STRENGTHENING THE MISSION OF INTERNAL POLITICAL PROTECTION IN VIETNAM ACCORDING TO THE 13TH COMMUNIST PARTY RESOLUTION IN THE NEW CONTEXT
Abstract: Protecting internal politics is an important part of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) building, which is deeply reflected in the documents of the CPV Congress from time to time and is always supplemented and developed in response to the new context. Internal politics must be protected in order to build a strong CPV and instill confidence in the Vietnamese people. The 13th National Congress of CPV took place in the context of the world and regional situation with many complicated challenges. The country is facing many difficulties and challenges are intertwined, requiring the CPV’s wise leadership in the new situation. This context requires, more than ever, that internal political protection work needs to have synchronous solutions to further improve the quality of internal political protection work.
Keywords: 13th National Congress, Internal politics, Resolutions, Vietnam
Introduction
Internal political protection is an important political mission in order to prevent, detect, and deal with incidents, phenomena, that infringe, or threaten the ideological foundation, purposes, ideals, prestige, political position of the CPV, principles of organization and operation, unity, and purity within the CPV and the whole political system. In the context that the world is facing many new challenges, which require the CPV’s consistent leadership. Over the years of construction and development of the CPV, the protection of internal politics has always been focused and has been strictly implemented by all levels of party committees in the political system in accordance with regulations, making an important contribution to the success of CPV building and rectification. In the new context, this mission becomes more urgent than ever, affirming that this is an important task affecting the survival of the CPV and the regime. Therefore, it is necessary to make specific assessments and propose more practical solutions for the protection of internal politics in accordance with the new situation as described by the 13th National Congress of CPV.
1. Domestic and international context affect internal political protection
The 13th National Congress of CPV took place in the context of the world and regional economies evolving rapidly, complicatedly, and difficult to predict. Vietnam faces many advantages and opportunities intertwined with many difficulties, challenges, and many new problems to be solved. The major countries adjusted their strategies to cooperate and also compete, restrain each other and fiercely gain positions and interests. Ethnic and religious conflicts, international terrorism, trade wars, cyber security, activities of intervention, subversion, disputes over sovereignty, territory, resources, etc. take place in new forms more harshly.
The COVID-19 pandemic has been causing the world economy to fall into a crisis, a serious and possibly prolonged recession. Countries, particularly large ones, had to rethink their development strategies, reduce their reliance on the outside world, and change supply chains. Economic competition, trade wars, competition for the market, resources, technology, high-quality human resources, and attracting foreign investment among countries are becoming increasingly fierce, strongly affecting the production chain and global distribution.
Regarding the domestic situation, the 13th National Congress of CPV was held in the context of having successfully accomplished many goals and tasks outlined in the Resolution of the 12th National Congress of CPV; Vietnam has experienced 35 years of implementing the renovation policy, 10 years of implementing the Platform for National Construction in the transitional period to socialism (supplemented and developed in 2011) and the economic development strategy—10 years 2011-2020, and has achieved great achievements with deep historical significance. The scale and level of economic and social development in Vietnam have been comprehensively improved. Our country has never had the opportunity, potential, position, and international prestige like today [2]. This is an important driving force and resource for Vietnam to overcome difficulties and challenges and develop quickly and sustainably in the coming years.
Besides the advantages, Vietnam also faces many difficulties and challenges related to internal politics, which is the resistance of hostile and reactionary forces from outside, with increasingly sophisticated tricks. They thoroughly took advantage of Vietnam’s loopholes to carry out the “peaceful evolution” plot and strategy to oppose the socialist regime in Vietnam on all fronts: inciting, manipulating, and providing material, financial, and spiritual support to groups, political opportunistic, extremist, and reactionary groups in and out [3].
The CPV’s internal political protection mission is to protect the CPV’s viewpoints, thoughts, policies, and legal system; ensure the political purity of the Communist Party, government, and mass organizations within the political system. However, this is also a very complicated and sensitive mission because it directly relates to people and greatly affects the political interests of each member of the political system. The new context of the international and domestic situations described above has set new requirements for the protection of internal politics to protect the solidity of the CPV and the regime.
