Promoting the people's right to participate in building and perfecting institutions, and strengthening national unity.

In the context of the country entering a new stage of development with many intertwined opportunities and challenges, promoting the people's right to participate in building and perfecting institutions is of particular importance. This is not only an objective requirement of the reform process, but also a foundation for consolidating social trust and strengthening national unity.

Strengthening and promoting the power of national unity is an urgent requirement and a strategic task.

In the current process of national construction and development, along with the renewal and improvement of the political system, the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF), as the center of the great national unity bloc, the bridge between the Party, the State and the People, "the place to express the will and aspirations, gather the great national unity bloc, and promote the people's right to self-governance..." has the task of "serving as the political core for the people to be masters; gathering, building, and promoting the strength of the great national unity bloc; implementing democracy, strengthening social consensus; representing and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the people; supervising and providing social criticism; participating in building the Party and the State, and engaging in people's diplomacy to contribute to building and protecting the Fatherland." Therefore, promoting the people's right to self-governance in participating in the construction and improvement of institutions, policies, and laws, contributing to strengthening and consolidating the great national unity bloc, is a top priority and a strategic task. for the rapid and sustainable development of the country.

The policy of promoting socialist democracy and ensuring the people's right to self-governance in policy and lawmaking has been clearly stated in the Documents of the 13th National Congress of the Party: “Upholding the leading role and central position of the people in the national development strategy and in the entire process of building and defending the Fatherland. Promoting the political and social activism, intellect, rights, and responsibilities of the people in participating in building and rectifying the Party, building a socialist rule of law state, the Fatherland Front and other political and social organizations, and building a contingent of Party members, cadres, and civil servants…”.

The Law on the Vietnam Fatherland Front (amended and supplemented in 2025), in Article 1, specifically stipulates the role and tasks of the Vietnam Fatherland Front in promoting the people's right to self-governance and gathering and promoting the strength of national unity: “The Vietnam Fatherland Front is a part of the political system of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; it is the political foundation of the people's government; it gathers and promotes the strength of national unity; it expresses the will and aspirations and promotes the people's right to self-governance; it represents and protects the legitimate rights and interests of the people; it implements democracy and strengthens social consensus; it monitors and provides social feedback; it reflects the opinions and recommendations of the people to state agencies; it participates in building the Party and the State, and in people's diplomacy, contributing to building and protecting the Fatherland.”

In practice, the people participate in building and perfecting institutions, policies, and laws through agencies, organizations, and elected representatives. These include organizations and individuals representing the people such as the Vietnam Fatherland Front, political and social organizations, member organizations of the Front, the People's Inspection Committee, and the Community Investment Monitoring Committee at the commune level; National Assembly representatives and People's Council representatives at all levels; and at the same time, the people participate in building and perfecting institutions, policies, and laws through the press, media, and social networks.

With the above forms, in recent times, promoting the people's right to participate in building and perfecting institutions, policies, and laws, contributing to strengthening and consolidating the great national unity through the organization and activities of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, political and social organizations, and mass associations assigned tasks by the Party and State, has achieved some outstanding results. In particular, the active participation in contributing opinions to the building of the Party and government through the effective implementation of Decision No. 218-QD/TW dated December 12, 2013, of the Politburo (11th term) promulgating the Regulation on the participation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, political and social organizations, and the people in contributing opinions to the building of the Party and government has many practical contents such as: Participating in contributing opinions to draft resolutions, directives, regulations, and documents of the Party directly related to the legitimate rights and interests of the people, and the functions and tasks of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Providing feedback on draft political reports of Party committees and organizations before each congress; providing feedback on the implementation of Party resolutions and directives, State policies and laws, and the functions, tasks, and powers of Party agencies, Party committees, and organizations; and the relationship between Party committees, organizations, and Party members with the people.

In the third and fourth quarters of 2025, in practical response to the large-scale political campaign throughout the Party, the army, and the people, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and its member organizations actively participated in contributing opinions to the drafting of Party congress documents at all levels and the documents of the 14th National Congress of the Party. The Vietnam Fatherland Front system compiled 527,764 opinions through direct submissions and letters.

