Launching the 2025 Essay Contest on Protecting the Party's Ideological Foundation.
On the morning of February 6th, in Hanoi, the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, in coordination with the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department, the Central Theoretical Council, the Communist Magazine, the People's Newspaper, and the Vietnam Journalists Association, held a press conference to launch the "Fifth Political Commentary Competition on Protecting the Party's Ideological Foundation, 2025" using a hybrid format combining in-person and online participation.
At the Nghe An provincial venue, the following comrades attended the conference: Vuong Quang Minh - Principal of the Provincial Political School; Pham Ngoc Canh - Deputy Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department; and representatives from the departments and faculties of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department and the Provincial Political School.
According to the regulations, entries should focus on three main themes: Protecting, applying, and developing Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thought in the current context; protecting and disseminating the theory of the country's reform and renewal policies; protecting and disseminating the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws and regulations, the cause of reform and socialist construction in Vietnam, and Vietnam's achievements over 40 years of reform; Party congresses at all levels leading up to the 14th National Congress of the Party; strategic decisions and revolutionary transformations to usher the country into a new era; identifying, combating, and refuting erroneous and hostile viewpoints against the Party, the State, and the regime; and practical experiences in organizing the protection of the Party's ideological foundation and combating erroneous and hostile viewpoints in the new situation.
The competition is open to Vietnamese citizens residing in Vietnam and abroad, as well as foreigners whose essays meet the competition criteria. Entries must be essays in Vietnamese (or translated into Vietnamese in a minority language, or translated into Vietnamese in a foreign language), and fall into one of five categories: Magazine (print or electronic), newspaper (print or electronic), radio, television, or video clip.
At the 4th Political Essay Contest on Defending the Party's Ideological Foundation in 2024, Nghe An province effectively and efficiently participated with a total of 5,650 entries at the district and sectoral levels (notably: the Provincial Police Department, the Provincial Political School, Vinh University, the Provincial Military Command, the Provincial Border Guard, the Department of Education and Training, the Party Committee of the Provincial Agencies Bloc, Vinh City, the Provincial Veterans Association; and the districts of Thanh Chuong, Nam Dan, Do Luong, Quy Hop, Tan Ky, Quynh Luu, Dien Chau, Nghi Loc, and Nghia Dan). Localities and units selected 280 high-quality entries to send to the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department for preliminary judging. After the preliminary judging at the provincial level, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department selected 103 entries to be submitted to the Central level contest. As a result, Nghe An province was honored to receive the Outstanding Team Award (for the third consecutive year, from 2022 to 2024); 2 authors and groups of authors received the B Award; and 1 group of authors received the C Award.
Speaking at the press conference, Comrade Nguyen Xuan Thang emphasized: The 5th Political Essay Contest on Protecting the Party's Ideological Foundation aims to further affirm the country's achievements under the Party's leadership; to provide arguments, models, and good practices to disseminate the Party's important policies and decisions, contributing to preparing the conditions and foundations for the country to enter a new era of national progress.
Along with continuing to promote the active and proactive role of core forces and mobilizing the participation of a large number of cadres, Party members, civil servants, public employees, armed forces personnel, and people from all walks of life, attention should be paid to thoroughly understanding and organizing the proactive, positive, and high-quality participation of teachers, education administrators in secondary schools, Youth Union members, lecturers, students of universities and colleges, intellectuals, and artists.
Emphasis should be placed on improving the quality of entries based on the principle of seamlessly combining theory and practice, between "construction" and "combat." The content of the works should vividly reflect reality, with rigorous argumentation, sharp reasoning, clear points and arguments, and convincing evidence. At the same time, adequate attention should be paid to the form and presentation style to maximize the advantages of each type of journalism and media, ensuring dynamism, modernity, persuasiveness, and high reach.