The session took place on the occasion of the 88th anniversary of Traditional Day of information-education sector.
The Party chief said as a think-tank of the CPVCC, thePolitburo and Secretariat, the commission plays an important role in Partybuilding in terms of politics and ideology, dissemination of Party viewpointsand guidelines, press and publishing, culture and education.
After the 12th National Party Congress and amidstrapid and complicated developments in the region and the world, the commissionand information-education sector have always closely followed the Party’s guidelines,working agendas of the CPVCC, Politburo and Secretariat, scored positiveachievements and made important contributions to the country’s common success,he said.
Agreeing with the commission’s report detailing its sevenachievements, seven shortcomings and nine key tasks for the near future, theleader said the first task of the commission and the sector is building theParty in terms of politics and ideology, including Marxism-Leninism and Ho ChiMinh Thought, adding that theoretical research, education and dissemination arebasic and important issues that decide on orientation to political thought.
According to him, though the press has developed rapidly withrich and effective contents, communications via words of mouth remain tardy whilemanagement in news on the Internet is limited.
Moreover, the fight against wrongful and distorted allegationsby hostile forces is yet to rally a collective power. He said the fight againstcorruption, wastefulness and negative behaviors aims to continue staying on thepath towards the goal of wealthy people, strong country, and democratic, fair and civilised society.
To that end, the Party must comprise the most outstanding, consistentand intellectual individuals, thus deserving a leader of the revolution andservant of the people.
He said information dissemination, building unity in Partyand public consensus is a great responsibility of ideological work, meaningthat it is necessary to grasp public thoughts and aspirations to offer timelyexplanations.
The Party General Secretary lauded the commission forestablishing steering boards to step up the fight against wrongful andreactionary opinions by hostile forces, especially amidst the fourth industrialrevolution with different flows of thought and information on the Internet,contributing to firmly safeguarding revolutionary guidelines, stance and natureof the Party.
The commission needs to train a contingent of officials tomeet demand in the current situation, who are qualified, consistent andabsolutely loyal to the Party, he said.
Party committees and authorities at all levels were alsourged to join the effort.
Speaking at the event, head of the commission Vo Van Thuongsaid the commission suggested the Politburo issue the Directive No.05-CT/TW onstepping up the campaign on studying and following thoughts, morality andlifestyle of Ho Chi Minh and documents guiding the implementation of theDirective during the tenure of the 12th National Party Congress.
The commission has also improved the quality of reportssubmitted to the Politburo and Secretariat, the efficiency of political ideologyand paid attention to educating Party history in sectors and localities,towards gradually realising the Resolution of the 12th NationalParty Congress and other resolutions of the congresses of Party organisations atall levels.
Positive progresses have been seen in political orientationsto press and publishing activities, culture and arts, thus bringing Partyguidelines and policies, and State laws into life.
Localities have paid heed to the preservation anddevelopment of traditional cultural values, traditional festivals in tandemwith tourism attraction and socio-economic development.
Over the past years, Party and State guidelines and policieshave also been disseminated abroad so that international friends and overseasVietnamese communities could better understand about Vietnam.
It directed ministries and agencies to monitor theimplementation of resolutions and directives regarding education-training,science-technology, environment, health care, population and social welfare.
Information-education units from the grassroots to centrallevel have oriented public opinions on issues of public concern, fought actsthat took advantage of abusing democracy, human rights and religion to dividethe nation and incite riots.-VNA