Discussion at the 12th Party Congress: Educating the young generation on revolutionary ideals, ethics, and cultural lifestyle

(Baonghean.vn) - On the morning of January 23, comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh, alternate member of the Party Central Committee, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, representing the young generation of the whole country, presented a speech.“Educating the young generation on revolutionary ideals, ethics, and cultural lifestyles.”.

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh emphasized the role of the youth as the backbone of the country in each historical period: The youth are the backbone of the country, the future of the country. Vietnamese youth from generation to generation, inheriting the traditions of previous generations, always strongly promote patriotism, the desire to rise up, not afraid of hardships and sacrifices to build and protect the Fatherland. Under the leadership of the Party, the role and strength of the youth are further promoted, adding to the glorious tradition of the nation, fostering the good qualities of Vietnamese youth. In the process of leading the country, the Party has always recognized and promoted the role of the youth, placing full trust in the young generation.

Comrade Nguyen Dac Vinh, alternate member of the Party Central Committee, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, presented a speech at the 12th Congress.

In his sacred Testament, Uncle Ho advised: “Educating the next generation of revolutionaries is a very important and necessary task”. Following Uncle Ho’s teachings, the Party always attaches importance to the work of educating and nurturing young people into a class of people who are both “red” and “expert”, loyally continuing the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation. The Party has issued many policies and resolutions, promoting the vanguard and exemplary role of cadres and party members, and promoting the responsibility of cadres in charge of youth work. The Party, the State and the whole society always focus on building a healthy environment for young people to practice, contribute and mature.

During the period of the Party's founding, the struggle for power, and the resistance war against French colonialism, American imperialism, and their henchmen, Uncle Ho and his revolutionary predecessors propagated Marxism-Leninism, enlightened revolutionary ideals, and patriotism among the youth and people. The Party nurtured core forces, established the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and patriotic youth organizations, and built revolutionary movements among the youth.

Under the leadership of the Party, our entire people, with the young as the vanguard, rose up to carry out the historic August Revolution, establishing the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. During the two resistance wars to save the country, the youth of the whole country responded to the movements of “Determination to die for the Fatherland, determination to live”, “Putting down the pen and going to fight”, “3 ready”, “5 volunteer”, bravely fighting on the front lines, building a solid rear. The country was unified, the mountains and rivers were connected, the young generation continued to participate in the mission of rebuilding the country, building socialism in both regions of the Fatherland.

Entering the period of renovation, the Party has focused on comprehensively educating the young generation about revolutionary ideals, ethics, cultural lifestyle, and building new socialist people. The Party regularly studies theory, summarizes practice, sets out guidelines and policies to guide the youth, and leads the youth to overcome difficulties and challenges, and steadfastly follow the Party's revolutionary path. Under the Party's leadership, the youth have continued to affirm themselves as a revolutionary vanguard force, making worthy contributions to the cause of promoting industrialization, modernization of the country, and international integration.

Looking back at historical periods, it can be seen that the education of the young generation plays a very important role in the country's revolutionary cause.

Youth education is the task of the entire political system, in which the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union plays an important role. The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union is entrusted by the Party with the task of being a "socialist school for the youth", effectively carrying out the work of educating revolutionary ideals, ethics, and cultural lifestyles for young people. Over the years, the Union has gradually innovated the content and methods of education, focusing on discovering and setting examples of good people and good deeds, promoting the positivity and self-awareness in self-cultivation, self-education and training of young people. Revolutionary action movements launched by the Union, Association, and Team have created a vivid practical environment for young people to practice and contribute.

The press and publishing agencies of the Youth Union have grown steadily, making important contributions to the orientation and education of the younger generation. The cultural institutions of the Youth Union have trained and nurtured many generations of outstanding youth and children, becoming the core of movements. The viewpoints, guidelines and policies of the Party, the State and the Youth Union have been conveyed to the youth through many new methods such as dramatization and art. The Youth Union has initially approached and effectively exploited modern communication tools and new technologies to propagate and mobilize youth and children. The Youth Union's team of reporters, propagandists and revolutionary song propaganda teams have been and are being consolidated, improved and the quality of their activities improved. In addition, the Youth Union has proactively coordinated with all levels and sectors, especially the police force, to approach, educate, reform and help slow-progressing youth to progress.

With the leadership of the Party, the State, all levels, sectors, and the whole society, and the efforts of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, the work of educating the young generation has achieved many positive results. Vietnamese youth increasingly have a better environment and conditions to practice and mature, contributing to the formation of revolutionary ideals, ethics, cultural lifestyle, law compliance, and gradually perfecting their personalities[1]. The majority of young people believe in the leadership of the Party and the development path of the country; live responsibly towards the Fatherland, family, and themselves; have dreams and ambitions; have knowledge, skills, good health; dynamic and creative thinking, dare to think, know how to do.

However, it is necessary to frankly admit that the work of educating children and adolescents still has many limitations and weaknesses. Many organizations and individuals have not yet properly and fully recognized the importance of the task of educating the young generation, especially in the context of many changes in the country. The organization and implementation of the Party's guidelines, policies and laws of the State on the work of educating the young generation have not been timely and effective; many goals and targets have not been met. The role and responsibility of the entire political system and the whole society in caring for and educating the young generation have not met the requirements of the revolutionary tasks in the current period. A part of the youth has lost faith, lacked awareness of law enforcement, lived pragmatically, lacked ideals, and strayed from the fine cultural traditions of the nation. A small number of young people have been lured and incited by hostile forces to oppose the revolutionary cause of the Party and our nation. The situation of crime and social evils among young people has become complicated[2]. The quality of human resources has not met the requirements of the process of accelerating industrialization and modernization[3]; the integration ability of young people is still limited[4]. The above limitations are the responsibility of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union.

