General Secretary: Women need to know how to light up dreams and hopes

The General Secretary emphasized: Women must be the ones to light the fire in every home, not only taking care of the family but also need to know how to light up faith, dreams and hopes for each family member.

The 12th National Women's Congress opened this morning in Hanoi. Attendees included General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, President Tran Dai Quang, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, and Vietnam Fatherland Front Chairman Nguyen Thien Nhan. In addition, there were many former leaders of the Party, State, National Assembly, and Fatherland Front, along with 1,153 female delegates from across the country.

The proportion of female leaders is increasing.

Speaking at the congress, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong emphasized that throughout the history of building and defending the country, women have made great contributions.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. Photo: Thanh Trung

“Over the past five years, the women's movement has continued to develop, actively contributing to the cause of innovation, building and protecting the fatherland,” the General Secretary emphasized.

He said that the proportion of women participating in leadership and management work in the political system is increasing. Recent Party congresses always have female officials as Politburo members, Central Committee members, ministers, and deputy ministers. The proportion of women in the National Assembly accounts for 25%...

“Many silent examples of good deeds and charitable activities have further enhanced the noble image of Vietnamese women,” the General Secretary said, acknowledging the great achievements of the women’s movement and the Vietnam Women’s Union during the past term.

The General Secretary also noted that it is necessary to frankly acknowledge some limitations such as the women's movement has not developed evenly, and has not strongly aroused the potential and creativity of women of all classes...

The General Secretary requested the Congress to clearly analyze the causes, find solutions to overcome the limitations, and further improve the quality and effectiveness of the women's movement and the Women's Union in the coming time.

Prevent negativity in your own family

Believing that the tasks set for the women's movement and the Vietnam Women's Union in the coming time are very heavy, the General Secretary suggested 6 issues for the congress to discuss and decide.

Firstly, the Union needs to grasp and thoroughly grasp the guiding ideological viewpoints of the 12th Party Congress Resolution... Along with that, promote the strength and strengths of women in all fields, take care to protect the dignity, rights and legitimate interests of women.

Female delegates attending the congress. Photo: VNA

Next, it is necessary to continue to organize and improve the quality of emulation movements and campaigns to attract a large number of women to participate, contribute to building and protecting the Fatherland as well as proactively solve women's problems right from the grassroots. Strengthen the role model of good people and good deeds, and promote advanced models.

Second, enhance the role of women and the Women's Union in family building, paying special attention to building cultural, prosperous, happy, progressive families, and caring for and educating children.

“Women must be the ones to light the fire in every home, not only taking care of the family but also needing to know how to light up faith, dreams and hopes for each family member,” the General Secretary emphasized.

He also called for promoting compassion, tolerance, gentleness, solidarity, respect, and mutual assistance, especially in times of difficulty and adversity, and condemned immoral and irresponsible behavior in family relationships.

The 12th National Women's Congress took place from March 7-9. Photo: Thanh Trung.

The fourth content noted by the General Secretary is to focus on synchronously implementing solutions to build Vietnamese women with comprehensive development in intelligence, morality, physical strength, spirit, creativity, and civic awareness; to meet the requirements of the period of promoting industrialization, modernization, and international integration.

The General Secretary also emphasized the need to continue innovating the content and methods of operation of the Association in the spirit of the 12th Party Congress Resolution and other relevant documents.

“Taking women's happiness and benefits as the goal; taking women's satisfaction as a measure of the quality and effectiveness of the Association's operations,” the General Secretary emphasized.

Finally, the General Secretary noted that Resolution 4 of the 12th Central Committee is a very important resolution, addressing a fundamental and urgent issue that has received special attention and welcome from a large number of cadres, party members and people.

Therefore, the Vietnam Women's Union needs to seriously organize the implementation of the Central Committee's resolution and the implementation plan of the Politburo's resolution to all cadres and members of the union.

“Resolutely and actively clean up the team, overcome the phenomena of decline and degeneration in quality and lifestyle, proactively detect and participate in the fight to prevent corruption, negativity and waste in society, and prevent negativity in one's own family and among one's relatives,” the General Secretary emphasized.

At the end of his speech, the General Secretary presented female delegates with fresh flowers on March 8.

According to Vietnamnet.vn