Propaganda work does not leave the social network 'battlefield' empty

On the morning of June 22, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department held a conference to review the propaganda work in the first 6 months of 2019. Comrades: Nguyen Thi Thu Huong - Member of the Standing Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, Kha Van Tam - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Standing Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, Deputy Heads of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department co-chaired the conference. Photo: Thu Giang

Propaganda work continues to innovate and change in quality.

The report presented by comrade Kha Van Tam - Member of the Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department at the conference assessed that in the first 6 months of 2019, the propaganda departments of localities and units closely followed the direction of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, the leadership and direction of the Party Committees to perform well the tasks according to the program and plan. The content and methods of propaganda work continued to be innovated, with changes in quality, improving the effectiveness of consulting and organizing implementation.

Some notable results include: Well organizing the study, dissemination, propaganda and implementation of Party resolutions; proactively and methodically summarizing resolutions and directives of the Central and local levels; promptly directing, orienting, improving the quality and effectiveness of synchronous and comprehensive propaganda in all fields and major domestic and international events...

The series of activities on the occasion of the 129th anniversary of Uncle Ho's birthday and the 50th anniversary of implementing his Testament were clearly implemented by the Propaganda Departments of localities and units, with social influence. Illustrative photo

In addition, the Propaganda Department of localities and units continues to advise Party Committees to effectively implement Directive No. 05-CT/TW in conjunction with Resolution No. 4 of the Central Committee (12th tenure) in accordance with the specific conditions of the locality, in which the most obvious and socially pervasive is the series of activities on the occasion of the 129th anniversary of Uncle Ho's birthday, 50 years of implementing his Testament; strengthen the fight against the "Peaceful Evolution" plot in the locality; contribute to protecting the Party's ideological foundation. Actively grasp public opinion, the ideological situation of cadres, party members and people in the locality; advise and propose Party Committees solutions to handle outstanding issues of public concern, contributing to ensuring political and ideological stability...

The representative of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department also frankly pointed out a number of limitations in the implementation of propaganda work in recent times. That is, the promotion of the implementation of Directive No. 05-CT/TW on studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle in some places has not been proactive, the linking of the content of studying and following with the implementation of political tasks, Party building work, and building the political system in some localities and units has not been good, there is still confusion in choosing content and developing implementation plans, some places still have the mentality of "waiting" for guidance from superiors, not promoting creativity associated with the practical situation of the locality and unit.

The work of grasping and reflecting public opinion, especially complicated and sensitive cases and pressing issues, is sometimes slow and irregular; the capacity to forecast situations, newly arising issues and propose solutions is limited.

Propaganda work sometimes lacks sharpness, forms are not diverse, do not pay due attention to key and central contents, and are not linked to specific local conditions. Although there have been improvements in propagating Party resolutions and directives among the people, it still lacks liveliness and specific forms. The quality of oral propaganda has not met the needs and increasingly high level of the people, mainly one-way propaganda, dialogue is still limited. Propaganda work in remote areas, ethnic minority areas still faces many difficulties...

Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department Nguyen Thi Thu Huong speaks at the conference. Photo: Thu Giang

Enhancing the leadership role of Party committees in political theory education

The conference also spent time listening to and receiving many opinions from the heads of local propaganda departments, in order to review, evaluate and share experiences of 1 year of implementing the policy of the head of propaganda department being also the director of the district-level political training center. The majority of opinions agreed that the implementation of the policy has created favorable conditions for directing and operating, strengthening the leadership role of the Party Committee in the work of training and educating political theory for cadres and Party members at the grassroots level. Coordination in political training and education has been more favorable, the role and responsibility of the Party Committee have been promoted.

Implementing Plan No. 144-KH/TU dated June 25, 2018 of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, up to now, 21/21 district, city and town Party Committees have completed the implementation of the policy of the head of the propaganda department concurrently being the director of the district-level political training center. Regarding Party organization, 10 districts and towns have merged the political training center party cell into the propaganda department party cell, 11 districts, cities and towns still maintain 2 party cells. Regarding trade unions, 7 districts and towns have dissolved the political training center trade union, merged it with the district party committee's propaganda department trade union group directly under the district party committee's agency trade union; 14 districts still maintain the trade union directly under the local labor federation.

Regarding this issue, the Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department assessed that the implementation of the above policy after 1 year has reaped more advantages than difficulties and obstacles. "Implementing the policy that the head of the propaganda department is also the director of the district-level political training center has reduced one intermediate step, the policies and resolutions of the Party Committee for the center are more realistic, and more closely follow the political tasks. The important issue is the way to manage and divide the time to perform the work of the head of the propaganda department who is also the director of the political training center, as well as improving the quality of lecturers, promoting the role of part-time lecturers" - Comrade Nguyen Thi Thu Huong affirmed.

Head of the Propaganda Department of Do Luong District Party Committee Nguyen Minh Hanh said that the title of the head should be unified, and the political training center should not be made a part of the propaganda department because of different functions and tasks. Photo: Thu Giang

Orienting propaganda work in the coming time, the head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department requested that propaganda departments of localities and units continue to thoroughly grasp and implement directives and resolutions, and summarize the directives and resolutions to ensure seriousness and quality.

The propaganda team needs to pay attention to research, on the basis of what has been done, annually linking with the local political tasks to effectively and clearly implement the contents of Directive 05, in conjunction with the implementation of Resolution 4 of the 12th Central Committee, regulations on the exemplary role of cadres and party members; have a program to inspect and supervise the implementation, promptly encourage and recognize groups and individuals who have done well, and at the same time correct places that have not done well.

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In the context of the strong development of the 4.0 industrial revolution, the Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department requested that the Propaganda Departments of localities and units take advantage of social networks to do a good job of information and propaganda work, not leaving the "battlefield" of social networks empty to provide accurate and timely information, and to prevent the spread of bad information and toxic information.

Thu Giang