On the evening of October 20, the award ceremony of the 4th political essay contest on Protecting the Party's ideological foundation in 2024 took place at the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics. General Secretary and President To Lam attended and delivered a speech. The World and Vietnam Newspaper respectfully introduces the content of the speech:
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| General Secretary and President To Lam gives a directive speech. (Source: VNA) |
Dear Party and State leaders;
Dear delegates and guests!
Dear compatriots!
Today, I am very pleased to attend the Award Ceremony of the 4th Political Essay Contest on Protecting the Party's Ideological Foundation, 2024.
On behalf of the Party and State leaders and with personal feelings, I wish you, the delegates, authors, groups of authors, representatives of collectives/localities, and all compatriots, comrades, and listeners who are watching television good health, happiness, and many successes in work and life.
Dear comrades and distinguished guests,
In every revolutionary stage, our Party has always paid special attention to protecting the Party and the Party's ideological foundation. Through the Congresses, there have been many policies on this issue.
After the Politburo issued and led the implementation of Resolution No. 35-NQ/TW, dated October 22, 2018, the work of protecting the Party's ideological foundation and fighting against erroneous and hostile viewpoints has been carried out in an increasingly systematic, unified, synchronous, comprehensive, drastic, and in-depth manner with many new, creative, and effective ways, in which organizing the Political Contest on protecting the Party's ideological foundation is one of the practical activities to bring the Party's Resolution into real life.
After 4 times of organization, the contest has shown strong vitality with wide spread throughout the political system and all classes of people; many good quality works, demonstrating the intelligence, emotions, enthusiasm and responsibility of the authors, have been published, broadcast, and touched people's hearts, contributing to consolidating trust, enhancing solidarity and unity within the Party, within the political system and social consensus in carrying out the task of building and protecting the socialist Fatherland, constantly consolidating and enhancing the potential, position and prestige of our country and our Party.
On behalf of the Party and State leaders, I acknowledge, appreciate and commend the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, the Central Steering Committee 35, the central and local departments, ministries and branches for upholding their responsibilities, achieving many results in the task of protecting the Party's ideological foundation, fighting against erroneous and hostile views and making many contributions to the success of the contest; warmly congratulate the authors and groups of authors who received the award today.
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| General Secretary and President To Lam and delegates attending the award ceremony. (Source: VNA) |
Dear compatriots and comrades!
After 40 years of renovation, with the accumulated position and strength, with new opportunities and fortunes, we have gathered all the necessary conditions and are facing a historic opportunity to bring the country into a new era, an era of national growth, successfully implementing the 100-year strategic goals under the leadership of the Party, 100 years of the country's founding, striving to become a developed country with high income, following the socialist orientation by the middle of the 21st century.
In the context of the world changing in an epochal manner, the impact of the fourth industrial revolution, stemming from the law of development, the path to socialism, bringing the country into a new era, besides opportunities and advantages, there are also many difficulties and challenges.
Hostile forces have never given up their plot to overthrow the leadership role of the Communist Party and the socialist regime in Vietnam. They focus on destroying ideology, directly attacking the Party's ideological foundation, counterattacking and denying to eliminate Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh thought, considering this a "breakthrough" and "decisive front."
To maximize the value of the contest, continue to strengthen the protection of the Party's ideological foundation, and fight against erroneous and hostile views in the new revolutionary period, I propose four issues:
Firstly, it is necessary to unify the perception that protecting the Party's ideological foundation and fighting against erroneous and hostile viewpoints is a class struggle on the ideological-political-theoretical front; it is the task of the entire Party, the entire army, and the entire people, and an important task of the entire political system in building the Party and the political system. This is a long-term, fierce, continuous, unceasing and uncompromising struggle; any manifestation of negligence, loss of vigilance, compromise, political immaturity, or loosening of the ideological-theoretical front can lead to unpredictable consequences.
From there, Party committees, Party organizations, cadres, Party members and people need to continue to thoroughly grasp and effectively implement the basic contents of Resolution No. 35 with creative, scientific and effective methods, suitable to their functions, tasks, fields and localities.
Strengthening internal political protection, protecting state secrets, and complying with speech discipline combined with proactive information to guide public opinion.
Ensuring ideological, cultural, information, media and cyber security; managing press, publishing, culture and arts; preventing and handling fake news and untrue news. Proactively deploying all aspects of work on cyberspace in conjunction with promoting the digital transformation revolution.
Second, protecting the Party's ideological foundation and fighting against hostile and erroneous views must be closely linked to economic, cultural and social development, improving people's material and spiritual lives, and bringing prosperity and happiness to the people, which is the most crucial factor.
Party committees and authorities at all levels need to focus on effectively implementing economic, cultural and social development policies, ensuring social security, promptly resolving conflicts and grievances right at the grassroots level; actively fighting against corruption, waste, negativity, pushing back degradation, "self-evolution" and "self-transformation" within the Party, minimizing the causes and conditions that various types of subjects can take advantage of to distort and sabotage. At the same time, detect and strictly handle individuals who spread fake news and untrue news.
Third, firmly protect, supplement and develop the Party's ideological foundation; apply, supplement and creatively develop Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh's thought and the theory of renovation; build and perfect the basic theoretical system on protecting the Party's ideological foundation, and fight against erroneous and hostile viewpoints in the new revolutionary stage.
These contents need to be focused on immediately in the process of preparing documents for Party congresses at all levels towards the 14th National Party Congress, creating a basis for making the work of protecting the Party's ideological foundation and fighting against erroneous and hostile viewpoints increasingly effective, meeting the requirements and tasks of the new situation.
Fourth, build and consolidate the core force to protect the Party's ideological foundation in conjunction with consolidating the people's hearts on the basis of the all-people national defense posture, the all-people national defense posture associated with the people's security posture, and a solid people's security.
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| Delegates attending the ceremony. (Source: VNA) |
Promote the role of Party committees at all levels, with the core being Steering Committee 35 from the Central to the grassroots level, in leading, directing, guiding, and organizing the implementation of work to protect the Party's ideological foundation and fight against erroneous and hostile viewpoints. Build a core, pioneering, sharp, and elite force; build "digital citizens" with knowledge, skills, mettle, and the spirit of "self-reliance, self-confidence, self-reliance, self-reliance, national pride," "protect what is right," "resolutely fight what is wrong," proactively participate in developing the digital economy and digital society and protect the Party's ideological foundation and fight against erroneous and hostile viewpoints.
Arousing the spirit of patriotism and turning towards the Fatherland of our compatriots abroad, each person is an "ambassador" spreading Vietnamese culture and people, spreading the guidelines, policies and guidelines of the Party and State of Vietnam to international friends.
Dear delegates and comrades!
Our entire Party, people and army are making efforts to accelerate and make breakthroughs to successfully implement the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress and to best prepare for Party congresses at all levels towards the 14th National Party Congress.
2025 is also the year of many important political events of the country such as the 80th anniversary of the founding of the country, the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification, and the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
I hope and believe that with the prestige and influence that has been established, the political contest to protect the Party's ideological foundation will continue to innovate, closely follow practical requirements, increasingly effectively serve the political tasks of agencies, units, localities and the country, contributing to building and firmly protecting the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.
Once again I wish you, delegates and comrades, good health, happiness in life and success in work.
Thank you very much.
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