This is one of the dangerous tricks that hostile forces prioritize to exploit and thoroughly use to directly attack and overthrow the "idol Ho Chi Minh" in the Army - a cunning distortion of the plot and trick of "de-partyization" and "de- politicization " of the Army.

Enough tricks to distort and defame the noble title of our Army

In the minds of Uncle Ho's soldiers and the Vietnamese people, President Ho Chi Minh is the most beautiful Vietnamese, a national liberation hero, an outstanding cultural celebrity, a very close and beloved leader. He is not only the Party Chairman and President, but also a spiritual leader, a leader of faith and love, a noble and sacred symbol, the source of gathering, rallying, and promoting the strength of the entire nation; leading our army and people to fight for national liberation, building a peaceful , independent, free, and happy life. Thanks to Uncle Ho, our people have a peaceful and happy life; our country has the great foundation, potential, prestige and international position as it is today.

Our army is very honored and proud to be named after our beloved Uncle Ho. Our army has inherited enormous and invaluable assets, passed down and left by Uncle Ho, always carrying within itself the good qualities of a revolutionary soldier, condensed and crystallized in the noble title of Uncle Ho's soldiers who devoted their lives to the country and the people. For that reason, the qualities and image of Uncle Ho's soldiers have a unique and distinctive symbolic value, and have a particularly important position and role in the spiritual life of our army and people.

With the profound influence and increasingly great spread of the qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers in the hearts of the people and international friends, that has made hostile, reactionary and opportunistic political forces fearful and insecure. They understand that as long as our country still has the heroic Vietnam People's Army, a trustworthy political force, absolutely loyal to the Fatherland, the Party, the State and the people, then the plots and tricks of "peaceful evolution", "de-partyization", "de-politicization" of the Army cannot be carried out.

Therefore, in order to preserve their “life”, the forces that oppose our Party, State and regime have colluded with each other, finding every way to distort, defame and erase the role, strength and great influence of our Army in the cause of innovation, construction and protection of the Fatherland. One of the most cunning tricks that hostile forces have been actively carrying out is to distort and defame the image of Uncle Ho's soldiers. The purpose of this trick is to erase the absolute and direct leadership role of the Party in all aspects over our Army.

Officers and soldiers of the Thua Thien Hue Provincial Military Command help people overcome storm consequences (2022). Illustration photo: qdnd.vn

This is the tactic they have been and are determined to carry out to destroy the reputation, prestige and position of Uncle Ho's Army; to weaken the fighting strength of our Army, to take away the sharpest tool of violence, the most solid, trustworthy and loyal support of our Party, State and people.

This dangerous trick is prioritized and thoroughly used by hostile forces to directly attack and overthrow the "idol Ho Chi Minh" through the plot of "de-partyization" of the Army - a cunning distortion of the plot and trick of "de-politicization" of the Army that appeared in the late 90s of the 20th century in the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries. In essence, "de-partyization" or "de-politicization" of the Army are just different names but with the same purpose of separating our Army from the leadership of the Party, making our Army from unfamiliar to distant from the people, becoming isolated, being neutralized by the plot of "peaceful evolution".

That shows that "de-partyization" and "de-politicization" of the Army are two phenomena with the same nature, showing open and blatant sabotage with the extremely dangerous nature of eliminating the Party's leadership role over the Army, directing our Army to only "obey the law", only serve the Fatherland, not serve the Communist Party of Vietnam, causing our Army to fall into a state of "lost path", lose fighting power, become a useless army, even though it has full modern and sophisticated weapons, it cannot protect the Communist Party, the socialist State, cannot protect the revolutionary achievements of the Soviet Union.

To carry out their plots to sabotage our Party, State and regime, hostile forces have sought every way to blacken the image of Uncle Ho's soldiers, contrasting the qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers today with the qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers during the resistance war against French colonialists and American imperialists.

They spread the rumor that after Uncle Ho entered the "eternal world", "the Communist Party of Vietnam gained the upper hand", became "monopolistic and totalitarian", and accordingly, the image and qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers were gradually "deformed, distorted, and no longer sacred as before". Some even distorted that today, Uncle Ho's soldiers "remain only a soulless shadow", "a name reminiscent of the past" because the Vietnam People's Army "was swallowed up by the market economy, dominated by material interests and individualism has cast a dark shadow over Uncle Ho's soldiers" (?!).

The bad guys have "syndicated", taken the phenomenon and reduced it to its essence, used specific examples to fabricate and fabricate common events, deliberately exaggerated and deepened the shortcomings of some colonels and generals who were criminally prosecuted for violating the law of the State and the discipline of the Army, to slander and defame our Army...

Solving the two tasks of "building" and "fighting" in parallel to maintain the image of Uncle Ho's soldiers

With the above tricks, the subjects who sabotage our Party, State and Army want to achieve the dual goal of weakening the working class nature, the people's character and the national character of our Army; paving the way for the plot of riotous overthrow, "color revolution", carrying out "peaceful evolution"; promoting "self-evolution" and "self-transformation" within us. Their illusion can only take place and achieve their goals when they successfully carry out the trick of "de-partyization", "de-politicization" of the Army, distorting and blackening the qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers, separating the Army from the leadership of the Party.

More than ever, we need to be deeply aware of the need to fight and defeat the plots and tricks of "de-partyization" and "de-politicization" of our Army. Lessons learned from military building around the world since the collapse of real socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in the 1990s have always reminded our cadres, soldiers and people to be vigilant and not allow hostile forces to carry out plots and tricks to distort the image and qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers in any form; and not allow the phenomenon of "de-partyization" and "de-politicization" of the Army to occur in any situation.

The struggle to defeat the hostile forces' plots of "de-partyization" and "de-politicization" of the Army must be closely linked to the persistent maintenance and promotion of the qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers in the new situation. This is extremely urgent and necessary for improving the quality and effectiveness of Party and political work in the Vietnam People's Army; especially paying more attention to the task of building a politically strong Army.

This is the task of "building" in a close relationship with "fighting", which has a particularly important meaning for the affirmation that "as long as the Party exists, we exist", "as long as Uncle Ho's soldiers exist, there will be truth, faith and reason", because it is directly related to the life of the Party, the survival of the regime, the interests of the nation, the prestige, position and honor of Uncle Ho's soldiers.

This is also one of the top urgent requirements and tasks of staff work, innovation in political and ideological education; studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle; effectively implementing the Campaign "Promoting tradition, dedicating talent, worthy of being Uncle Ho's soldiers" in the new period, contributing to realizing Resolution No. 847-NQ/QUTW dated December 28, 2021 of the Central Military Commission on "Promoting the qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers, resolutely fighting against individualism in the new situation" in life.

It can be said that “building” combined with “fighting” is both pressure and motivation for our Army to successfully complete the task of protecting the Fatherland, protecting the Party, the State, the people and the socialist regime. The results of this task are determined by the quality and effectiveness of promoting the qualities of Uncle Ho’s soldiers and fighting against “de-partyization” and “de-politicization” of the Army in the new situation. The weakness of one aspect will weaken the other and vice versa.

Therefore, preserving and promoting the qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers and fighting against "de-partyization" and "de-politicization" of the Army are two parallel tasks with the same goal, making our Army always a sharp tool of violence, a trustworthy political force, absolutely loyal to the Fatherland, the Party, the State and the people. That is the most solid foundation, the sharpest weapon, creating an extremely strong endogenous strength for our Army to fight and win in performing its functions and tasks, especially difficult and complicated tasks in the new situation.

Major General, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Ba Duong

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