General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong: The value of humanity is the moral value of human beings.

(Nghe An Newspaper respectfully introduces the full text of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's speech at this event).

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at a meeting with 80 outstanding delegates attending the 11th National Congress of the Vietnam Red Cross Society for the 2022-2027 term. Photo: VNA

Dear delegates and comrades,

In the atmosphere where the whole country, the entire Party, the entire people and the entire army are competing and striving to implement the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Party and the Resolutions of the Party Central Committee, the Party Central Committee of the Vietnam Red Cross Society has actively directed the preparation and will hold the 11th National Congress of the Vietnam Red Cross Society for the 2022-2027 term on August 30, 2022.

Today, at the Party Central Headquarters, as Honorary President of the 10th Vietnam Red Cross Society, I am very pleased to meet the delegates attending the Congress, to listen to the report of the President of the Society and the heartfelt comments of a number of delegates.

On behalf of the Party and State leaders, I would like to warmly welcome and congratulate the delegates present here. Through you, I would like to send my warmest regards, sincere greetings and best wishes to all delegates attending the Congress as well as all Red Cross members nationwide. I wish our 11th Congress of the Red Cross Society great success.

Dear comrades, we all know that humanity and charity are a beautiful trait, a precious tradition of our nation, passed down from generation to generation, expressing love, respect and protection of people; is the humane assistance in material, spiritual, health, intelligence,... for those in distress or less fortunate in society; is the index, measure of civilization and social progress.

The value of humanity is the value of human morality, of love, respect and protection of people, the value of sympathy, sharing, cherishing, respecting, and promoting human dignity: "Love others as you love yourself", "A whole leaf covers a torn leaf", "A little torn leaf covers a lot torn leaf", "When one horse is in pain, the whole stable stops eating grass",...

In the Ho Chi Minh era, that humanitarian value was multiplied to a new height; and Uncle Ho - the beloved leader of the nation, is an exemplary model. In his rich and massive legacy of ideology, humanitarian thought is always the red thread running through, the compass for all our thoughts and actions. Uncle often advised: "Whatever is beneficial to the people must be done with all our might; whatever is harmful to the people must be avoided with all our might."

In these meaningful humanitarian and charitable activities, the Vietnam Red Cross Society holds a very important role and position. It is not by chance that in 1946, that is, right after the August Revolution succeeded and our country gained independence, Uncle Ho founded the Vietnam Red Cross Society, and he himself was the first Honorary President of the Society from 1946 to 1969 (when he passed away).

We are very honored and proud to inherit and promote that fine tradition of charity and humanity, and to date the Vietnam Red Cross has become a professional humanitarian organization, closely connected and integrated into the lives of the people with nearly 7.2 million "Red Cross" cadres, members, volunteers, and youth, operating in 11,925 grassroots organizations.

I know and appreciate the Red Cross Associations at all levels in the past term, in the context of many difficulties and complications caused by the pandemic nationwide, and having to focus on the construction, recovery and socio-economic development, they have made a lot of efforts and endeavors to operate according to their functions and tasks, and at the same time have successfully organized the Congress of the Association at their level and contributed to preparing all aspects for the 11th National Congress of the Association with a consistent spirit: science, democracy, innovation, practicality, closely following the principles, purposes, functions and tasks of the Red Cross Association.

The preparation of the Congress Documents was consulted by comrades from the grassroots, through which, not only did they receive more opinions to complete the Documents, but also created a broad political movement in all levels of the Association about the Association's tasks in the next 5 years, creating a strong impression on the people and society about the role, contributions and strong development of the Vietnam Red Cross Society.

In particular, I am really impressed with the results and achievements that the Association system has achieved in the past term, through many movements, in many forms, attracting noble gestures, the Association at all levels and tens of thousands of members with enthusiasm for the community, with the spirit of "Love others as you love yourself" have helped tens of millions of people in difficult circumstances, the vulnerable to rise up in life with both spirit and material with an amount of more than 23 trillion VND. Our country still has many difficulties, there are still many people who need help.