In addition, they participate in providing feedback to state agencies and organizations on the performance of their functions and duties as prescribed by the Constitution and laws; providing feedback on the institutionalization, concretization, and implementation of resolutions of the Party, the National Assembly, the People's Councils, and other legal documents; providing feedback on administrative reform; preventing and combating corruption, waste, and negative practices; providing feedback on the implementation of legal documents on grassroots democracy; and the work of receiving citizens and resolving complaints and denunciations from citizens...

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and political and social organizations at all levels regularly listen to, gather, and synthesize the opinions and suggestions of voters and the people; periodically coordinate the organization of voter outreach conferences and synthesize the opinions and suggestions of voters and the people to report on the consolidated opinions and suggestions of voters and the people at each session of the National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels; at the same time, they reflect and make recommendations to Party committees at all levels and State agencies, so that the Party and the State can promptly grasp the thoughts and legitimate aspirations of the people, identify emerging issues, limitations, and inadequacies in policies and guidelines, and thereby make adjustments, amendments, and additions accordingly.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front and other socio-political organizations have also actively participated in building and perfecting the legal system. The Vietnam Fatherland Front and these organizations have played a significant role in providing feedback on draft legal documents, actively contributing to the National Assembly's annual legislative and ordinance drafting programs before the National Assembly considers and decides on them. They have proactively proposed to the Government and the Standing Committee of the National Assembly the institutionalization of issues related to democracy, people's livelihoods, the gathering and building of national unity, and the rights and responsibilities of the Vietnam Fatherland Front.

It can be affirmed that the Vietnam Fatherland Front's participation in the drafting of legal documents has made a significant contribution to providing a legal basis for promptly regulating social relations related to the gathering and building of national unity; implementing socialist democracy, strengthening social consensus; representing and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the people, members, and enhancing the effectiveness of movements led or coordinated by the Vietnam Fatherland Front and its member organizations.

In particular, during the implementation of resolutions and conclusions, directives of the Central Party Committee, resolutions of the National Assembly and the Government on the policy of streamlining the organizational structure of the political system, including the Vietnam Fatherland Front, political and social organizations, and mass associations assigned tasks by the Party and the State, and the implementation of the two-tiered local government model, the Vietnam Fatherland Front system and its member organizations at all levels have actively participated in contributing opinions to amend and supplement many relevant legal regulations. For example, they participated in the process of drafting and soliciting public opinion on amending and supplementing several articles of the 2013 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam within the Vietnam Fatherland Front system. As a result, 6,558 conferences were organized to discuss and gather opinions; the Vietnam Fatherland Front system and political and social organizations contributed 51,192,334 opinions on amending and supplementing the Constitution. The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) has spearheaded the drafting and submission to the National Assembly of laws amending and supplementing several articles of the Law on the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Law on Trade Unions, the Law on Youth, and the Law on Implementing Democracy at the Grassroots Level. This is to promptly institutionalize the viewpoints, policies, and orientations of the Party, and the new provisions of the Constitution regarding the position, role, rights, and responsibilities of the VFF and other socio-political organizations.

Monitoring and social criticism in the building and improvement of institutions, policies, and laws by the Vietnam Fatherland Front.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees at all levels and their member organizations have closely followed Directive No. 18-CT/TW dated October 26, 2022, of the Central Party Secretariat to implement social supervision and criticism activities: The Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front has developed a plan to innovate and improve the quality and effectiveness of social supervision and criticism work of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and political-social organizations in the period 2024-2029; consulted with member organizations to issue the Plan for social supervision and criticism of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front in the year, serving as a basis for guiding the social supervision and criticism work of the Vietnam Fatherland Front system.

Regarding oversight, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and political and social organizations at the central level base their oversight activities on the actual situation to lead the implementation of oversight contents. Periodically, the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front sends reports on the results of the Vietnam Fatherland Front's oversight and recommendations to the National Assembly and competent agencies, and monitors, urges, and supervises the resolution of the recommended issues and proposals.

