Strive for each party member to do one good deed for the people every day.

On the afternoon of October 4, under the chairmanship of Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Thong, Nghe An Provincial Party Committee organized a workshop on 70 years of President Ho Chi Minh's work on Mass Mobilization with current mass mobilization work in Nghe An. Also attending the workshop were members of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee: Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Chairwoman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee; former members of the Standing Committee; former leaders and cadres working on mass mobilization work of the Provincial Party Committee through the periods.

The work “Mass Mobilization” was written by President Ho Chi Minh exactly 70 years ago. The article was published in Truth Newspaper No. 120, published on October 15, 1949 under the pen name XYZ.

The work was born in the context of many new changes in the country. After gaining independence, the whole country entered a long period of resistance against French colonialism and the remnants of the old regime. Therefore, it required the Party's mass mobilization work to go into depth in order to mobilize the maximum human and material resources to serve the resistance and nation building.

President Ho Chi Minh met with delegates attending the National Congress of Heroes and Soldiers of the Agriculture and Labor Exchange Sector in Hanoi in May 1957. Photo courtesy of VNA

President Ho Chi Minh and mass mobilization work

(Baonghean.vn) - The work "Mass Mobilization" was written by President Ho Chi Minh exactly 70 years ago. The article was published in Truth Newspaper No. 120, published on October 15, 1949 under the pen name XZY. Nghe An Newspaper respectfully introduces the full text of the work "Mass Mobilization".

At the beginning of the work, Uncle Ho wrote: "The issue of mass mobilization has been talked about a lot and discussed thoroughly, but because many localities and cadres have not fully understood and have not done it correctly, it needs to be mentioned again." Next, he raised and explained four basic and practical issues in mass mobilization work: Our country is a democratic country; What is mass mobilization? Who is in charge of mass mobilization?; How should mass mobilization be?

Con Cuong District Party Secretary Nguyen Dinh Hung awarded certificates to collectives achieving outstanding models of skillful mass mobilization at the district level in the period 2016 - 2018. Photo courtesy of Ba Hau

After 70 years of publication, Uncle Ho's work "Mass Mobilization" still has profound theoretical and practical values, serving as a handbook for all activities of the Party and each Party member. Through the work of mobilizing the masses according to the ideology of President Ho Chi Minh, throughout the revolutionary history of the Party and the nation, mass mobilization work has achieved many great and proud results. The cause of innovation has improved the material and spiritual life of the people, turning Vietnam from an underdeveloped country into a country with increasingly important contributions in the region and the world.

The timeless value of the work of Civil Affairs

Exactly 70 years after its publication, the work "Mass Mobilization" still shows its strong vitality throughout all areas of political and social life. This is truly an important legacy in the entire ideology of President Ho Chi Minh.

In the current trend, with the constant changes in the domestic and international situation, mass mobilization work continues to receive attention from the Party and the State. In their discussions at the workshop, delegates clarified the values ​​of the work when applied to real life based on Uncle Ho's viewpoints and thoughts.

Regarding the role of mass mobilization work, delegates all agreed that, when making a revolution, mass mobilization work must be practiced. Party committees at all levels, when carrying out mass mobilization work, adopt guidelines, viewpoints, policies, and resolutions based on close adherence to real life. The mass mobilization work of Party organizations today is not only to bring resolutions into life but also to bring life into resolutions.

The comrades chairing the workshop. Photo: Dao Tuan

Regarding the work of government mass mobilization, according to the opinions of some delegates, it is necessary to build a clean, strong and honest State apparatus; practice democratic regulations and transparency in all stages of leadership, direction and administration.

In response to the requirements of the current development stage, delegates also said that there must be a mechanism to evaluate the effectiveness of mass mobilization work in performing tasks. In particular, it is necessary to form a regulation on coordination of activities between the Mass Mobilization Committee at all levels with the standing committees of Party committees, the government and socio-political organizations.

At the workshop, delegates also presented outstanding results of their sectors and localities through effective implementation of mass mobilization work.

Applying Uncle Ho's work "Mass Mobilization"

in his homeland

Speaking at the workshop, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Thong said that through listening to and studying 24 presentations, the delegates had a firm grasp and clear understanding of the 4 groups of issues that Uncle Ho mentioned in the work "Mass Mobilization". Thanks to that, mass mobilization work in social life was effectively carried out.

Affirming that Uncle Ho's article "Mass Mobilization" is a typical work in both theory and practice, a "platform" on mass mobilization work of the Party, a handbook for cadres and party members in all stages of revolutionary development, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Thong emphasized that implementing President Ho Chi Minh's mass mobilization viewpoint, over the past 70 years, Nghe An province has had positive changes in all fields.

Mass mobilization work has seen clear changes; the flesh-and-blood relationship between the Party and the people has been strengthened, revolutionary traditions have been aroused and promoted; the mass mobilization system from the province to the grassroots has been increasingly consolidated and developed.

Thanks to promoting the strength of national solidarity, Nghe An has had fundamental changes in both the appearance of rural areas, urban areas and people's lives, contributing to creating a vibrant emulation movement in carrying out political tasks of localities, agencies and units.

President Ho Chi Minh with the Southern delegation from the South visiting the North, 1949. Photo archive

Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee Nguyen Van Thong also pointed out the difficulties of mass mobilization work in the current period. That is, in some places and at some times, there is a lack of flexibility and a lack of full understanding of the negative side of the market mechanism affecting mass mobilization work. The development of society has given rise to many complicated problems while mass mobilization work has not received due attention; the relationship between mass mobilization work has not been placed in a dialectical relationship with the leadership methods of Party committees, authorities and state management agencies in all fields.

The awareness of a number of cadres and party members about mass mobilization work is not yet complete, and there is still a state of indifference to the legitimate aspirations of the people.

Comrade Nguyen Van Thong - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee spoke at the workshop. Photo: Dao Tuan

The mass mobilization skills of many cadres, including specialized cadres who regularly advise the government, are not yet good. A number of cadres are administrativeized and bureaucratized in performing their duties and are lazy in doing mass mobilization work.

To continue to effectively carry out mass mobilization work according to President Ho Chi Minh's viewpoints and thoughts, comrade Nguyen Van Thong noted a number of key contents.

That is to regularly promote the propaganda work and study of Uncle Ho's "Mass Mobilization" to each cadre, party member and people. Combine the study of Uncle Ho's "Mass Mobilization" with the emulation movement "Good people, good deeds" and "Studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style". In particular, strive for each cadre and party member to do one good deed for the people every day.

Regularly pay attention to directing the good implementation of religious and ethnic affairs in the area to create consensus in society; promote mass mobilization work of the government and state agencies, in order to raise awareness, capacity and responsibility of all levels of government, civil servants and public employees for mass mobilization work in the new situation. Thereby effectively solving problems related to the practical life of the people...

Conference scene. Photo: Dao Tuan

Continue to implement the grassroots democracy regulations in depth, promote widespread democracy within the Party and the people; link the implementation of the grassroots democracy regulations with administrative reform. Overcome the state of bureaucracy, indifference, and apathy towards the legitimate aspirations of the people.

Comrade Nguyen Van Thong also requested that Party committees at all levels, agencies, departments and branches coordinate closely, do a good job of ideological work and propaganda within the Party Committee and among the people to create an exciting atmosphere for Party Congresses at all levels towards the upcoming 13th National Party Congress.