The most glorious and brilliant page of the nation's history

It can be said that the victory of the August Revolution was the victory of the great national unity bloc, the victory of the "General Staff" that knew how to create momentum, create force, and seize opportunities... but the most important lesson is still the lesson of the talented leadership of the Party, headed by beloved Uncle Ho.

That is, creatively applying Marxism-Leninism to the circumstances of a semi-feudal and semi-colonial country, our Party and President Ho Chi Minh proposed a correct and creative line, raised high the flag of national independence, gathered patriotic forces in a united national front to carry out a General Uprising to seize power for the people.

On August 19, 1945, the General Uprising in Hanoi, the revolutionary mass forces captured the Bac Bo Palace. Photo: National Museum of History

The great victory of the August Revolution was a brilliant achievement of the strength of great national unity brought into full play under the leadership of our Party and President Ho Chi Minh. It was also a great victory because our Party accurately predicted the revolutionary opportunity; actively prepared for an armed uprising; used revolutionary violence of the masses, relied on the strength of the entire people, combined political struggle with armed struggle, and moved from partial uprisings to a General Uprising. When the revolutionary opportunity was ripe, our Party promptly mobilized the entire people to rise up and overthrow the feudal colonial regime.

That is the result of the right line, but more importantly, the Party's prestige is built on the revolutionary morality, pure qualities, exemplary leadership of each Party member. Only 5,000 Party members are 5,000 pioneers, always at the forefront of the national liberation movement, ready to accept hardships and difficulties, even sacrificing their lives for the revolution, for the people. They are absolutely trusted by the people.

The great achievements and invaluable historical lessons of the August Revolution became the luggage and motivation urging our entire people and army, under the leadership of the Party and President Ho Chi Minh, to carry out long and arduous resistance wars for 30 years, defeating the colonial and imperialist invaders; achieving glorious feats of arms, the peak of which was the historic Dien Bien Phu Victory in 1954, "resounding throughout the five continents, shaking the earth" and the Great Spring Victory in 1975, liberating the South, unifying the country, and leading the whole country to socialism. The spirit and indomitable will of the August Revolution continue to light the way, encouraging our people to overcome all difficulties and challenges to gain great victories of historical significance in the cause of innovation. Our country is becoming more and more dignified and beautiful. Our people have increasingly prosperous and happy lives. Our country's prestige and position are increasingly enhanced in the international arena.

Our entire people and army have achieved glorious feats, the culmination of which was the historic Dien Bien Phu Victory in 1954 and the Great Spring Victory in 1975.

Our Party is the ruling party. The Party leads not only by correct policies, but also by the Party's prestige. That valuable lesson was true during the August Revolution, true over the past 75 years, and will forever be true.

The valuable lessons from the August Revolution, which are lessons on building a ruling Party, have been continued to be summarized and generalized by our Party into the Party's theory, creating the material strength to lead our nation from one victory to another.

However, the more proud we are of our Party, the more we cannot help but worry about a number of cadres and Party members who are increasingly degenerate, deformed, far from the Party's goals and ideals, and whose thoughts and actions go against the pure revolutionary nature of Party members. Corruption, waste, bureaucracy, negatives and social evils have not been prevented or pushed back, but continue to develop in a complicated manner... reducing the people's trust in the Party and the State, threatening the stability and development of the country.

Therefore, the current requirement is to have more drastic and stronger measures to prevent, combat and effectively stop the manifestations of moral and lifestyle degradation among cadres and party members; continue to rectify the Party, build the Party comprehensively in terms of politics, ideology, organization and ethics, in order to make our Party truly clean and strong.

Uncle Ho at the 3rd National Party Congress (September 5, 1960). Photo archive

We will forever keep in mind and strive to best carry out Uncle Ho's words in his Will more than 50 years ago:“Our Party is a ruling party. Every cadre and party member must be truly imbued with revolutionary ethics, truly diligent, frugal, honest, fair-minded and impartial. We must keep our Party truly clean, and must be worthy of being a leader and a truly loyal servant of the people.”

Today, in the cause of national construction and defense, industrialization, modernization and international integration, it is increasingly necessary to effectively apply the valuable lessons of the August Revolution and practical experience to successfully complete the socio-economic tasks set out. The cause of national renewal can only be completed when the Party is truly clean and strong, intelligent and courageous, with a scientific and practical leadership method.

When the strength of national solidarity is promoted, when the Party's will and the people's hearts are unified and blended together, the important task is to promote the study and following of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style according to Directive 05-CT/TW dated May 15, 2016 of the Politburo, in order to transform the work of education and build revolutionary qualities for cadres and party members. Each party member strives to be a role model in the organization and community where he or she lives and studies. A party member must truly be an exemplary person, saying what he or she does, putting the interests of the collective above personal interests.

Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (September 2), in the context that besides the basic favorable conditions, the country is facing great difficulties and challenges. That situation requires the entire Party, the entire people and the entire army to promote the spirit and will of the August Revolution, unite, firmly overcome all difficulties, proactively grasp and take advantage of opportunities to bring the country to continue to develop faster and more sustainably for the goal of a rich people, a strong country, democracy, fairness and civilization.

Parade to celebrate National Day. Photo: Archive