National Conference on Propaganda Work

On the morning of December 16, in Can Tho City, the Central Propaganda Department held a national conference to review the work of advising Party committees on Party building in politics, ideology, ethics and propaganda fields in 2024; and deploy tasks in 2025.

Comrade Tran Cam Tu - Politburo member, Standing member of the Secretariat, Chairman of the Central Inspection Commission attended and delivered a speech at the conference.

Comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia - Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department and leaders of the Central Propaganda Department chaired the conference.

Nghe An delegation led by comrade Nguyen Thi Hong Hoa - Member of the Provincial Party Executive Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department Head of delegation with leaders of press agencies, relevant departments and branches attending the conference.

In 2024, the entire Propaganda sector has been proactive, innovative, creative, focused on advising and assisting the Central Executive Committee, directly and regularly the Politburo, the Central Party Secretariat, and Party committees at all levels to strengthen leadership and effectively direct the implementation of Party building work in politics, ideology, ethics and propaganda fields, achieving outstanding results.

The entire sector has proactively summarized practices, researched theories, developed projects and scientific topics, and submitted new documents to the Politburo and the Secretariat with specific viewpoints, policies and solutions to lead and direct all aspects and fields of Party building in politics, ideology, ethics and propaganda work.

The organization of research, study, dissemination, propaganda and implementation of the Party's resolutions, directives, conclusions and regulations is carried out more seriously, ensuring timeliness, efficiency and quality.

Political education work; grasping and orienting the thoughts and moods of cadres, party members, and public opinion; combating and refuting erroneous and hostile viewpoints; preventing and handling bad and toxic information, especially on cyberspace, has been innovated, more timely and effective. The work of Party building in terms of ethics has been implemented synchronously with more specific and practical actions.

The whole sector has effectively organized the study and follow of Uncle Ho and initially put into practice Regulation No. 144-QD/TW dated May 9, 2024 of the Politburo on revolutionary ethical standards of cadres and party members in the new period. From there, building awareness of self-cultivation, moral training, pioneering spirit, exemplary "self-reflection", "self-correction", upholding the honor and self-respect of cadres and party members, especially leaders, with many creative ways.

Propaganda, press - publishing, and foreign information work continues to innovate in content and methods in the direction of maintaining information discipline, content, and reasonable dosage, leaving no information gaps, and no errors for hostile forces to exploit to sabotage.

Many major, new, and complicated issues affecting the thinking and mood of cadres and party members, such as handling erring cadres, including high-ranking cadres; perfecting key cadres; streamlining the organization and apparatus of the political system, etc., were directed and oriented for extensive, timely, and focused propaganda, contributing to creating solidarity, unity, and strengthening trust among cadres, party members, and the people. Cultural, artistic, and scientific work continued to be innovated in the direction of closely following reality, implementing synchronously and comprehensively in all areas of social life; effectively implementing the Party's policies and orientations in all areas.

The Propaganda Departments of provincial, municipal and central Party Committees have promptly advised many policies and solutions for Party Committees to lead and direct ideological and political work, and implement Party directives and resolutions into practical life.

For the Propaganda Department of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, in 2025, it has built and successfully completed 83/83 assigned tasks and 7/7 tasks in the field of Propaganda according to the Working Program of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee. The Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee advised the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee to issue 36 plans to direct the institutionalization of resolutions, 01 guideline, 19 preliminary reports, summarizing directives and resolutions; organized the development and issuance of 17 plans, 18 guidelines, 495 documents directing the implementation of important tasks in the field of Propaganda; coordinated with departments, agencies and branches in the science and education sector to advise on many important documents, contributing to creating unity in political ideology, consensus in society, creating a favorable environment for socio-economic development, ensuring national defense and security in the province.

At the conference, there were 8 presentations by representatives of the Propaganda Departments of provinces and cities, informing and exchanging lessons, experiences and difficulties and obstacles in current propaganda work. The leaders of the Central Propaganda Department answered the recommendations and will add them to the program and tasks of work in 2025.

Speaking at the conference, on behalf of the Politburo and the Secretariat, comrade Tran Cam Tu commended and congratulated the achievements of the entire Propaganda sector in 2024.

He emphasized that 2025 is the year of the entire Party, people and army with determination, effort, creativity and breakthrough to complete and surpass the goals of the 13th National Congress; the year to start organizing Party congresses at all levels towards the 14th National Party Congress; the year to resolutely and effectively implement the revolution to streamline the political system apparatus; the year of premise for the country to enter a new era.

Comrade Tran Cam Tu suggested that the Propaganda sector closely follow the leadership and direction of the Politburo, the Secretariat and Party committees, strongly innovate thinking and methods to well perform the assigned tasks, focusing on major and specific contents.

Accordingly, focus on advising Party committees at all levels to lead and direct the implementation of political and ideological work; propaganda work, orienting public opinion, creating high unity within the Party and the entire political system, consensus among the people on policies, goals, requirements, and tasks of streamlining the political system apparatus in the new situation.

Directing, orienting information and propaganda regularly, continuously and effectively, creating a broad political movement to successfully organize Party Congresses at all levels and the 14th National Party Congress.

Preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies, promptly advise the Politburo, the Secretariat and Party committees at all levels to organize extensive political activities throughout the Party, from Party cells to the Central Committee, on basic viewpoints, contents and strategic orientations on the new era, the era of the Vietnamese nation's rise, in order to create high unity of awareness throughout the Party, the entire people and the entire army; strongly arouse national spirit, spirit of self-reliance, self-confidence, self-reliance, self-strengthening, national pride, creativity and development aspirations to bring the country into a new era, building a prosperous, happy and prosperous country.

Focus on advising the Politburo, the Secretariat and Party committees at all levels to effectively lead and direct the fields of culture, arts, science, technology, education, training, environment, population, health care, social security, etc. to care for and improve the material, cultural and spiritual life of the people, especially in remote areas and ethnic minority areas.

Speaking at the conference, comrade Nguyen Trong Nghia requested the Propaganda sector to closely follow the leadership and direction of the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo, the Secretariat, the Party committees at all levels, of General Secretary To Lam in the working session with the Central Propaganda Department, of comrade Tran Cam Tu - Standing member of the Secretariat at the conference, as well as the main tasks and solutions set out in the report, urgently develop specific and scientific work programs and plans and actively, resolutely and creatively implement them from the beginning of 2025.

He requested that the secretaries and standing members of provincial and municipal Party Committees pay attention to leading and directing the work of Party building in terms of politics, ideology, and ethics in conjunction with organizational and personnel work; clearly identifying that the work of Party building in terms of politics, ideology, and ethics plays a very important role in the work of building and rectifying a clean and strong Party and political system, and improving the Party's leadership and governing capacity.

Highly focus on directing propaganda work, orienting public opinion, creating high unity within the Party and the entire political system, consensus among the people on the policies, requirements, major and urgent tasks of the Party and State in 2025, especially the revolution in arranging and organizing the apparatus to be "lean, compact, strong, effective and efficient"; on Party congresses at all levels towards the 14th National Congress of the Party; propagating the direction and leadership of the Party, the direction and management of the State in implementing tasks and solutions for socio-economic development in 2025...