Maintain and strengthen solidarity and unity within the Party

1. The Marxist-Leninist viewpoint, Ho Chi Minh's thought on the role of the masses in history and the strength of the great national unity bloc. The classics of Marxism have affirmed that revolution is the cause of the masses, it is the masses who make history. In his work Contribution to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Law (1843), Marx wrote: "It is not the state regime that creates the people, but the people that create the state regime" (1). Developing the thoughts of C. Marx and F. Engels in the new conditions, V. Lenin affirmed: "Without the sympathy and support of the vast majority of the working people for their vanguard, that is, for the proletariat, the proletarian revolution cannot be realized..." (2).

Furthermore, Lenin also affirmed the principled issue of the leadership role and the relationship between the Party and the masses: “In principle, the Communist Party must play a leading role, that is beyond doubt” (3), “We need parties that have regular practical contact with the masses and know how to lead those masses” (4), “one of the greatest and most frightening dangers is to cut off contact with the masses” (5). The birth of the Communist Party was to meet the urgent needs of the objective struggle of the working class, the decisive factor in carrying out the historical mission of the working class, therefore, according to Lenin, the Communist Party must “Live in the hearts of the masses/Know the mood of the masses/Know everything/Understand the masses/Get to know the masses/Win the absolute trust of the masses” (6).

The spirit of solidarity and unity within the Party not only determines the survival of the Party, but is also the center and driving force of the great national solidarity bloc. President Ho Chi Minh emphasized: “Solidarity is our strength. With close solidarity, we can certainly overcome all difficulties, develop all advantages and fulfill the tasks assigned to us by the people” (10). “If the entire Party and the entire people are united, any difficulty can certainly be overcome” (11).

Before leaving, Uncle Ho advised: “Solidarity is an extremely precious tradition of the Party and our people. Comrades from the Central Committee to the Party cells must preserve the unity and unanimity of the Party as if preserving the pupil of their eye” (12), “In the Party, practicing democracy extensively, regularly and seriously, self-criticism and criticism is the best way to consolidate and develop the unity and solidarity of the Party. There must be comradely love for each other” (13). Unity and solidarity in the Party is not “one-sided unity”, “showing off but not in the heart”,... but unity and solidarity in the Party must be a long-term strategy, a red thread running through the entire revolutionary line of Vietnam, unity must be on the foundation of Marxism-Leninism, reasonable, emotional, with pure revolutionary sentiment, love for comrades and compatriots.

Muong Khuong Border Guard guides people in economic development. (Photo: muongkhuong.laocai.gov.vn)

2. Imbued with the theory of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh's thought, since its establishment, our Party has always built and implemented policies to arouse and promote the strength of patriotism, the will to self-reliance, the strength of great national unity to lead our people to victory in the cause of national liberation, building and defending the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland. Our Party affirmed: "Thanks to the banner of national independence and socialism, in accordance with the people's will, the Party has developed an organization throughout the country, soon built a foundation of forces from workers, farmers and intellectuals, united all classes of people in the National United Front, formed mass organizations and political forces, built armed forces, protected and sheltered by the people, defeated any enemy" (14); “From the Hung Kings to the Ho Chi Minh era, the most precious characteristic of our great national unity is that it spreads throughout the country and converges on one source, is based on one foundation, and revolves around one axis. As long as we are Vietnamese, we all love our country and are all descendants of Lac Hong” (15).

Since its founding as well as in different periods of the revolution up to now, solidarity and unity have been a matter of survival for the revolution, the basis for class unity, the condition for national unity and leading the revolution to victory, and a fundamental principle with a leading position in the organization and operation of the Party. At the same time, the Party considers division within the Party to be the greatest crime against the Party. Therefore, cadres and Party members must be the pioneers in implementing the principle of solidarity and unity.

3. Today, the world and regional situation is very complicated, having a profound impact on the country's development. The document of the 13th National Congress of the Party affirmed: "The world is undergoing great changes, with rapid, complex and unpredictable developments. Peace, cooperation and development are still the major trends, but are facing many obstacles and difficulties; strategic competition between major countries and local conflicts continue to take place in many forms, more complex and fierce, increasing risks to the international economic, political and security environment. Globalization and international integration continue to progress but are being challenged by competition for influence between major countries and the rise of extreme nationalism. International law and global multilateral institutions are facing major challenges" (16).

