Enhance the sharpness in the fight against bad and toxic information

On December 23, the Central Propaganda Department held a conference to review the propaganda work in 2019 and deploy tasks for 2020. Attending and directing was comrade Vo Van Thuong - Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department.

Attending the conference, on behalf of Nghe An province, there was comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department. Photo: Ngo Cong Manh

Implement 14 important projects

In 2019, the Propaganda Department closely coordinated with ministries, sectors, and localities, striving to successfully complete the political tasks of 2019. The Central Propaganda Department was proactive, sensitive, creative, close to reality, and did not avoid new and difficult issues in political and social life.

The sector has also presided over and coordinated with departments, ministries, branches and localities to implement 14 projects related to important issues in the field of Propaganda and to serve the preliminary and final review of resolutions, directives, decisions and conclusions of the Party. This is the year with the largest number of projects in the past 4 years of the 12th Congress term.

The implementation of Directive 05 of the Politburo in conjunction with the implementation of Resolution 4 of the Central Committee (term XII) has gone into greater depth, contributing to building the Party in terms of political ideology and ethics. Information and propaganda work has been proactively carried out; political ideology and public opinion have been promptly oriented.

The entire Propaganda sector advised the Party Committee to summarize 5 years of implementing Resolution No. 33-NQ/TW of the Central Executive Committee (11th tenure) "on building and developing Vietnamese culture and people to meet the requirements of sustainable national development".

The implementation of the Head of the District Propaganda Department concurrently being the Director of the District Political Training Center has had a positive effect, enhancing the role and responsibility of the Head of the District Propaganda Department in political and ideological work at the grassroots level;...

Complete tasks serving party congresses at all levels

Speaking at the conference, comrade Vo Van Thuong - Head of the Central Propaganda Department requested that in the coming time, departments, ministries, branches and localities perform well a number of key tasks.

In particular, proactively advise on research, dissemination, and study of resolutions, directives, and conclusions of the Party and the province; well organize the preliminary and final review of directives, resolutions, and conclusions related to the field of Propaganda.

Comrade Vo Van Thuong - Member of the Politburo, Head of the Central Propaganda Department. Photo: vietnamnet.vn

The sector also needs to innovate and improve the quality and effectiveness of studying and grasping the Party's resolutions and political theory education at all levels; organize and implement the 2020 theme "Strengthening the great national unity bloc; building a clean and strong Party and political system according to Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style" to ensure practicality, effectiveness and closeness to the reality of each sector, unit and locality; focus on promoting typical examples in studying and following Uncle Ho.

Proactively participate in, actively implement and complete tasks serving party congresses at all levels; orient propaganda, press, publishing, culture, arts and public opinion work.

The Head of the Central Propaganda Department also emphasized continuing to innovate and enhance sharpness in the fight against bad and toxic information, wrong and hostile viewpoints;...