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(Celebration:
a bust of President Ho Chí Minh takes
centre stage at the celebration of his 110th
anniversary. VNA/VNS, Photo Minh Ñieàn)
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Hanoi.
The Party’s self criticism and criticism drive has shown some
initial results, but much remains to be done to make it live up to
expectations, General Secretary Leâ Khaû Phieâu said here on
Thursday.
He
called on all Party members to make the ongoing campaign a real
success, saying it would be a fitting commemoration of late
President Ho Chí Minh’s birthday.
Phieâu
was speaking at a grand public meeting celebrating the 110th
birthday of President Ho Chí Minh (May 19).
He
said persistent pursuit of the path of national independence and
socialism chosen by President Ho Chí Minh would make the Party
strong and the nation prosperous.
A review of one year of implementation of the self criticism and
criticism drive showed that initial progress has been made, with
some internal problems within party committees at various levels
being solved; many other outstanding issues being presented for
general discussion for final solutions; and many Party members
sincerely acknowledging their mistakes.
This sincerity has consolidated internal unity, brought the working
style closer to the grassroots, and misappropriation criticized and
checked.
The expose of some corruption cases that have led to public trials
has helped the Party regain the people’s confidence.
"They are hopeful that the current Party building and self
criticism and criticism drive will be persisted with more seriously
and effectively," the Party leader said.
However, he cautioned that much remained to be done to make the
drive live up to expectations.
A serious review would show that the Party-building and rejuvenation
drive has not produced very high results thus far, with many
long-standing problems among Party committees at different levels
remaining unsolved, Phieâu said.
He said some Party members, including those in high positions, have
not been sincere and far from serious about self criticism, and
arguments on the correctness of political convictions and views
remained vague.
Moreover, the process of reducing red tape remained "very
slow" and there was a lack of persistence in fighting
corruption.
The
General Secretary exhorted cadres to try harder to follow the
footsteps of Uncle Ho who had devoted his whole life to training and
nurturing the Party.
He said the immediate task was to promote production towards
overcoming poverty and backwardness, bringing prosperity, peace and
happiness to every Vietnamese citizen.
The people of Vietnam have to face difficulties and accept
challenges brought about by time to ensure the success of the doi
moi process initiated by the Party in 1986 and safeguard the
fatherland for stable development.
Vietnam
had shifted to a new era with its position and strengths very
different compared to the past.
It was among the poorer countries with the majority of people
working in the agricultural sector where productivity and
competitiveness remained low and the technology level lagging far
behind that of developed countries.
This meant that Vietnam was entering the modernisation process
far behind advanced countries that had already gone through two
industrial revolutions and going through a new one – the
information revolution.
The Party leader said mobilising the entire internal strength of the
nation was the only way for Vietnam to move faster towards its
goal of modernisation and industrialisation.
Late President Hoà Chí Minh had highlighted that the strength of
the entire nation was the driving force that mattered most, Phieâu
noted.
Ho
Chí Minh had since 1924 rallied and consolidated the strengths of
all national forces, saying nationalism was the great driving force
of the country.
The late President’s concept of "nationalism moving towards
communism" was his greatest contribution to Marxism-Leninism
and the world revolutionary movement, Phieâu said.
He
said Ho Chí Minh was a national hero and an international
culturalist who founded and nurtured the Communist Party of Vietnam
.
A
born strategist, Ho Chí Minh had realised that the national
liberation must follow the road of proletarian revolution and that
Vietnam ’s revolution was an inseparable part of the world
revolution.
A great organiser, the late President laid a firm foundation for the
building of the Party, the State, armed forces, and the United
National Front to rally together all national forces and receive
international support and assistance.
These
factors proved to be the fundamental elements that ensured the
success of Vietnam’s revolution.
Uncle
Ho paid special attention to training Party members to uphold ethics
and morals, understanding in the very early stages of the revolution
that it would be seriously affected by degeneration among party
members.
At every strategic turn of the revolution, he reminded Party members
of the need to rejuvenate the Party organisation to meet the demands
of the new tasks.
In his Testament, he had predicted signs of degeneration and
stressed the need for the Party-building and rejuvenation process to
be undertaken as soon as success was achieved in the resistance war
against the US, Phieâu noted.
He
regretted that the Party had not totally fulfilled President Ho Chí
Minh’s wish, with the result that individualism had emerged and
expanded to a "worrying" level.
He said the Communist Party of Vietnam at its Seventh National
Congress in 1991 had conducted a thorough review of HoàChí Minh
Thought and concluded that "Marxism-Leninism combined with Ho
Chí Minh Thought" should be the cornerstone of and lode star
for the Party’s activities.
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Socialist Republic of Vietnam
