President: Turning the people's potential strength into actual strength

Promote patriotism, intelligence and aspirations of the entire nation

The conference to meet with outstanding representatives of all walks of life on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day September 2nd took place this morning in Hanoi . President Luong Cuong and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the conference.

Party and State leaders chaired the conference. Photo: Quang Vinh

Speaking at the conference, President Luong Cuong affirmed that the great victory in the struggle for national liberation and unification in the past as well as in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland today had the resonance of many factors. And one of the particularly important factors was solidarity.

“We must build and promote the highest strength of the great national unity bloc as Uncle Ho affirmed: 'People are the root. It is a hundred times easier without people, but it is also difficult. It is a thousand times more difficult, but it is also possible with people'. That is a great lesson to promote the role and strength of the great national unity bloc, taking the Vietnam Fatherland Front as a typical form of organization, widely gathering all patriotic forces, turning the potential strength of the people into actual strength, creating all victories of the revolution" - said the President.

President Luong Cuong speaks at the conference.

Looking back on the past, the President praised the Vietnam Fatherland Front for always playing a core political role, being a common home that gathers and unites social classes, ethnic groups, religions, and Vietnamese people at home and abroad, creating a combined, invincible strength of the great national unity bloc.

The President emphasized that the Party, State and people deeply appreciate the great contributions of all social classes, organizations, individuals, businessmen, and Vietnamese people at home and abroad, including the working class, farmers, and intellectuals, under the leadership of the Party, who have formed a worker-farmer-intellectual alliance, a solid political and social foundation and pillar of the great national unity bloc.

The President expressed his deep respect and gratitude to people of all religions, those who have lived a “good life, good religion”, always accompanied the nation, actively responded to and participated in patriotic movements, volunteer activities, cared for the poor, and contributed to building a humane, united and progressive society. He also acknowledged the important contributions of the Vietnamese business community.

In particular, the President expressed his deep affection and sincere thanks to the overseas Vietnamese community - an inseparable part of the Vietnamese nation. According to him, despite many difficulties and challenges, compatriots living far from the Fatherland always turn to their roots, actively contributing their intelligence, resources and emotions to build their homeland, and at the same time being a bridge of friendship between Vietnam and friends around the world. Many overseas Vietnamese organizations have made positive contributions to people's diplomacy, promoting the image of the country and people of Vietnam, refuting false arguments, contributing to building and enhancing Vietnam's reputation in the international arena.

About 300 delegates from 34 provinces and cities attended the conference. Photo: Quang Vinh

“Looking back at the historical process over the past 80 years, we are more deeply aware of the truth: every victory of the Vietnamese people originates from the strength of great solidarity, unanimity, and unceasing dedication of all classes of people under the wise leadership of the Party,” the President said.

Entering a new era, facing great opportunities but also full of challenges, the President requested to promote more strongly the spirit of patriotism, intelligence, and aspiration of the entire nation; continue to honor, spread, and promote the great role of workers, farmers, intellectuals, people of all ethnic groups, religions, businessmen and overseas Vietnamese in the cause of building a rich, prosperous, civilized, and happy country.

The President requested the Vietnam Fatherland Front to continue to promote its core political role in building and consolidating the invincible strength of the great national unity bloc; constantly innovate the content and methods of operation to gather, rally, and widely unite all classes of people, compatriots of all ethnic groups and religions, businessmen, and overseas Vietnamese, strongly arouse patriotism, self-reliance, and development aspirations, build trust, and create high social consensus; promote the intelligence, resources, and role of the people in the cause of building and firmly defending the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.

Listen to many dedicated and responsible opinions

Today's conference is also an opportunity for the leaders of the Party, State and Vietnam Fatherland Front to listen to the enthusiastic and responsible opinions of intellectuals, dignitaries, religious leaders and overseas Vietnamese; and at the same time share some information about the domestic and international situation in recent times.

