Party truly clean, worthy of being the leader, the truly loyal servant of the People."

Just a few short lines but they are the distillation and crystallization of the most beautiful values ​​in Ho Chi Minh's ideology and morality. Then, his advice has become the guiding principle for our Party's actions throughout the process of steering the Vietnamese revolutionary boat, overcoming countless rapids to reach the shore of independence, freedom and happiness like today.

“Solidarity is an extremely precious tradition of our Party and people”. Through the harsh challenges in imperialist prisons, before the bayonets and guns of the enemy or on the battlefield of bullets and bullets, the steadfast and indomitable communists have always set a shining example of solidarity, love and affection for each other; of comradeship and teamwork. It is that communist sentiment that has united the Vietnamese revolutionaries into a steel-clad vanguard that is trusted by the people, admired by friends, and feared by enemies. And, thanks to solidarity within the Party and solidarity across the nation, it has created the strength for our Party to overcome all challenges, maintain faith and raise high the flag of leadership of the Vietnamese people in the current context.

“We must keep our Party truly pure, worthy of being the leader, the truly loyal servant of the People”. Today, facing new revolutionary requirements, it is required to step up the work of Party building and rectification, associated with the fight against corruption, waste, and negativity “continuously, without rest, without forbidden areas, without exceptions”. At the same time, it is necessary to resolutely prevent, repel, and strictly handle cadres and party members who have degraded in political ideology, ethics, lifestyle, and manifestations of “self-evolution” and “self-transformation”; uphold the revolutionary ethical standards of cadres and party members in the new period... Evidence of the determination to build and rectify the Party is that since the beginning of the 13th National Congress term, the Party has disciplined more than 140 cadres and party members under the management of the Politburo and the Secretariat. Among them are both incumbent and retired officials, and have handled many cases and incidents that occurred many years ago. These results have affirmed the political mettle, steadfastness, determination and consistency of the Party, State and People; at the same time, they have contributed to making our Party more united, stronger and cleaner, and consolidating the trust and confidence of cadres, Party members and People in the Party and State.

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President Ho Chi Minh once said: “The Party is not an organization for officials to get rich. It must fulfill its mission of liberating the nation, making the Fatherland rich and strong, and the people happy.” During 95 years of leading the Vietnamese revolution, the Communist Party of Vietnam has always put the interests of the nation and the people above all else. In order to always be worthy of the morality, conscience, responsibility and nature of a true revolutionary Party - the Party whose birth and development was founded by President Ho Chi Minh.

Tuan Kiet

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