In October 1999, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh writing the work "Mass Mobilization", the 8th Politburo agreed to take October 15, 1930 as the Party's traditional day of mass mobilization work and decided to choose October 15 every year as "Mass Mobilization Day of the whole country".
73 years ago, in 1949, our Party and People had just won power for 4 years, but because a group of cadres were bureaucratic, distant from the people, oppressed the people, and lacked democracy with the people, some places did not pay attention to mass mobilization work; therefore, Uncle Ho wrote the article "Mass Mobilization" under the pseudonym XYZ published in the newspaper Su That, issue 120, October 15, 1949. With a short title with the 2 words "MASS MOBILE", in the article, Uncle Ho wrote:"The issue of mass mobilization has been talked about a lot and discussed thoroughly, but because many localities and many officials do not fully understand and do not do it correctly, it needs to be mentioned again."
Here, Uncle Ho said "thoroughly understand" which means to understand the nature of the problem, both the content and the form, so that cadres who come to the people must understand the people's hearts, understand the people's aspirations and must understand the role, position and importance of mass mobilization work. With 573 words, the article is divided into 4 parts, (Introduction:Our country is a democracy.; part two:What is mass mobilization?; part three:Who is in charge of mass mobilization?; part four:How to mobilize people). Uncle Ho's article "Mass Mobilization" has shown in a comprehensive way, has raised quite fully the content of the concept of mass mobilization, the content of the process of mass mobilization work. Studying all four issues, we understand more deeply and fully Ho Chi Minh's thoughts on mass mobilization work. The issues Uncle Ho raised in the article are really complete, easy to understand, easy to remember, everyone can relate to their own responsibility for mass mobilization work, for the people.
In the article, Uncle Ho raised an issue that is almost always topical: "Who does mass mobilization work?". He wrote: "All government officials, all union officials and all members of people's organizations (Lien Viet, Viet Minh...) must be responsible for mass mobilization." That means the entire political system must do mass mobilization, as the Resolution of the 8th Central Committee, Session VI, later Decision No. 290-QD/TW of the Politburo specified in the Regulations. Analyzing, two issues stand out.
One: All party cadres, union members, and association members, without exception, in the political system must be responsible for (doing) mass mobilization. (At that time, the Party did not come out publicly, so party members were implicitly understood as mass organization cadres.) Two: Although Uncle Ho did not raise the issue of who was primarily responsible and who was secondary, it was not by accident or coincidence that Uncle Ho mentioned government cadres first. Because government cadres, one of the entities that did not pay attention to mass mobilization work in performing their socio-economic management functions, or were bureaucratic and corrupt, causing trouble for the people, or issued many policies and strategies that did not please the people, then even if the organizations tried their best to do mass mobilization according to their duties and methods, the mass mobilization of the entire political system would still not be effective.
Uncle Ho's criticism of cadres back then seems to be relevant to us today:“The big flaw in many places is that they look down on mass mobilization. They appoint a committee or a few people, often appointing incompetent cadres and then abandon them. If they succeed in mobilizing, that’s good, if they don’t, that’s fine too. Other cadres do not look after or help, and consider themselves not responsible for mass mobilization. That is a very big and harmful mistake.”He said:“Government officials and local union officials must discuss carefully and divide the work clearly…”. “First of all, we must find every way to explain to each citizen clearly: That work is in their interest and their duty, they must enthusiastically do it.
The second point is that in any matter, we must discuss with the people, ask for their opinions and experiences, and together with the people, make a plan that is practical for the local situation, then mobilize and organize the entire population to implement it. During the implementation, we must monitor, help, urge and encourage the people. When the implementation is completed, we must review the work with the people, draw lessons from experience, criticize and reward them.
73 years have passed, but Uncle Ho's "Mass Mobilization" is still new, still exists and will forever remain valuable to us in the revolutionary cause of building and protecting the country today.
Applying President Ho Chi Minh's ideology of "Skilled Mass Mobilization" in his homeland with a land rich in patriotic and revolutionary traditions, in recent years, mass mobilization work and the emulation movement of "Skilled Mass Mobilization" in Nghe An have achieved results in all aspects. The economy continues to grow well; the material and spiritual life of the people has improved. Culture and society have many positive changes; education, training and health care for the people have made much progress. National defense has been strengthened, political security and social order and safety have been ensured...
The emulation movement "Skilled Mass Mobilization" in the province has increasingly gone into depth, becoming a regular activity of all levels and sectors. 21/21 districts, cities, towns, 7/7 affiliated party committees and 57/57 departments, branches, sectors and organizations have all established Steering Committees for the "Skilled Mass Mobilization" movement. From 345 "Skilled Mass Mobilization" models in 2009 (the year the Central Mass Mobilization Committee started to launch the emulation movement "Skilled Mass Mobilization"), up to now the whole province has built 8,881 models (of which the economic sector has 3,002 models; culture - society has 3,178 models; security and defense has 1,088 models; political system building has 1,613 models).