Ms. Giang Thi Dung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Lao Cai province. Photo: Quang Vinh

Ms. Giang Thi Dung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Lao Cai province, the first female Doctor of Economics of the Mong ethnic group in the province - shared that thanks to the good policies of the Party and State, people's lives have been greatly improved compared to before, the appearance of the countryside has changed. However, the poverty rate of ethnic minorities is still high, the standard of living is far different from that of favorable areas, the problem of labor, employment, and livelihood in ethnic minority areas still has many difficulties...

Ms. Dung earnestly requested the Party and State to continue to allocate investment resources to this area, and soon implement the national target program on socio-economic development for ethnic minority areas in the 2026-2030 period.

Mr. Son Phuoc Hoan - former Deputy Minister, Vice Chairman of the Ethnic Committee - also hopes that the Party and State will continue to pay attention, have comprehensive and synchronous policies and guidelines covering disadvantaged areas, ethnic minority areas and ethnic groups with special characteristics; develop human resources in both quantity and quality, focus on training and fostering ethnic minority cadres; preserve and promote the cultural identity of ethnic minorities; preserve and develop the languages and scripts of ethnic minorities.

Overview of the conference. Photo: Quang Vinh

Meanwhile, Dr. Luong Bach Van - former Chairman of the Association for Liaison with Overseas Vietnamese in Ho Chi Minh City - commented that after 40 years of renovation, the country has achieved remarkable achievements, Vietnam has accumulated enough position and strength for breakthrough development to enter a new era. However, in today's joy, Ms. Van thinks of her friends and colleagues in France, who wish to return and contribute to building their homeland with their compatriots but still have many concerns because they have not yet regained Vietnamese nationality and are not allowed to buy real estate according to the current law on real estate ownership. There are young Vietnamese people studying abroad, after graduating, with high professional degrees, wishing to return and contribute to building their homeland but do not know where to knock on the door, what to do...

“I am very grateful to the Standing Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City for encouraging the establishment of the Overseas Vietnamese Support Center. This is a common home for overseas Vietnamese when they return to the country, a place to listen to their aspirations and resolve their difficulties,” Ms. Van expressed.

Mr. Huynh Dam - former Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front - recommended that the Vietnam Fatherland Front must closely coordinate with the Propaganda and Education Committee at all levels from the Central to the grassroots level, to propagate and mobilize all classes of people to deeply understand the Party's viewpoints and Ho Chi Minh's thought on great solidarity. According to Mr. Dam, it is necessary to make every citizen join hands and hearts to contribute to the successful implementation of the goals set by the Party and the State, first of all, the goals towards the 100th anniversary of the Party's founding and the 100th anniversary of the country's founding.

"The organization of the Front's specialized agencies and socio-political organizations must be streamlined, strong, and have policies to attract and promote outstanding individuals and good experts to participate in activities so that the Front has the intelligence to operate effectively, especially to supervise and criticize society," Mr. Dam proposed.

Mr. Do Van Chien - Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front - delivered the closing speech at the conference. Photo: Quang Vinh

In his closing speech at the conference, Mr. Do Van Chien - Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front reiterated the words of President Ho Chi Minh: "Unity, unity, great unity - Success, success, great success".

"Hundreds of millions of Vietnamese people's hearts will unite, realizing the aspiration to build a peaceful, independent, unified, democratic and prosperous Vietnam" - Mr. Chien affirmed.

The conference was organized by the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, with the participation of 300 delegates from 34 provinces and cities nationwide. Of these, 34% were religious dignitaries; 34% were ethnic minority delegates.

Mr. Ngo Thanh Hoa, born in 1930, of Chinese ethnicity, was the oldest person attending the conference. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Viet Hoa Bank (HCMC), and has been awarded the First Class Victory Medal and the Second Class Resistance Medal against America for National Salvation.

The youngest delegate is Ho Phuong Linh, born in 2008, a 12th grade student at Ha Tinh High School for the Gifted, with many outstanding academic achievements.

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