At the local level, closely following the direction of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the Standing Committees of the Fatherland Front Committees of provinces/cities have chaired consultations with political and social organizations, sought opinions from Party committees, and based on practical conditions, issued plans for social supervision and criticism. The Fatherland Front Committees of provinces/cities have selected and organized supervision focusing on issues of public concern and areas directly related to the legitimate rights and interests of the people, such as: the implementation of Party guidelines, State policies and laws, the implementation of resolutions, projects, and programs at the local level; social security policies; administrative reform; the implementation of grassroots democracy regulations; and the supervision of the implementation of laws on receiving citizens and resolving complaints and denunciations. The Standing Committee monitors the implementation of laws on environmental management, land use, etc. Through this monitoring, the Standing Committee has promptly compiled and recommended to competent agencies and units to consider and rectify shortcomings and inadequacies; at the same time, it has proposed many solutions to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of policy and law enforcement.

According to statistical reports from 2025, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees at all levels in localities chaired and organized 14,814 monitoring activities, including 1,638 at the provincial level and 13,176 at the commune level; and participated in 10,203 monitoring activities with local agencies and organizations, including 500 at the provincial level and 9,703 at the commune level.

Regarding social critique activities, in order to innovate methods and improve the quality of activities, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front organized a conference to orient some contents that need to be focused on in social critique of the draft Law; inviting experts and scientists in the field of law to research and provide in-depth critique on important and fundamental contents of the draft Law. Therefore, the critique and comments were highly appreciated, serving as a basis for the responsible agencies to review and examine the Project before bringing it up for discussion; many social critique opinions were accepted and studied by the drafting agency to supplement and improve the Draft, ensuring its conformity with Party documents, ensuring constitutionality, consistency and uniformity with the legal system, and improving the effectiveness of state management.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees at all levels have also selected appropriate content and issues for social critique, focusing on critiques of draft resolutions and projects at the local level, and critiques of policies and laws related to the legitimate rights and interests of the people. Many opinions and recommendations from the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees and political and social organizations at all levels have been accepted by relevant agencies, serving as an important and necessary information channel to assist Party committees and authorities in considering and deciding on issues in leadership and management, contributing to promoting the people's right to participate in building a clean and strong Party and a socialist rule of law state of the people, by the people, and for the people.

According to the report, in 2025, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees at all levels organized 9,576 social critique sessions, including 2,716 at the provincial level and 6,860 at the commune level.

Regarding promoting the people's right to self-governance in the construction and supervision of the implementation of laws on grassroots democracy: Annually, the Vietnam Fatherland Front and political and social organizations at all levels have coordinated to organize direct dialogue conferences between the heads of Party committees and government with members and the people. Through these dialogues, many specific recommendations have been made, helping Party committees and government adjust and supplement policies to suit practical realities and gain public support, contributing to promoting the people's right to self-governance and building and strengthening the great unity at the grassroots level. In 2025, the Fatherland Front at all levels organized 3,415 direct dialogues to provide feedback and recommendations on draft policies at the local level.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee continues to promote its role in implementing democracy at the grassroots level, focusing on improving the quality and effectiveness of the People's Inspection Committee and the Community Investment Monitoring Committee; concentrating on consolidating, strengthening, and promptly guiding the organization and operation of the People's Inspection Committee and the Community Investment Monitoring Committee after the rearrangement of commune-level administrative units.

In general, promoting the people's right to participate in building and perfecting institutions, policies, and laws is a crucial element in realizing socialist democracy and ensuring the people's right to self-governance in the process of national construction and development. This is one of the important tasks in the organization and operation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and other political and social organizations. Through this, they will increasingly better fulfill their role as organizations representing the people, members, and affiliates in building and perfecting institutions, policies, and laws, ensuring and continuously promoting the people's right to self-governance, strengthening social consensus, and contributing to building and consolidating the great national unity even more firmly.

The directions, tasks, and solutions for the 14th Party Congress term aim to continue promoting the people's right to participate in building institutions, policies, and laws, contributing to building, consolidating, and promoting the strength of national unity in the new period.

