Comrade Nguyen Phu Trong: A clean Party with the support of the people has invincible strength.

General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong emphasized this at theThe national ceremony to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - February 3, 2020) was solemnly held at the National Convention Center, Hanoi, on the morning of February 3.

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Never had such a position and status as today

Reviewing the process of founding the Communist Party of Vietnam, the General Secretary and President emphasized that after its birth, being closely connected with the people, receiving the people's support and absolute trust, our Party led the struggle for national liberation and achieved feats that will forever be recorded in the nation's history. That was the "earth-shaking, heaven-shaking" August Revolution of 1945, which established the Democratic Republic of Vietnam on September 2, 1945, the historic Dien Bien Phu Victory "resounding throughout the five continents, shaking the earth" in 1954, completely liberating the South, and unifying the country on April 30, 1975...

According to the General Secretary and President, in fact, after nearly 35 years of implementing the renovation process, from a poor country with backward material and technical facilities, economic and social infrastructure, and low level, Vietnam has now risen to become a developing country with average income; culture and society continue to develop, the material and spiritual life of the people is improved; politics and society are stable, national defense - security, independence and sovereignty are maintained; the country's position and prestige are increasingly enhanced in the international arena...

Up to now, Vietnam has become a country with a population of nearly 100 million people with an average income of 2,800 USD/person; has participated in most international organizations, becoming an active and responsible member in the activities of the international community. Recently, elected by the United Nations General Assembly with a very high number of votes of confidence, for the second time becoming a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

“With the great achievements we have made, we have grounds to affirm that our country has never had the foundation, potential, position and prestige as it does today,” the General Secretary and President affirmed.

According to the General Secretary and President, the rich and vivid reality of the Vietnamese revolution over the past 90 years has proven that the correct and wise leadership of the Party is the leading factor deciding all victories of the revolution, creating many miracles in Vietnam.

Through the process of leading the revolution, our Party has been tempered and increasingly matured, worthy of its role and mission of leading the revolution and the trust and expectations of the people. That reality affirms a truth: In Vietnam, there is no other political force, other than the Communist Party of Vietnam, that has enough mettle, intelligence, experience, prestige and ability to lead the country to overcome all difficulties and challenges, leading the revolutionary cause of our nation from one victory to another.

“With all the modesty of revolutionaries, we can still say: "Our Party is truly great! Our people are truly heroic!" – said the General Secretary and President.

Building a clean Party is a vital task.

The General Secretary and President emphasized that the current international context and domestic situation require our entire Party, people and army, more than ever, to promote the tradition of patriotism and revolution, the spirit of solidarity and responsibility, and strive to overcome all difficulties and challenges to build our Fatherland to be more and more dignified and beautiful.

According to the General Secretary and President, since the 12th National Party Congress, our Party has devoted a lot of time and effort to Party building, considering Party building a key task. Recently, the entire Party has carried out Party building and rectification in the spirit of the 4th Central Resolution of the 11th and 12th Tenures, achieving very important initial results and experiences, contributing to preventing and pushing back negative factors, improving the leadership capacity and fighting strength of the Party.

Party and State leaders and former leaders and delegates attend the ceremony to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA

However, there is still much work to be done in Party building, especially the fight against ideological, moral, and lifestyle degradation; manifestations of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation"; corruption, waste, bureaucracy, and detachment from the people...

The general direction of the current Party building and rectification work is to continue to promote fine traditions, maintain and strengthen the Party's revolutionary nature and vanguard role, build a Party that is truly clean and strong in terms of politics, ideology, ethics, organization, and cadres, innovate leadership methods, strengthen the flesh-and-blood ties between the Party and the people, and ensure that the Party is capable of leading the country's cause to continuously develop.

“In the context that our Party is the ruling party, operating in an environment of market economic development, openness and integration; cadres and party members hold many important responsibilities, and are constantly faced with the temptations of money, material wealth, power and personal interests, we must take all the more care to maintain the revolutionary nature and vanguard character of the Party. If we do not deeply perceive this, if cadres and party members do not actively and persistently practice and study, it is very easy for them to degenerate and become corrupted” - the General Secretary and President noted and affirmed that a genuine revolutionary party with the right line, a tight organization, a team of clean, exemplary, dedicated cadres and party members, closely attached to the people, and supported by the people, then that party has invincible strength, and no force can stop it on the path of leading the nation forward.

“With excitement and pride, we firmly believe that the Communist Party of Vietnam will successfully fulfill its responsibility. Our entire Party, people and army will join hands, unite and strive to build a peaceful, unified, independent, democratic, prosperous and strong Vietnam, steadily advancing towards socialism” – General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong expressed his confidence at the end of his speech.