Precious objects provide overview of Party Congresses

A painting depicting the conference on the establishment of the Communist Party of Vietnam in Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong from January 6 to early February, 1930. Participants included Nguyen Ai Quoc - a representative of the Communist International; Trinh Dinh Cuu and Nguyen Duc Canh - delegates from ‘Dong Duong Cong san Dang’ (Communist Party of Indochina); and Chau Van Liem and Nguyen Thieu - delegates from ‘An Nam Cong san Dang’ (Communist Party of Annam). They agreed to merge the Indochinese Communist Party and the Communist Party of Annam to form a single party under the name Communist Party of Vietnam. On February 24, 1930, ‘Dong Duong Cong San Lien doan’ (Indochinese Communist League) was merged into the Communist Party of Vietnam (Photo: VietnamPlus)

Director of the Vietnam National Museum of History Nguyen Van Doan (second from right) and other delegates visit the exhibition. Featuring more than 200 documents, objects, and photos, the exhibition aims to mark the 91st founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - 2021) and welcome the upcoming 13th National Party Congress. The museum’s director said the event looks to provide the public, especially young people, with a better understanding about the Party’s history apart from Vietnam’s achievements under the leadership of the Party. It will help them become better aware of their responsibility towards the building of a prosperous, peaceful, and developed Vietnam (Photo: VietnamPlus)

A map showing the organisation of the Communist Party of Vietnam and mass organisations in 1930. With the merger of the Indochinese Communist Party, the Communist Party of Annam, and the Indochinese Communist League, all the three communist organisations in Vietnam then were united in a single communist party – the Communist Party of Vietnam. The formation of the Communist Party of Vietnam was an important milestone marking a great historical turning point of Vietnam’s revolution. It was an inevitable result of the combination of the theory on national liberation of Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh’s revolutionary ideology, the workers’ movements, as well as patriotic movements in Vietnam during the 1920s (Photo: VietnamPlus)

The tea set that the Chinese people presented to the second National Party Congress, held in February 1951. This congress discussed the political report, the report on Vietnam’s revolution, the report on the Party’s organisation and statutes, and the supplementary reports on ‘Mat tran dan toc thong nhat’ (United National Front), the people’s democratic administration, the people’s army, economy – finance, and the people’s literature and arts. It decided to make the Party’s activities public under the name of the Workers’ Party of Vietnam, and adopted the Political Platform, Statutes and Declaration of the Party. It also decided to set up revolutionary organisations that suited the situation in Laos and Cambodia (Photo: VietnamPlus)

An elephant-shaped gift made of ‘guot’ (Gleichenia linearis Clarke) that the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party presented to the fifth National Party Congress in March 1982. The congress set out main socio-economic directions, tasks and objectives from 1981 to 1985 and for the 1980s, while affirming the continued implementation of the socialist revolutionary guidelines outlined by the fourth National Party Congress. It defined that one more step forward would be made between 1981 - 1985, along with the restructuring and the acceleration of socialist-oriented reform of the national economy.  The event outlined the main socio-economic directions, tasks and goals for the 1981 - 1985 period, and set out two strategic tasks of building socialism and firmly defending the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland (Photo: VietnamPlus)

A wool carpet that workers of the Hai Phong wool factory presented to the third National Party Congress, which took place in the capital city of Hanoi from September 5-10, 1960. The third National Party Congress identified the fundamental tasks of the first five-year plan (1961 - 1965), including exerting efforts to develop industry and agriculture, prioritising the development of heavy industry, and developing agriculture comprehensively; completing the socialist transformation of agriculture, handicraft industry and trade; improving people’s educational level; improving the working people’s material and spiritual lives; and consolidating national defence, strengthening order and security, and protecting the socialism building in the North (Photo: VietnamPlus)

The political thesis of the ‘Dang Cong san Dong Duong’ (Indochinese Communist Party). The Communist Party of Vietnam was renamed ‘Dang Cong san Dong Duong’ at the first meeting of the Party Central Committee in Hong Kong in October 1930. The renaming was made at the request of the Third International, also known as the Communist International. At that meeting, Tran Phu was elected the first Party General Secretary. The first National Party Congress was held in Macau, China, in March 1935. It put forth three major tasks for the Party in the immediate future: consolidating and developing the Party, persuading the masses, and opposing the imperialist war (Photo: VietnamPlus)

Visitors learn about Party Congresses at the exhibition. The exhibition showcases more than 200 documents, objects, and photos in celebration of the 91st anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - 2021) and the 13th National Party Congress, scheduled to take place from January 25 to February 2. Entitled 'Dang Cong San Viet Nam - Tu Dai hoi den Dai hoi' (The Communist Party of Vietnam - From Congress to Congress), the exhibition is set to run through the end of May. It is expected to provide the public, especially young people, an insight into the Party’s history alongside Vietnam’s achievements under the Party’s leadership (Photo: VietnamPlus)