2. Importance of internal political protection in the new context
Protecting internal politics is an important task related to the survival of the CPV and the regime, and it is also one of the important contents of the CPV building and rectification work, ensuring that the CPV is always strong and effective. Therefore, the CPV’s internal politics protection needs to be properly identified as very important and necessary.
First of all, it must be affirmed that the work of protecting internal politics is not an easy job, but is the process of strictly implementing the principles of CPV building and correcting according to the principles of CPV’s regulations based on Marxism, Leninism, and Ho Chi Minh’s Thought. The history of the Communist Party of Vietnam shows that the protection of internal politics is associated with the foundation and development of the CPV [2]. The CPV will proceed to protect internal politics.
However, stemming from the rapid, complicated, and unpredictable changes in the international, regional, and domestic situation; from the increase in hostile forces’ activities against the Communist Party of Vietnam, the CPV’s ideological foundation, the path to socialism in Vietnam, and the implementation of social democracy communism in Vietnam… in the period of Doi Moi and extensive international integration, the protection of internal politics has been promoted. The protection of internal politics over the term of the Party Congress has been supplemented, revised, and perfected to match the requirements of reality.
The Resolution of the 13th National Congress of CPV sets out the country’s development orientation for the period of 2021–2030: Continuing to build and reorganize the CPV comprehensively; renewing leadership methods; improving the CPV’s leadership capacity; building a strong, lean political system that operates effectively and efficiently; doing well in ideological and theoretical work; focusing on protecting the CPV, protecting internal politics; strengthening inspection, supervision, discipline, fighting against corruption, and mass mobilization work of the CPV [1].
It can be seen that the protection of internal politics has not only added new, more specific and stricter contents, but also shifted the focus from considering historical issues to grasping and solving the main issues associated with the prevention and control of deterioration in political ideology and morality.
3. Solutions to improve the role of internal political protection in the new context according to the 13th National Congress of CPV
Firstly, strengthen political education, improve the fighting detemination of each party member, and raise awareness of the roles and tasks of internal political protection work for party committees and organizations at all levels. Thoroughly grasp and strictly implement the contents of internal political protection work in the 13th National Congress of CPV; cultivate revolutionary moral qualities; resist individualism, opportunism, and pragmatism; continue to promote learning and follow Ho Chi Minh’s thought.
Secondly, understand the internal political situation and issues related to the protection of internal politics; proactively coordinate with relevant agencies to grasp the situation and deal with newly arising cases and matters; grasp developments in political ideology of party members, especially in agencies, organizations, and localities where petitions, letters of denunciation, and lawsuits are prolonged, causing internal disunity. The settlement process must be based on objective, reliable, and scientific documents and evidence, not subjective inferences leading to widespread and unprincipled review. The settlement results must create a high consensus within the CPV and society. It is necessary to promptly and accurately settle complaints and denunciations related to the political standards of cadres and party members.
Third, promote coordination activities with functional agencies. In order to effectively perform the task of protecting internal politics, functional agencies need to coordinate with each other to ensure the practicality, efficiency, and timely response required by the management of CPV’s members.
Fourth, internal political protection agencies at all levels must be organized in a streamlined manner in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of internal political protection activities. Clearly define the functions and duties of the internal political protection agency in the direction of increasing authority, responsibility, and authority in monitoring and managing officials, ensuring regular and direct leadership and comprehensive approach of the CPV’s committee in this work.
Protecting internal politics is an important and vital task for the survival of the CPV and the regime. The content of the 13th National Congress of CPV sets new requirements and tasks for the protection of internal politics, requiring all levels of committees, authorities, and organizations to synchronously implement many solutions to improve the quality of internal political protection.
REFERENCES
1. Communist Party of Vietnam: Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
2. Communist Party of Vietnam: Document of the 13th National Congress of Deputies, Publishing House of National politics – Truth, H, 2021
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Le Lan Anh
Vass_Institute of Americas Studies
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