Assoc.Prof., Dr. BUI DINH PHONG
Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics

(PTOJ) - Politics emerged with the division of society into classes and the formation of states. This is a complex concept with broad connotations and various interpretations and definitions. The article focuses on analyzing Ho Chi Minh's political thinking on the basis of both being loyal to the stance and views of Marxism - Leninism and being unique and distinctive.
 

Assoc.Prof.,Dr. NGUYEN TRONG PHUC

(PTOJ) - The Cultural Outline of Vietnam in 1943 is an invaluable historical document with special significance for the Vietnamese revolution. It provided a roadmap for the development of a new Vietnamese culture that would contribute to the struggle for national liberation and nation-building. After 80 years, the ideas of the Cultural Outline still hold value and have been used, supplemented, and improved upon by our Party in the construction and development of an advanced Vietnamese culture that is deeply rooted in our national identity, and meets the demands of the renovation and international integration process.
 

MA. PHAM THI VINH HA
Political Theory Journal,
Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics

(PTOJ) - Our Party and President Ho Chi Minh have always been determined that the contingent of cadre play a key role in the revolutionary cause. As a result, they have always paid attention to the work of building a contingent of cadres that meet the mission requirements. Cadre evaluation is an important stage in this process. The article clarifies President Ho Chi Minh's views on cadre evaluation, including the methods and purposes of evaluating cadres, promoting evaluation results, and handling weak, insufficiently competent, or non-compliant cadres. Those views are also the guidelines for today's cadre personnel work.
 

(PTOJ) - People being placed at the center of the political system is one of the core viewpoints of the Communist Party of Vietnam. This is consistently shown in the book titled “Some theoretical and practical issues about socialism and the path to socialism in Vietnam” by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and in the Documents of the 13^th National Party Congress. This article analyzes the connotation and the theoretical basis of the point of view "People are placed at the center". Furthers, it expands on some basic conditions for good implementation of this principle in the activities of Vietnam’s political system.

(PTOJ) - The theoretical developments of our Party during the renovation period on socialism and the path to socialism in Vietnam have contained universal values, and at the same time clearly demonstrated the specificity of Vietnam. This article initially outlines the most prominent values in our Party's theory, demonstrating the universality and commonality of all countries in building socialism and the specificity of socialism, and the path to socialism in Vietnam.

(PTOJ) - On the occasion of the 105th anniversary of the Great October Socialist Russian Revolution, it is necessary to affirm that socialism has been perseverant and creative since its birth as a scientific theory (1848) and a social system (1917). As a result, socialism has become one of the determining forces in movements and trends of the contemporary world. Perseverance in the way opened by the October Revolution, since 1991, the fight for socialism has been implemented by the world socialist movement via the processes of successful reforms and renovations, opening a new page of history in the battle of "who wins whom" in the current period.

(PTOJ) - The book by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong covers many theoretical and practical issues about the renovation policy, the development of the country in the fields of politics, economics, culture, society, foreign affairs, national defense and security. Through this book, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has identified the country's development goals, aspirations, directions and measures needed to realize the country's development aspirations.

(PTOJ) - The organizational and operational model of local governments in our country is constantly being renovated. The decentralization among central and local governments has improved, localities have more autonomy and policy space to realize their development goals. The effectiveness and efficiency of local governments’ operations have improved and been enhanced. However, besides the achieved results, the organization and operation of local governments still shows many limitations. This article analyzes and evaluates the current situation and proposes some solutions to continue renovating the organizational and operational model of local governments in the spirit of the Resolution of the 13th National Congress.

(PTOJ) - Social consciousness is an important content of Marxist - Leninist philosophy. A thorough understanding of this issue is of great significance to building new social consciousness, thereby contributing to the success of building a socialist-oriented nation with prosperous people, a strong country, and a democratic, equitable, and civilized society.

(PTOJ) - Intellectuals play an essential role and are a decisive factor in the development of each country. As intellectual laborers, intellectuals contribute to social development with innovative products which are new scientific knowledge, creating fundamental and positive social changes. In the current context, promoting intellectuals’ creativity has become a condition for Vietnam’s development. The article helps to clarify the theory of innovation and discusses the conditions for promoting innovation among Vietnamese intellectuals in the spirit of the Resolution of the 13th National Congress.

(PTOJ) - Renewing the Party’s leadership and ruling modes is one of the tasks set out by the 13^th Party Congress, where the new concept of “the Party’s leadership and ruling modes” was used for the first time after in-depth theoretical and practical research. In order to renew the leadership and ruling modes, it is required to clearly define the Party’s leadership and ruling contents and find proper solutions.

(PTOJ) - Issues about religion, democracy and human rights are always the subjects that hostile forces use to oppose the Party and State of Vietnam. The article identifies wrongful, hostile, and distorting views on religious freedom in Vietnam as stated in the Annual Reports of the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) and some other social web pages. At the same time, it provides evidence to criticize, fight against and refute such false and distorted views, affirming the achievements of the State of Vietnam in ensuring the right to freedom of belief, religion, and the right to freedom of non-religion of the Vietnamese people.

(PTOJ) - The nature of the working class of the Communist Party is the core content of the Communist Party; it is also one of the basic principles of the Marxist - Leninist theory of the Communist Party. Based on our revolutionary situation and specific condition, President Ho Chi Minh and the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) inherited and creatively developed the Marxist - Leninist theory of the working class nature of the Communist Party. The article analyzes some of the creative inheritance and development of the CPV.

(PTOJ) - With outstanding intellect and extraordinary energy, after 10 years (from 1911 to 1920) of living, working, and being active in many countries, Nguyen Ai Quoc had transformed from a patriot to become the first communist in Vietnam. Upon acquiring Marxism - Leninism - the great truth of the times, he put the national liberation revolution in Vietnam into the orbit of the proletarian revolution and brought the Vietnamese revolution to great victories. The article clarifies Nguyen Ai Quoc’s journey to become a communist; analyzes the cause of success and the meaning of that event to the history of the Vietnamese nation in particular and the history of mankind in general.

(PTOJ) - Continuing to build and perfect the Vietnamese Socialist law-rules State of the people, by the people and for the people led by the Party is the central task of the political system reform. That goal is associated with “Building and perfecting the Socialist law-ruled State that is transparent, strong, streamlined, effective and efficient, for the people and for the development of the country” in the spirit of the Resolution of the 13th Party Congress. The Article focuses on evaluating the results, limitations and causes; thereby highlighting the orientations in building and perfecting the Vietnamese Socialist law-ruled State in the new context.