Press conference to launch the 3rd political essay contest on protecting the Party's ideological foundation

On the morning of February 1, in Hanoi, the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics coordinated with the Central Propaganda Department, the Central Theoretical Council, the Communist Magazine, Nhan Dan Newspaper, Vietnam Television and the Vietnam Journalists Association to hold a press conference to launch the third political essay contest on protecting the Party's ideological foundation and fighting against erroneous and hostile views in 2023.

Comrade Professor, Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, Director of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, Deputy Head of Central Steering Committee 35, chaired the press conference.

Attending the bridge in Nghe An were comrade Nguyen Van Thong, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, representatives of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, the Provincial Political School and relevant departments and branches.

Through the contest, continue to discover, train, foster, and practice skills for the force, forming a widespread network in protecting the Party's ideological foundation, fighting against hostile forces, political opportunists, reactionaries, contributing to protecting the Party, the State, the people and the regime. Improve the quality of political works in newspapers, magazines, radio, television and social networks to propagate and spread the Party's guidelines, policies, and viewpoints, and the State's policies and laws.

Delegates attending at Nghe An province bridge.

Contestants are Vietnamese people living in Vietnam and abroad; foreigners whose political articles meet the criteria of the contest. The entries have not been published or published in the mass media or social networks before the contest launch.

The theme of the work focuses on fundamental and core issues such as: the scientific, revolutionary and contemporary values ​​of Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh thought and proposals for supplementation and development; protecting and disseminating the Party's guidelines, policies and guidelines, the State's laws, the cause of innovation, the path to socialism in Vietnam today; identifying, fighting and refuting erroneous and hostile viewpoints against the Party, the State, the regime and the practice and experience of organizing to protect the Party's ideological foundation, fighting and refuting erroneous and hostile viewpoints in sectors, localities and fields.

The Organizing Committee will accept entries from February 1, 2023 to July 31, 2023 (based on the postmark). The announcement and award ceremony will be held in October 2023.

The Organizing Committee will award prizes according to 3 types of entries: Magazine, Newspaper and Radio/Television/Video Clip. Each type includes: 1 Special Prize, 3 A Prizes, 5 B Prizes, 7 C Prizes, 10 Encouragement Prizes. At the same time, the Organizing Committee will award 15 Excellent Collective Prizes to agencies, organizations and localities.

Concluding the press conference, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee 35, requested that provincial and municipal Party Committees need to take part in directing the effective implementation of the contest, creating a wide spread in society, summarizing, evaluating and selecting quality entries. He emphasized that the articles need to be exploratory, not only in terms of content but also in terms of discovering forces and factors, building a network to firmly protect the Party's ideological foundation, fighting against increasingly strong and hostile wrong views, creating a solid position of people's hearts to protect the revolutionary cause of the Party and our nation.