General Secretary To Lam: Continue to strongly innovate propaganda work in a proactive and practical direction

Attending the meeting were comrades: Nguyen Trong Nghia - Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda Department; Nguyen Duy Ngoc, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Party Central Committee Office; comrades representing the leaders of Party committees, the Party Central Committee Office; leaders of the Central Propaganda Department; representatives of the leaders of departments and functional units of the Central Propaganda Department.

At the meeting, Comrade Lai Xuan Mon, member of the Party Central Committee, Permanent Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department, presented a summary report on the implementation of propaganda tasks since the beginning of the 13th Party Congress term up to now; a number of key tasks from now until the end of the 13th Party Congress term.

At the meeting, representatives of the agencies' leaders also exchanged many enthusiastic and responsible opinions; acknowledged the efforts of the Central Propaganda Department and the propaganda sector in the past time; frankly mentioned a number of issues that need attention in the coming time, especially in the information and propaganda work on Party Congresses at all levels towards the 14th National Party Congress; strengthened information, propaganda, dissemination, and deepening the messages and instructions of General Secretary To Lam to cadres, party members and people.

The enemy of preaching is dogma, words that do not match actions.

Concluding the meeting, General Secretary To Lam acknowledged, commended and congratulated the efforts, attempts and outstanding results of the Central Propaganda Department and the propaganda sector since the beginning of the 13th Congress term.

The General Secretary emphasized that since the Party was founded, especially after 40 years of renovation, our country has achieved great achievements. Independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity have been maintained; national and ethnic interests have been guaranteed. Achieving these achievements is the result of the united efforts and extraordinary struggles of our entire Party, people and army under the correct, wise and talented leadership of the Party, including the important contribution of the Central Propaganda Department.

In recent years, propaganda work has been deployed synchronously, gradually going into depth on the basis of closely following reality; actively advising the Party Central Committee to issue many resolutions, directives, conclusions and regulations of the Party on politics, ideology, ethics and propaganda work, including new and unprecedented issues. Propaganda work on the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's legal policies, foreign information, grasping the ideological situation and public opinion has been carried out quite systematically; orienting information and communication more proactively and effectively, both in real space and cyberspace...

The Central Propaganda Department has mobilized the participation of press and media agencies from the central to local levels, gradually building and consolidating the information and communication posture, creating a mainstream information flow, overwhelming negative and false information, creating consensus, arousing the will and determination of the entire Party, people and army to effectively carry out revolutionary tasks in the new period. Science and education work continues to be innovated in the direction of closely following reality, synchronously and comprehensively implementing all areas of social life...

General Secretary To Lam also pointed out the issues that the Central Propaganda Department and the propaganda sector need to urgently and resolutely pay attention to and resolve in order to overcome the shortcomings and limitations mentioned above.

In the coming time, the General Secretary requested that it is necessary to unify the perception that propaganda work is the work of the Party, of Party committees at all levels, Party organizations, each Party cell and Party member. The Central Propaganda Department must play a good role in advising, coordinating, urging and guiding the entire Party, first of all each Party cell and each Party member, to do this work well. Through Party cells and Party members, to propagate, concretize and organize the implementation of the Party's policies, set an example for the masses to follow, and guide the masses to implement; grasp and promptly handle early, from the beginning, the emerging concerns in each locality and field that affect the ideology and mood of society; fight against wrong, hostile and distorted viewpoints right from the grassroots.

General Secretary To Lam suggested that the goal of propaganda work in the new revolutionary period must create clarity, solidarity, unanimity, and a competitive atmosphere in the entire Party, people, and army to implement the Party's policies and viewpoints and the State's policies and laws. Propaganda work must make the Party and State's viewpoints penetrate deeply into the hearts and minds of each Party member and each citizen, arouse the will, motivate the entire people to act with determination, promote patriotism, the spirit of great national solidarity; the spirit of self-reliance, self-improvement, creativity, create a revolutionary action movement of the entire Party, people, and army to successfully implement the strategic goals of 100 years under the Party's leadership, 100 years of the country's founding; and defeat all plots and activities of sabotage of the ideology of hostile and reactionary forces.

The General Secretary proposed to continue to strongly innovate propaganda work in the direction of being proactive, close to reality, sensitive, detecting and promptly advising the Party to effectively resolve emerging practical issues. Strongly innovate propaganda work, bring the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws and policies into life in a practical direction, reduce conferences and meetings; closely follow the practical life of the people, suitable to the characteristics of each industry, each field, region, and area to have a way of doing things that is suitable to the breath of social life. Propaganda work must have specific steps, roadmaps, roles, at the right time, in the right place, accurately and effectively communicated to all people, creating the most beneficial media battlefield, achieving high consensus of the people, so that people understand, people believe, people grasp, people agree, people are determined to implement the goals, viewpoints, and orientations.

The General Secretary emphasized that it is necessary to better promote the role of propaganda, focus on building a team of "pen warriors" who are sharp in theory, have a deep understanding of practice, and have a series of articles that are combative, educational, and highly persuasive, create consensus in implementing major policies, resolve pressing issues, have the ability to spread among the people, and sharply refute erroneous viewpoints. Mobilize the participation of the entire political system, all levels, all sectors, and all people in protecting the Party's ideological foundation, and fight against erroneous and hostile viewpoints.

In addition, the organization must effectively implement regulations on responsibilities and powers. If the propaganda staff is not substantial, sincere, innovative, and creative, they will not reach the hearts of the people. The enemy of propaganda is dogma, words that do not match actions, the General Secretary noted.

The General Secretary pointed out that it is necessary to deeply grasp the ideological situation of cadres, party members, people and public opinion, and the pressing issues that have arisen. Agencies need to cooperate with each other to grasp the wishes and aspirations of the people, especially before strategic policies, and advise the Party to promptly resolve pressing issues and meet the legitimate aspirations of the people. Focus on grasping the situation, do better in advising the Party on strategic policies on science and education, especially health care, education and social security. Actively study and propose to the Party policies on culture, ensuring that culture truly becomes the guiding light for the entire Party, the entire people and the entire army to successfully implement the Party's strategic goals, contributing more and more to human civilization.

General Secretary To Lam requested to focus on building a team of propaganda cadres who are truly loyal soldiers on the ideological and propaganda front of the Party, united, creative, wholeheartedly serving the Fatherland and the people. Building a team of intellectuals, scientists, educators, and artists whose works and works are of leading value and of national and international stature.

With a tradition of more than 94 years of building, growing and developing, deeply attached to and having made many great contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation, General Secretary To Lam believes that the propaganda sector in general and the Central Propaganda Department in particular will promote the glorious tradition and valuable experiences, and excellently complete all tasks entrusted by the Party and the people.