The country is entering a new era – an era of national progress, for a peaceful, independent, democratic, prosperous, civilized, and happy Vietnam, steadily advancing towards socialism. To work together with the entire Party, people, and army to realize this goal, the Vietnam Fatherland Front system, political and social organizations, and mass associations assigned tasks by the Party and State will closely adhere to the guiding principles of the Central Committee, the Politburo, and the Secretariat, especially the guiding speech of General Secretary To Lam at the First Congress of the Party Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and Central Mass Organizations, term 2025-2030, and the content of the action plan to implement the Resolution of the 14th Party Congress with the following specific solutions:

Firstly, promote the people's right to self-governance in the consultation process for the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and deputies to People's Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term. This includes promoting the people's right to nominate and select outstanding and worthy individuals to represent the will, aspirations, and self-governance of the people; and promoting the supervisory role of the people, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee, and political and social organizations at all levels in implementing the provisions of the law on elections to ensure a democratic, fair, and lawful election.

Secondly, research and propose to the Party and State to further improve the operational mechanisms and policies so that the Fatherland Front and other organizations and associations can participate extensively in social supervision and criticism, and in building the Party's guidelines and the State's policies and laws. Develop and promote models of "self-governance - self-reliance - self-supervision" in residential communities, closely linking the government and the people, and practicing and promoting democracy at the grassroots level.

Continue implementing Directive No. 18-CT/TW of the Party Central Committee on promoting the role and improving the quality and effectiveness of social supervision and criticism by the Vietnam Fatherland Front and other political and social organizations.

Effectively fulfill the roles, rights, and responsibilities of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, political and social organizations, and the people in contributing opinions to the building of the Party and government according to Decision No. 218-QD/TW dated December 12, 2013, of the Politburo. Coordinate the effective organization of direct dialogue between the heads of Party committees and government with the people. Develop mechanisms for the people to directly participate in contributing opinions and reporting to the Party on manifestations of ideological and political degradation, moral decay, and lifestyle deviations, as well as "self-evolution" and "self-transformation" among cadres and Party members.

Thirdly, we must promote the implementation of the Law on Grassroots Democracy, effectively implementing the motto "the people know, the people discuss, the people inspect, the people supervise, and the people benefit," deploying laws on democracy and strengthening inspection and supervision of their implementation. We must enhance the role of the People's Inspection Committee and the Community Investment Monitoring Committee in monitoring social welfare work and the implementation of projects at the grassroots level that directly affect the legitimate rights and interests of the people.

Fourth, diversify and innovate, improve the forms and channels for receiving and reflecting the opinions, aspirations, and suggestions of the people; effectively implement the monitoring of the people's situation in cyberspace to promptly report to Party and State agencies, and report at National Assembly sessions and People's Council sessions at the same level. Implement a mechanism for receiving and responding to voters' opinions on the "Digital Front" platform, receiving people's suggestions 24/7. Implement "Month of Listening to the People" at all levels, regions, and organizations under the Front. Continue to concretize the issue of people's ownership to effectively promote the role and responsibility of the Vietnam Fatherland Front in implementing the mechanism of "Party leadership, State management, people's ownership".

Fifth, focus on applying information technology and digital transformation in social monitoring and criticism, and in tracking and supervising the acceptance of opinions and recommendations and the implementation of activities of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, political and social organizations, and mass associations assigned tasks by the Party and the State.

Sixth, strengthen and improve the quality of operation of advisory councils of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and its member organizations at all levels; develop regulations and policies to encourage the use of experts and collaborators in the activities of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; strengthen consultations with scientists to hear opinions and suggestions, and gather, reflect, and propose to the Party and State on important national issues, policies and guidelines of concern to many people, and those directly related to the legitimate rights and interests of the people. Develop and submit to the Politburo for promulgation and implementation the National Unity Strategy Project until 2030, with a vision to 2045.

In the context of the nation facing new opportunities and challenges, the 14th National Congress of the Party holds special significance. The Congress will continue to affirm the country's reform and development path, aiming to transform Vietnam into a developing country with modern industry and a high-middle income by 2030; and to realize the vision of becoming a developed, high-income country by 2045; a peaceful, independent, democratic, prosperous, civilized, and happy socialist Vietnam. With its role, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, political and social organizations, and mass associations assigned by the Party and State will work together with the entire Party, people, and army to further promote patriotism, the aspiration for development, the strength of the people, and the spirit of national unity; strongly innovate thinking; implement strategic decisions synchronously and effectively; and resolutely achieve the goals of the 14th National Congress of the Party.