6th Party Congress: Determined to innovate

VITH PARTY CONGRESS

Time:December 15 to 18, 1986

Location:Hanoi capital

Number of delegates attending the Congress:1.129

Number of party members in the country: nearly 1.9 million

There were 32 international delegations attending.

Congress elected:

+ General Secretary: Comrade Nguyen Van Linh

+ Central Executive Committee: 124 official members and 49 alternate members

+ Politburo: 13 official members and 01 alternate member

+ Central Committee Advisors: Comrade Truong Chinh, Pham Van Dong, Le Duc Tho.

GENERAL CONTEXT:

- The socialist system in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe fell into serious crisis and difficulties. The national independence movement grew strongly; the non-aligned movement became a large political force with an increasingly important role.

The gap between developed capitalist countries and developing countries is getting wider and wider. The increasingly heavy exploitation by imperialist countries has made many Asian, African and Latin American countries increasingly poor and heavily indebted. The workers' movement in capitalist countries has made new developments.

The scientific and technological revolution took place strongly, creating a leap forward in the development of productive forces and accelerating the internationalization of productive forces.

- In the country, continue to build socialism, build a collective mastery regime, a new economy, a new culture and new socialist people associated with the cause of defending the Fatherland.

However, in the first 10 years of the transition period, the old production base, the consequences of wars, and the remnants of the old regime have hindered the country's development. We have not progressed much from our very low starting point. The mistakes and shortcomings that have been made have only made the situation more difficult.

DETERMINED TO INNOVATE

The 6th Congress marked an important innovation of the Party in political, ideological and organizational leadership. With the spirit of "looking straight at the truth, correctly assessing the truth, and clearly stating the truth", the Congress affirmed the achievements made in the previous term, and at the same time pointed out: The socio-economic situation is facing severe difficulties: Production increases slowly; production and investment efficiency is low; the country's resources have not been well exploited; circulation is not smooth, distribution is chaotic; major imbalances in the economy are slow to narrow, becoming more severe; socialist production relations are slow to consolidate; people's lives, especially workers and civil servants, still face many difficulties; negative phenomena in the developing society.

In general, we have not yet achieved the general goal set by the 5th Congress, which is to basically stabilize the socio-economic situation and stabilize people's lives.

On the basis of analyzing and correctly assessing the situation of the country, the Congress strictly self-criticized its mistakes and shortcomings. Renewing its thinking, gaining a clearer understanding of the objective laws of the transitional period, inheriting the achievements and experiences of building socialism in the North and the early years of national reunification, and going through many researches and experiments from practice, the Congress set out the path of innovation.

The Congress determined: The Party must mature in political leadership, develop and concretize its guidelines, and propose correct solutions to new issues in the cause of building socialism and defending the Fatherland. To strengthen its fighting strength and practical organizational capacity, the Party must innovate in many aspects: innovate thinking, first of all economic thinking, innovate organization; innovate the cadre team; innovate leadership and working style.

The Congress decided to supplement and amend a number of specific points in the Party Charter to suit the new situation.

Comprehensive innovation is truly the Party's will and the people's heart. The Resolution of the 6th National Congress in life is a process of experimentation, exploration, step by step concretization, development and organization of implementation of major orientations. The Party and State have focused on solving urgent economic and social issues, maintaining political stability, and at the same time innovating all areas of social life. The innovation policies and guidelines have begun to bring about clear results, the economic situation and people's lives have gradually improved, democratic activities in society have been increasingly promoted, and people's trust in the innovation process has increased.

The Congress elected the Central Executive Committee, comradeNguyen Van Linhwas elected General Secretary of the Party. Comrades:Truong Chinh, Pham Van DongandLe Duc Thoassigned the responsibility of being an Advisor to the Central Executive Committee of the Party.

DOMESTIC EVENTS

- January 4, 1986: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam issued a statement on sovereignty over the Truong Sa and Hoang Sa archipelagos.

- January 16, 1986: The 5th National Congress of Heroes and Emulation Fighters. This was the first Congress of Heroes and Emulation Fighters since the country's reunification.

- January 24, 1986: Vietnam signed the Supplementary Treaty to the Treaty on National Border Demarcation between Vietnam and Laos and the Protocol on Field Demarcation and Marking of the Entire Vietnam-Laos Border.

- July 10, 1986: General Secretary Le Duan passed away.

- July 14, 1986: The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam held a special meeting, elected comrade Truong Chinh, Politburo member, Chairman of the State Council as General Secretary.

- May 25, 1987: The column "Things to do immediately" by comrade NVL (General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh) in Nhan Dan newspaper was published.

“Things to do immediately” sparked a nationwide press movement to fight against waste and negativity.

INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

- January 28, 1986: The US space shuttle Challenger exploded after leaving the launch pad, killing the entire crew.

- February 20, 1986: Russia launched the Mir Space Station into space.

- February 1986: 27th Congress of Delegates of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.

- April 26, 1986: Chernobyl nuclear power plant explosion. The disaster claimed the lives of nearly 100,000 people and forced the evacuation of more than 340,000 people.

- October 11-12, 1986: Summit meeting between US President R. Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Gorbachev in Reykjavik to discuss nuclear weapons.

- November 27, 1986: Senior leaders of the Soviet Union and India signed the Delhi Declaration on a world without nuclear weapons and non-aggression.

- January 27 and 28, 1987: At the plenary meeting of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, General Secretary Gorbachev announced the policy of reform (perestroika) and openness (glasnost).