Every year on this occasion, we always remember President Ho Chi Minh with infinite gratitude. He was the first communist who spread Marxism-Leninism in Vietnam, the one who outlined the basic direction of the Vietnamese revolution, and at the same time the one who directly propagated, educated and trained cadres, prepared all aspects of politics, ideology, organization and cadres to lead to the establishment of the Communist Party of Vietnam. That affirms that President Ho Chi Minh and the first communist soldiers were also the first ideological cadres of the Party. He and the Party's leaders directly led and operated in the fields of ideology and culture.
Fifteen years of revolutionary movement (1930 - 1945) leading to the victory of the great August Revolution and the life of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam - the first worker-peasant state in Southeast Asia - were essentially the years in which communist soldiers overcame all sacrifices and hardships, carried out ideological activities among the masses, closely attached to the people to enlighten, train, mobilize, gather, and organize the people to rise up to make revolution, overthrow colonialism and feudalism, gain independence and freedom,... The victory of the August Revolution in 1945 was the victory of Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh thought, of the independent, autonomous, and creative line of our Party and People, and at the same time was also an extremely great achievement of the Party's propaganda work.
After 30 years of arduous resistance against French colonialism and American imperialism (1945 - 1975), together with the army and people of the whole country, the team of propaganda workers has shown their infinite loyalty to the Fatherland, the Party, and the People, determined to overcome all hardships, sacrifices, and strive to fulfill their tasks. Hundreds of heroic examples have emerged, thousands of Party propaganda cadres from the Central to the grassroots levels, cadres of Party schools, political schools, press and radio agencies, writers, photographers, cameramen, actors of art troupes, members of information and propaganda teams, film projection teams, etc. have heroically sacrificed for their missions.
The delegation of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department visited the grave of Martyr Duong Cong Thien (hometown: Long Vinh commune, Duyen Hai district, Tra Vinh province), Head of Photography of Tra Vinh news agency, died on June 20, 1972).
Over the past 48 years, since May 1975, overcoming difficulties and challenges, especially in the conditions of the country being surrounded and embargoed, having to face two wars at the southwestern border and the northern border, the socio-economy at times fell into a serious crisis; besides the decline of the world revolutionary movement after the collapse of socialist countries in Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and the fierce sabotage of hostile forces with the strategy of "peaceful evolution" and violent overthrow, there have been negative impacts on the ideological situation of cadres, party members and the people.
Continuing the tradition and experience, since 1986, our Party has initiated, led and organized the implementation of the comprehensive renovation of the country. Propaganda work during this period has directly contributed to the formation, determination and development of the renovation policy, efforts to explore initiatives of cadres, party members and people to affirm, encourage and put into life, consolidate belief and ideals, arouse the creativity of the people, create a combined strength, bring the country to overcome all difficulties and challenges, make great achievements of historical significance as the Document of the 13th National Congress of the Party affirmed: "The scale and level of the economy have been raised. The people's lives, both materially and spiritually, have been significantly improved . Our country has never had such a foundation, potential, position and international prestige as today ([1]) .
In recent years, propaganda work has had many innovations in theoretical research; implementing and studying the Party's Resolution in the direction of improving quality and going into depth; strengthening training and fostering of cadres; improving the quality of press, publishing, culture, arts, expanding propaganda and foreign information, grasping and orienting public opinion, going deep and close to the grassroots; strengthening the work of protecting the Party's ideological foundation, fighting and refuting wrong and hostile viewpoints, especially in cyberspace, implementing well the motto "Going first to pave the way, going together to implement, going later to summarize".
For Tra Vinh province, right after the Party organizations were established in the spring of 1930, Party members made great efforts to propagate, mobilize, and enlighten the masses about the revolution. The content of propaganda and struggle in the province during this period was mainly to demand immediate economic benefits, combined with the slogan of political struggle against colonialism, feudalism, and war. The forms of struggle were diverse, such as: rallies, distributing leaflets, hanging banners, and fighting to prevent soldiers from searching, thereby practicing to demonstrate the strength of the masses under the leadership of the Party, leading to the August Revolution General Uprising that won victory in the province on August 25, 1945.
