(LLCT) - In a series of events to commemorate the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Japan, on September 21, 2018, the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics cooperated with the Embassy of Japan in Hanoi to hold the International Conference on the “Development of Vietnam - Japan relations: History and Prospects”. The Political Theory Journal is honored to publish the keynote speech of Prof., Dr. NGUYEN XUAN THANG, Secretary of the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, and President of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics.

(LLCT) - Over the years, Vietnam has achieved outstanding economic development achievements. However, the country is entering a new development stage with the challenges of the "middle-income trap", the economy is still unsustainable, the quality of growth and competitiveness of the economy is low and increasingly uneven among sectors and localities, the inequality of income also increases. In order to ensure the sustainability and inclusiveness of economic growth, solutions need to be devised to develop an advantageous sector, to improve reasonable allocation and transparency of public resources; to improve productivity; and to ensure educational development meets the Industrial Revolution 4.0.

(LLCT) - In the renovation period, the Party and State have consistently pursued the policy of developing a multi-sector economy with many forms of ownership. State-ownership and State-owned enterprises (SOEs) play the leading role in ensuring that Vietnam's market economy develops in a socialist orientation. However, due to there is no clear separation between owners' representatives and State management functions, the lack of uniformity in the exercise of rights, responsibilities and obligations of State owners, etc., the operation of SOEs is ineffective. Therefore, it is necessary to supplement and perfect the legal framework for the implementation of State ownership rights and SOEs management; to enhance transparency in the function of representing the State ownership.

(LLCT) - The socialist political system in Vietnam is a whole, consisting of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations working in order to maintain and protect the power and interests of the working class, laborers and Vietnamese people. With three basic characteristics including monism, democracy and unity, this system proved its superiority during the revolutionary period of Vietnam which was widely supported by the people. Despite the advantages, the organizational and operational model of the Vietnamese political system has exposed several limitations and shortcomings such as cumbersome apparatus with low efficiency, unidentified and overlapping relationship between subjects which have not fully promoted the potential, activeness of the subjects, etc.. Thus, renovating the operation of the political system is a requirement posed by the current cause of renovation.

(LLCT) - Women’s rights are an issue of our age. Improving the position of women in the political field plays a particularly important role in improving the position of women in society in general. The National Strategy on Gender Equality pursues the goal of ensuring women’s rights and satisfying the demand for sustainable development and integration of the country today. The implementation of women’s political rights in Vietnam has seen many achievements but also obstacles and difficulties persist. The article presents general theoretical issues of women’s political rights and initial assessments on the implementation of Vietnamese women’s political rights at the present time.

(LLCT) - Social management is a matter of great concern in both aspects: scientific study and practical activities in Vietnam. Beside the initial results of studying and practical activities, the social management in our country is facing a lot of insolvable issues. Social management study in Vietnam has just come to the point of giving macro directions. The levels, objects of social management activities are divided and separated which are not considered as a whole. Social management is one-sidedly seen. Therefore, management in Vietnam should to be based on principles, levels, and modern social management tools.       

(LLCT) - Vietnamese culture is the achievement of people’s creative labour, preservation and defense of the Fatherland throughout history, establishing a unique cultural identity and a lofty value system. Nowadays international integration has brought many opportunities to create positive values, contributing to enriching the nation’s cultural identity, and at the same time posing many challenges. The identification of challenges in the creation of a cultural value system and standards of Vietnamese people nowadays is an urgent task to make culture become a real driving force and important internal strength during the sustainable development of the country.

(LLCT) - At present, the corruption circumstance and the ideological, moral, lifestyle degeneration of a not so small number of cadres and Party members still remain serious, resulting in a bad effect on the people's trust in the Party's leadership. In order to lead country achieving a fast and sustainable development, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) must truly represent for brainpower, conscience and morality; the Party must ensure consensus and solidarity among the entire people. Therefore, in today's context, it is imperative to work out effective solutions to build the Party  in terms of ethics.

(LLCT) - 170 years ago, Marx and Engels gave birth to the Manifesto of the Communist Party, creating a turning point in the history of Marxism and the communist movement worldwide. V.I. Lenin stated that: “This little booklet is worth whole volumes: to this day its spirit inspires and guides the entire organised and fighting proletariat of the civilised world”.

(LLCT) - In the Communist Manifesto, K. Marx and F. Engels clearly pointed out the characteristics, role and mission of the working class and Communist parties - the most advanced section and the pioneers of the working class. Given the current situation of Vietnam, these views must be applied to developing the working class meeting the requirements of industrialization, modernization, the development of a socialist-oriented market economy and international integration, and be compatible with the historical mission of the nation; building the Communist Party of Vietnam to be worthy of being the vanguard of the Vietnamese working class.

(LLCT) - Proletarian dictatorship is one of the most essential thoughts of Marxism. That thought requires the thorough grasp of its scientific spirit in perception and application. At the same time, there must be the development and creative application based on the new reality. The State renovation guideline in the direction of building the socialist law-ruled state and developping the socialist market economy as the economic base are the creative application of proletarian dictatorship thought of Marx in the renovation of Vietnam.

(LLCT) - In 2018, the world and Vietnam will celebrate 70-year anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948-2018)⁽¹⁾. In the context of implementation of the 2013 Constitution and realization of the 12th National Congress’s resolutions in social life, the article analyses the execution of Judicial Reform Strategy and then brings forward solutions to continue implementing the Judicial Reform Strategy until 2020 with the aim of protecting justice and human rights in Vietnam nowadays.

(LLCT) - “Developmental State” is a concept in which the state plays a more instrumental role in leading and promoting economic development than the traditional State. According to the Marxist - Leninist philosophy, developmental State is a form of State that can be applied to socialist countries. The process of perfecting the socialist law-ruled State in Vietnam today serves as an example of developmental State theory.

(LLCT) - From the 1920s of the twentieth century, on the journey to find a way to save the country and liberate the nation, He raised the idea of being friends with all countries, regardless of political regimes. After the August Revolution (1945), He sent a letter to the United Nations General Assembly and other major countries expressing Vietnam’s wish to join the United Nations with the high responsibility of maintaining peace, fighting against oppression and injustice. Ho Chi Minh Thought on international integration and cooperation is the methodological orientation in the cause of renovation, integration and sustainable development in Vietnam today.

(LLCT) - Being fully aware of the role of the cadres at strategic level in building and developing the country in the renovation period, the Party has focused on building a set of regulations and solutions for the development of this contingent. However, given the new requirements of national development, many regulations and solutions are no longer suitable. Based on analysing the limitations, shortcomings in the phases of identifying standards, planning, selecting, cultivating, evaluating, examination, supervising the reserve cadres at strategic level, this article proposes some recommendations to improve the efficiency of this work.