General Secretary - President Nguyen Phu Trong meets with retired senior officials
On the morning of March 29, at the Party Central Committee Headquarters, the Secretariat held an informal meeting with retired senior officials to inform them about some of the country's situations. General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong chaired the meeting.
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| General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the meeting |
InAt the conference, Deputy Prime Ministers Vuong Dinh Hue and Pham Binh Minh and Head of the Central Propaganda Department Vo Van Thuong reported on a number of outstanding issues on socio-economics, national defense, security, foreign affairs and Party building and rectification in recent times.
In his concluding remarks at the conference, General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong said that the conference aimed to provide former leaders with the most outstanding and systematic basic features of the country's situation, thereby creating an overall picture of the country to be happy and excited about the results achieved in the past 3 years, especially in 2018.
The General Secretary and President also said that he was happy with the results achieved, but the general guiding spirit in the entire political system is to absolutely not be complacent or intoxicated with victory, because there are still many difficulties and challenges ahead. Being complacent can easily lead to mistakes.
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| Overview of the meeting. |
“The achievements over the past time are the result of the joint efforts of the entire people, the entire army and the entire political system, including the extremely valuable contributions of former leaders and veteran comrades. Without the contributions of comrades - a force rich in intelligence, enthusiasm and responsibility, it would be difficult to achieve the above results. Comrades not only support but also regularly give very specific comments, listening to any information and immediately reporting it. More importantly, comrades are the core in all regions of the country, a very solid support for the Party and the political system to build, implement policies and monitor and supervise the implementation” - the General Secretary and President emphasized.
Regarding the direction of tasks in the coming time, General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong emphasized that the situation is always changing in both theory and practice. New contexts and situations are posing new requirements, so we must adapt to the new situation. Keeping the old to apply to new conditions is backward.
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| General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong meets with retired senior officials |
Discussing with delegates some major orientations for the country's development in the coming time, including the opinions of former leaders on collecting opinions on preparing documents for the upcoming Party Congress, the General Secretary and President said that the collection of opinions has been implemented early, not only sending drafts for comments as before, but also inviting comrades to participate right from the beginning, from determining the outline, ideology, and major orientations.
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| The General Secretary and President said that recently there has been a policy to collect opinions on preparing documents for the Party Congress. |
The General Secretary and President said that recently there was a policy to solicit opinions on preparing documents for the Party Congress, requiring subcommittees to solicit opinions from the beginning, from the outline, the way of posing issues, and the upcoming major ideas. That is a major issue. As for the specific policies for daily, monthly, and yearly implementation, we will do it later.
"What are the upcoming directions? By 2030, the Party will be 100 years old. 2045 will be the 100th anniversary of the country's founding. These are important milestones that we should aim for so that we can outline longer-term policies and guidelines, and on the basis of those long-term policies, we can divide each step into steps. Between economy, politics, national defense, security, foreign affairs, ethics, lifestyle... What we are concerned about now is whether the economy has improved but the social issues, ethics, culture, lifestyle, are there still human feelings? Are there still rules from top to bottom? Or in the complex international relations, how can we maintain independence and autonomy? On the issue of culture, we have said many times, "Culture shows the way for the nation to go. People are the decisive factor, ethics is the foundation of society, we cannot chase after growth" - the General Secretary and President emphasized.
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| General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong wished former leaders good health. |
The General Secretary and President respectfully thanked, welcomed and accepted the dedicated, responsible and profound opinions of the former leaders, and said that together with the entire Party and people, he would take care of the country's development direction in the coming time. In the immediate future, he would focus on ensuring the success of the Party Congress, and propose policies and directions to bring the country forward, not resigned, and certainly not down.
General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong wished the former leaders good health, regular contributions to the Party and the country, and to be the core to build, develop, and protect the Fatherland.