The most prominent is the "Skilled Mass Mobilization" movement in new rural construction; The whole province has mobilized people to donate over 7.2 million square meters of land, contributed millions of working days and over 5,500 billion VND to build new rural areas, bringing the number of communes reaching the finish line in building new rural areas to 300/411 communes recognized as meeting new rural standards (including 04 communes in poor district 30a, 02 border communes and 30 communes with a large number of ethnic minorities) and 07 district-level units meeting new rural standards (those are Thai Hoa town, Vinh city, Nam Dan district, Yen Thanh district, Nghi Loc district, Quynh Luu district, Hoang Mai town). Thanks to good propaganda and mobilization work, the site clearance work, especially for a number of important projects, has been actively responded to and agreed by the people. Typical examples are the site clearance of VSIP Nghe An project phase 1 with an area of 750 hectares, WHA Hemaraj project, Hoa Sen corrugated iron project, Vingroup, The Visai, Masan, FLC, Muong Thanh,… have received the consent of the people. Through “Skilled Mass Mobilization”, thousands of households resettled in Ban Ve Hydropower Plant, Hua Na, Ban Mong Reservoir have been mobilized to new residences to construct the project on schedule, receiving high approval from the people.
In the economic field, through the emulation movement "Skilled Mass Mobilization", 1,200 hectares of passion fruit (Que Phong and Tuong Duong districts) have been built with an income value of 600 million VND/ha/year; the V2 orange model (in Quy Hop district) with an area of over 500 hectares, with an economic value of 1.5 billion VND/ha; the melon model (in Nghi Loc district) has an income of hundreds of millions of VND/ha; Dien Chau district and Hoang Mai town have many farmers investing tens of billions of VND in aquaculture. A number of areas for raw material production and large-scale concentrated livestock farming have been formed, associated with the development of processing industry and product consumption (TH Milk Company). Land potential has been reasonably exploited, the structure of crops and livestock has been transformed, and economic efficiency has been improved. Trade and services have been expanded and developed to better meet the needs of life and production... gradually improving the material and spiritual life of the people.
In the cultural and social fields, the "Skilled Mass Mobilization" models have contributed to preserving and promoting the cultural identity of ethnic groups, Nghe Tinh Vi Giam folk songs; the model of cultural villages, cultural clans, and clans that encourage learning has been recognized by the people and the whole society. The number of students with high scores in university entrance exams, and excellent students at national and international levels have been among the top in the country for many years. The rate of cultural families is 85%. The rate of poor households is 2.74%.
In the field of national defense and security, models such as: "Peaceful gong", "Self-management safety team", hamlets (blocks) without drugs, social evils, traffic accidents directed and built by districts, cities and towns; "Peaceful border" model of the Border Guard; "Working team to help people build political bases", "Connecting love between religion and belief", "Saving oneself for the poor" model of the Provincial Military Command; "Saturday for the people" of Nghe An Police... have contributed to ensuring political security and social order and safety in the area.
In the field of building the political system, the "Skilled Mass Mobilization" models have focused on strengthening party organizations and mass organizations in hamlets and villages, especially in areas with religious followers and ethnic minorities, improving the quality of life and activities of the Fatherland Front and mass organizations, thereby contributing to strengthening the flesh-and-blood relationship between the Party and the People.
The Provincial Party Standing Committee issued Directive No. 05-CT/TU, dated May 23, 2021, on improving the effectiveness of the emulation movement "Skilled Mass Mobilization". Every year, the inspection of model building and typical examples of "Skilled Mass Mobilization" is included in the inspection program of the Party Committee. Through the implementation of the emulation movement "Skilled Mass Mobilization", people trust cadres and love the Party more. The above models are truly convincing and have the power to spread for organizations and individuals to learn and follow; they have mobilized the entire political system to participate, gather, mobilize and promote the strength and intelligence of the people in performing local tasks.
From applying President Ho Chi Minh's ideology on mass mobilization work through the article "Mass mobilization" of Uncle Ho in building the emulation movement "Skilled mass mobilization" in Nghe An, we have drawn the following experiences:
The first, must deeply imbue Uncle Ho's teaching "If mass mobilization is poor, everything will be poor. If mass mobilization is skillful, everything will be successful", cadres must be exemplary, words must go hand in hand with actions, always for the benefit of the people; always take the lead in movements, including the emulation movement "Skilled mass mobilization". Must find every way to explain to each citizen clearly: That work is in their interest and their duty, they must enthusiastically do it.
Monday,The emulation movement “Skilled mass mobilization” must stand on the viewpoint and interests of the people, which is an important factor to promote the internal strength of the people and create the sustainable vitality of the movement. The mass mobilization method must be good, with regular contact and dialogue with the people to resolve arising, urgent, and prominent issues from the grassroots.
Tuesday,Focus on propaganda work, replicate the model, typical example of "Skilled Mass Mobilization"; the whole political system gets involved, has creative ways of doing things, suitable to the conditions in each locality and unit. Do a good job of emulation and reward in the "Skilled Mass Mobilization" emulation movement.
In the coming time, the Party committees, authorities and sectors in Nghe An province will continue to deeply imbue President Ho Chi Minh's ideology on mass mobilization through the article "Mass mobilization". Pay attention to leadership and direction, regularly innovate content and form, promote the emulation movement "Skilled mass mobilization" in all areas of social life, with the motto "Close to the people, respect the people, listen to the thoughts and aspirations of the people"; contribute to building Nghe An into a prosperous province as President Ho Chi Minh always wished during his lifetime./.