"Keep our Party truly clean..."

Maintaining unity is as important as protecting the pupil of your eye.

President Ho Chi Minh 's first instruction regarding the Party first affirmed the Party's position, organizational role, and leadership in the revolutionary cause of our nation: "Thanks to close unity and wholehearted dedication to serving the class, the people, and the Fatherland, from its founding to the present day, our Party has united, organized, and led our people in vigorous struggle, achieving one victory after another."

Looking back at President Ho's teachings on unity, we see that it is a great idea, and also the key to the success of every step of the revolution.

Comrade Le Thi Kim Dung, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairwoman of the Provincial People's Council, met with officials, Party members, and people of Minh Huong commune (Ham Yen district).

In the "Complete Works of Ho Chi Minh," published by the National Political Publishing House, 839 out of a total of 1,921 speeches and writings address the issue of national unity, accounting for over 40%. Studying his entire legacy, we can see that President Ho Chi Minh mentioned the word "unity" over 2,000 times and the phrase "great unity" over 80 times. This demonstrates President Ho Chi Minh's greatest concern was the issue of national unity and clearly shows the strategic importance of his ideology of unity.

Speaking at the National Day celebration on September 2, 1955, he emphasized: “Unity is an invincible force. The force of unity helped the August Revolution succeed. The force of unity helped the resistance war win. The force of unity will mobilize the people from North to South to fight for peace , unity, independence, and democracy throughout the country.”

As the founder and leader of our Party, President Ho Chi Minh understood better than anyone the immense power of unity. He affirmed: “Unity is an extremely precious tradition of our Party and our people. Comrades from the Central Committee to the branches must safeguard the unity and solidarity of the Party as carefully as they safeguard the pupil of their eye.” Unity and solidarity within the Party is the foundation of national and international unity, the strength of the Party, and the source of all victories. Therefore, in Party building, the issue of unity was placed at the forefront by President Ho Chi Minh, enabling the Party to wisely organize and lead the people, and to determine the revolutionary path.

Self-criticism and criticism

Not only did President Ho Chi Minh point out the immense role of unity, but he also outlined the methods and means to achieve unity and consensus within the Party. This is precisely: "Practice broad, regular, and serious self-criticism and criticism. There must be comradely love and affection for one another." This is not only a profound theoretical summary and generalization, but also a manifestation of Ho Chi Minh's high level of intellect.

Our Party is the ruling party, and democracy within the Party is the prerequisite for realizing democracy among the people. Because of democracy, our Party has been able to awaken and maximize intellectual capacity, enhance leadership capabilities, and strengthen its fighting spirit.

Criticism and self-criticism are not only for correcting shortcomings within the Party, making Party members progress and become stronger, but also for affirming the Party's true authenticity. When instructing on the implementation of criticism and self-criticism within the Party, he emphasized that it must be carried out "regularly and seriously." This is because criticism and self-criticism that are not timely, not serious, superficial, or merely for show, will be ineffective and counterproductive.

A very humane aspect of Uncle Ho's teachings is "there must be mutual love and affection." Because only on the basis of comradely love and affection can "broad democracy" be practiced, and criticism become truly substantive. Without comradely love and affection, it will lead to formal democracy, where democracy is used to attack and bring each other down.

The "foundation" of a public official

In his Testament, President Ho Chi Minh requested: "Every Party member and cadre must truly internalize revolutionary ethics, truly practice thrift, integrity, honesty, and selflessness." Because revolutionary ethics is the "foundation," the "root" of a cadre. Revolutionary ethics is the basis for Party members and cadres to educate, persuade, and lead the masses, and serves as a shining example for everyone to follow.

In his instruction: "We must keep our Party truly clean, and it must be worthy of being the leader and the truly loyal servant of the people," President Ho Chi Minh demonstrated the broad vision of a brilliant leader.

Throughout its development and growth, our Party has continuously built and reformed itself politically, ideologically, organizationally, and morally. The Party has created strength and unity of will and action, leading the entire nation to defeat foreign invaders, reunifying the country; and bringing our nation to a level of strength, potential, position, and prestige it enjoys today.

Numerous directives, resolutions, and regulations issued and implemented have demonstrated the Party's determination to build a clean and strong Party in accordance with President Ho Chi Minh's Testament. Most notably, the results of the anti-corruption campaign led by the Party have created strong confidence among all segments of the population in the Party.

On the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the implementation of President Ho Chi Minh's Testament, we have every right to be proud of the noble nature, heroic traditions, and glorious history of our Party - the Party founded and nurtured by him.

Proud to have Uncle Ho since the early years of the August Revolution and throughout the nine-year protracted resistance war against the French, the Party Committee and people of Tuyen Quang province have been striving to emulate and follow Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics, and style; achieving accomplishments to commemorate the 55th anniversary of the implementation of Uncle Ho's Testament; upholding the tradition of kindness, loyalty, and unwavering devotion to the revolutionary cause chosen by the Party and Uncle Ho; and building Tuyen Quang into an increasingly prosperous province.

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