Workshop on General Secretary Nguyen Van Cu - An outstanding leader

Overview of the Workshop. Photo: Thanh Thuong/ VNA

On the occasion of the 110th anniversary of the birth of comrade Nguyen Van Cu (July 9, 1912 - July 9, 2022), on the afternoon of July 8, at Kinh Bac Cultural Center, Bac Ninh province, Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, the Central Propaganda Department and Bac Ninh Provincial Party Committee jointly organized a scientific seminar with the theme "General Secretary Nguyen Van Cu - Outstanding leader of the Party and the Vietnamese revolution, an outstanding son of Bac Ninh homeland".

The workshop was chaired by Professor, Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang - Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council; Party Central Committee member, Secretary of the Bac Ninh Provincial Party Committee Dao Hong Lan; Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department Phan Xuan Thuy; Permanent Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Nguyen Duy Bac. Also attending the workshop were relatives of comrade Nguyen Van Cu.

A glorious and noble life of revolutionary activities

In his opening speech at the conference, Professor, Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang said that comrade Nguyen Van Cu was born on July 9, 1912 in a patriotic Confucian family in Phu Khe village, Nghia Lap commune, Tu Son district (now Phu Khe village, Phu Khe ward, Tu Son city, Bac Ninh province).

In 1928, he was admitted and participated in revolutionary activities in the Vietnam Revolutionary Youth Association and in 1929 was admitted to the Indochina Communist Party, a predecessor organization of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

In early 1930, after the Communist Party of Vietnam was founded, comrade Nguyen Van Cu was appointed as a representative of the Regional Party Committee to assist in communication and direction of the Special Zone Party Committee of the mining area.

In February 1931, on a business trip from Cam Pha to Hon Gai, he was arrested by the French colonialists, sentenced to "life imprisonment" and exiled to Con Dao from 1931 to 1936.

At the end of 1936, after being released, comrade Nguyen Van Cu participated in establishing the "Initiative Committee" - an agency that acted as the Provisional Party Committee of Bac Ky; then participated in re-establishing the Provisional Party Committee of Bac Ky (March 1937) and was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee.

At the 1937 Central Party Conference (enlarged), he was elected as a member of the Central Party Standing Committee and at the March 1938 Central Conference, he was elected General Secretary of the Central Party Executive Committee when he was not yet 26 years old.

On January 18, 1940, General Secretary Nguyen Van Cu was arrested by French secret police in Saigon. After the Southern Uprising broke out (November 23, 1940), he was accused by the French colonialists of being responsible for the uprising's spirit and on August 28, 1941, he heroically sacrificed himself before the enemy's guns at the Nga Ba Giong shooting range, Hoc Mon, Gia Dinh.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang affirmed that Comrade Nguyen Van Cu's life, though short, was extremely pure and noble. His great contributions and heroic sacrifices contributed to glorifying our Fatherland and our people; adding to the glorious history and tradition of our Party.

The 110th anniversary of the birth of General Secretary Nguyen Van Cu is an occasion to commemorate his glorious and noble revolutionary life and express gratitude for his outstanding contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation.

In particular, his ideological and theoretical contributions, especially in his works“Self-criticism”forever remains valuable, is an extremely valuable document for successfully implementing Conclusion 21-KL/TW on promoting the building and rectification of the Party and a clean and strong political system.

"Studying and following the example of comrade Nguyen Van Cu, we will have more will, determination, and resolve to worthily inherit the revolutionary cause passed down by President Ho Chi Minh and previous generations of revolutionaries, closely unite, unify will and action, steadfastly adhere to Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh thought, steadfastly adhere to the renewal path and principles of Party building, protect the Party's ideological foundation, fight against erroneous and hostile viewpoints; build a clean and strong Party and political system in all aspects, successfully implement the Party's renewal path, build and develop the country and firmly protect the socialist Fatherland of Vietnam, realize the aspiration to develop a prosperous and happy country," comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang emphasized.

