The word "real" of President Ho Chi Minh

In his writings and speeches, President Ho Chi Minh often emphasized the word "truth". He required that all correct things must be done "truly". In his sacred Testament, he used the word "truth" five times. His words "truth" carry a profound message about Party building work and the Party's responsibility to the people.

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When the nation had not yet regained independence, the people had not yet had freedom, and the country was still divided, President Ho Chi Minh resolutely and persistently fought for "true independence" for the nation, for "true unification" for the country, for freedom and happiness for the people, and for "true peace" for the world . After the August Revolution of 1945, when building the people's government, he demanded "truly perfecting the people's democratic government in terms of work, organization, and personnel" (1).

President Ho Chi Minh always went to the root of the problem, the core of the spirit, the nature of the matter. He always emphasized the word "truth". In every field of the country's political and social life, he also required "truth", "truthfulness" in every job. This shows his very high requirements for responsibility and work results, for qualities, attitudes and feelings towards each job and each person.

In every field of the country's political and social life, He also required "truth" and "reality" in every job. This shows His very high requirements for responsibility and work results, for qualities, attitudes and feelings towards each job and each person.

According to President Ho Chi Minh, a good cadre is someone who lives "truly" with the people and truly dedicates himself to the people. In leading society, the Party must truly unite the entire population, "Not by word of mouth, but by action, by spirit, by true unity" (2). In terms of leadership, "From the Central Committee to the communal Party cell, everyone must follow the principles of collective leadership and individual responsibility; must fight against the evils of personality worship and bureaucracy and command; must honestly self-criticize and criticize frankly; must be truly democratic" (3). "Leadership must be truly democratic but at the same time must be truly focused" (4). "Internally, there must be true unity... Must be truly close to the people, listen to their opinions and aspirations, learn from their experiences" (5).

He emphasized: "To truly unite, there must be true democracy within the Party. We must regularly and seriously criticize and honestly self-criticize to help each other correct shortcomings, promote strengths, and progress together" (6). "Regarding leadership, cadres must be truly united, unanimous, must go deep and closely, must lead practically and comprehensively" (7). "Leading cadres must be truly diligent, frugal, honest, upright, impartial and selfless..." (8).

In the sacred lines of his Testament, President Ho Chi Minh's first concern was Party building - "First of all, about the Party...". After his concerns and instructions focused on Party building, maintaining solidarity and practicing democracy within the Party, President Ho Chi Minh emphasized: "Our Party is a ruling Party. Each Party member and cadre must be truly imbued with revolutionary ethics, truly thrifty, honest, impartial and selfless. We must keep our Party truly clean, worthy of being a leader, a truly loyal servant of the people" (Testament). President Ho Chi Minh used the words "truly", "truly" up to 4 times in a short paragraph (only 57 words) to convey his important idea about the role and responsibility of the Party, and the qualities of cadres and Party members.

In his Testament written in 1968, he emphasized: "In my opinion, the first thing that needs to be done is to rectify the Party so that every Party member, every Youth Union member, every Party cell strives to fulfill the tasks assigned by the Party, wholeheartedly serving the people."

The fifth word "truth" in the Testament, President Ho Chi Minh wrote: "The Party must have a good plan to develop the economy and culture, in order to continuously improve the people's lives". This is his request for the Party in fulfilling its responsibility to the people after the country has achieved peace and unity. The Party continues its role in leading the people to heal the wounds of war, build and develop the country to comprehensively improve the people's lives, both materially (economic development) and spiritually (cultural development).

In his Testament written in 1968, he explained: "The above work is very great, heavy, and complicated, but also very glorious. This is a fight against what is old and corrupt, to create new and fresh things. To win this huge fight, it is necessary to mobilize, organize and educate the entire people, relying on the great strength of the people." President Ho Chi Minh emphasized the importance of the close relationship between the Party and the people, mobilizing all resources of the people, and arousing the aspiration to develop a prosperous and happy country.