Among the many supports from agencies, organizations, businesses, and philanthropists for people in difficult circumstances, the support from the Association is always a bright spot. The results of the Association's work are not only in numbers. I highly appreciate and praise the spread of the Association's humanitarian activities. Through mass media, social networks, and even through many foreign media channels, examples of good people and good deeds appear more and more; humanitarian values ​​and kind hearts are increasingly spreading, making community life warmer; people live more responsibly towards each other; overwhelm and dispel bad things, things that are not good, not beautiful.

In that great achievement, there is an important contribution of the Association. I once again appreciate and sincerely thank the great contributions of the organization and the staff and the large number of members of the Association in our humanitarian cause.

Meeting scene Photo: VNA

Dear comrades,

I understand that during the Congress, the Vietnam Red Cross will organize an event to honor outstanding blood donors nationwide. It is true that joy follows joy, joy, and the joy of the Congress delegates is further enhanced by the joy of outstanding blood donation flowers. I highly appreciate the Association's outstanding blood donation examples, this is a vivid proof of the dedication of the organization and its members, the examples present at the Honoring Ceremony are truly beautiful flowers leading the movement of the Association and are a typical mark in the 10 marks of the past 10th Congress term. I would like to welcome and warmly commend the Association's outstanding blood donation examples.

Regarding the Association's work direction in the next 5 years: The Party Central Committee Secretariat has given instructions and tomorrow, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will represent the Party and State leaders to attend and give instructions at the Congress. Here, I would like to discuss with you two issues:

Firstly, we must always pay attention to the work of building the organization, cadres and members of the Association. Our Association was founded by Uncle Ho and he was the first Honorary President. That is an honor, pride and great encouragement for our Red Cross Association. We, from each cadre, member to the entire Association, need to fully and deeply understand that meaning to strive, work hard, work with the spirit of "loving others as you love yourself", full of compassion, humanity, altruism, wholeheartedly, with all our heart and strength. And so, the role and prestige of the Association will be even higher.

I think: The Association's reputation is a great resource, the lifeblood, the vitality of the Association. The Association's reputation does not come naturally, but comes from the image, attitude, behavior, actions, training, and wholehearted efforts of the Association's staff and members towards the humanitarian cause, and from each result that the Association's activities bring to the poor, contributing to society as a whole. I hope that comrades will think carefully to find a suitable solution for this goal in the coming time.

Second, we must do better in education and propaganda to create more humanitarian and charitable movements. I appreciate the comrades' organization of the movement "Good people, good deeds - Joining hands to build a compassionate community", thereby multiplying examples of compassion in each agency, organization, and community. The Association needs to organize in a more systematic and practical way, with close coordination between Party and Government agencies and socio-political organizations to create humanitarian movements and charitable work. Among the nation's fine traditional cultural values, humanity and compassion are always the core, outstanding, and consistent values.

Therefore, the success of this Movement will be a great spiritual contribution to building a society rich in humanity and compassion. In terms of action, I highly appreciate and recommend that you organize the Campaign "Each organization, each individual is associated with a humanitarian address" well, so that everyone in difficult circumstances, the vulnerable, and the disadvantaged can receive assistance from the Association.

If the Movement "Good people, good deeds - Joining hands to build a compassionate community" is a moral and spiritual contribution, the Campaign "Each organization, each individual is associated with a humanitarian address" is a practical material contribution for people in difficult circumstances. I hope that comrades will regularly take care of these movements so that they will go deeper and have a lasting vitality in social life and among the people.

Finally, once again I wish you all good health, happy families, and continued success in humanitarian and charitable work. Let me send my warmest greetings to the delegates attending the Congress and all the cadres, members, volunteers, and youth of the Red Cross throughout the country. I am confident that our 11th National Congress of the Vietnam Red Cross will definitely be a great success; and must definitely be a great success!

Thank you, comrades./.