President Ho Chi Minh’s testament illuminates the path to the future of the Vietnamese people
Speaking at the celebration of 51 years of implementing President Ho Chi Minh’s Will (1969-2020) and 51 years of his departure (September 2, 1969 – September 2, 2020), Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong emphasized: President Ho Chi Minh lives forever with the country, with our people. His will shines with national and epochal values, imbued with Ho Chi Minh’s culture and humanity…
On August 30, in Hanoi, the 51st anniversary of the implementation of President Ho Chi Minh’s Will (1969-2020) and 51 years of his departure (September 2, 1969 – September 2, 2020) solemnly took place. General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong delivered an important speech at the Celebration. BBT would like to introduce the full text of the speech of the General Secretary, the President.
Dear compatriots, comrades,
Today, in the magnanimous and emotional atmosphere of the autumn days of Hanoi, the 74th anniversary of the August Revolution and the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, we gather here to honor the anniversary. celebrate the 50th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh’s dearest beloved by our Party, our people, our people, entering eternity and 50 years of implementing his Will.
With all our respect and fondness for Uncle Ho, in this sacred and meaningful moment, we express our infinite gratitude for the great merits of President Ho Chi Minh – the genius leader of Vietnam. Our Party and people, Great Teacher of the Vietnamese Revolution – National Liberation Hero, World Cultural Celebrity. Before leaving, he left the entire Party, people and army a sacred testament, an extremely important historical document, crystallizing thought, culture, wisdom, morality and spirituality. noble soul of a great man, who “brilliantly made our nation, our people and our country’s rivers”.
Dear compatriots, comrades,
President Ho Chi Minh spent a lot of time and dedication on his own, quietly preparing meticulously and thoughtfully to complete the testament within four years (from 1965 to 1969), amid the resistance war against Vietnam. America, saving the country of our army and people is taking place very fiercely, full of hardships and sacrifices. With just over a thousand words, extremely succinct, his Will conveyed to the entire Party, people and army of our iron will and determination, strong belief in the great strength of the Vietnamese nation. , the power of justice and truth: “Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom”, the power of patriotism and Vietnamese revolutionary heroism. In his Will, he affirmed: “No matter how difficult or difficult it is, our people will definitely win. Our country will definitely be unified. The people of the South and the North will definitely reunite in one family.” That genius prediction of President Ho Chi Minh soon became reality, showing the height of erudite wisdom and extremely rich and profound practical knowledge.
Dear compatriots, comrades,
President Ho Chi Minh is a brilliant thinker, genius organizer, founded, led and trained our Party. In his Will, he “speaks first of all about the Party”, admonishing the most important issues of Party building and rectification, so that our Party will always be a genuine Marxist party, “being moral and civilized”. represent the intellect, conscience and dignity of the Vietnamese nation.
With a far-reaching vision, a sharp and clear political vision, in his Will, President Ho Chi Minh clearly pointed out: “Right after the war against the US and national salvation of our people was completely won. .. the first thing to do is to reorganize the Party, to make every party member, every union member, each cell try their best to fulfill the tasks assigned to them by the Party, wholeheartedly serving the people. If we can do that, then no matter how big or difficult the work is, we will definitely win.”
In his Will, he admonished, “Unity is an extremely precious tradition of the Party and of our people”. Solidarity makes strength, is the source of all success, thanks to which, “from the day of its establishment until now, our Party has organized and led our people to enthusiastically fight forward from one victory to another. “. To build and strengthen the great national unity bloc, first of all, there must be unity and solidarity in the whole Party. Solidarity within the Party is the premise and nucleus of the great national unity bloc. The unity of the whole nation is the basis for promoting and combining the national strength with the strength of the times, a premise for the victory of the cause of national liberation, reunification and building a new society. Solidarity also contributes to preventing the decline of the ruling Party. Therefore, in his will, President Ho Chi Minh requested all levels of Party committees and organizations, from the Central Committee to the cell, each cadre and party member to make every effort to “preserve the unity and unanimity of the Party like maintaining the unity of the Party.” guard the pupil of your eye”; regularly and seriously practice self-criticism and rational and loving criticism, “must have comradeship and love for each other”.
Right from the time he was about to establish the Party, until before he left, President Ho Chi Minh’s primary concern was building the Party on morality. In his Will, he admonished: “Our Party is a ruling Party. Each party member and cadre must be truly imbued with revolutionary morality, truly thrift, integrity, impartiality. The Party must be preserved. We are so pure, we must be worthy of being a leader and a faithful servant of the people.” His teachings are both a profound summary of theory and a matter of principle to maintain and improve the leadership role of the Party, the fighting strength of the Party organization, and the cadres. , party members, create the strength to gather forces, consolidate and raise the masses’ faith in the Party and the revolution.
President Ho Chi Minh has dedicated his life to the noble goal of independence and freedom of our Fatherland, the well-being and happiness of our people and the noble and humane values of humanity. In Ho Chi Minh’s thought, prominent and transparent is the thought of national liberation at the same time as social liberation and human liberation, opening up great new prospects for human and social development. In his Will, he specifically emphasized “First is work for people”, he pointed out that right after the victory of the resistance war against the US to save the country, the entire Party, army and people must go out. strength and quickly heal the wounds of war, take care of solving social policy issues, repay gratitude, … and build and build our country “more dignified, bigger and more beautiful”. It was a “giant battle” and “an extremely large, complex and difficult job, but also very glorious”. Therefore, the Party must mobilize all the wisdom and strength of the whole nation, “must have a good plan for economic and cultural development, in order to constantly improve the people’s living standards”, and “must have a plan ready, clear and thoughtful, to avoid passivity, omissions and mistakes”.
The testament shows President Ho Chi Minh’s far-sighted vision, imbued with and full of humanity’s spirit, on the cause of human liberation and development. President Ho Chi Minh cares deeply about each specific object, especially taking care of the young generation. He admonished: “Training the revolutionary generation for the next generation is a very important and very necessary thing”. It is the care and concern for the comprehensive development of the Vietnamese person, with all the qualities of truth – goodness – beauty, virtue and talent, first of all, fostering personality, cultivating personal morality, teaching and learning. education and fostering the pure and beautiful soul of Vietnamese people. A tolerant, benevolent Ho Chi Minh who spent his whole life loving all classes of people and the whole of humanity as poet To Huu wrote:
President Ho Chi Minh is not only an exemplary Vietnamese communist, but also a pure and loyal international communist soldier, a great, bright and outstanding symbol of the people’s liberation movement. nation, of national and international solidarity, of peace and friendship among peoples. In his Will, when discussing international issues, President Ho Chi Minh expressed a great vision, a very humanistic, profound and subtle cultural vision. He is interested in strengthening solidarity in the international communist and workers’ movements and endeavors to promote understanding, mutual trust, peace and friendship among peoples. That is the vision and virtue of a world cultural celebrity. His thought, morality and style embody the great aspirations of peoples to assert their national identity and represent the promotion of mutual understanding among peoples.