The cause of industrialization, modernization, construction and protection of the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland is facing quite severe and complicated difficulties, the most prominent of which is the negative impact of the market mechanism, causing incorrect perceptions, thoughts and motives among cadres and party members, giving rise to and developing "interest groups", individualism..., if not promptly rectified, will cause consequences for solidarity and unity within the Party.

4. To overcome the above situation, it is necessary to make cadres and party members, first of all the secretaries of party committees and key cadres of agencies, units and localities understand correctly and deeply the issue of solidarity on the basis of the Party's political line and class love. Maintain well the activities to ensure solidarity and unity in each party organization, in which attention must be paid to improving the leadership capacity and fighting strength of party committees and party cells; promote the party spirit of cadres and party members; improve the quality of party activities; regularly implement the principles of self-criticism and criticism; resolutely fight to prevent, promptly detect and strictly handle manifestations of disunity, rightism and solidarity in the same direction.

Each party organization must strive in leadership, direction and implementation to always pay attention to the issue of solidarity, gathering and promoting the strength of all classes, all strata of people, all social components in the cause of building and defending the socialist Fatherland, aiming at: "Arousing the aspiration to develop a prosperous and happy country" (17), arousing the spirit of patriotism and national pride of all citizens; eliminating inferiority complex, prejudice, and discrimination about the past and class components; building a spirit of openness, mutual trust, and looking towards the future for the benefit of the nation; creating a great resource of great national solidarity, ensuring the sustainable victory of the cause of building and defending the Fatherland.

That goal is also the destination, the convergence point of the strength of the great national unity bloc. The unity between the Party's revolutionary goal and the goal of the great national unity bloc shows that the Party always understands the legitimate thoughts and aspirations of the people, and at the same time always believes in the revolutionary will of the people, in the strength of the people, in the harmony between the Party's will and the people's hearts.

5. In the current revolutionary period, each Party committee and organization in agencies, units and localities needs to have specialized leadership content and measures to effectively implement the Party and State's policies on great national unity, especially policies for each class, each component and specific social object, including those in the country and the Vietnamese community abroad; on the basis of the political tasks of the locality and unit to build and develop the worker-farmer-intellectual alliance as a basis for gathering all forces and all classes in the area, creating a combined strength to successfully implement specific revolutionary goals in each specific period, but also need to resolutely fight to overcome both narrow-minded prejudices and manifestations of leniency and lack of principles in gathering forces, leading to loopholes for bad guys to exploit and sabotage the organization.

6. Taking care of building a contingent of cadres and civil servants is still the key step to meet the requirements of the task of promoting the strength of great national unity in each locality and unit. It is necessary to ensure that all cadres and civil servants promote their political qualities, ethics, lifestyle, methods, and working style in accordance with the requirements of the task, always be steadfast in the face of all difficulties and challenges, and not be tempted by material things, money, and fame; prevent, avoid, and effectively fight against all manifestations of individualism, bureaucracy, opportunism, localism, factionalism, and internal disunity; raise awareness of lifelong cultivation and training of revolutionary ethics; voluntarily cultivate, train, and self-adjust their behavior in daily work; regularly "self-examine" and "self-correct" and uphold the honor and self-respect of cadres and civil servants; must "respect the people, be close to the people, understand the people, learn from the people and be responsible to the people". To do so, we must regularly dialogue, listen, absorb, and focus on resolving the difficulties, obstacles, concerns, and legitimate aspirations of the people; have a sincere attitude, respect the people; be highly responsible and bring practical results in guiding and helping the people to build and organize their lives, and resolve difficulties; not be prejudiced or discriminatory when contacting and working with the people.

Each cadre, depending on his/her position and responsibility, must regularly closely follow and grasp the situation of the unit and locality, promptly detect and report to the Party organization and government organization any arising issues and actively participate in resolving them; have a specific plan to use forces and resources contributed by the people in the most practical and effective way according to the motto: "people know, people discuss, people do, people inspect, people supervise, people benefit" (18). This shows that our Party always focuses on putting the interests of the people at the center of its decisions and policies with the ultimate goal of the people enjoying the results.

