See how "daring" you are?

Focusing on training and developing the Army cadres in the spirit of "7 dares" is the guiding viewpoint emphasized by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Secretary of the Central Military Commission at the Central Military Commission Conference in the first 6 months of 2023. Thoroughly grasping and implementing the spirit of "7 dares" is both a very important solution to build the Army cadres, and actively contributing to the fight against degradation, "self-evolution", "self-transformation" within the organization...

Attached to the practice of "building" and "fighting"

The spirit of "7 dares" of military officers in the new situation was summarized by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Secretary of the Central Military Commission, including: "Dare to think, dare to speak, dare to do, dare to take responsibility, dare to innovate, be creative, dare to face difficulties and challenges and dare to act for the common good". Attached to the practical work of Party building and rectification and the fight against negativity and degradation of political ideology, ethics and lifestyle, we clearly see: "7 dares" are both the goal and the solution for the work of training and fostering military officers.

The content of the “7 dares” cadre is the concretization of the characteristics and good traditions of the moral qualities and cultural values of Uncle Ho’s soldiers, the development of theoretical thinking, and the setting of increasingly high new requirements for the qualities and capacities of military cadres in the new period. Affirming these principled issues to see more clearly that the development of social life is a law of constant movement. With the role of the core and main force in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland, fighting to defeat the “peaceful evolution” strategy of imperialism and hostile forces, firmly protecting the ideological foundation of the Party...

Our Army must set increasingly high requirements, criteria and solutions in building and training a contingent of cadres. When cadres possess all the qualities and capacities according to the spirit of “7 dares”, agencies and units at all levels in the Army will have a solid spiritual foundation, creating a strong motivation for cadres and soldiers to develop their potential and capacities, promote traditions, contribute their talents, and be worthy of being Uncle Ho’s soldiers.

To realize the spirit of “7 dares”, the General Secretary requested the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defense and Party committees at all levels in the Army to pay special attention to building a strong cadre team with sufficient virtue, talent and high prestige; superiors must set an example for subordinates, and commanders must be exemplary in front of the entire unit. In the Army, there must absolutely be no situation where cadres are afraid of responsibility, avoid or shirk responsibility...

In practice, in the process of performing tasks in military units in recent times, besides the great achievements and outstanding achievements, it is worth noting that in some units, at some times, serious incidents still occurred. A number of cadres, Party committees, and commanders still have "achievement disease", conceal shortcomings; handling some violations, complicated and sensitive incidents has not been timely and thorough... These limitations and shortcomings in certain cases not only affect the ideology and feelings of cadres and soldiers; the quality and effectiveness of training, combat readiness, unit building... but also serve as an excuse for hostile forces to take advantage of cyberspace to carry out propaganda campaigns to distort, incite, and sabotage the Army...

Thoroughly grasping the motto of “building” and “fighting”, “using building to fight” in Party building, rectification and the fight against corruption, negativity, degradation of political ideology, morality and lifestyle according to the Party's viewpoint, we see more clearly the urgency of consolidating, training and educating military cadres in the spirit of “7 dares”. That is also the basis for Party committees and commanders at all levels to promote criticism and self-criticism; propose targets, contents and solutions to fight and effectively implement Resolution No. 847-NQ/QUTW of the Central Military Commission “on promoting the qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers, resolutely fighting against individualism in the new situation”.

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Shining light on the duties and responsibilities of cadres and party members

From the practical effectiveness of task implementation that has been summarized and evaluated by the Central Military Commission at the Central Military Commission Conference in the first 6 months of 2023, we see that: The direct causes of negative and weak manifestations in units all originate from the qualities, capacities, working methods, and working style of the staff, especially the Party Committees and commanders at all levels.

Looking more broadly and deeply, we see that the fight against corruption and negativity with a persistent, resolute spirit, without forbidden areas... in recent years has brought to light a series of officials with political, moral and lifestyle degradation. In the cases and cases that have received special attention from the public, there are many high-ranking officials in the Army. There are many causes leading to corruption, negativity and degradation, of which the most direct, fundamental and core cause is still the quality of officials and party members.

Using the spirit of “7 dares” to illuminate each position, responsibility, and assigned task, we see more clearly that if these criteria are lacking or taken lightly, cadres will not only fail to fulfill their tasks but also easily fall into individualism, political ideology, ethics, and lifestyle degradation. For example, when a unit has negative phenomena, serious disciplinary violations, but cadres report dishonestly, try to justify, hide shortcomings... then that is a lack of the spirit of “dare to think”, “dare to do”, “dare to take responsibility”...

When an official sees that his comrade is wrong but remains silent, avoids, or ignores..., that is a manifestation of not "daring to speak up" or "daring to act for the common good". Hiding shortcomings, exaggerating achievements to be rewarded, being pragmatic, only caring about personal interests, and looking for opportunities for advancement are manifestations of taking innovation lightly, not "daring to face difficulties and challenges"...

The criteria and connotations of the “7 dares” cadres have a dialectical, complementary, and mutually influencing relationship. The lack of one “dare” will impact and influence the remaining qualities. The lack of more “dares” or the distortion of the connotations and nature of those criteria are all manifestations of individualism, a short step leading to negativity and degradation of political ideology, ethics, and lifestyle. In the context that our entire army is making efforts to focus on deploying and implementing the goals, contents, and solutions to 2030 to build a revolutionary, disciplined, elite, and modern People's Army, the training and practice of cadres in the spirit of “7 dares” is of particular importance.

Under the leadership and direction of the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense, Party organizations of agencies and units throughout the army are promoting in-depth implementation and achieving substantial results of programs and plans for Party building and rectification. Resolutely preventing and combating individualism according to resolutions, directives, conclusions... of the Party and Resolution No. 847-NQ/QUTW of the Central Military Commission. With the motto of closely combining "building" and "fighting", "using building to fight" according to the Party's viewpoint; Party committees and Party organizations of agencies and units need to supplement the leadership resolutions, action programs, organize learning, and thoroughly and deeply grasp the spirit of "7 dares".

This should be considered one of the important bases for regular criticism and self-criticism. Each cadre and party member, especially the commander, secretary, and party committee at all levels, needs to set an example and seriously evaluate themselves in their assigned positions and responsibilities to see how much they "dare"? For the "dares" that they lack, or for many reasons, have not really taken seriously, they should have a plan to overcome, practice, and strive. Looking at how much they "dare" will be the basis for evaluating whether or not they have an indifferent attitude, seek security, "cover their ears", see the right but not protect, see the wrong but avoid fighting, speak ill of, find loopholes of comrades and teammates to nitpick, flatter, flatter, seek glory, and profit... Look, if you see those things weighing down or lingering in your thinking and way of thinking, then correct and cleanse yourself.

Our army is strong in solidarity, unity, self-awareness, and strictness. Training and educating cadres in the spirit of "7 dares" is not only a period of extensive political activities but also needs to be used as a regular "handbook", combined with other forms and methods of education to promote self-education, self-cultivation, and self-training. Only when cadres truly "dare" to face their own bad habits, vices, and shortcomings, will they have the motivation to "dare" to contribute and sacrifice for the collective, for the unit, and for the cause of building the army. That is also a way to prevent and repel negative manifestations and degradation of political ideology, ethics, and lifestyle; effectively carry out the work of preventing and combating "self-evolution" and "self-transformation" in the army.

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