During the period of 1945 - 1954, the propaganda work in Tra Vinh at that time focused on compiling leaflets, banners and propaganda documents, mobilizing people to stand up against the invaders; launching the construction of a new life; deploying the Party's policies and resistance tasks to the entire population; organizing cadre training, developing the movement of literature and art, education... Therefore, specialized departments were strengthened such as: Press, propaganda information, literature and art, education... Propaganda work contributed to the Party Committee and the army and people in the province to successfully resist the French colonialists.
In the period of 1954 - 1960, despite many difficulties and hardships, the cadres doing propaganda work knew how to rely on the people, mobilize the strength of the masses, promote patriotism, and stand up to fight for victory for the revolutionary cause of national liberation. They guided the people to fight for the General Election, fight against revenge against former resistance fighters, fight against landlords collecting rent... while consolidating forces to prepare for the resistance. After the 1960 Dong Khoi, winning victory on the battlefield, the Tra Vinh Propaganda apparatus (at that time called Propaganda - Literature - Education) was strengthened and developed. Specialized sub-committees were formed, led by a member of the Committee, forming an apparatus including: the Committee Office (documents, liaison, protection, base, supplies); Propaganda Sub-committee (film screening team, armed propaganda team); Training Sub-committee (including the Provincial Party School); Education Sub-committee (including the Military Cadet Boarding School); Arts Subcommittee (including the Lua Hong Arts Newspaper and the two Anh Hong and Anh Binh Minh Art Troupes); Press Subcommittee (including the Anh Dung Newspaper of the Provincial Party Committee); Anh Dung Printing House.
The Tra Vinh Propaganda Department has always been strengthened, consolidated and gradually developed, the quality of its activities has been increasingly improved to meet the requirements and demands of the resistance war against the US in the province. The contributions of the department have contributed to creating a combined strength for the resistance war of the whole people, comprehensively defeating the US war strategies. The Party Committee, army and people of Tra Vinh promoted the spirit of " The whole people rise up, unite to make achievements " and always upheld the spirit of self-reliance and self-reliance in the historic Ho Chi Minh Campaign on April 30, 1975, Tra Vinh liberated the provincial capital at the same time as liberating Saigon. During the resistance war against the US, the Tra Vinh Propaganda Department had nearly 70 heroic cadres sacrifice their lives.
It is known that Cang Long District Martyrs' Cemetery currently has 2,227 graves of heroic martyrs, including 29 graves of martyrs of the province's propaganda, education, and press agencies. (In the photo: Mr. Bui Quang Huy, former member of the Party Central Committee, former Secretary of Tra Vinh Provincial Party Committee, offered incense to pay tribute to heroic martyrs (July 26, 2022).
After the liberation of the South and the reunification of the country, together with other departments, the Tra Vinh Propaganda Department carried out the task of propaganda, education, and revolutionary enlightenment for the masses. The focus was on propagating victories, promoting the revolutionary traditions that had been won, and the entire Party, people, and army successfully carrying out revolutionary tasks in the new period. In 1976, the two provinces of Vinh Long and Tra Vinh merged into Cuu Long province, and the Propaganda Departments of the two provinces also merged from then on. In 1985, under the leadership of the Central Committee, the Science and Education Department, the Party History Research Department merged into the Propaganda Department to form the Propaganda Department of the Cuu Long Provincial Party Committee. In May 1992, Tra Vinh province was re-established, and the Propaganda Department of the Tra Vinh Provincial Party Committee came into operation.
