Raising responsibility in protecting the Party's ideological foundation

Protecting the Party's ideological foundation means protecting the Party's political platform and leadership, protecting national and ethnic interests, protecting the country's innovation and international integration, and maintaining a peaceful and stable environment for development.

Protecting the ideological foundation: An important task

Throughout the process of leading the revolution, our Party has always focused on the work of protecting the country.ideological foundationof the Party, fighting against erroneous and hostile viewpoints, considering this an important part of the Party's ideological and theoretical work.

Resolution No. 35-NQ/TW dated October 22, 2018 of the Politburo clearly stated: “Firmly protecting the Party's ideological foundation is a fundamental and vital content of Party building work; is the top important task of the entire Party, the entire army, and the entire people, in which the propaganda force at all levels is the core; is the voluntary and regular work of Party committees, Party organizations, authorities, the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations at all levels; of each locality, agency, unit, and of each cadre and Party member”.

The phenomenon of red seawater due to algae in Hoang Mai town in April 2021 was exploited to spread rumors.

Recently, a number of individuals have continuously posted, shared, and commented on social networks on one-sided, inaccurate, and unverified information related to the Covid-19 epidemic situation, Covid-19 vaccination; the phenomenon of dead fish on the coast of Nghi Thiet commune, Nghi Loc district, and the phenomenon of red seawater due to algae in Hoang Mai town in April 2021; or the implementation of the projectEternal ecological cemetery parkin Hung Tay commune, Hung Nguyen district... leading to confusion and mixed reactions in public opinion. That also creates opportunities for hostile forces and reactionary, politically extremist elements to spread propaganda and incite sabotage.

Currently, hostile, reactionary, and opportunistic political forces are using cyberspace to directly sabotage, expand their influence, and promote Western cultural “values.” They create fake accounts and websites of Party and State leaders, leaders of ministries, branches, localities, prestigious people, famous figures, etc. to spread information that sows doubt in society, especially on sensitive issues, incites and entices people to illegally gather, protest, disrupt security and order, and commit illegal acts.

Taking advantage of the epidemic situation to distort the investment environment in Nghe An.

Quick, flexible, efficient

To effectively prevent and stop the impact of bad and toxic information on social networks, contributing to protecting the Party's ideological foundation, each cadre and party member must truly be a volunteer soldier, a pioneer on the ideological and cultural front, therefore need to regularly cultivate, study, fully and deeply understand the basic contents and great values ​​of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh's thought; firmly adhere to the goal of national independence associated with socialism. Strictly implement theCentral Resolution 4, Directive 05of the Politburo in conjunction with regulations on setting examples for cadres and party members; self-cultivation and training to improve political qualifications and cultivate revolutionary ethics.

Thereby helping to raise awareness in each citizen, knowing how to distinguish right from wrong, true from false, affirming the people's trust in the Party and the socialist rule of law State. From there, each citizen voluntarily contributes to the common struggle, protects the right, fights against deviant ideologies, bad habits and vices in social life, and follows Uncle Ho's teachings of relying on the people, because: "It is a hundred times easier to endure without the people, a thousand times harder to accomplish with the people".

Agricultural staff of Yen Thanh district propagate and guide winter potato growing techniques. Photo: PV

Focus on raising awareness and discipline when accessing information; grasp and comply with regulations on the right to information and the scope of information as prescribed by the Constitution, the Law on Access to Information and the Law on Cyber ​​Security. When participating in social networks, it is necessary to strictly comply with the charter and disciplinary regulations of the Party and the organization of which you are a member, and at the same time demonstrate that you are an exemplary citizen in complying with the Code of Conduct on social networks issued by the Ministry of Information and Communications.

Besides, each cadre and party member needs to be clear-sighted and sensitive to promptly detect, fight and refute.false arguments, hostile, toxic information flows from the smallest manifestations, in all aspects of social life, with flexible methods, suitable for each target. Exposing sophisticated plots and sabotage tricks to create distorted stories, create "half-true, half-false" rumors and spread them on social networks, causing confusion in public opinion to steer and attack in a "slow and steady" manner.

At the same time, provide official information, guide public opinion, regularly share good information, spread examples of good people and good deeds to "use beauty to eliminate ugliness", respond quickly and flexibly, share and explain to people to understand the true nature of the problem, recognize their tricks, plots and schemes to participate in exposing their plots and activities.

Representatives of the Provincial Youth Union and Provincial Border Guard presented the national flag to fishermen of Cua Lo town. Photo: D.N

Proactively combating and refuting wrong and hostile viewpoints is a regular and important task for Party committees, Party organizations, the entire political system and first of all, each cadre and Party member. This work needs to be carried out quickly, flexibly and effectively, contributing to political and social stability for the goal of developing the homeland and the country./.