Building a culture within the Party helps to shape a democratic and scientific leadership style.

Building a culture within the Party plays a crucial and decisive role in the comprehensive building and rectification of a clean, strong, and effective Party; forming a democratic, scientific , transparent, and efficient leadership style that is in line with new development requirements.

On January 15th, the Central Propaganda Department, in coordination with the Central Theoretical Council, the Ho Chi Minh National Political Academy, the National Political Publishing House, and several relevant agencies, organized the National Scientific Conference: "Theoretical and Practical Issues on Building Culture within the Party in the New Period".

The Transport Newspaper is pleased to present the speech by Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Member of the Political Bureau, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, and Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, at this national scientific conference.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Member of the Political Bureau, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, and Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, delivered a speech at the seminar.

Dear Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia, Member of the Political Bureau, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party, Head of the Central Propaganda Department

Distinguished leaders and scientists

The scientific seminar "Theoretical and Practical Issues on Building Party Culture in the New Period" is a practical and meaningful activity in the context of celebrating the 95th anniversary of the Party's founding; the entire Party is implementing Regulation No. 144-QĐ/TW dated May 9, 2024, of the Politburo on the revolutionary ethical standards of cadres and Party members in the new period; summarizing 40 years of national renewal, 5 years of implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, preparing for Party congresses at all levels, leading up to the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam; and looking forward to the 100th anniversary of the glorious founding of the Party.

On behalf of the organizing agencies of the Conference, I would like to extend my warmest greetings and best wishes to the leaders of the Party and State, distinguished delegates, honored guests, and scientists. I wish you all good health, happiness, and much success.

Comrades,

Party culture is the sum total of traditional values, ideologies, ethics, rules, leadership styles, working methods, operational procedures, and behaviors of Party organizations and members in all aspects of leadership, organization, and Party life.

Formed and nurtured throughout the 95-year history of the Party's leadership of the Vietnamese revolution, spanning eras of struggle for independence and national unification, and the era of reform, integration, and development, culture within the Communist Party of Vietnam has always been an important component, embodying the finest and most pioneering values ​​of Vietnamese national culture.

It is a harmonious combination of revolutionary ideals, ethics, and the Party's leadership style, built on the foundation of Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh Thought, the theory of the Renovation policy, inheriting and promoting the fine cultural traditions of the Vietnamese nation, and selectively absorbing the cultural essence of humanity.

Culture within the Party is a particularly important component of the Party's political and ideological life; it is a factor in consolidating unity and cohesion, and in unleashing the Party's inherent strength.

Building a culture within the Party plays a crucial and decisive role in building and rectifying a clean, strong, and comprehensive Party; forming a democratic, scientific, transparent, and effective leadership style, in line with the new development requirements under the conditions of our Party being the sole leading and ruling party; at the same time, helping cadres and Party members to cultivate and improve themselves, maintain revolutionary moral qualities; and effectively prevent manifestations of ideological and political degradation, corruption, waste, negativity, "self-evolution," and "self-transformation."

Furthermore, the culture within the Party serves as a strong bond connecting the Party with the people, strengthening the people's trust in the Party.

Not limited to the Party's internal structure, Party culture, as the soul and profound crystallization of Vietnamese political culture, also plays a role in guiding society, strongly spreading positive values ​​and moral standards from within the Party to the entire political system and society, contributing to making culture a true resource, an intrinsic strength, and an important driving force for the rapid and sustainable development of the country.

As the founder, leader, and mentor of our Party, with a profound understanding and far-sighted vision of the position and role of building culture within the Party in leading the revolutionary cause, President Ho Chi Minh, during his lifetime, instructed: "Our Party is a ruling party; every Party member and cadre must truly internalize revolutionary ethics, must truly be thrifty, honest, upright, and selfless. We must keep our Party truly clean, and be worthy of being a leader and a truly loyal servant of the people"; we must ensure that our Party truly "is moral and civilized."

Over the past 95 years since its founding, our Party has affirmed its character, wisdom, prestige, and ability to lead the Vietnamese revolutionary cause through all difficulties and challenges, moving from one victory to another, achieving great accomplishments in the history of the nation. In this arduous and glorious journey, our Party has been tempered, accumulated many valuable experiences, written "a golden history," and forged glorious traditions that every cadre and Party member today must strive to preserve and promote.

In the process of national renewal over the past nearly 40 years, building a culture within Party organizations and State agencies, along with building ethics and lifestyles among individual cadres and Party members, has been one of the key tasks in building a clean and strong Party and political system.

