From the Era of Independence and Freedom...
In 1858, the French colonialists opened fire to invade Vietnam. This was the first time our people had to face an invading force from the West with a different and more developed mode of production and social system. The struggles of the people and the resistance of the Nguyen Dynasty army, which was in a period of decline, continuously broke out in the Central region, the South, and the North, but were all suppressed and failed. In 1884, the Nguyen Dynasty was forced to sign the Patenotre peace treaty, recognizing the French protectorate. Our people suffered from the loss of their country and misery.
Not accepting the loss of independence and freedom, peasant uprisings, uprisings of patriotic scholars and scholars in the Can Vuong movement, following the feudal ideology; struggles following the bourgeois democratic ideology of Phan Boi Chau, Phan Chu Trinh, Nguyen Thai Hoc with different forms of organization and methods broke out, but were eventually suppressed and failed by the French colonialists.
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In that context, Nguyen Tat Thanh (later renamed Nguyen Ai Quoc, Ho Chi Minh) set out to find a way to save the country and found the right way to save the nation. That was to build a Communist Party organization based on the foundation of Marxism-Leninism with creative application, suitable to the country's circumstances, gather and unite the entire people, strongly promote patriotism, national pride to create an invincible strength to win the struggle for national liberation.
In 1945, after 15 years of steadfastly following the path chosen since its inception (1930), correctly identifying and resolutely carrying out the two tasks of nationalism and democracy, overcoming many difficulties, challenges, sacrifices and losses, the Indochinese Communist Party (now called the Communist Party of Vietnam), headed by leader Ho Chi Minh, led the entire people to achieve a great victory in the August Revolution, opening a new era in the Ho Chi Minh era: the era of independence, freedom and progress towards building socialism.
In the Declaration of Independence, which President Ho Chi Minh personally drafted and read at the Independence Declaration Ceremony on September 2, 1945 at Ba Dinh Square, Hanoi, in front of tens of thousands of attendees, he quoted the 1776 American Declaration of Independence when referring to basic human rights. From the spirit of the American Declaration of Independence, President Ho Chi Minh creatively developed and made remarkable progress in human rights, expressed in the opening sentence of the Vietnamese Declaration of Independence as follows: "All men are created equal. Their Creator has endowed them with certain inalienable rights; among these are the right to life, the right to liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." He affirmed: "In a broader sense, this sentence means: all peoples in the world are created equal, every people has the right to life, the right to happiness, and the right to freedom." Not only that, he also cited the content related to human rights expressed in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of the French Bourgeois Revolution in 1791: Men are born free and equal in rights and must always remain free and equal in rights. From there, President Ho Chi Minh affirmed: Those are undeniable truths.
President Ho Chi Minh intentionally quoted two famous declarations of the US and France to make people understand that: The US is a country that is proud of its democracy, is the leader of the capitalist world, and has great influence in the world; France is also a country that is proud of its long-standing civilization and culture, and has the second largest number of colonies in the world, including Vietnam; their ancestors all made declarations about human rights, so why do they not recognize human rights, the right to independence and freedom of other countries, but instead send troops to invade, oppress, and dominate other countries? From that strong, reasonable and just argument, President Ho Chi Minh affirmed: "Vietnam has the right to enjoy freedom and independence, and in fact has become a free and independent country. The entire Vietnamese people are determined to devote all their spirit and strength, their lives and property to maintain that freedom and independence."
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Ignoring reason and morality, the aggressive French colonialists once again sent invading troops to impose domination on the Vietnamese people. Not willing to be dominated, President Ho Chi Minh expressed his determination on behalf of the entire Vietnamese people: "We would rather sacrifice everything than lose our country, than become slaves... Men and women, old and young, regardless of religion, party, or ethnicity. As long as we are Vietnamese, we must stand up to fight the French colonialists and save the Fatherland."
With that spirit and determination, the entire Vietnamese people, under the leadership of the Party, headed by President Ho Chi Minh, overcame all difficulties and hardships, accepted sacrifices and losses, and waged a comprehensive, long-term, all-people resistance war against the invaders, relying mainly on their own strength to protect the newly-won national independence. The historic victory of Dien Bien Phu (May 7, 1954) and the signing of the Geneva Agreement on the cessation of hostilities in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia (July 21, 1954) brought to a glorious end the long-term resistance war against the invading French colonialists.
However, half of the country was not yet liberated, there was no peace, the independence of the nation was not yet complete because the US imperialists and the Saigon government plotted to permanently divide Vietnam. The people of the two regions, the South and the North, had to continue to wage a resistance war against the imperialists with the strongest economic and military potential in the world, to protect the independence and unification of the country. The whole country stood up, united to fight with the spirit: The war could last 5 years, 10 years, 20 years or longer, but "Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom", when the day of victory comes, we will rebuild the country to be more dignified and more beautiful. After 21 years of arduous resistance, with many great sacrifices, our army and people achieved the final victory, the country was reunited.
National independence was protected, the whole country moved forward to build socialism. A bright future opened up. However, the country had to face the severe consequences of 30 years of continuous war, sabotage by reactionary forces within the country, the siege and embargo of imperialism, a large decrease in foreign aid, and had to continue the fight against invasion, protect sovereignty and territorial integrity in the southwestern border, the northern border, and mistakes and shortcomings in the leadership of the country's development after the war, causing Vietnam to gradually sink deeper into a socio-economic crisis, threatening the survival of the regime.