Inheriting and promoting the tradition of the industry, the Propaganda work of Tra Vinh province focuses on propagating revolutionary enlightenment, encouraging people of all walks of life to overcome difficulties, gradually develop the economy, and stabilize politics and society. Performing well the advisory function for the Party Committee to direct propaganda work in depth, the effectiveness of propaganda work is clearly demonstrated in many aspects, deployed from theoretical research activities to propaganda, agitation, education, through the activities of reporters, propagandists, press, publishing to culture, arts... encouraging cadres, party members and people to feel secure and excited about their work, actively compete in labor production.
In recent times, the Propaganda Department of Tra Vinh Provincial Party Committee has advised the Provincial Party Committee to develop action programs and issue many important documents in the fields of ideology, culture, political theory, journalism, publishing, and traditional history of the province; promptly provide information and orientation to the press; provide information to serve provincial leaders; maintain the organization of monthly periodic reporters' conferences to provide information, create conditions for leaders and managers to grasp new issues in ideology, theory, and practice, and improve awareness and intellectual capacity in performing tasks. The work of researching, collecting, and compiling traditional history of the locality has been effectively implemented. Directives and resolutions of the Central Committee, the Provincial Party Committee, and the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee have been organized to study and thoroughly disseminate from the province to the grassroots level; Political theory and propaganda training courses for grassroots cadres and party members are regularly organized. Through studying political theory, cadres are able to improve their political theory level and apply it to practical work more effectively. The proactive grasp of the ideological situation and public opinion to promptly reflect to the Party Committee for leadership and direction on political and ideological work in the province is well implemented. Propaganda work actively and proactively grasps the ideological situation, public opinion, and sources of information against our Party and State from reactionary and hostile organizations to promptly advise the Party Committee on ideological orientation for cadres, party members and the people.
The Propaganda Department at all levels has done a good job of advising, directing and orienting the activities of the Party, the State, sectors and localities, promoting important movements and events, orienting public opinion on "hot", prominent and pressing issues in society. Advising the Party Committee to effectively resolve a number of newly arising issues related to ideology; propagating and mobilizing religious dignitaries, followers of religions, Kinh - Khmer - Hoa people, etc. to thoroughly understand the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws, especially those on ethnic groups and religions. Contributing to promoting the tradition of great solidarity among ethnic groups, religious solidarity, creating consensus among religious dignitaries and Khmer and Hoa people.
Celebrating the 93rd anniversary of the Party's propaganda tradition, at a time when the Provincial Party Executive Committee is preparing for a mid-term conference, reviewing and evaluating the results of 2.5 years of implementing the Resolution of the 11th Provincial Party Congress (term 2020 - 2025), setting out tasks and solutions to achieve the remaining goals from now until the end of the term. To effectively implement the goals and tasks from now until 2025, contributing to the Party Committee's implementation of the Resolution of the 11th Provincial Party Congress, Tra Vinh Propaganda Department continues to promote tradition, continue to innovate more strongly in all aspects, especially in the content, methods and forms of conducting propaganda work. Mobilize the combined strength of the entire Party, army and people in the province to do propaganda work. Party committees and authorities at all levels must regularly pay attention to solving pressing social issues, promptly grasp and orient public opinion. Each cadre, party member, and family is a fortress on the ideological and cultural battlefield, enhancing the responsibility for self-education, self-training, and striving to study and follow Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality, and style. Propaganda work must focus on the grassroots, grasp the target audience, and better serve the political tasks of each locality, agency, and unit. The team of people doing propaganda work must be truly steadfast in ideology and politics, steadfast in the goal and ideal of national independence and socialism, must be proficient in theory, steadfast in expertise, proficient in professional skills and have political sensitivity, must be very knowledgeable about reality and have a close relationship with the people, must have a democratic, scientific and effective working style, must truly love the profession, be "passionate about the profession", persevere with the profession , complete well the assigned tasks, and contribute to the successful implementation of the resolution of the 11th Provincial Party Congress. |
TRAN BINH TRONG
([1]) Communist Party of Vietnam: Documents of the 13th National Congress of the Party; Volume I; National Political Publishing House, Hanoi 2021, pages 103, 104.
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