This task has been strongly, consistently, and consistently affirmed in the Party's documents throughout many Party Congresses; it has been implemented and put into practice through specific and practical actions and movements such as: studying and following the thoughts, ethics, and style of Ho Chi Minh; building and perfecting revolutionary ethical values ​​and standards in the new era, in accordance with the modern context, inheriting the fine cultural traditions of the nation; promoting education and propaganda to raise the awareness of Party organizations and individual cadres and Party members about the core role of culture in Party building; focusing on spreading cultural values ​​and standards within Party organizations at all levels, affirming the revolutionary nature, pioneering spirit, and exemplary conduct of cadres and Party members.

At the same time, with a resolute and strong spirit, the Party has actively fought against the decline in political ideology, morality, and lifestyle, contributing to building a healthy and civilized cultural environment within the Party and the entire political system. This is the solid foundation for nurturing and developing the character, intellect, and revolutionary morality of each cadre and Party member, strengthening the people's trust and expectations in the Party.

Along with the great and outstanding achievements in the process of the Party's leadership in building an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity, the aforementioned important results have gradually shaped the important characteristic components of culture within the Party in the new period:

In terms of ideological and political theory, it is Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh Thought, and the Party's theory of reform.

In terms of revolutionary ethics, these qualities include: patriotism, respect for the people, absolute loyalty to the Party and the Fatherland; courage, innovation, creativity, and integration; diligence, thrift, integrity, impartiality, and selflessness; unity, discipline, compassion, and responsibility; exemplary conduct, humility, self-cultivation, and lifelong learning.

In terms of leadership style, it is a democratic and scientific style; close to the people; promoting the role of setting an example and being a pioneer; resolute, persistent, and steadfast in upholding revolutionary goals and ideals, unwavering in the face of all difficulties and challenges, while at the same time being flexible, adaptable, making timely decisions appropriate to the circumstances and practical requirements, placing the interests of the nation and people above all else.

Regarding discipline and organization, the Party operates according to the following leadership principles: democratic centralism, self-criticism and criticism, unity within the Party, close ties between the Party and the people, and operation within the framework of the Constitution and laws. At the same time, it continuously builds and strengthens the Party comprehensively, resolutely fighting against corruption, waste, negative phenomena, and manifestations of ideological, moral, and lifestyle degradation, as well as "self-evolution" and "self-transformation" within the Party.

Regarding the close relationship with the people, the Party has no interests other than the interests of the people; the people are the foundation, the subject, and the center of the cause of national renewal, construction, development, and defense; the people know, discuss, act, inspect, supervise, and benefit; cadres and Party members must wholeheartedly and diligently serve the Fatherland and the people; rely on the people to build the Party; always maintain close ties with, listen to the opinions of, and serve the interests of the people, acting for the people.

National scientific conference "Theoretical and practical issues concerning the building of culture within the Party in the new era".

Comrades,

Alongside the great achievements made, it must be frankly acknowledged that the task of building culture within the Party still has many limitations and shortcomings. The role of culture in Party building and the political system has, in some places and at some times, not been given due importance and not promoted to its full potential. The content and methods of building culture within the Party have not been given the attention they deserve.

The implementation and dissemination of revolutionary ethical values ​​and standards within the Party and the political system remains a weak point and is not truly effective; in fact, some Party committees and members have not paid sufficient attention to the task of building culture within the Party, and have not been decisive and thorough in educating and managing Party members.

In particular, corruption and negative practices remain complex, serious, and highly sophisticated, causing widespread public concern. Some officials and Party members, including high-ranking officials, lack integrity, moral cultivation, and have experienced ideological and political decline, succumbing to temptation and bribery, pursuing illicit gains, and failing to fulfill their responsibilities and duties to the Party, the State, and the People.

Our country is entering a new era of development – ​​an era of national progress, opening up tremendous opportunities but also posing numerous challenges that require us to have new thinking and approaches, breakthroughs in strategic decisions; to awaken pride, strongly promote cultural values, strength, solidarity, and the will of the Vietnamese people; to closely unify "the Party's will and the people's aspirations"; and to continue to elevate the thinking, intellect, and courage of the Party to lead the country steadily on the path of reform, integration, and sustainable development.

General Secretary To Lam emphasized: we must continue to strongly innovate the methods of leadership, improve leadership capacity and governing capacity, ensuring that the Party is the great helmsman, leading our nation forward strongly.

In his speech at the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the late General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong affirmed: "A genuine revolutionary party with the right line, a tight organization, a clean, exemplary, dedicated, and deeply connected cadre and party members, and the support of the people, possesses invincible strength that no force can stop on the path of leading the nation forward."

