A ranking member of the Party Central Committee (PCC’s) Secretariat has stressed the great significance of maintaining and uplifting the Communist Party of Vietnam’s revolutionary nature in the new situation.

Truong Tan Sang, a permanent member of the PCC, made the statement in a presentation at a recent scientific workshop on Party development held on Jan. 26 to mark the 80th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV). Sang reviewed the proud fighting history and victories of the CPV since it was set up on Feb. 3, 1930.

Sang, who is also a politburo member, shed light on the difficulties and challenges raised in the new situation and highlighted the importance of the CPV’s role in consolidating and developing solidarity to fully implement the Party’s guidelines and policies.

The Vietnamese Party and nation have undergone 80 years of glorious struggle and victory, he noted, adding that an elemental factor behind the country’s victories has been that the Party has held on to its true nature as a revolutionary leader through all difficulties and challenges.

The CPV came into being as the result of the combination of Marxism-Leninism, the workers movement and the patriotic movements of Vietnam.

Late President Ho Chi Minh, the Party founder, had a strong belief in the Vietnamese working class, whose political thinking is fundamentally Marxism-Leninism.

Marxism-Leninism is a body of scientific and revolutionary arguments which struggle against the injustice of oppressive and exploitative regimes and is the foundation for new socialist and communist societies to live in independence, wealth, freedom, and happiness.

As the leader of the Vietnamese revolution, the CPV has always upheld its leading role, staying true to the revolutionary nature of the working class and being faithful to its interests. It has creatively developed Marxism-Leninism and applied it to Vietnam’s reality. This was a decisive factor in the success of the Vietnamese revolution over the last 80 years.

In August 1945, the Party, with only 5,000 members and just 15 years old, led the people on to the tremendous success, shaking off the yokes of the colonial domination, imperialism and feudalism. Then, after 30 years of revolutionary struggle from 1945 to 1975, the Party won a final victory in the cause of national liberation, defeating both old and new colonialism, bringing the democratic national revolution to fruition, unifying the country and paving the way to socialism in Vietnam.

Over the past 25 years, the Party has led people to implement the Doi Moi (renewal) process, achieving great successes, drawing the country out of backwardness and driving ahead towards socialism.

Today, the Party leads the Doi Moi process, building and defending a socialist Vietnam amidst all its advantages and its challenges.

To maintain and promote the Party’s revolutionary nature in the new situation, it is necessary to “strengthen and develop the Party’s solidarity and unity.” Uniting the whole Party into a strong unity bloc is the Party’s valuable legacy and strength. Solidarity in the Party is the core of solidarity among all nationalities—the backbone of the revolution’s invincible strength.

To consolidate unity within the Party, works relating to theoretical study should be stepped up, along with practical overviews and clearly defining a model for a socialist society built by the people, as well as the path towards socialism in the country.

Preserving and promoting the revolutionary nature of the Party in the present situation requires that the Party build pure, strong Party organisations with a great capacity for leadership and to fight all battles, build a loyal staff of cadres and members of the Party who are of firm constitution imbued with the ideals of the Party, nation and people.

Party organisations should be the leading nucleus at all levels, in all branches, and in all areas. Staff and members of the Party must be the country’s exemplary citizens, and pioneers who are trusted by the people./.