Provincial Party Secretary: Determined to fulfill Uncle Ho's wishes for the homeland

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the National Assembly Delegation delivered the opening and introductory speech, in which he affirmed: This workshop is a valuable opportunity to comprehensively, objectively and scientifically evaluate the implementation of Uncle Ho's instructions. Thereby, there will be a fuller and deeper understanding of responsibilities, things that need to be done, efforts and determination to fulfill Uncle Ho's wishes for the homeland.

Nghe An Newspaper quoted the speech of the Provincial Party Secretary:

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation delivered the opening speech and introduced the workshop. Photo: Thanh Cuong

His testament is the direction and principle of action of our entire Party and people.

… "President Ho Chi Minh is a beloved leader, a genius leader, a national liberation hero, an outstanding man of culture; an outstanding communist soldier of the international communist and workers' movement. He devoted his whole life to the independence of the Fatherland and the freedom and happiness of the people.

Before passing away, he left the entire Party, people and army his sacred Testament, an extremely important historical document, crystallizing the ideology, culture, intelligence, morality and noble soul of a great man. The Testament is his advice, his heartfelt feelings, his deep belief to the entire Party, people and army and future generations. His Testament is the direction and principle of action of the entire Party and people in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland, as well as in the cause of innovation for the goal of a rich people, a strong country, democracy, fairness and civilization.

These days, together with the people of the whole country celebrating the 74th anniversary of the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (September 2, 1945 - September 2, 2019), 50 years of implementing the sacred Testament of President Ho Chi Minh, the Party Committee and people of Nghe An express their pride, respect and infinite gratitude to the beloved President Ho Chi Minh, with all the most loving feelings he had for his homeland in his last letter to the Provincial Party Committee on July 21, 1969. With that meaning, Nghe An Provincial Party Committee solemnly organized the scientific seminar "Nghe An - 50 years of implementing the sacred Testament of President Ho Chi Minh and his last letter to the Provincial Party Committee".

..."On behalf of the Provincial Party Standing Committee and the Organizing Committee of the conference, I would like to warmly welcome and sincerely thank the presence of delegates, distinguished guests, and scientists who have spent their precious time, enthusiasm, and affection to write articles and participate in this important event...

Over the past 50 years, Ho Chi Minh Thought and President Ho Chi Minh's Testament have always illuminated and guided our entire Party, people and army to be steadfast and loyal to his revolutionary cause and ideals, and to successfully continue the great revolutionary cause to which he devoted his entire life and sacrificed. Under the leadership of the Party, our army and people have completed the cause of liberating the South, reunifying the country, and leading the whole country to build socialism.

After more than 30 years of comprehensive renovation, our country is growing strongly with many great and profound changes. The political system is increasingly consolidated and developed. National defense and security are ensured and increasingly consolidated. The lives of all classes of people are cared for, ensuring prosperity and happiness. The country's position in the international arena is increasingly affirmed and enhanced."

…”In the 79 springs of his life, President Ho Chi Minh always reserved sacred and profound feelings for his homeland. On July 21, 1969, he sent a letter to the Party Executive Committee of Nghe An province. In the letter, he advised: “We must actively practice democracy with the people... Restoring and developing the economy is a very important and urgent task... Take great care of the people's lives... Try to contribute more efforts to join the army and people of the whole country to completely defeat the American invaders... Nghe An is a large province, with rich resources, with hard-working and very revolutionary people. I hope that our compatriots and comrades in the province will strive to make Nghe An soon become one of the most prosperous provinces in the North.”.The Party Committee and people of Nghe An always keep in mind that the last letter Uncle Ho sent before passing away was his sacred Testament dedicated to his homeland.

Following the advice of beloved Uncle Ho, during the resistance war against American imperialism, the Party Committee and people of Nghe An made worthy contributions with the spirit of "Not a pound of rice is missing, not a soldier is missing", all for the front line, all to defeat the American invaders. Nghe An, together with the army and people of the whole country, made the historic Great Victory of Spring 1975, completely liberating the South and reunifying the country.

Imbued with his teachings on building the country, building "Socialism is how to make the people rich, the country strong", "society increasingly progresses, material increases, spirit becomes better", "a society that ensures the country develops brilliantly and rapidly, bringing the masses to a worthy, glorious and increasingly prosperous life, making all workers have a free, happy and powerful Fatherland, towards bright horizons", over the past 50 years, with the encouragement, motivation, attention and help of the Central Government and compatriots and comrades nationwide, the Party Committee and people of Nghe An have made efforts to overcome difficulties, strive to rise up with high determination, overcome difficulties, promote potentials and strengths, mobilize internal resources, take advantage of external resources, create new resources for development.

