Absorb the profound, heartfelt, and life-long sayings of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong

During his lifetime, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong had many impressive, simple and profound statements and words, close, full of philosophy, moving and inspiring every Party member and every citizen, strengthening the people's trust in the Party and State.

At the ceremony to receive the 55-year Party membership badge on February 2, 2023, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong emotionally expressed his feelings for the Party by quoting the lyrics of a song: "If you are a flower, be a sunflower; if you are a bird, be a white dove; if you are a rock, be a diamond; if you are a person, be a communist.".

The General Secretary remembered by heart the saying of the young communist Paven Coocsaghin, a character in the novel How the Steel was Tempered by Russian writer Nicolai Ostrovsky: "The most precious thing for a human being is life and the honor of living, because a human life is lived only once. We must live so as not to feel regret for the years we have lived in vain, wasted; so as not to be ashamed of mean, cowardly actions, or of being despised by everyone; so that when we close our eyes, we can proudly say: All my life, all my strength, I have devoted to the most noble cause in the world - the cause of fighting to liberate the nation, liberate humanity, and bring happiness to the People.".

That is his ideal of life. The General Secretary wishes that good ideal to spread and permeate every heart and mind of the country's communist party members.

One thing that people will always remember about him is the beauty of his character as a person in the highest leadership position of the Party and State, but still humble, simple and extremely honest. In November 2020, on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the founding of Nguyen Gia Thieu High School, the General Secretary visited his teachers and the school where he studied, sincerely and respectfully asked permission to call his teachers "em"... "I report to the teachers that I am now the General Secretary and President (in 2020 - PV) but when I return to school, I ask the teachers for permission to still call me Nguyen Phu Trong, a former student of the school. During the ceremony, the teachers also introduced me as a former student of Nguyen Phu Trong. I also ask for permission to express my feelings about the memories of my student days, about the beautiful memories with the teachers and classmates.".

To attend the old class reunion, he asked someone to take him by motorbike. When meeting his teachers and friends, he said: "Please, please let me give up all titles outside this room. You come here forever as a student of the teachers. I come here forever as a classmate of your friends... Titles are like clouds".

The General Secretary's simplicity is also shown through his firm but also extremely modest words, including his speech before the National Assembly when he took office as President. The General Secretary recalled his feelings when he was elected as President of the National Assembly with two verses: "Thinking of my fate as a dragonfly/ Knowing whether my green mold is square or round". Or when he continued to be elected as General Secretary of the 13th Party Central Committee, the General Secretary shared"Now I'm not very healthy, I'm old, I've asked to retire, but the Congress has to vote, Party members have to obey.".

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has many impressive articles and speeches with profound meanings, demonstrating his intelligence and consistent and steadfast ideology throughout his political career.

In foreign affairs, in a speech lasting more than 60 minutes at the National Foreign Affairs Conference held in Hanoi on the morning of December 14, 2021, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong sent a message of determination to build the Vietnamese bamboo diplomacy school."Vietnamese bamboo has a solid root, flexible branches, but is very resilient. No wind can knock it down," the General Secretary said, reciting the verse: "The trunk is thin, the leaves are fragile/But how can it form a wall, oh bamboo?"

One of the lasting marks in the fight against corruption and negativity since the beginning of the 11th tenure is that the work of Party building and rectification continues to be promoted, associated with many profound sayings by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, Head of the Central Steering Committee on corruption and negativity prevention and control, which many people call "the great furnace man".

At the 12th meeting of the Central Steering Committee on anti-corruption on the morning of July 31, 2017, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong emphasized:The fight against corruption has become a movement and trend of the whole society.."When meeting voters, I often say: The furnace is already hot, so even fresh wood must burn. Dry wood, medium wood burns first, then the whole furnace heats up, all agencies get involved, no one stands outside. And it is impossible to stand outside. No individual can not do it if they want to, that is success.".

At the press conference after the 13th National Congress on February 1, 2021, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong emphasized the spirit of fighting corruption without stopping, without resting, and still handling many officials close to the Congress.I said no stop, no rest, no matter who it is, no forbidden zones".

At the National Conference summarizing 10 years of anti-corruption and anti-negativity work in the period of 2012 - 2022 on June 30, 2022, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong affirmed that the fight against corruption has increasingly gone into depth, made strong progress, achieved many specific, very important, comprehensive results, leaving a good and real mark.has become an irreversible trend".

Therefore, "Any attitude of deference, avoidance, right-wing, "shut up and take the money" or extremism, wanting to take advantage of criticism to attack others, causing internal turmoil, is wrong.".

According to the General Secretary, building and rectifying the Party is the work of building organizations, building people, is human work, and can easily affect people's honor, interests, and relationships. Therefore, it requires each of us to self-criticize, analyze, and dissect our own strengths and weaknesses; and to comment and evaluate others.

At various meetings, the General Secretary consistently held the following views:"Every party member must purify and improve himself"Regarding staff evaluation work,"Don't see chicken as a pheasant","Don't think red means ripe"He hates localism, favoritism, factionalism, and"Crabs rely on their claws, fish rely on their fins."He also repeatedly advised leaders, cadres and party members:"Do not be tempted by evil interests, shameless deeds".What is important is morality and honor.

"We only live once, so we must live so as not to feel pain or regret for our mean, base, and shameless actions. What's the point of having a lot of money, you can't take it with you when you die. Honor is the most sacred and noble thing.", the General Secretary instructed at the National Conference of internal affairs agencies to implement the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress on September 15, 2021.

The General Secretary always pays special attention and devotes much enthusiasm to the cause of building and developing national culture, as shown through many articles and speeches. The General Secretary said: "Culture is the soul of a nation, expressing the identity of a nation. If culture exists, the nation exists... Therefore, if culture is lost, the nation is lost.". Talking about human happiness, he shared simply: "Human happiness is not only in having a lot of money, having good food and nice clothes, but also in the richness of the soul, living among love and kindness, justice and fairness.".

The statements demonstrate the mettle and leadership style of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong when facing and solving major problems of the country.

"We have achieved great achievements of historical significance, developing more strongly and comprehensively than in the years before the renovation. With all modesty, we can still say that: Our country has never had such a foundation, potential, position and international prestige as today.", General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong affirmed at the opening session of the 13th National Party Congress on the morning of January 26, 2021 and at many important conferences when the General Secretary attended and gave important directives.

"We are descendants of Uncle Ho, the Party is the Communist Party of Vietnam, the nation is the Vietnamese nation, this country must definitely develop and move forward, it is not allowed to fall behind other countries, it is not willing to be inferior to others. We must determine our determination and will like that.", said the General Secretary.

Attending and speaking at Government-locality conferences, which are usually held at the beginning of the year to deploy tasks, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong always hopes and wishes the Government and authorities at all levels to strive and make efforts to achieve the following results:Next year must definitely achieve more achievements and progress than last year.."The whole Party, the whole people, the whole army are expecting, demanding and waiting for us, for you, comrades.", the General Secretary stated.

Imbued with the direction of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the Government always strives to overcome difficulties and strive to achieve higher results each year than the previous year. At conferences and meetings, the Prime Minister always thoroughly grasps and reminds ministries, branches, localities and agencies to thoroughly grasp the direction of the General Secretary with the spirit of "only discussing doing, not retreating" in the face of all difficulties and challenges, "not saying no, not saying difficult, not saying yes but not doing" so that the results next month are higher than the previous month, the next quarter is better than the previous quarter, and growth exceeds the set scenario.

The positive results in the country's socio-economic development are the work of "turning pain into action", a beautiful flower to offer to General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, an outstanding leader who devoted his whole life to the country and the people.