Visitors to the exhibition. The exhibition, held at the Vietnam National Museum of History in Hanoi, is divided into three sections. The first introduces how the Party was founded, with ‘French Colonialism on Trial’ - a book by Nguyen Ai Quoc (who was later Ho Chi Minh), and the Party’s Brief Political Platform, Brief Strategy, and Brief Statutes approved by the Party’s founding conference in 1930 on show. The second section, giving visitors a glimpse at the previous 12 Party Congresses, features reports, speeches, documents, and resolutions delivered and adopted at these events, as well as draft writings from the Party General Secretaries. The third highlights the preparations for the 13th National Party Congress (Photo: VietnamPlus)

The book ‘Ban an che do thuc dan Phap’ (French Colonialism on Trial) written by Nguyen Ai Quoc, who was later Ho Chi Minh, and published in France in 1925. Apart from this exhibition, many other similar events have been taking place to celebrate the 91st founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - 2021) and the 13th National Party Congress. The Party was established in Hong Kong, China, in February 1930. Since its establishment, the Party has held 12 national congresses, each of which marked important historical milestones in recognising the victories, achievements and lessons of the Vietnamese revolution (Photo: VietnamPlus)

President Ho Chi Minh conducts the ‘Ket doan’ (Solidarity) song at a party held in Hanoi on September 19, 1960 by the Labour Youth Union to celebrate the success of the third National Party Congress, taking place from September 5-10, 1960. The congress passed the resolution on the Party’s tasks and guidelines for the new period, the resolution on the founding date of the Party, the Party’s Statutes (revised), the appeal of the third National Congress of the Workers’ Party of Vietnam. It elected the Party Central Committee, with Ho Chi Minh re-elected as Chairman of the Party and Le Duan as First Secretary of the Party Central Committee (File photo)

The portrait of Nguyen Ai Quoc, who chaired the conference on the establishment of the Communist Party of Vietnam on the Kowloon Peninsula of Hong Kong from January 6 to early February, 1930. The conference approved the Brief Political Platform, Brief Strategy, Summarised Workplan, and Brief Statutes of the Party, which became the important foundation for the building of revolutionary policies and methods of the Party. It also decided the policy to set up ‘Cong hoi’ (Workers’ Union), ‘Nong hoi’ (Farmers’ Union) and ‘Hoi Phan de’ (Anti-Imperialism Association). Accordingly, the Workers’ Union and Farmers’ Union gathered workers and farmers who were not able to become Party members, while intellectuals and petty bourgeoisie joined the Anti-Imperialism Association (File photo)

A painting that shows Nguyen Ai Quoc giving a lecture to prepare personnel for Vietnam’s revolution. From 1925 to 1927, Nguyen Ai Quoc opened classes at House No 13 on Wen Ming street in Guangxi province of China to train cadres for the revolution. On June 5, 1911, Nguyen Tat Thanh, who later became President Ho Chi Minh, used the name Van Ba to board the vessel Latouche-Tréville in Vietnam and head overseas to seek a way to save the country. During his 30-year journey, Nguyen Tat Thanh identified a path for national liberation, turning Vietnam into an independent, free, and unified country moving towards socialism (Photo: VietnamPlus)

The Brief Political Platform and Brief Strategy, the first political platform of the Communist Party of Vietnam, drafted by Nguyen Ai Quoc. Together with the Summarised Workplan and the Brief Statutes also passed at the Party’s founding conference in February 1930, they became the important foundation for the building of revolutionary policies and methods of the Party. The Party’s founding meeting in Hong Kong from January 6 to early February, 1930 saw the merger of the Communist Party of Indochina and the Communist Party of Annam to form a single party under the name Communist Party of Vietnam. On February 24, 1930, the Indochinese Communist League was merged into the Communist Party of Vietnam (Photo: VietnamPlus)

Nguyen Ai Quoc addresses the 18th Congress of the French Socialist Party in Tours city of France in December 1920. He joined the French Socialist Party in early 1919 as this party was the only organisation in France that stood up for the colonial territories and followed the ideal of the Great French Revolution. On December 25, 1920, the French Socialist Party’s 18th Congress, held in the city of Tours, marked the fundamental switch to the proletarian revolution path by left-wing socialists, laying a cornerstone for the establishment of the French Communist Party. Nguyen Ai Quoc was the only delegate from Indochina at the congress (File photo of the Vietnam National Museum of History)