In this new context, building a culture within the Party becomes even more important, but it also becomes a more complex and difficult task, involving many stakeholders, with many new contents and different aspects, most notably:

Firstly, we must steadfastly apply and creatively develop Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh Thought, and the Party's theory of reform; steadfastly pursue the goal of national independence and socialism; steadfastly promote comprehensive and synchronized national renewal; and steadfastly adhere to the principles of Party building, in order to build and develop the country and firmly defend the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland. These are core values, affirming the Party character of culture within the Party, political culture, and are also characteristic values ​​of the Vietnamese socialist model that we are building.

Secondly, we must cherish, protect, preserve, and promote the great values, traditions, and achievements that our Party has attained in 95 years of leading the people to successfully carry out the struggle for national liberation and reunification; and successfully implement the process of reform, integration, and national development; so that we can be proud, confident, self-reliant, and strong in the era of national progress.

This also provides a solid foundation for us to resolutely and persistently fight against erroneous and hostile viewpoints, manifestations of ideological and political degradation, moral decay, lifestyle corruption, waste, negativity, "self-evolution," and "self-transformation," thereby strengthening the people's trust in the Party.

Thirdly, we must continue to build, preserve, promote, and spread the good, progressive, and humane values ​​in all activities of Party organizations, in the character of each cadre and Party member, in the good conduct between comrades, and between cadres and Party members and the people, creating a profound and widespread influence of the Party on the entire society.

Closely link the building of culture within the Party with the building of political culture; and the building of culture within the Party with the building of a streamlined, strong, efficient, effective, and effective Party organizational structure and political system. Awaken the spirit of dedication, innovation, aspiration, will, and determination for development among cadres and Party members, and spread this throughout society, for a peaceful, independent, democratic, prosperous, civilized, and happy Vietnam, steadily advancing towards socialism and standing shoulder to shoulder with the world's leading powers.

In that spirit, I propose that scientists and delegates focus their discussions on and delve deeper into the following issues:

1. Looking back at the historical milestones over 95 years of the Party's leadership of the Vietnamese revolution, including 40 years of the Party's leadership in the country's renovation process, we aim to clarify the scientific basis for unifying understanding of the role and importance of building culture within the Party in the work of Party building and rectification, building political culture, and building an advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity.

It is necessary to thoroughly review and evaluate the viewpoints, theoretical systems, and policies on building culture within our Party today; clarify the characteristics of Party culture, as expressed through Party spirit, discipline, exemplary conduct, scientific approach, democracy, humanism, continuity and innovation, etc., demonstrating the capacity, role, and mission of the vanguard Party in the new era.

Through this process, we can clearly identify which points need to be further affirmed, and which new theoretical and practical issues need to be supplemented and developed to ensure a concrete, unified, synchronized, and comprehensive understanding of the meaning, content, tasks, and methods of building and practicing culture within the Party.

2. Summarize and evaluate specific tasks in the implementation of building Party culture, identifying important achievements as well as limitations and shortcomings; the gap between building and disseminating ethical values ​​and norms within the Party and their practice by cadres and Party members. Draw lessons learned; clearly analyze the causes, especially the causes of limitations, weaknesses, and shortcomings; clearly identify bottlenecks and obstacles in the process of building and practicing Party culture today. At the same time, based on the reality of building and practicing culture in Party organizations today, identify good practices and successful models that can be replicated and become a widespread movement throughout the Party.

3. Propose and recommend objectives, directions, and methods for building culture within the Party in accordance with the new context; especially innovating the methods of building and practicing culture within the Party and political culture; concretizing and improving the effectiveness of practicing revolutionary ethical standards in the new period that have been promulgated; strengthening the education of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics, and style; harmoniously handling the relationship between "building" and "combating"; promoting proactive creativity associated with decentralization and delegation of power; promoting the exemplary role of cadres and Party members, especially leaders; tightening discipline, controlling power, and preventing and combating corruption, waste, and negative phenomena within the Party; innovating organizational and personnel work; promoting digital transformation associated with building culture within the Party; promoting the role of the people in building culture within the Party; harmoniously resolving the relationship between international integration and preserving cultural identity within the Party; Linking the building of culture within the Party with the building of political culture, national culture, and socio-economic development...

Comrades,

With the dedication and responsibility of the scientists and delegates, through the reports, presentations, and exchanges of opinions, the Organizing Committee believes that our Conference will propose appropriate viewpoints and policies, practical and effective measures to improve the quality of building and practicing culture within the Party, contributing to building a truly ethical and civilized Party, representative of the conscience and dignity of the Vietnamese people, leading and guiding the country to achieve remarkable development in the new era, the era of national progress.

In the joyful atmosphere of welcoming spring and the approaching Year of the Snake, I would like to once again extend my best wishes for a prosperous, successful, and healthy New Year to all scientists, delegates, and colleagues.

With that spirit in mind, I hereby declare the workshop open.

Thank you very much.

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