National scientific conference: 'Nghe Tinh Soviet: The power of the masses makes history'

Panorama of the National Scientific Conference: “Nghe - Tinh Soviet: The power of the masses makes history”. Photo: Thanh Duy

Comrades: Nguyen Xuan Thang - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council; Le Dinh Son - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Ha Tinh province; Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee co-chaired the Workshop.

Attending the conference on the Central side were comrades: Nguyen Lam - Deputy Head of the Central Committee for Mass Mobilization; Phung Khanh Tai - Vice President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee; Tran Van Thuat - Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; representatives of leaders of Central Party Committees; scientists;...

Attending the workshop on the side of Nghe An province were comrades: Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; comrades of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee: Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Chairwoman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Nghe An province; leaders of a number of Party Committees of the Provincial Party Committee and a number of districts, cities, towns...

On the side of Ha Tinh province, there were comrades: Hoang Trung Dung - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Tran Tien Hung - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee;...

The comrades chaired the National Scientific Conference: "Nghe - Tinh Soviet: The power of the masses makes history". Photo: Thanh Duy

FURTHER CLARIFICATION OF THE GREAT SIGNIFICANCE OF NGHE-TIN SOVIET

In his opening speech and introduction to the Workshop, comradeNguyen Xuan ThangEmphasize: The revolutionary struggle movement in the period 1930 - 1931 with its peakNghe Tinh Soviethas become a brilliant milestone, opening the glorious history of the Vietnamese revolution; marking the first time our Party - a revolutionary Party, though still very young, clearly demonstrated its role, mettle, prestige, fighting strength and great ability in leading, uniting and mobilizing the masses.

This is also a strong proof of the inevitable victory of the Vietnamese revolution and the just struggle of our people in the struggle for national independence and socialism.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council delivered the Opening speech and introduced the Workshop. Photo: Thanh Duy

Party Central Committee Secretary Nguyen Xuan Thang suggested that delegates focus on discussing and clarifying four basic contents: affirming and deepening the achievements and great significance of the 1930-1931 revolutionary movement, the peak of which was the Nghe-Tinh Soviet under the Party's leadership; affirming and deepening the role of the masses, especially the formation of the worker-peasant alliance, the core to attract all classes of people in the front of fighting against imperialism and feudalism.

Affirming the profound lessons of the 1930-1931 revolutionary movement and the Nghe-Tinh Soviets for the Vietnamese revolutionary process; promoting the spirit and values ​​of the Nghe-Tinh Soviets in building the homeland of Nghe An and Ha Tinh, as well as the whole country.

Comrade Le Dinh Son - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Ha Tinh province delivered a welcome speech at the Workshop. Photo: Thanh Duy

DEEPLY AFFIRMING THE LESSON OF TAKING THE PEOPLE AS THE ROOT

On that basis, the Conference heard presentations on topics such as: Nghe Tinh Soviet and some issues on revolutionary government in Vietnam after Nghe - Tinh Soviet; The leadership of Ha Tinh Provincial Party Committee over the 1930-1931 revolutionary movement and Nghe - Tinh Soviet;...

Attending the workshop, on behalf of the leaders of Nghe An province, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Thong presented a speech with the topic: "The leadership of the Nghe An Provincial Party Committee over the revolutionary movement of 1930 - 1931 and the Nghe - Tinh Soviet".

Accordingly, after the Communist Party of Vietnam was founded on February 3, 1930, responding to the Party's policy, in the years 1930 - 1931, a revolutionary movement broke out and quickly spread throughout the country. Nghe An became the main battlefield in the first rehearsal of our country's revolution under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Comrade Thai Thanh Quy - Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee spoke at the workshop. Photo: Thanh Duy

In March 1930, the Central Region Party Committee appointed the formation of two provisional Party Executive Committees of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Nghe An, namely the Vinh - Ben Thuy Provincial Committee and the Nghe An Provincial Committee. The birth of the provisional Party Committees in Nghe An was of great significance in gathering and mobilizing the masses to rise up and carry out the revolutionary movement of 1930 - 1931, culminating in the Nghe - Tinh Soviet.

Under the leadership of the Central Region Party Committee, directly by Vinh - Ben Thuy Provincial Party Committee and Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, in harmony with the struggle movement of the people of the whole country, Nghe An workers and farmers rose up strongly in both urban and rural areas.

From the beginning of 1930 to April 1930, 15 struggles broke out in the whole province; followed by the demonstration on May 1, 1930 in Vinh - Ben Thuy - considered the "standing up first" event that opened the revolutionary high tide of 1930 - 1931 and the historic demonstration on September 1, 1930 in Thanh Chuong - considered the starting point marking the birth of the Nghe - Tinh Soviet, the peak of the revolutionary high tide of 1930 - 1931 under the leadership of the Party.

The achievements of the Nghe - Tinh Soviet movement affirmed in practice the leadership and revolutionary leadership capacity of the Communist Party of Vietnam, through its vanguard, the working class, in close connection and association with the peasantry.

Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee presented a speech on the topic: "The leadership of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee over the 1930 - 1931 revolutionary movement and the Nghe - Tinh Soviet". Photo: Thanh Duy

In particular, the provisional party committees in Nghe An played a very important role in rallying the masses of workers and peasants and all classes to rise up and use revolutionary violence to smash the enemy's government apparatus in the countryside, establishing a Soviet government of the working people.

Although it only existed for a short time and was still rudimentary, the Nghe - Tinh Soviet left many valuable and profound lessons for the Vietnamese revolutionary process.

In his closing speech at the Workshop, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council highly appreciated the quality of the presentations, thereby creating the success of the Workshop.

Comrade Trinh Van Nha - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Thanh Chuong district presented a speech: Thanh Chuong in the revolutionary high tide of 1930-1931 and the Nghe Tinh Soviet. Photo: Thanh Duy

The workshop is an opportunity to affirm the great significance, summarize and perfect the theory, clarify the role of the masses in the 1930-1931 movement, and honor and show gratitude for the great contributions and sacrifices of the revolutionary martyrs; at the same time affirm the profound lesson about the strength of the masses and the importance of the role of taking the people as the root.

Therefore, after the Workshop, based on the presentations, the Editorial Board needs to summarize with the theme: The power of the people makes history: Lessons from the Nghe - Tinh Soviet movement; from there, it can make recommendations to the Politburo and the Secretariat to contribute to perfecting the draft Documents to be submitted to the 13th National Party Congress, and at the same time, it is the basis for proposing solutions to bring the Party's resolutions into life.

Leaders of the Central Government, Nghe An Province and Ha Tinh Province exchanged views on the sidelines of the Workshop. Photo: Thanh Duy

The Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics also suggested that attention should be paid to compiling and editing to complete the Conference's proceedings. This is a document of practical value for the work of researching, propagating, and educating the history of the Communist Party of Vietnam, arousing national pride, enhancing the confidence of cadres, party members and people of all walks of life in the Party's leadership; thereby contributing to protecting the Party's ideological foundation; contributing to unifying the will and ideology to build a stronger, more dignified, and more beautiful Vietnam as Uncle Ho always wished for during his lifetime.