General Secretary To Lam presents Party badges to veteran revolutionaries and former senior leaders of the Party and State on August 18, 2025. (Photo: Thong Nhat)

7. Currently, hostile forces are stepping up the implementation of “peaceful evolution”, taking advantage of difficulties and shortcomings to smear and slander our Party, State and regime; using many plots and tricks to bribe, incite and divide cadres and Party members, causing “self-evolution” and “self-transformation” within the Party; dividing the great national solidarity bloc and the solidarity and unity within the Party, in order to reduce the Party’s prestige. They fabricate that our Party and State implement a policy of “dictatorial rule”, “religious repression”, “ethnic repression”… They put forward the slogan of demanding “religious freedom”, demanding “autonomy for each ethnic group”; inciting the establishment of the so-called “autonomous Mong Kingdom” in the Northwest region; an “independent Dega state” in the Central Highlands, with “Dega Protestantism” as the national religion; establishing the “Khmer Kampuchea Krom State” in the Khmer ethnic minority region of Southern Vietnam… In fact, this is a sinister trick, taking advantage of the issue of “ethnicity and religion” to incite and divide ethnicities and religions, aiming to destroy the great national unity bloc.

Party committees, authorities, the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations at all levels need to continue to thoroughly grasp and implement Resolution No. 23-NQ/TW dated March 12, 2003, the 7th Conference of the Party Central Committee (9th tenure) on promoting the strength of great national unity for a rich people, a strong country, a fair, democratic and civilized society, the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, effectively implement socio-economic development policies in ethnic minority, mountainous and religious areas, and at the same time promote the role of prestigious people among ethnic minorities, dignitaries and officials in religions in implementing ethnic and religious policies.

Our Party clearly states: “Beliefs and religions are the spiritual needs of a part of the people, which are and will exist with the nation in the process of building socialism in our country. Religious people are part of the great national unity bloc” (19); pay attention to and take care of each household, especially in remote, isolated and extremely disadvantaged areas, mobilize and help people eliminate hunger, reduce poverty, and build a prosperous and happy life. In addition, care for and promote the role of outstanding individuals, intellectuals, ethnic minorities, religious dignitaries and the Vietnamese community abroad. In particular, it is necessary to quickly realize the Party’s policies on great national unity; promote the tradition of solidarity, humanity and tolerance of the nation, join hands to build a highly consensual society in the spirit of openness, generosity and mutual trust for the stability and comprehensive and sustainable development of the country.

In short, maintaining and strengthening the unity within the Party as the core to promote the strength of great national unity in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland has become one of the valuable lessons, a strategic issue, and has a decisive significance for the success of the revolution. This lesson is still valuable today and needs to continue to be strongly promoted to arouse the great strength of the entire nation, successfully carry out the renovation process, for the goal: Rich people, strong country, democracy, fairness, civilization; building a strong and prosperous country.

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(1) C.Marx and F.Engels (1995), Complete Works, National Political Publishing House, Hanoi, Vol. 1, pp. 350, 123.

(2) VILenin (1979), Complete Works, Progress Publishing House, Moscow, Vol. 39, p. 251.

(3), (4) VILenin (1979), Complete Works, Progress Publishing House, Moscow, Vol. 41, pp. 479, 285 - 286.

(5), (6), VILenin (1979), Complete Works, Progress Publishing House, Moscow, Vol. 44, pp. 426, 608.

(7) Ho Chi Minh (2011), Complete Works, National Political Publishing House Truth, Hanoi, Vol. 10, p. 453.

(8), (9), (10) Ho Chi Minh (2011), Complete Works, National Political Publishing House Truth, Hanoi, Vol. 9, pp. 244, 638, 145.

(11) Ho Chi Minh (2011), Complete Works, National Political Publishing House Truth, Hanoi, Vol. 13, p. 376.

(12), (13) Ho Chi Minh (2011), Complete Works, National Political Publishing House Truth, Hanoi, Vol. 15, pp. 622, 675.

(14), (15) Communist Party of Vietnam (2000), Complete Party Documents, National Political Publishing House, Hanoi, Vol. 59, pp. 279 - 280, p. 292.

(16), (17), (18) Communist Party of Vietnam (2021), Documents of the 13th National Congress of Delegates, National Political Publishing House Truth, TI, pp.105 - 106, 111, p173.

(19) Communist Party of Vietnam (2003), Documents of the 7th Central Executive Committee Conference, 9th term, National Political Publishing House, Hanoi, p. 48.

According to Dr. Phan Sy Thanh - Academy of Journalism and Communication/ Journal of Political Theory and Communication

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