The Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee approved documents on studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle for ethnic minorities.

Overview of the regular meeting in April 2023 of the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee. Photo: Thanh Duy

STRENGTHENING THE LEARNING AND FOLLOWING OF HO CHI MINH'S THOUGHTS, MORALITY AND STYLE AMONG ETHNIC MINORITIES

Nghe An is located in the North Central region, with the largest natural area in the country, with 16,487km²; of which, the area of ​​ethnic minority and mountainous areas is 13,745km², accounting for 83% of the province's natural area.

Comrade Vo Van Dung - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department presented the Proposal on the content of the study materials and following of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle for ethnic minorities in Nghe An province. Photo: Thanh Duy

Nghe An currently has 47 ethnic groups living together with more than 491,000 people, accounting for 14.76% of the province's population and 40.93% of the population in mountainous areas; in which ethnic minorities with a high proportion are: Thai, Tho, Kho Mu, Mong, O Du.

On July 28, 2021, the Standing Committee of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee issued Project 01-DA/TU on compiling and publishing propaganda materials, studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle for ethnic minorities in Nghe An province.

The goal is that through disseminating the content of the document, ethnic minorities will better understand Uncle Ho's great contributions to the country and his feelings and wishes for ethnic minorities in our country, including ethnic minorities in Nghe An province. From there, people will continue to study and follow Uncle Ho's instructions, always strive to study, work, and produce to progress and develop faster.

Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

During the meeting, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department presented to the Provincial Party Committee's Standing Committee a draft document of the Project including an Introduction and 3 main parts.

Part 1: President Ho Chi Minh - National liberation hero, outstanding cultural figure. This part consists of 5 chapters, introducing the hometown, family, life, career of President Ho Chi Minh and his feelings for ethnic minorities and his hometown Nghe An.

Part 2: Core contents of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics and style. This part consists of 3 chapters, providing an overview of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics and style; his moral practice as an example and some specific moral standards that social components, including ethnic minorities, can learn and follow.

Part 3: Studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle. This part consists of 3 chapters, introducing the Party's policies on studying and following Uncle Ho's ideology, morality and lifestyle; the results of implementing the Party's policies and the State's policies towards ethnic minorities and some typical examples of good people and good deeds of ethnic minorities in studying and following Uncle Ho.

Comrade Hoang Nghia Hieu - Deputy Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

The articles in the document manuscript are presented briefly, concisely, clearly, and easily understood. The illustrations have many images and timelines associated with events to help readers visualize easily.

Speaking at the meeting, comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee believed that with the thorough and elaborate preparation process, the contents of the document will serve the set goals well.

However, the most important thing is that after completing the document, there must be methods and solutions to convey the content of this document into life, reaching the ethnic minorities most effectively. Therefore, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Thong suggested that after completing the document, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department focus on advising to effectively implement the above issue.

On the other hand, according to the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, when propagating and instructing the use of the book, it is also necessary to pay attention to the extremely important method of applying Uncle Ho's thoughts, ethics, and style in the practical life of ethnic minorities today so that the propaganda content is suitable for the present and future.

Comrade Pham Trong Hoang - Member of the Standing Committee, Chief of the Provincial Party Committee Office spoke at the meeting. Photo: Thanh Duy

Regarding the content of the document, Comrade Pham Trong Hoang - Member of the Standing Committee, Chief of the Provincial Party Committee Office suggested studying and supplementing the content that Uncle Ho mentioned about mountainous districts and ethnic minorities in Nghe An province in Uncle Ho's talks with cadres, party members and people of the province during his two visits to his hometown.

Comrade Pham Trong Hoang also suggested studying and exploiting some typical figures representing ethnic minorities in Nghe An in the introduction of typical ethnic minority examples; at the same time, it is possible to study and expand teaching in general education, in addition to propaganda work for ethnic minorities.

Comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department spoke to clarify some issues that the Provincial Party Committee's Standing Committee was interested in. Photo: Thanh Duy

PAY ATTENTION TO METHOD AND FORM OF TRANSFER

Concluding this content, Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy assessed that the Steering Committee, the Editorial Board, the Support Team, and the Appraisal Council had implemented the work methodically, with a thorough, strict, and practical process. Thereby, the Provincial Party Standing Committee basically agreed on the content of the document.

At the same time, to make the document content more complete and vivid, the Provincial Party Secretary requested the Steering Committee, especially the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department - the standing agency, to organize a review to ensure the accuracy of data, historical witnesses, good people and good deeds, images... as well as research, learn thoroughly, and exploit in more detail the documents and witnesses about the feelings and wishes that He had for the mountainous districts, including ethnic minorities in Nghe An province.

Nghe An Provincial Party Secretary Thai Thanh Quy delivered a concluding speech. Photo: Thanh Duy

The head of the Provincial Party Committee also paid special attention to deploying a variety of transmission methods to disseminate messages and document content to ethnic minorities most effectively, such as: Printing and publishing books; audiobooks; producing thematic reports; via social networks;...

The Provincial Party Secretary also noted a number of other contents, including coordinating with the Education sector to research and calculate. If deemed reasonable, the Provincial Party Standing Committee should consider the policy of including the content of the document in teaching at schools in mountainous areas and for ethnic minorities in an appropriate form.

Women of Thai and Mong ethnic groups in the mountainous border commune of Tri Le, Que Phong district attend the festival. Photo: Thanh Duy

Also at the working session, the Provincial Party Standing Committee gave its opinions on the draft Report summarizing 20 years of implementing Resolution No. 09-NQ/TW, dated January 8, 2002 of the Politburo (11th tenure) on strengthening the Party's leadership over the work of Vietnamese Veterans in the new revolutionary period; and a number of other important contents.