A staunch communist, an outstanding theorist of the Party and the Vietnamese revolution.

Discussing the role of comrade Nguyen Van Cu in building the Party organization in the Quang Ninh mining area, Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of the Quang Ninh Provincial Party Committee Pham Thuy Duong emphasized that the supplementary and corrective opinions of comrade Nguyen Van Cu stemmed from the characteristics of the workers' movement in our country and the specific situation of the country.Quang Ninh mining area, originating from the Party's policies and guidelines.

Secretary of Bac Ninh Provincial Party Committee Dao Hong Lan speaks at the workshop. Photo: Thanh Thuong/VNA

Those opinions are correct, accurate, creative, of theoretical and practical importance, and have positively impacted the communist movement and the workers of the Quang Ninh mining area to develop according to the Party's general guidelines.

The communist party cells in the Quang Ninh mining area during this period took comrade Nguyen Van Cu's opinion and added it to the practical operating guidelines. From then on, the workers' movement in the Quang Ninh mining area basically avoided the mistakes made before.

“Learning from and following the example of comrade Nguyen Van Cu, the Party Committee, government and people of Quang Ninh have stepped up Party building and rectification, resolutely fighting against all manifestations ofideological degradationpolitics, ethics, lifestyle; fight against individualism, bureaucracy, corruption, factionalism, localism, bad habits; build our Party to be increasingly clean, strong, closely attached to the people, lead the people of the whole province to compete to comprehensively promote the innovation process, strive to successfully implement the Resolution of the 13th National Congress and the resolutions of the Party Central Committee, build the country in general and the Quang Ninh mining region to be increasingly rich, democratic, fair, civilized, firmly on the path of socialism", Ms. Pham Thuy Duong clearly stated.

Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Minh Truong, Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, affirmed that among the revolutionaries who fell for the independence and freedom of the Fatherland, the name, career, and great contributions of General Secretary Nguyen Van Cu - an excellent theorist and talented leader of the Party, will forever be the pride of Vietnamese revolutionary heroism.

General Secretary Nguyen Van Cu is one of the Party leaders who was not trained abroad, but with the spirit of self-study (learning theory mainly during his time in imperial prisons), through practical revolutionary activities, he demonstrated his creative talent in theoretical thinking, linking theory with practice, becoming an outstanding theorist of our Party.

“The theoretical revolutionary issues expressed in the Resolution of the 6th Central Conference (November 1939) show the correct perception and handling of the relationship between nation and class in the national democratic revolution, demonstrating consistency with Ho Chi Minh's thoughts on national liberation revolution.

The Resolution of the 6th Central Conference is an extremely important theoretical document, marking the maturity of our Party's theoretical thinking, while affirming the great contribution and outstanding talent of General Secretary Nguyen Van Cu," Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Minh Truong emphasized.

Building Bac Ninh into a modern, high-tech city

Secretary of the Bac Ninh Provincial Party Committee Dao Hong Lan affirmed that, promoting the tradition of the homeland and country, learning from and following the example of General Secretary Nguyen Van Cu, during the revolutionary periods, the Party Committee, government and people of Bac Ninh always promoted the tradition of culture, revolution, solidarity, creativity, overcoming difficulties, promoting patriotic emulation movements, and successfully carrying out political tasks in all fields.

Comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang - Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council spoke at the workshop. Photo: Thanh Thuong/VNA

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Up to now, the province has basically become an industrial province in the modern direction. Bac Ninh province's economy has continuously grown at a high rate, reaching an average rate of 13.9%/year (14.7% in the first 6 months of 2022); industrial production is identified as a breakthrough, becoming the driving force for economic development of the province; production value ranks first nationwide. State budget revenue has increased rapidly, the province balances its revenue and expenditure budget and has regulation to the Central Government, ranking 8th nationwide...

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Political and ideological work; organization and personnel; inspection and supervision; mass mobilization; and anti-corruption, waste and negativity work have been seriously implemented and achieved results.

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