Why is it necessary to set the task of building the Party on ethics?

According to Mr. Nguyen Duc Ha, the 12th Congress set the task of building the Party in terms of ethics because the state of degradation among a number of cadres and party members still exists.

Mr. Nguyen Duc Ha - former Head of the Party Base Department (Central Organization Committee) commented that after 30 years of renovation, our country has achieved great achievements of historical significance in many aspects, but there are still many challenges that require further and deeper renovation.

Nguyen Duc Ha - former Head of the Party Grassroots Department (Central Organizing Committee.

30 years of renovation, the country has achieved great achievements.

PV:After 30 years of innovation, what is your assessment of the outstanding achievements our Party has achieved?

Mr. Nguyen Duc Ha:Looking back at 30 years of renovation, it can be seen that, under the leadership of the Party, we have overcome many difficulties and challenges to successfully carry out the country's renovation. As assessed by the 12th Party Congress, over 30 years of renovation, we have achieved great achievements of historical significance in many aspects: political stability, socio-economic development, national security and defense have not only been maintained but also strengthened, people's lives have been constantly improved, and our country's position in the international arena has been constantly enhanced.

In the early years of the renovation period, when the socialist system, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics collapsed... we completely lost the aid from socialist countries and at that time we had to walk on our own two feet, while those "feet" were extremely thin, malnourished and weak.

The difficulties at that time seemed insurmountable, but our Party overcame them, regrouped, consolidated the organization and stood firm to continue leading the renovation process forward. Entering the renovation process, the Party determined that economic development was the central task, Party building was the key task. During the past 6 Party Congresses, there was no Congress term in which the Party Congress Documents did not emphasize the work of Party building. In every term, the Central Committee had a Resolution and conclusion on the work of Party building. That has been an ideology and a consistent viewpoint of our Party since entering the renovation process until now. Therefore, the Party has continuously grown strong, strong enough to lead the revolution forward.

PV:Looking back at the 6th Congress (1986), many experts believe that the most important innovation in the Party is innovation in thinking, especially creating a democratic atmosphere in the Party, innovation associated with Party rectification, implementing the spirit of looking straight at the truth, correctly evaluating the truth... What is your comment on these comments?

Mr. Nguyen Duc Ha:The 6th Congress is the Congress that initiated the cause of innovation, because in the current world situation, if we do not innovate, we will not be able to survive and develop. From the innovation perspective of the 6th Congress, we can look straight at the truth, evaluate the truth correctly, tell the whole truth and point out the weaknesses and their causes in order to overcome them. This is a very great and very important viewpoint that our Party will continue to develop in the following Congresses.

In innovation, the Party determined that innovation must be comprehensive, but first of all, it must innovate thinking. Innovation in thinking is very important because for many years we have lived in a centralized bureaucratic subsidy mechanism, rising from a backward semi-feudal agricultural country, so the feudal mentality, small-scale production ideology as well as the remnants of the old regime still exist very heavily. It is because of innovation in thinking that our Party dares to look straight at the truth, clearly state the truth to overcome shortcomings, promote advantages so that the Party can continuously grow stronger, have enough strength to lead the country to overcome many difficulties and challenges, and bring the innovation cause to success as it is today.

Party building on ethics

PV:Our Party always affirms: Party building is a key task, emphasizing the building of ethics within the Party. In the current situation, how should the building of ethics within the Party be demonstrated through specific actions, sir?

Mr. Nguyen Duc Ha:Building the Party in terms of ethics is a new task set forth by the 12th Party Congress. The current goal of Party building is to build a Party that is clean and strong in terms of politics, ideology, organization and ethics.

Why did the 12th Congress set the task of building the Party in terms of ethics? Because as the 12th Congress pointed out, the degradation of political ideology, ethics, and lifestyle among a significant number of cadres and Party members still exists, has not been prevented or pushed back, and the manifestations of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation" within the Party have complicated developments.

From that reality, the 12th Party Congress added the content of Party building in terms of ethics. Along with that, we must closely combine with the implementation of Directive 05 of the Politburo on promoting the study and following of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics and style. This is a very important ideological foundation for cadres and Party members. Therefore, building the Party in terms of ethics is to establish mechanisms and relationships between individual Party members, between Party members and Party organizations, between Party organizations with each other, demonstrating the relationship between the Party and the masses.

Therefore, the entire Party is currently studying Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style to make our Party increasingly clean and strong. Depending on each person's job and position, studying Uncle Ho's ideology, morality and style becomes a regular, daily task for each cadre and Party member.

Personnel work is the "key" of the "key".

PV:During the process of leading the revolution, our Party has always paid attention to personnel work and determined that building a contingent of cadres is a particularly important task, which has a decisive meaning for the success or failure of the revolution. Regarding the recent scandals in personnel work such as the Trinh Xuan Thanh case, in your opinion, what specific requirements should be set for personnel work in the coming time?

Mr. Nguyen Duc Ha: General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has repeatedly affirmed that while Party building is a key task, personnel work is the “key” of “keys”. In recent years, we have tried to innovate in all stages of personnel work to ensure democracy, openness, and transparency with the ultimate goal of selecting the right people with virtue and talent. We have also overcome some shortcomings and weaknesses and achieved some progress in personnel work.

However, recently, the work of cadres has been causing public and people to be upset about the situation of buying positions, power, rotation, and planning relatives, of which the Trinh Xuan Thanh case is a typical example.

When some cases cause public outrage, some people say that the personnel work has been carried out according to procedures. However, in cases where public opinion and the press are noisy and outraged, procedures cannot be followed.

I think that the process has no flaws, but it is because those who implemented the process did not implement it correctly or distorted the process, not ensuring publicity and transparency. That is related to the extremely important observation that our Party pointed out, that is, a part of cadres and party members have degraded. Resolution 4 of the 12th Central Committee requires immediate inspection, supervision, and review of all cases of cadres that the public is concerned about, and strict handling of cases of appointing cadres that do not follow standards and procedures.

To do well in personnel work depends on many factors, first of all, there must be a process that ensures publicity, democracy, transparency and is carried out seriously; those who do personnel work must be truly democratic, impartial, objective, and truly dedicated to the common task.

It can be said that before the reform period, the process was not as strict as it is now, but the right person was chosen. The current weaknesses in Party building work in general and in personnel work in particular are due to the direct, main and deepest cause that cadres and party members do not regularly cultivate and practice revolutionary qualities. From there, individualism develops, leading to a pragmatic and self-interested lifestyle. Therefore, we must first focus on fighting against degradation within the Party.

To do well in personnel work, it is necessary to combine many aspects, both attaching importance to political and ideological education and upholding the discipline of the Party and the laws of the State. Therefore, the guiding viewpoint in implementing the Resolution of the 12th Central Committee, Session 4, is to closely combine construction and prevention, taking construction as the fundamental, long-term strategic task, while taking prevention as the important, urgent task in the immediate future, while upholding the discipline of the Party and the laws of the State, promptly and strictly handling seriously degraded collectives and individuals.

PV: Thank you sir.

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