Protecting past achievements and future sustainability of the country and people

Since the Party's founding, its enthusiastic revolutionary members, together with the people, have overcome difficulties and always believed in victory tomorrow. They not only believed in defeating foreign invaders but also in the noble goal of believing in and fighting for the communist ideal - realizing the aspirations of progressive humanity.

Painting of the Nghe Tinh Soviet climax by author Nguyen Duc Nung.

In the past, cadres and party members were assigned, accepted tasks, even volunteered for tasks, which meant accepting sacrifices and being ready to accept the death sentence of the enemy. They accepted positions, not caring about salary, not caring about fame and fortune, and did not consider themselves "big men and women", but only wished to save the country, save the people, and devote their whole lives with the belief in victory and the responsibility of individuals, organizations, party members, and people for the longevity of the nation and the communist ideal.Examples of fighting and sacrificeof General Secretary Tran Phu, Ha Huy Tap, Nguyen Van Cu; comrades Le Hong Phong, Nguyen Thi Minh Khai, Vo Van Tan, Hoang Van Thu, Vo Thi Sau, Ly Tu Trong, Tran Van On, Nguyen Van Troi... and many other comrades always enlighten future generations, especially for cadres and party members in the current period to reflect on themselves, improve themselves, train themselves, strive to serve the Fatherland and serve the people.

While the majority are trying to cultivate, practice, study and follow Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style, contributing to the work of building a clean and strong Party, promoting the cause of national renewal, there is a group of cadres and party members who lack self-cultivation, are degenerate, have degraded political ideology, morality, lifestyle, "self-evolved", "self-transformed", and even turn their backs on the Party, betray the People, and slander the past. It may be very few and only isolated, but it cannot be ruled out that there are cadres and party members who seek personal gain, seek positions, seek power, seek degrees, seek academic titles, seek votes to become officials, in order to gain personal gain, be bureaucratic, arrogant, make things difficult for subordinates, colleagues and people, and then turn into "firewood" gradually entering the "furnace". Those actions affect the prestige and reputation of the Party; affect the people's trust in the Party and the regime; damaging the cause of building and defending the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland that many generations of cadres, party members and people have worked hard to build and cultivate.

For the independence and freedom of the Fatherland and the prosperous and happy life of the People today, many generations of predecessors have fought and sacrificed themselves, their families, and their comrades. The bones and blood of those comrades permeate the source of the Vietnamese land, blending into the soul of Vietnamese culture, forming a thread that connects and separates war from peace, the past from the present, dedication from enjoyment, sacrifice from profiteering. Through the revolutionary periods, because of fighting and sacrificing their whole lives for the Party and the nation, many Party members had to go to prison, take the lead in difficult times, even knowing in advance that it would be difficult to escape the death sentence of the enemy but still happily accepted the task. In the period 1930-1945 alone, in the Central Party level, there were 14 comrades who were shot, slashed, or beaten to death by the French colonialists in prison. As of January 1960, “Of the 31 comrades who are currently members of our Party Central Committee, before the uprising, the French colonialists had given them 222 years of imprisonment. That does not include death sentences in absentia and prison breaks before their prison terms expired.”^[1].

On November 5, 1945, Resistance Day was held nationwide to demonstrate the people's support for the heroic struggle of the Southern people. In Hanoi, President Ho Chi Minh attended and delivered a speech at the Hanoi Opera House. Photo: VNA file

The history of the Vietnamese revolution is dominated by the history of the Party, enriched and embellished by the feats and including the blood sacrifices of our predecessors, especially the senior cadres and party members. That golden history richly and vividly demonstrates the heroic, resilient and indomitable struggle of our people against foreign invaders, to unify the country, to build and defend the Socialist Republic of Vietnam under the leadership of the Party. It contains joy, smiles and sweat and tears, condensing the glorious feats and blood sacrifices of generations of cadres, party members and soldiers for the communist ideal, for independence, unity and territorial integrity of the Fatherland, for freedom, prosperity and happiness of the people. The values ​​absorbed in the process of the Party's history become the truth, belief, pride and infinite gratitude of the people towards the Party, of posterity towards their predecessors, and are cherished and protected as part of their own body.

Therefore,protect the Party's ideological foundation, not only to protect the present but also to protect the achievements of the past and to protect the sustainability of the future. Because, "When eating the fruit, remember the person who planted the tree. In today's joyful celebration, we must remember the heroes and martyrs of our Party and our people... The heroic sacrifices of the martyrs have prepared for our country to blossom with independence and bear fruit of freedom. Our people will forever remember the merits of the martyrs and we must always learn from the brave spirit of the martyrs to overcome all difficulties and hardships, to complete the revolutionary cause that the martyrs have passed on to us"^[2]That teaching of President Ho Chi Minh reminds us to further enhance our responsibility to protect the Party's ideological foundation, fight against erroneous and hostile viewpoints, and firmly believe in the path of the Vietnamese revolution under the Party's leadership.

Illustration: Document

When you have to shoulder more work, are more tired, or may be disadvantaged in terms of promotion or appointment, or are less fortunate in terms of benefits and salaries, you are still happy with the thought that your contribution is not as great as that of your comrades who have sacrificed. If you encounter some adversity in reality, you may feel sad, but you cannot be disappointed or lose your will to strive, but you need to think positively, overcome the adversity of life to contribute to showing gratitude to those who have fought and sacrificed for the independence and freedom of the Fatherland, for the prosperity and happiness of the people, not to work to be honored for personal achievements. Accordingly, actively protecting the Party's ideological foundation is also a way to contribute to repaying those who have contributed and sacrificed for the revolutionary cause, building and protecting the socialist Fatherland of Vietnam.

Having a heart that believes and loves the Party and the socialist regime, along with exemplary capacity, qualities, ethics, and lifestyle of cadres and Party members, especially heads of agencies and units, is the key to bringing about positive results in the work of firmly protecting the Party's ideological foundation.

Firmly protecting the Party's ideological foundation is the premise, prerequisite, and basis for realizing the "aspiration to develop a prosperous and happy country."^[3]in the spirit of the 13th National Party Congress and the views of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on socialism and the path to socialism in Vietnam. It is also to strive for the goal that President Ho Chi Minh pointed out: "society is increasingly progressing, material things are increasing, spirit is getting better, that is socialism"^[4].

Hanoi City. Photo: Le Viet/VOV

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[1] Ho Chi Minh (2011): Complete Works, National Political Publishing House, Hanoi, vol. 12, p.401.

[2] Ho Chi Minh (2011): Complete Works, National Political Publishing House, Hanoi, vol. 12, p. 401.

[3] Communist Party of Vietnam (2021): Documents of the 13th National Congress of Delegates, National Political Publishing House, Hanoi, Vol. 1, p. 34

[4] Ho Chi Minh (2011): Complete Works, National Political Publishing House, Hanoi, vol. 13, p. 438.