Building Nghe An people's character to adapt and suit new conditions

Thanh Chung - Thanh Cuong• September 15, 2020 14:03

(Baonghean.vn) - The workshop recognized the valuable qualities and limitations in the character of Nghe people, proposed synchronous and fundamental solutions to build Nghe people to be more and more adaptable and suitable to new socio-economic conditions in the direction of "filtering the muddy to bring out the clear".

Panorama of the scientific workshop “Nghe An people’s personality and the transformation of outstanding personality traits in current conditions”. Photo: Thanh Cuong

On the morning of September 15, the Provincial People's Committee organized a scientific workshop "Nghe An people's personality and the change of outstanding personality traits in current conditions".

Attending the workshop were Mr. Truong Dinh Tuyen - former Minister of Trade, former Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Socio-Economic Advisory Group for the People's Committee of Nghe An province; Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Dinh Thien - former Director of the Vietnam Economic Institute, member of the Socio-Economic Advisory Group of Nghe An province; Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Hoai Le - Director of the Institute for Human Research.

On the side of Nghe An province, there were comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; representatives of leaders of departments, branches, localities and scientific and technical associations in the province.

Attending and discussing at the workshop were representatives of central research institutes, universities, experts and scientists from inside and outside the province.

Comrade Tran Quoc Thanh - Director of Nghe An Department of Science and Technology delivered the opening speech at the workshop. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Many talents, many faults

Nghe AnNghe An has always been identified as a unique cultural sub-region of Vietnam. Among them, Nghe An people stand out with their outstanding and unique qualities and personalities. The outstanding values, personalities, and qualities of Nghe An people can be mentioned as: diligence, bravery, frankness, determination, critical thinking...

At the conference, scientists and researchers made statements focusing on re-identifying the outstanding personality traits of Nghe people; evaluating the value of those personality traits in current conditions.

Comrade Truong Dinh Tuyen - former Minister of Trade, former Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Socio-Economic Advisory Group for the People's Committee of Nghe An province talked about the outstanding values and characteristics of Nghe people. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Mr. Truong Dinh Tuyen - former Minister of Trade, former Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Economic - Social Advisory Group for the People's Committee of Nghe An province, speaking at the workshop, said: The character of Nghe people is the crystallization of two basic factors: harsh natural conditions and the border area of the Fatherland. These two factors shape the character of Nghe people. They are straightforwardness, integrity, resilience, indomitability and the spirit of hard work and suffering, along with the attachment to the homeland.

Besides the good qualities, in the Nghe people's personality there are also certain weaknesses, which are conservatism, jealousy, "hate the rich, despise the hungry, not use intelligence", extremism, rigidity, clumsiness, lack of flexibility in communication, easily agitated, forming cliques, "clinging to each other's shirts", "small-farmer" thinking...

Many points have not adapted to the new context

Scientists and researchers have also pointed out changes in the personality of Nghe An people and the factors that affect those personalities, on that basis pointing out positive and negative changes. Specifically: Nghe An people have a stronger sense of internal and external connection, and have become less conservative and withdrawn. Nghe An people still maintain the spirit of hard work but no longer suffer; critical thinking is still strong but "sickness" and "stubbornness" have decreased; Nghe An people have become more flexible and emphasize adaptability and creativity.

Despite many positive changes, there are still “sad” things in Nghe’s personality, not adapting to the conditions of the market economy and increasingly deep international integration. For example, there was a period when domestic enterprises refused to hire Nghe people, and even when exporting labor, some foreign companies in Japan were not interested in Nghe workers.

Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Dinh Thien - former Director of the Vietnam Economic Institute, member of the Nghe An Province Socio-Economic Advisory Group analyzed the limitations of Nghe An people's character in the new context. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Besides, at present, Nghe An's character is still "holding back" the development of the locality. Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Dinh Thien - former Director of the Vietnam Economic Institute, member of the Nghe An Province Socio-Economic Advisory Group said: Nghe An's character is unique, Nghe An people develop when they go abroad... but Nghe An is still a poor province. This is a contradiction.

Obviously, the perspectives, the thinking, and even the mechanisms are binding us. Nghe An people are still conservative and lack creativity. Nghe An people must open up creative space and escape the teacher mindset. For the locality to develop, Nghe An needs to pose difficult and challenging problems and create conditions for talented people to develop.

To help Nghe people adapt more and more to new socio-economic conditions.

From analyzing, evaluating, and pointing out the advantages and disadvantages of Nghe people's personality in the process of transformation, experts, scientists and delegates have proposed synchronous and fundamental solutions to promote strengths, overcome and limit weaknesses in Nghe people's personality, not only to preserve the good values of Nghe people, but also to make Nghe people increasingly adaptable and more suitable to new socio-economic conditions.

What Nghe people need to do is to be strict with themselves, change their way of working to a more fraternal way... And no one can help Nghe people better than Nghe people themselves. First is each individual, then the family and the community. Nghe resources are people.

Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Chu - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dong A University proposed 3 strategic directions for using Nghe An's talents. Photo: Thanh Cuong

Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Chu - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dong A University proposed: It is necessary to consider the character of Nghe An people as the key to unlocking Nghe An people's talents to develop the locality. Three strategic directions for using Nghe An talents are to concentrate Nghe An talents on science and technology to create groundbreaking inventions of world-class significance; concentrate Nghe An talents on administration; attach equal importance to getting rich with studying and administration, concentrate Nghe An talents on getting rich.

Filtering the turbid, bringing out the clear, building a new person

Concluding the workshop, comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's CommitteeNghe AnOn behalf of the conference chair, he received the opinions, statements and discussions of scientists and researchers. Comrade Bui Dinh Long said: A thorough study of the character of Nghe people in the new context has practical significance as a basis for planning and implementing economic and social development programs of the land. From recognizing the valuable qualities and limitations in character, we will build Nghe people in the direction of "filtering the muddy to bring out the clear".

Comrade Bui Dinh Long - Vice Chairman of Nghe An Provincial People's Committee chaired the workshop on behalf of the conference and received opinions, statements and discussions from scientists and researchers. Photo: Thanh Cuong

The solutions to promote the values of Nghe people's character, contributing to the development of the economy - society and people in the new era are: Strengthening communication about Nghe people's character and qualities, especially pointing out bad habits, bad habits, inappropriate characters, hindering integration and development; including Nghe people's character, qualities and characters in the local education program at all levels in an appropriate manner. The purpose is for students to soon recognize the good and bad of Nghe people's character, to adjust and improve themselves.

Nghe An needs to find every way to expand economic, cultural and social exchanges between the province and the whole country and the world; bring Nghe An to the whole country and the world, bring the world and the whole country to Nghe An. External exchanges are the most important factor forcing Nghe people to change in a positive direction.

In addition, Nghe An needs to preserve and promote the valuable qualities in the Nghe people's personality in new conditions; build a model of Nghe people's personality, with appropriate desired criteria, and develop Nghe people to meet the requirements of the new era.

After this conference, Nghe An province will continue to collect opinions and comments from scholars and experts outside Nghe An but have a deep understanding of the people and culture of Nghe An, to build a new strategy for developing Nghe people, both preserving the old quintessence and having modern qualities./.