It is impossible to distort or deny the Party's goals and ideals.

BBC Vietnamese, one of the news sites that regularly attacks and sabotages Vietnam. Screenshot

On some overseas Vietnamese forums, such as VOA, BBC..., there are more and more articles that at first glance, people can easily mistake them for passionate and responsible voices for the development of Vietnam, but if we read carefully, we will see that the "black heart" of the writer is clearly exposed. They advise that: Vietnam needs to "find a new doctrine", "choose a new path" if it wants to develop. In an article published on BBC Vietnamese on January 13, 2021, author NHL clearly revealed the portrait of a hypocrite when he prayed that the Communist Party of Vietnam would "courageously and wisely seek another path - suitable for the times, the hearts and aspirations of the people - for the cause of the Vietnamese Fatherland".

Those voices have no other purpose than to distort Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh's thought; deny the ideological foundation of our Party; deny the path of building socialism that we are on. This is one of the contents that hostile forces have focused on to sabotage us for a long time, especially when the country is having major and important events, especially before Party congresses, they increase their efforts to make our Party waver, deviate from its direction, leading to changes in its ideological foundation and political goals.

VOA Vietnamese - one of the pages created by exiled elements with the purpose of sabotaging our country's revolutionary achievements. Screenshot

It can be affirmed that no matter what tricks they use, they cannot achieve their goals, because the revolutionary and scientific nature of Marxism-Leninism is undeniable; loyalty to Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thought is a matter of principle in all activities of our Party. Practice increasingly proves convincingly that the vitality of Marxism-Leninism will last forever.

For the Vietnamese revolution, it was thanks to Marxism-Leninism and the Russian October Revolution that leader Nguyen Ai Quoc found a suitable path to save the country and the people. The founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam marked the end of the crisis of the Vietnamese patriotic movement's guidelines in the early 20th century. With correct policies and guidelines, responding to the aspirations of the people, only 15 years after its founding, our Party led the masses to rise up in resistance and won the August Revolution in 1945, establishing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam - the first people's democratic state in Southeast Asia. The victory of the August Revolution in 1945 was a powerful demonstration of the invincible strength of the "people's hearts" under the leadership of the Party.

On September 2, 1945, at Ba Dinh Square - Hanoi, President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence, giving birth to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Photo: Archive

After the success of the August Revolution, the young revolutionary government had to face countless difficulties and challenges. Faced with a "thousand pounds hanging by a thread" situation, thanks to the creative application of Marxism-Leninism to specific conditions and circumstances, with the "all-people, all-inclusive, long-term and self-reliant" resistance policy, our Party led the entire people and army to fight steadfastly and courageously, achieving the earth-shaking Dien Bien Phu victory, ending nine years of long-term resistance, opening a new era: the North was completely liberated and entered the construction of socialism, the South continued to fight to complete the national democratic revolution, moving towards the goal of national reunification.

During the resistance war against the US to save the country, under the leadership of the Party, our army and people successfully achieved the goal of completely liberating the South and unifying the country. The great victory of the resistance war against the US to save the country was created by many factors, one of the decisive factors was the creative application of the Marxist-Leninist viewpoint on revolutionary violence. Our Party correctly identified the path to liberate the nation and unify the country, which is to use revolutionary violence to fight against counter-revolutionary violence.

Hanoi Flag Tower. Photo courtesy

The country was unified, faced with many difficulties, especially the economic crisis, the people's lives faced countless difficulties, creatively applying Marxism-Leninism to new conditions, the Party proposed appropriate policies and resolutions, gradually abolishing the centralized, bureaucratic, subsidized mechanism, implementing a series of "unleashing" policies to promote the combined strength of the entire people in the cause of socio-economic reform associated with strengthening national defense and security. Thanks to that, we gradually improved labor productivity, industrial and agricultural products increased rapidly, not only contributing to improving people's lives but also having surplus for export.

Entering the cause of innovation and the process of industrialization and modernization of the country, to gather and promote all capabilities, create motivation to strengthen national defense and security associated with promoting socio-economic development, many policies suitable to the country's reality were issued by our Party, put into practice and achieved important achievements.

In particular, in nearly 35 years of renovation, our country has achieved great and historic achievements on the path of building and defending the socialist Fatherland. From being in a socio-economic crisis, our country has emerged from the crisis and underdevelopment, becoming a middle-income developing country. The economy has grown quite well, the socialist-oriented market economy has gradually formed and developed. Politics and society are stable; national defense and security have been strengthened. Culture and society have developed; the face of the country and the lives of the people have changed a lot... Vietnam's position in the international arena has been constantly enhanced.

In addition to the great achievements, in the process of leading the country, our Party cannot avoid stumbling blocks and shortcomings. Soberly analyzing and assessing, our Party clearly points out that this is due to subjective causes from the perception and inappropriate application of Marxism-Leninism to practice. To overcome these shortcomings and limitations, our Party has always determined to take Marxism-Leninism as the foundation and compass for action, standing firmly on that foundation to propose policies, guidelines and solutions to realize the revolutionary goals. On the other hand, our Party always emphasizes continuing to research and develop Marxism-Leninism to update and supplement the renovation policy to build and defend the Fatherland. This is an important and urgent task in the current context of the country and the world.

Ho Chi Minh Square in Vinh City (Nghe An). Photo: Hai Vuong

The “advice” to find a “new development theory” or “find another path”… is essentially the tone of distortion of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh’s thought; denial of the path of building socialism that our Party and People have chosen by hostile, reactionary, and opportunistic political forces. However, no matter how cunning or sophisticated, such tones cannot undermine the belief of our Party, State, and People in Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh’s thought, and the path that our country is taking. The achievements that our People have attained under the leadership of the Party are a rebuttal, a convincing negation of all the tones that distort and falsify Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh’s thought by hostile, reactionary forces. These achievements further affirm that the ideal goals, the future of the country, and the path to building socialism that our Party and People have chosen are completely correct./.