Particularly in recent years, implementing Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW dated July 30, 2013 of the Politburo on the direction and tasks for the development of Nghe An province until 2020, Nghe An has achieved comprehensive and outstanding results. The economy has grown quite rapidly and in the right direction, the investment environment has been improved, investment attraction has achieved positive results, many economic indicators are forecasted to be achieved and exceeded by 2020. Infrastructure is increasingly improved, gradually becoming the connecting center of the North Central region.

Overview of the workshop. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Gross Regional Domestic Product (GRDP) in the 5 years 2014 - 2018 increased by an average of 8.0%. The new rural construction program achieved many results, the whole province had 218/431 communes meeting new rural standards (50.58%), 3 district-level units met the standards and completed the task of building new rural areas, including Nam Dan district, Uncle Ho's hometown, which is striving to become a model new rural district.

Culture and society achieved many important results. Education and training continued to affirm their leading position in the country. Health care developed evenly at all levels, and socialized health care made much progress. Employment creation, hunger eradication and poverty reduction achieved positive results.

The material and spiritual life of the people has been improved. National defense and security have been ensured. Foreign relations have been increasingly developed. The work of building the Party and the political system has been focused on.

The leadership capacity and fighting strength of the Party Committee and the quality of cadres and Party members have been improved. The activities of the government, the Fatherland Front, and socio-political organizations have been innovated, improving their effectiveness and efficiency. Solidarity, unity, and cooperation within the Party and the political system at all levels have been promoted, creating trust and consensus among the people."

…” Over the past 50 years, despite efforts, what Nghe An province has done is very important, meaningful in both theory and practice, but many of his wishes and teachings have not been fulfilled or clearly realized. Nghe An's development is still not commensurate with its potential and advantages. The economic growth rate is not high. Economic restructuring is not fast and not synchronous. Per capita income and budget revenue are still low. Infrastructure has not met development requirements, especially in the Western region. Some social issues are still slow to be resolved. The security and order situation in some places and areas is still potentially complicated. The leadership capacity of some Party committees and organizations is not high. Inspection, supervision, and anti-corruption work in some areas is still ineffective...

This workshop is a valuable opportunity for us to comprehensively, objectively and scientifically evaluate the implementation of Uncle Ho's instructions. Through that, we will have a fuller and deeper understanding of our responsibilities, what needs to be done, and strive and be determined to fulfill Uncle Ho's wishes for our homeland."

Important suggestions for preparing the content of the 19th Nghe An Provincial Party Congress

… "During the preparation process, the Organizing Committee of the Conference received 68 papers from leaders, former leaders, research agencies under the Central Government, experts, scientists and departments, branches, unions, districts and communes. The Organizing Committee selected 55 papers that were suitable for the Conference theme, met the objectives and requirements to be printed into a set of documents serving the Conference. This is the result of the hard work of research, the concerns, responsibilities and deep feelings of the authors.

In order for the Workshop to achieve the set requirements and have quality, on behalf of the Organizing Committee, we respectfully request that scientists and delegates focus on discussing and continuing to clarify the following main contents:

The first,The historical stature, content, significance, and profound theoretical and practical value of President Ho Chi Minh's Testament for the Vietnamese revolutionary cause are reflected in the work of building the Party, government, organizations, and nurturing the next generation of revolutionaries; in economic and social development, foreign affairs, and ensuring national defense and security over the past 50 years; and in Uncle Ho's last letter to the Provincial Party Executive Committee on practicing democracy, developing the economy, and caring for people's lives,...

Nghe An's economic structure is shifting in the right direction. Photo: Archive

Monday,The achievements that the Party Committee, government and people of Nghe An have achieved after 50 years of implementing Uncle Ho's Testament and Letter to the province, the results of studying and following his ideology, morality and style. The application of the ideology and advice in Uncle Ho's Testament and Last Letter is associated with the implementation of the work of building the Party and the political system, developing the economy and society, improving people's lives, maintaining political security and social order and safety in the province.

Tuesday,Experience after 50 years of implementing Uncle Ho's Testament and Last Letter; orientation and solutions applied to the practice of building and developing Nghe An province, successfully implementing the Resolution of the 18th Provincial Party Congress, Resolution No. 26-NQ/TW dated July 30, 2013 of the Politburo on the direction and tasks of developing Nghe An province until 2020, striving to build Nghe An "quickly become one of the best provinces in the North" as Uncle Ho advised.

With enthusiasm and aspiration to reach out, steadfast belief, steadfast will and scientific intelligence, the research and opinions exchanged and discussed at this workshop will certainly be valuable knowledge, important suggestions for preparing the content of the upcoming 19th Congress of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, term 2020 - 2025, at the same time helping the political system at all levels as well as each cadre and Party member of the province to promote the highest sense of responsibility, determined to realize the wishes and teachings of Uncle Ho. With that spirit, I believe that today's Scientific Workshop will be truly meaningful and successful.

(* Title by Nghe An Newspaper)