General Secretary To Lam congratulated and commended the collectives, individuals, and typical models honored in the program and those who are striving every day and every hour to practice Uncle Ho's teachings.
On the evening of November 15, at the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Cultural Palace, Hanoi, the Central Propaganda Department chaired and coordinated with Vietnam Television to organize the program "Ho Chi Minh - Journey of Aspiration 2024" to honor typical examples nationwide in studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality, and style.
General Secretary To Lam attended and spoke at the program.
Also attending were Politburo members: Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Party Central Committee's Propaganda and Education Commission Nguyen Trong Nghia; General Luong Tam Quang, Minister of Public Security; Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Party Central Committee's External Relations Commission Le Hoai Trung, a number of Party Central Committee members, alternate members of the Party Central Committee; leaders of central departments, ministries and branches and typical examples in studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle.
This is the 6th year the "Ho Chi Minh - Journey of Aspiration" program has been organized. The difference of the 2024 program compared to previous years' programs is that this is a proud and emotional journey with programs "exchange of typical examples in studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style" in 3 regions: the North organized in Thai Nguyen with the theme "Strong determination", the Central - Central Highlands in Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa) with the theme "Creative sails", the South in Ho Chi Minh City with the theme "Pioneer aspiration" to reach the National typical honor program with the theme "Innovation and development".
The program takes place in the context that the entire Party, the entire army, and the entire people are striving to compete in studying, working, and creating to welcome Party Congresses at all levels, towards the 14th National Party Congress - a particularly important political event, and an occasion to summarize and evaluate 40 years of the Doi Moi process, which has created great and comprehensive achievements, helping Vietnam accumulate position and strength for breakthrough development in the next period.
Speaking at the program, General Secretary To Lam emphasized that over the past 95 years, Ho Chi Minh's ideology, together with Marxism-Leninism, has become the guiding torch, leading the Vietnamese revolution under the leadership of the Party to overcome all difficulties, gain one victory after another, and create many miracles.
That was the victory of the August Revolution, giving birth to the Democratic Republic of Vietnam - the first people-led state in the history of the nation; the victory of the resistance war against French colonialism, culminating in the Dien Bien Phu victory "resounding throughout the five continents, shaking the earth", completely liberating the North; the victory of the resistance war against the US to save the country, unifying the country, North and South as one; the victory of the renovation process after 40 years of implementation, bringing our country and our people "on par with the great powers of the five continents", building a socialist society under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, bringing prosperity and happiness to the people.
The General Secretary was moved to share that there are many profound stories, typical examples of the movement to learn and follow Uncle Ho with specific, simple but noble actions. Many models are creative, effective, rich in humanity, attractive and inspiring to the community.
Although they have different ages, careers, and positions, and are in different circumstances and fields, the advanced models are all shining examples of steadfastness, pioneering spirit, daring to think, daring to do, daring to take responsibility, daring to innovate, being creative, daring to face difficulties and challenges, and daring to act for the common good, dedicating themselves to working, studying, and building the country.
These are victories, simple results in everyday life but have great social significance; these are fragrant flowers in the forest of "thousands of good deeds"; they are examples that continue the example of studying and following Uncle Ho, contributing to continuing the glorious pages of history in the Ho Chi Minh era.
On behalf of the Party and State leaders, General Secretary To Lam warmly congratulated and commended the collectives, individuals, and typical models honored in the program and those who are striving every day and every hour to practice Uncle Ho's teachings: "Every day, try to do something beneficial for the country (benefiting the country means benefiting yourself), even if it is a small thing, then in a year we can do 365 things. Many small benefits add up to big benefits".
The General Secretary expressed his eternal gratitude for the great contributions of President Ho Chi Minh - the genius leader of our Party and people, the national liberation hero, the exemplary international communist soldier, the outstanding cultural celebrity, the embodiment of the quintessence of Vietnamese intelligence and spirit; we see more clearly the urgent need to continuously study and follow Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style at a new level, creating a strong momentum to bring the country firmly into a new era, an era of development, an era of prosperity, standing shoulder to shoulder with the world powers as President Ho Chi Minh wished and the aspiration of the entire nation.
The General Secretary requested that Party committees and authorities at all levels, first of all the leaders, need to promote the achieved results, have specific plans and solutions, set an example, and make studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle a cultural need of each cadre, Party member and people of all walks of life.
The Central Propaganda Department highly promoted its advisory, coordination and implementation organization role, making studying and following Uncle Ho a voluntary, regular daily task, associated with the emulation movement to implement Uncle Ho's Testament, implement the Party's guidelines, policies and laws of the State, creating clear changes in solving specific and practical tasks, strongly promoting economic - cultural - social development, ensuring social security, caring for the people, fighting against corruption, waste and negativity.
The General Secretary requested that we study and follow Uncle Ho to build our Party to be truly "ethical and civilized", each Party member to be truly "a loyal servant of the people"; so that our entire Party, people and army, regardless of the circumstances, always steadfastly adhere to the goal of national independence associated with socialism; have the iron will that "nothing is more precious than independence and freedom"; constantly consolidate and promote the strength of the great national unity bloc under the leadership of the Party, combined with the strength of the times, successfully implement the strategic goals of 100 years under the leadership of the Party, 100 years of the founding of the country; no matter how difficult it is, we must definitely build a Vietnam of rich people, strong country, fairness, democracy and civilization.
Each honored example continues to contribute, set an example with new results, new successes, constantly spreading, inspiring, attracting all classes of people to compete to learn and follow Uncle Ho so that "each good person, each good deed is a beautiful flower, our whole nation is a beautiful flower forest", contributing to building socialist people, creating the foundation for successfully building socialism.
The General Secretary pointed out that 2025 will witness many important historical events, 95 years of glorious history of the Party, 80 years of independence and 50 years of liberation of the South and national reunification; it is also the year of Party congresses at all levels towards the 14th National Congress of Delegates; it is the time after 40 years of renovation, with great achievements, with accumulated position and strength, with new opportunities, we are standing at the door of history to firmly step into a new era, the era of national development.
The General Secretary believes that under the glorious flag of the Party, together with pride in the heroic Nation, the glorious Party, and great Uncle Ho, the spread of typical advanced examples in studying and following Uncle Ho will be wider and deeper; we will promote the Vietnamese spirit, soul, and heroic spirit; promote the spirit of self-reliance, self-confidence, self-reliance, self-strengthening, and national pride, so that the Journey of Aspiration will soon reach its glorious destination.
With 3 chapters: "Leading birds", "Flying far together" and "Aspiration to rise", the special political art and exchange program "Ho Chi Minh - Journey of Aspiration 2024" has profound content, creative and impressive expressions, creating surprises, and strong influence through real-life reports following Uncle Ho and stories about typical examples told through reports, elaborate art performances, exchanges, and meetings between typical examples with historical witnesses, experts, and famous people with prestige and positive influence on the community. From there, it continues to spread the ideological values, ethics, style, life, and career of President Ho Chi Minh, while honoring typical examples in practicing Ho Chi Minh's ideology, ethics, and style.
At the program, General Secretary To Lam and Head of the Central Propaganda Department Nguyen Trong Nghia presented certificates and honorary symbols to 25 typical examples nationwide in studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and style.
They are cadres, party members, soldiers, doctors, intellectuals, religious dignitaries, ethnic minorities, workers, farmers, typical groups, good models, and effective ways of studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality, and style.
On this occasion, the Central Propaganda Department officially launched a database on studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle.