Uncle Ho with Vietnamese youth

(Baonghean.vn) - Throughout his life and revolutionary career, Uncle Ho always paid attention to the education of the young generation of Vietnam. He devoted a lot of effort to organizing and leading generations of young people to the revolution, participating in the struggle for national liberation, building and defending the Fatherland...

In a letter to the youth and children nationwide on the occasion of the Lunar New Year in 1946, he wrote: “A year begins in spring. A life begins in youth. Youth is the spring of society.” Because according to him, union members and youth are the future owners of the country, the prosperity or weakness, decline or strength of the country largely depends on the youth.

Uncle Ho with Vietnamese youth.

During his lifetime, President Ho Chi Minh always attached great importance to moral education for union members and young people. He viewed union members and young people comprehensively, clearly seeing their position and role as "the one who supports the older generation of youth, and at the same time the one responsible for guiding the future generation of youth". Therefore, he paid special attention to organizing and nurturing union members and young people into revolutionary shock troops, the Party's reserve force to faithfully and excellently continue the cause of the class and the nation.

He required each member and youth to be self-disciplined, constantly study, and be exemplary in all work. Along with intellectual education, improving professional qualifications, and mastering science and technology, each member and youth must constantly cultivate revolutionary ethics because according to him: "Young people must have virtue and talent. Having talent without virtue is like a very good economist who embezzles money. Not only does he not do anything beneficial to society, but he also harms it. If he has virtue but no talent, he is like a Buddha who does no harm, but also does not benefit humanity."

Uncle Ho at the 1956 National Congress of the National Salvation Youth Union in Hanoi.

That revolutionary morality is the radical loyalty to the revolution, wholeheartedly serving the people, and being ready to sacrifice oneself for the country, which is reflected in the daily thoughts and actions of each union member and youth. In order for the youth to become true revolutionaries, new socialist people, he emphasized the need to educate union members and youth in honesty, uprightness, modesty, simplicity, a positive, diligent, daring and creative working spirit. Union members and youth must always have the spirit of striving to rise up, live in thrift, integrity, impartiality, always put the interests of the Party and the nation above all else, and must practice self-criticism and serious criticism to help each other progress.

Not only that, he also required each union member and young person to fight against inferiority complex, self-interest, only caring about their own interests and activities, against the mentality of wanting pleasure and avoiding hardship, against the habit of looking down on labor, especially manual labor... these are bad habits that hinder the spirit of progress of union members and young people.

Uncle Ho talked with Polytechnic staff and students at the student dormitory on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year - 1958.

Loving wholeheartedly and placing complete trust in the union members and youth, He emphasized: "The youth will be the masters of the country. They must study forever and progress forever to be truly young." Before leaving, He left behind "a myriad of love" for the union members and youth. He assessed: "Our union members and youth are generally good, they are enthusiastic in everything, not afraid of difficulties, and have a spirit of progress"; and advised: "The Party needs to take care of educating them in revolutionary ethics, training them to become successors in building socialism who are both "red" and "expert".

Nurturing the next generation of revolutionaries is a very important and necessary task. From his heartfelt letter to Vietnamese youth at the beginning of the century to his final "Will", Uncle Ho always reserved for union members and youth his love, affection, and thoughtful care.

Not only caring for, educating, and encouraging union members and young people to study and strive, President Ho Chi Minh was also a model of revolutionary morality, integrity, impartiality, wholeheartedly serving the revolution and the people. He fought all his life for the independence and unification of the Fatherland, for a prosperous and happy life for the people.

President Ho Chi Minh talks with youth volunteer delegates attending the Youth Volunteer Congress to fight against the US and save the country in the North in January 1967.

Imbued with and thoroughly grasping his ideology, our Party and State always promote the role of union members and youth. We consider them as the shock force, the Party's reliable reserve force, and consider youth work as an issue of special concern and direction. Whether the cause of innovation is successful or not, whether the country has a worthy position in the world community or not, largely depends on the union members and youth, on the training and education of the young generation.

Therefore, it is necessary to take care of education, training, and comprehensive development in politics, ideology, ethics, lifestyle, culture, health, career, job creation, talent development - creativity, promoting the vanguard role... of union members and youth in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland.

Uncle Ho with the youth of the capital.

Studying and following Uncle Ho's ideology and example, under the leadership of the Party, with the spirit of "Nothing is difficult, only fear of not being steadfast, digging mountains and filling seas, determination will make it happen", the youth of the whole country have promoted the tradition of the previous generation, enthusiastically and passionately responded to campaigns and movements: "Pioneering socio-economic development and protecting the Fatherland", "Accompanying young people to establish their careers", actively participating in forums: "Vietnamese youth live, fight, work and study following the example of great Uncle Ho", "Carrying on the fire of tradition - Forever twenty", "Young people live beautifully and usefully"...

Uncle Ho's affection, care, concern and guidance for union members and young people are always a source of motivation and encouragement for the youth of the whole country in general, and Nghe An youth in particular, to enthusiastically and proactively join the whole people in building and developing the country for the goal: "Rich people, strong country, democratic, fair and civilized society.

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