In the draft document submitted to the Congress, the Party stated that in the coming years, the world situation will continue to have many complicated developments, but peace, national independence, democracy, cooperation and development are still the major trends. Domestically, the country's position, strength and overall strength are increasing, its international reputation is increasingly enhanced, but there are still many difficulties and challenges, especially the four risks that the Party has pointed out continue to exist. In particular, the risk of "peaceful evolution" by hostile forces; the degradation of political ideology, ethics, lifestyle, manifestations of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation" among a number of cadres, party members, civil servants and public employees; bureaucracy, corruption, waste, and social morality are deteriorating in a very worrying way. These factors have a strong impact on young people and require strengthening the Party's leadership in educating the younger generation in revolutionary ideals, ethics, and cultural lifestyle.

To contribute to the effective implementation of the Congress Resolution, the Party, the State and the entire political system need to invest properly in the work of nurturing and educating young people; seriously and synchronously deploy the solutions identified in Directive No. 42-CT/TW of the Secretariat of the 11th Party Central Committee on "Strengthening the Party's leadership in the work of educating revolutionary ideals, ethics and cultural lifestyle for the young generation in the period 2015 - 2030".

Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union determined to focus on implementing the following solutions:

The first,Strengthening political, ideological and traditional education for the younger generation in many diverse and rich forms, with the participation and responsible coordination of the education sector, families, organizations and the whole society. Innovating the content and methods of learning 6 political theory lessons suitable for each group of union members. Combining moral education and cultural lifestyle with creative implementation of Directive 03 of the Politburo on "Continuing to promote studying and following the moral example of Ho Chi Minh", in which promoting the exemplary role of Union, Association and Team cadres, orienting young people to practice according to the criteria of "Pure heart - Bright mind - Great ambition". Advising Party committees and authorities at all levels to periodically meet, exchange and dialogue with young people. Improving the quality and effectiveness of the team of reporters and propagandists, proactively grasping and forecasting the ideological situation, orienting public opinion among young people, especially in big cities and sensitive areas. Strengthen coordination with all levels and sectors to propagate, disseminate legal education, combat, criticize, and correct distorted perceptions and wrongful manifestations among cadres, union members, and youth.

Monday,Improve the quality and effectiveness of education in organizing revolutionary action movements, creating a practical environment for young people to practice and strive. Propaganda to raise awareness and international integration skills for young people. Regularly summarize and determine appropriate movement content to attract young people to participate. Discover good people and good deeds, honor typical examples and replicate advanced models.

Tuesday,Build and consolidate a strong Youth Union organization as a basis for effectively performing the function of educating young people. Innovate the content, programs, and training materials for Youth Union, Association, and Team cadres to suit the new requirements and situation. Continuously improve the quality of training of Youth Union members and the quality of Youth Union branch activities. Carry out the work of training and introducing outstanding Youth Union members to the Party.

Wednesday,Promote the advantages of modern communication tools and means, enhance the role of the Youth Union's press and publishing system in educating children and youth. Expand the scale and improve the quality of cultural institutions of the Youth Union, Association, and Team. Effectively exploit social resources in the work of educating children and youth.

At this solemn forum, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union respectfully sends to the Congress the following proposals and recommendations:

The first,respectfully request the Party and State to continue to lead the political system to effectively implement Conclusion 80 of the Politburo on "Promoting the implementation of Resolution No. 25-NQ/TW of the 10th Party Central Committee", Directive No. 42-CT/TW of the 11th Party Central Committee Secretariat on "Strengthening the Party's leadership in educating revolutionary ideals, ethics, and cultural lifestyles for the young generation in the 2015-2030 period"; Decision No. 1501-QD/TTg of the Prime Minister approving the Project "Strengthening education of revolutionary ideals, ethics, and cultural lifestyles for youth, adolescents, and children in the 2015-2020 period".

Monday,Respectfully request the Party to lead cadres and Party members to set an example in implementing Directive No. 03-CT/TW of the Politburo, Resolution of the 11th Central Committee, 4th tenure, to strengthen the trust of the masses, including the youth.

Tuesday,respectfully request the State to pay attention to and increase investment in the education of the young generation; plan and invest in cultural institutions and places of entertainment for children and youth. Focus on solving pressing social issues; strengthen the prevention and fight against crime and social evils.

Wednesday, respectfully request that the leaders of the Party, State, Vietnam Fatherland Front and leaders of Party committees and authorities at all levels pay attention to and spend time participating in youth activities; meet and dialogue with the young generation.

Thursday,respectfully request the Party and State to pay special attention to young talents; foster and train young talents to become experts in various fields, and be the leaders of youth movements and activities.

Aware of their role and responsibility, with firm belief in the leadership of the Party and the success of the 12th National Party Congress, the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and Vietnamese youth express their determination, through concrete actions, to bring the Congress Resolution into life, for the goal of a rich people, a strong country, democracy, fairness, civilization, and for the bright future of the young generation.

Nguyen Son - Huu Nghia