Lesson 1: Strong innovative thinking, decisions that win the people's hearts.

When the General Secretary emphasized the need for a revolution in the organizational structure, it was not merely a signal for reform – but a call to action for a profound, decisive, and unprecedented transformation. This revolution begins with belief, is driven by political determination, and can only succeed with the consensus of the entire population.

Strong and decisive innovative thinking

When I heard the Party General Secretary use the word "revolution" in relation to the organizational structure, it truly startled me and made me wonder, revolution? Before, we've only heard talk of streamlining the apparatus, administrative reform... but I've never heard anyone use the word revolution. Could it be that the leader of our Party needs a fundamental, major change in the organizational structure? Could it be a more forceful and decisive innovative mindset?

The ultimate goal of the organizational revolution is to move towards a proactive government that is closer to the people and serves them better and better. Photo: Truong Ha

The issue of organizational structure is not new. Throughout the country's nearly 40 years of reform, we have experienced numerous instances of downsizing and restructuring the apparatus, sometimes reducing, sometimes increasing, sometimes merging, sometimes separating. Then came a more drastic resolution on streamlining the apparatus – Resolution No. 18 of the Central Party Committee on continuing to reform and restructure the political system's organizational structure to be lean, effective, and efficient, issued in 2017. After 7 years of implementation, the desired results have not yet been achieved.

General Secretary To Lam frankly assessed the Party's leadership role, noting its shortcomings and limitations. Explaining the necessity of immediately and rapidly implementing this revolution, General Secretary To Lam provided extremely practical and rigorous guidance. In his presentation on the new era, which was both deeply theoretical and contained very realistic and frank assessments, the General Secretary pointed out that the Vietnamese nation needs and has the conditions and opportunities to transition to a new era – an era of development, an era of soaring high and far; and to soar high and far, it needs a compact and lightweight structure – which means immediately implementing a revolution in the organizational structure.

Revolutionary thinking is also reflected in the fact that streamlining the organizational structure is not limited to the political system's agencies, but extends to all administrative levels. The General Secretary boldly suggested that the Central Party Committee and the people discuss the reorganization of administrative units by merging communes and provinces, and especially by eliminating the district level. In fact, few people had thought of or proposed this issue, because for the past 80 years, since the Party took leadership and the Vietnamese people seized power, there have always been four administrative levels.

I'm not alone; many people share the same understanding that this is truly a revolutionary and innovative way of thinking to carry out a revolution in organizational structure. It needs to be done immediately, without delay, so that we and our country can enter a new era of development, with the conditions and opportunities now ripe.

A decision that is in line with public sentiment.

Every new issue, especially a major revolutionary one, is not easily accepted by many people immediately. However, the revolution in organizational structure and its inherent implications—things that must be done immediately, with profound and widespread impacts on social life and affecting many people—was spontaneously and strongly embraced by all citizens, from current and retired officials to ordinary citizens and economic organizations.

While working in the field of the Association of the Elderly, I had the opportunity to interact with many segments of the population, especially retired officials and the elderly, and I received their trust and support for this policy of the Party. In his articles and speeches, the General Secretary provided information about how, to maintain the operation of the current cumbersome administrative apparatus, the State has to allocate over 60 to 70% of the annual state budget, leaving only about 30% for development investment and social welfare. From that message, all citizens recognized that a revolution in the organizational structure, including the restructuring of administrative units, is something that needs to be done immediately.

Even within the ranks of working officials and civil servants, although the reorganization of the administrative apparatus and units directly impacts them, everyone recognizes the necessity and the need for immediate action, without delay. Every official, civil servant, and Party member acknowledges the shortcomings of the current organizational structure and understands their responsibility to the people and their responsibility to join the nation in entering a new era, even if it means sacrificing some personal interests or overcoming difficulties during the merger.

Many young people confided and shared: "When we heard about the administrative merger and restructuring, we were initially confused because of the impact on each individual and family of civil servants, and the personal sacrifices required. But then we thought, what are our sacrifices now compared to the sacrifices of our elders in the past? They even sacrificed their youth for the country."

Having gained the consensus of the entire people, the Party and Government demonstrated a very high level of political determination with the strong message "only talk about doing, not talk about retreating." From there, the Politburo, the Secretariat, and agencies within the political system developed specific and detailed plans for each task and activity, with specific timelines for each agency, organization, and level of government, implementing them with unwavering determination.

Luong Anh Te, Chairman of the Hai Duong Provincial Association of the Elderly

Source: https://daibieunhandan.vn/bai-1-tu-duy-doi-moi-manh-me-quyet-dinh-hop-long-dan-post410754.html