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In such a difficult context, a strong and historic decision was required to help the country escape from the crisis. At the end of 1986, the Communist Party of Vietnam held the 6th National Congress. With the motto: Look straight at the truth, evaluate the truth correctly, and speak the truth clearly, the Congress set out a comprehensive national renewal and international integration policy. That is to renew thinking, renew economic management, renew politics, society, national defense, security, and foreign affairs; renew leadership methods, improve the Party's capacity and fighting strength; resolutely break away from the centrally planned, bureaucratically subsidized economy, and shift to a multi-sector commodity economy, operating under a market mechanism with state management in a socialist orientation; build a socialist rule-of-law state, improve the efficiency and transparency of the state apparatus; focus on economic innovation on the basis of gradual political innovation...
After nearly 40 years of implementing the renovation policy under the leadership of the Party, the country, society and people of Vietnam have undergone tremendous changes. In terms of economy: the average growth rate in the period 2016 - 2024 reached over 6%/year. The size of the economy reached about 450 billion USD, bringing Vietnam into the group of 35 countries with the largest economies in the world. Average income per capita reached about 4,400 USD, bringing Vietnam from the group of low-income countries to the group of middle-income countries. The poverty rate decreased rapidly, people's lives were significantly improved. Education and health care developed. National defense and security were maintained and strengthened. Diplomatic relations were expanded, Vietnam's position in the world was enhanced. The socialist rule of law state continued to be built and perfected. Awareness of socialism and the path to socialism became increasingly clearer. Never before has our country had such a foundation, potential, prestige and international position as it does today. This proves that the Party's renewal policy and the path of national development that the Party, President Ho Chi Minh and our people have chosen are correct, suitable to the conditions and circumstances of Vietnam and the trend of the times.
...To the Era of National Growth
An era is understood as a historical period marked by important characteristics or events that have a great influence on the development of society - culture - politics - nature. The era of rising up represents a strong, positive movement, based on favorable subjective and objective conditions to overcome challenges, surpass oneself, realize aspirations, and reach set goals. The era of rising up of the Vietnamese people is the era of strong development under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam to build a socialist Vietnam with a rich people, a strong country, a democratic, fair, and civilized society. All people have a prosperous, happy life , are supported to develop and enrich themselves; and contribute more and more to society and the country.
The immediate goal in the new era is that by 2030, Vietnam will be a developing country with modern industry and high average income; by 2045, it will become a developed socialist country with high income; strongly arouse national spirit, self-reliance, self-confidence, self-reliance, national pride, and aspiration for national development; closely combine national strength with the strength of the times. The starting point of the new era is the 14th National Congress of the Party, all Vietnamese people will join hands, seize opportunities and advantages, push back risks and challenges, and bring the country to comprehensive, strong development, breakthroughs and take off.
The conditions for the country to enter the era of self-improvement can be summarized as follows: 1- These are the achievements after nearly 40 years of implementing the renovation process under the leadership of the Party, helping our country accumulate position and strength for breakthrough development in the next stage. 2- Independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity are maintained; national and ethnic interests are guaranteed. The scale of the economy has increased dozens of times compared to the year of the beginning of renovation. Vietnam has diplomatic relations with 193 countries that are members of the United Nations; has partnerships, strategic cooperation, and comprehensive strategic partnerships with all major powers in the world and the region. 3- Political, economic, cultural, social, scientific - technological, defense and security potential is constantly improved; actively contributing to maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world. 4- The epochal changes of the world bring new opportunities and advantages. The fourth industrial revolution, especially artificial intelligence and digital technology, bring opportunities for developing countries to grasp and take the lead in development. This is the time when the Party's will blends with the people's will in the aspiration to build a prosperous and happy country. Those are the necessary conditions.
Besides, there are sufficient conditions needed to bring the country into a new era of the nation following the era of independence, freedom, building socialism and innovation.
First, continue to innovate leadership methods, improve the leadership capacity and governing capacity of the Party. Second, build and perfect a socialist rule-of-law State of the people, by the people, for the people, and resolve the biggest bottleneck, which is institutions, to pave the way for development. Third, streamline the Party apparatus, agencies of the National Assembly, the Government, the Fatherland Front, and socio-political organizations to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and operational efficiency. Fourth, promote the prevention and combat of waste as well as the prevention and combat of corruption and negativity, and practice thrift. Fifth, promote digital transformation to seize opportunities from the Fourth Industrial Revolution, meeting the requirements of developing a civilized, modern country with deep international integration. Sixth, build a contingent of cadres, civil servants, and public employees with adequate moral qualities, capacity, daring to think, daring to do, daring to innovate, daring to take responsibility, and meeting new requirements. Seventh, promote economic development with high labor productivity and efficiency, transform the model from breadth to depth, continue to consider the private economy as an important driving force; attach importance to the application and development of science and technology, and innovation as the main driving force for development.
On that journey, the era of independence and freedom is the foundation and link to the era of our nation's rise in the Ho Chi Minh era.
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