Be alert to identify and proactively fight against bad and toxic information.

Armed forces rehearse plans to protect the 13th National Party Congress. Photo: Zing.vn

According to the Vietnamese Dictionary, fake news and false rumors are understood as fabricated, distorted, and untrue information. Although "fabricated" and "untrue", fake news and false rumors tend to appear more and more. In the era of technology 4.0, fake news and false rumors spread very quickly on the internet, with great frequency and have become a burning issue of public opinion. Although it is fake and false information, the consequences it causes are real and extremely dangerous. It penetrates deeply into life, negatively affecting the awareness, thoughts and actions of a part of the people, even cadres and party members. Especially on the eve of the 13th National Party Congress, fake news and false rumors appear more and more because hostile and reactionary forces consider this a trick to sabotage Vietnam.

The policy of soliciting contributions from all walks of life on draft documents to be submitted to the 13th National Party Congress is correct, necessary and in line with the people's wishes. Furthermore, being ready to listen to, accept contributions and criticism from the people in formulating policies and leadership guidelines is a regular practice of our Party and State, demonstrating political democracy in a country strongly oriented towards building a socialist rule-of-law state.

Fanpages and websites impersonating Party and State leaders.

However, it is regrettable that one of the issues that hostile, reactionary, and opportunistic political forces are trying to create and spread fake news and false information to sabotage is the preparation of draft documents. Through social networks and some foreign websites, they are trying to spread bad and toxic news in order to incite public opinion by contributing ideas to draft documents to put pressure on and deviate from the Party's Resolution. They blatantly distort the policy of expanding democracy so that the People can contribute ideas to the drafting of documents for the 13th National Party Congress, saying: "there is nothing new"; "it is just a copy" or "the draft documents... are just dogmatic and conservative issues,"...

They are trying their best to spread bad, distorted, and fabricated information to sabotage the Party's preparations for the 13th National Congress. Not only have they increased in frequency and volume, their methods are also becoming more and more varied. In addition to spreading fake news and false information related to the private lives of Party and State leaders; drawing up lists of Politburo and Secretariat personnel... They also put forth conspiracy theories such as this person is eliminating that person to keep this or that seat; this person is eliminating that person to support their own faction. Some corrupt and negative cadres and Party members who have been disciplined and violated Party discipline and State laws have also been distorted and slandered by them, saying that conflicts are arising within the Party, that some people are setting traps to eliminate each other...

Fake Facebook account of the Central Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

It can be clearly affirmed that the draft documents submitted to the 13th National Congress of our Party were prepared meticulously, seriously, scientifically, cautiously, thoroughly, with innovation, ensuring quality; linking theory with practice; reflecting the thoughts and aspirations of cadres, party members and the people; having many new points; demonstrating the intellectual height of the Party; objectively, comprehensively reflecting, close to the actual situation, the results achieved, the limitations, shortcomings, weaknesses that still exist and the causes, lessons learned; forecasting the situation and development trends of the country and the world in the coming time, thereby correctly and accurately determining the main orientations, goals, tasks and solutions for national development. The work of introducing personnel to the leadership positions of the Party, State, Politburo, Secretariat, and Central Executive Committee of the 13th tenure has been and is being carried out by our Party according to a democratic, strict, objective and transparent process. All the work that our Party has done has no other purpose than to build a team of leaders with enough heart and capacity to steer the revolutionary boat to glory.

The trial of defendants of the organization calling itself "Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam" for the crime of "Making, storing, disseminating or propagating information, documents and items aimed at opposing the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Photo: vov.vn

It must be affirmed that the vast majority of cadres, party members and people of all walks of life in Vietnam are familiar with the sabotage tricks of hostile, reactionary and opportunistic political forces on the eve of the 13th National Congress. However, no matter how sophisticated and cunning the tricks are, they cannot deny the truth and are not strong enough to negatively impact the people's trust in the Party, the State and the regime. Because every Vietnamese person always carries within them a tradition of patriotism, a steadfast loyalty to the Party, to the revolution, and absolute trust in the leadership of the Party. The dark plots and intentions of hostile, reactionary and opportunistic political forces will not be able to shake the will and determination of our entire Party, people and army on the path of building a clean and strong Party, first of all, successfully organizing the 13th National Party Congress.