Major General Tong Van Thanh: On May 11, 1946, the Ministry of National Defense issued Decree No. 27/ND-QP on the organization of the Ministry of National Defense Political Department. Accordingly, the Ministry of National Defense Political Department consisted of 4 agencies, of which the Propaganda Department and the Training Department were agencies specializing in propaganda and political education, serving the building of the revolutionary army. These were the predecessors of today's Propaganda Department. May 11 has become the traditional day of the Propaganda Department and the Army's propaganda sector. As a strategic advisory agency for propaganda work of the Army, over the past nearly 80 years, the Propaganda Department has been active, proactive, and well performed its functions of advising, directing, guiding, and conducting propaganda work throughout the Army, contributing to advising the Party, the State, the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, and the General Staff to plan guidelines, policies, and measures to lead and direct the building of the People's Army to truly be a revolutionary army of the people, by the people, and for the people, firmly upholding the Party's ideological foundation, the goal of national independence associated with socialism, absolutely loyal to the Fatherland, the Party, the State, and the people, ready to fight and sacrifice for the independence and freedom of the Fatherland, for socialism, completing any task, overcoming any difficulty, defeating any enemy, becoming a reliable support for the Party, the State, and the people, leading the country to overcome difficulties, challenges, and turning points.

Major General Tong Van Thanh.

Through the revolutionary stages, the Propaganda Department has advised and directed the effective implementation of politicaleducation , ideological leadership, propaganda, agitation, press, publishing, culture, arts, emulation, and rewards, with political and ideological campaigns and rectification, emulation movements, revolutionary action movements, building and promoting the good qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers, enhancing the will, political strength, and spirit of the Army, contributing to creating a combined strength for the Vietnam People's Army to fight and win, making glorious achievements in the cause of national liberation struggle, building and defending the Fatherland.

In the process of innovation, construction and protection of the Fatherland, the Propaganda Department and the Army's propaganda sector continue to have many innovations and breakthrough solutions in advising, directing and conducting ideological and cultural work in the Army, participating in protecting the Party's ideological foundation, fighting against erroneous and hostile viewpoints, contributing to defeating the plots and tricks of " peaceful evolution" of hostile forces; encouraging and motivating officers and soldiers of the entire army to be united, proactive, creative, brave, resilient, excellently fulfilling the functions of a combat army, a working army, a production labor army and achieving outstanding achievements recognized and highly appreciated by the Party, State, people and international friends.

Leaders of the Propaganda Department inspect the work of social sciences and humanities education at the Military School of Military Region 7, March 2025. Photo: THAI KHÁNH

Major General Tong Van Thanh: The tradition of "Firmness, initiative, sensitivity, creativity, solidarity, determination to win" is a source of pride, a great spiritual motivation, encouraging and motivating cadres, employees and soldiers of the Propaganda Department and the Army's propaganda sector today to continue to maintain and constantly promote to new heights, with specific, practical and outstanding solutions and methods: The Propaganda Department and the Army's propaganda sector are always proactive, sensitive, flexible, creative, giving correct, accurate and timely advice on policies and solutions to build a strong Army in terms of politics, ideology and ethics; thoroughly grasping and seriously and effectively implementing resolutions of party congresses at all levels, resolutions, directives and instructions of the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense and the General Department of Politics and the General Department of Politics on military and defense tasks, protecting the Fatherland and building a clean, strong, exemplary and typical Army Party organization.

The Propaganda Department proactively advises and has many innovative solutions to improve the quality and effectiveness of ideological and cultural work, especially political education, information, propaganda, management of military ideology, building a cultural environment, literary and artistic activities, journalism and publishing. Advises, develops and effectively implements the Project "Innovation of political education work at units in the new period", the Project "The Army prevents and combats "peaceful evolution" in the field of ideology and culture in the new situation" and projects, resolutions, directives, circulars, regulations, rules and instructions in the field of ideology and culture. Effectively deploys patriotic emulation movements, actively responds to movements and campaigns launched by the Central Government. Advise, direct, guide, and organize forces to fight against erroneous and hostile viewpoints, contributing to making the Army one of the pioneering forces, leading the way in protecting the Party's ideological foundation.

The Propaganda Department proactively and regularly grasps the situation, promptly has solutions to improve the quality of management, orienting ideology and public opinion, especially when facing complex and sensitive issues of public concern. In the face of military conflicts around the world, the Propaganda Department has proactively advised and proposed solutions to build political and spiritual factors for troops, promptly orienting ideology and guiding actions for officers and soldiers of the entire army. Advised, innovated, created, and successfully organized activities to celebrate major holidays, important historical events and traditional days of agencies and units. Typically, recently, the Propaganda Department chaired and coordinated with agencies and units to successfully organize activities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Dien Bien Phu Victory, the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People's Army, the 35th anniversary of the National Defense Day, the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South, and the reunification of the country...

Leaders of the Propaganda Department inspect the classrooms of Social Sciences and Humanities at Logistics College 2 (General Department of Logistics and Engineering), March 2025. Photo: THAI KHÁNH

Major General Tong Van Thanh : In response to the new mission requirements, the Propaganda Department focuses on directing, being proactive and sensitive, creating important breakthroughs in researching, advising and proposing to the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense, and the General Department of Political Affairs policies and solutions to improve the quality and effectiveness of ideological and cultural work in the entire army. Proactively and actively research, advise on the development, promulgation and effective implementation of resolutions, directives, circulars, instructions and regulations on propaganda work. Focus on proposing and synchronously implementing innovative solutions to improve the quality of political education work in the new period, making officers and soldiers of the entire army deeply aware of the Party's military and defense guidelines, glorious traditions and directions, goals, tasks and solutions to build the Army in the new situation, truly "elite" in politics, with the spirit of enduring difficulties and hardships, with high determination, ready to receive and excellently complete tasks.

Strengthen information and propaganda work on military and defense tasks and activities of units; improve the effectiveness of propaganda, dissemination of laws, propaganda to celebrate major holidays, important historical events of the country and the Army, and celebrate the traditional days of units. Continue to promote studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle, making studying and following Uncle Ho a conscious, voluntary and regular activity of each cadre, party member and the masses. Promote the role and responsibility of forces in the fight against "peaceful evolution" in the fields of ideology and culture, firmly maintaining the Party's ideological position in the Army.

Advise and direct the improvement of the quality of emulation and reward work and the Emulation Movement for Victory, first of all advising on the successful organization of the Emulation Congress for Victory for the entire army and participating in the 11th National Patriotic Emulation Congress. Improve the quality of building a cultural environment associated with the movement of the entire people uniting to build a cultural life; innovate and improve the quality of key activities in culture, literature and art; effectively perform the function of state management of press, publishing, printing, distribution and film distribution activities. Effectively carry out administrative reform and digital transformation in the Propaganda Department and propaganda agencies at all levels. Coordinate with agencies and units inside and outside the Army to deploy the work of building a strong, steadfast, steady, sharp, innovative and creative propaganda sector and cadres for the entire army to meet the requirements of tasks in the new situation.

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