Re-reading the Testament and works of President Ho Chi Minh, especially in the field of Party building, we are more aware of the word "truth" that he often used when asking the Party to be truly pioneering, exemplary in morality, clean in its ranks, and to fight against the signs of degradation of some cadres and Party members that damage the Party's reputation and lose the people's trust. Building and rectifying the Party is the most fundamental thing for the Party to "be moral and civilized", for the ruling Party to be truly clean and strong.

Applying profound lessons in President Ho Chi Minh's thought to Party building and rectification, and improving the Party's leadership and governing capacity in the current national renewal process is identified by our Party as a regular, urgent and key task.

Applying the profound lessons in President Ho Chi Minh's thought to Party building and rectification, improving the Party's leadership and governance capacity in the current national renewal process is identified by our Party as a regular, urgent and key task. Our Party determines that it is necessary to maintain and improve the capacity and fighting strength of grassroots Party organizations to lead the nation to overcome all fluctuations and difficulties, to reach the goals chosen by the Party, President Ho Chi Minh and our people. Thoroughly grasping Ho Chi Minh's thought, our Party is promoting the implementation of the Resolutions of the 4th Central Committee, 11th and 12th tenures, Conclusion No. 21-KL/TW of the 4th Central Conference, 13th tenure on Party building and rectification, in conjunction with the implementation of Directive 05-CT/TW of the Politburo on studying and following Ho Chi Minh's thought, morality and lifestyle. The 13th Party Congress document specifically states: "Building a team of cadres, first of all leaders with strong political will, pure ethics, outstanding capacity, daring to think, daring to speak, daring to do, daring to take responsibility, daring to innovate, daring to face difficulties and challenges, daring to act for the common good, having high prestige and being truly pioneers, exemplary, and being the nucleus of solidarity".

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has also repeatedly affirmed the spirit of resolute leadership in the work of Party building and rectification. At the closing session of the 4th Central Conference of the 13th tenure, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong emphasized: Today, in new conditions, facing the requirements of the revolutionary cause in the new period, with great scale and stature, with many new difficulties and challenges, more than ever, we need to further promote the tradition and good nature of the Party, take care to build our Party to be truly steadfast in politics and ideology; highly unified in will and action; clean in morality and lifestyle; tight in organization; closely attached to the people, capable of leading our country to overcome all difficulties and develop more and more.

Today, in new conditions, facing the requirements of the revolutionary cause in the new period, with great scale and stature, with many new difficulties and challenges, more than ever, we need to further promote the tradition and good nature of the Party, take care to build our Party to be truly steadfast in politics and ideology; highly unified in will and action; clean in ethics and lifestyle; tight in organization; closely attached to the people, capable of leading our country to overcome all difficulties and develop more and more.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong

The more we read and ponder, the more we realize what President Ho Chi Minh has advised. A ruling party must truly uphold the spirit of responsibility to serve the people, for the people, and be worthy of the people's trust and love, only then can it plan policies, lead the people, and create motivation for the country to develop rapidly, sustainably, and integrate more deeply into the world. We must do a good job of building and rectifying the Party according to President Ho Chi Minh's thoughts to make our Party truly clean and strong, the trust and love, and the solid support of the people. If we can do that, no matter how great or difficult the task is, we will definitely succeed, as President Ho Chi Minh wished for the entire Party and the entire people.

According to nhandan.vn

(1) Ho Chi Minh (2011) - Complete works - National Political Publishing House, Hanoi, volume 7, page 391

(2) Ho Chi Minh (2011) - Complete Works - Ibid, volume 8, page 78

(3) Ho Chi Minh (2011) - Complete Works - Ibid, volume 10, page 431

(4) Ho Chi Minh (2011) - Complete Works - Ibid, volume 11, page 591

(5) Ho Chi Minh (2011) - Complete Works - Ibid, volume 12, page 438

(6) Ho Chi Minh (2011) - Complete Works - Ibid, volume 14, page 186

(7) Ho Chi Minh (2011) - Complete Works - Ibid, volume 13, page 107

(8) Ho Chi Minh (2011) - Complete Works - Ibid, volume 14, page 40

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