Political and ideological education has not yet properly criticized and resolutely fought against individualism, against vague and erroneous viewpoints, and against opportunistic ideas. Corruption and bureaucratic waste have not been effectively prevented, reducing people's trust.
The state of political, ideological, moral and lifestyle degradation among cadres, party members and people has not been effectively overcome, and there are even some more serious violations. A number of cadres and party members have degraded their political ideology, morality and lifestyle, their ideals have faded, they are vague and uncertain about the prospects of socialism, they lose vigilance against the plots and tricks of peaceful evolution, and they are vague about the development of modern capitalism. In handling violations, there is still "condescension", in party activities in many places, they still avoid because of "fear" when talking about ideological and moral education, or they only speak and act perfunctorily and formally. From there, the right is not protected, the wrong is slow to be discovered and corrected in a timely manner, these are the catalysts that create conditions for individualism, vague, opportunistic and wrong views to flourish. That is the main factor that reduces the Party's fighting strength and the people's trust in the Party, the State and the socialist regime.
Furthermore, although domestic and foreign information has been expanded and enhanced, a significant portion of the population, especially workers in private companies and foreign-invested enterprises, has little access to complete information. Learning about political and social news has not yet become a need for a significant portion of the population. This is fertile ground for hostile forces and political opportunists in the country to connect with hostile reactionary forces abroad to distort, slander, and fiercely oppose our Party and State in the political and ideological fields, taking advantage of gathering and attracting opposing forces. The above shortcomings have caused the awareness of a portion of cadres, party members and people about the plots and tricks of the DBHB to remain vague ; in some places, the concept of fighting against the DBHB is of
Maybe you are interested!
-
Problems Raised From The Current Situation Of Catholicism In The Mong Community In Lao Cai -
Practical Application, Problems, Limitations and Causes -
Discussion on Causes, Limitations and Existing Problems of Short-Term Loan Service Quality Khdn -
Steps to Solve Two-Variable Quadratic Problems Using Geometric Methods -
SWOT Analysis Finds Basic Problems in Farm Economic Development
The Central, the higher levels, the specialized agencies... therefore show signs of losing vigilance and lacking determination in fighting against the plots and activities of hostile forces.
Third , the struggle against and refuting of erroneous and hostile viewpoints is still passive and not very effective.
The anti-socialist forces in Vietnam have gathered many disaffected elements, political opportunists, deceived many gullible people, spread a large amount of false information, updated regularly, using modern propaganda technology, and had a whole team of juggling agents. Their negative influence is real and not small.
On the other hand, our official information is not enough to propagate and create an ideological “immune” system in society. From there, people are vigilant and proactive in refuting when exposed to distorted information and hostile and destructive views. The fight against erroneous and hostile views is still passive, the participating forces are still thin, more seriously, among the people and cadres, there is a group that is indifferent or politically ambiguous. We have not gathered and mobilized all the intelligence and enthusiasm of the majority of people working in theory and ideology, so the effectiveness is still limited and we have not “mastered” the situation in this war.
The above-mentioned weaknesses and shortcomings interact and intertwine in a very complex manner. If the achievements of innovation have limited the negative impacts of the four risks that our Party pointed out at the 7th Mid-Term Conference (1994), the weaknesses and shortcomings have made the risks of deviation more complicated, negatively affecting the cause of building and developing the country along the socialist path.
Causes of limitations
Firstly, the frequency of refuting wrong views is still low and not timely. In the past, although we have organized many debates and refuting sessions,
wrong views of hostile forces and political opportunists. But the reality is that every day and every hour we have to face a huge amount of wrong information, but the information that refutes it seems to be quite little and often reacts slowly and passively. That makes the effectiveness of this criticism not high.
Second, the awareness of DBHB and the significance of maintaining the orientation towards socialism in Vietnam in society still shows vague signs. The awareness of some Party committees and authorities about the task of fighting DBHB is not complete, and they have not fully seen its dangerous nature. The awareness of a part of Party members and people about the plots and tricks of hostile forces is still vague, incomplete, and even has "self-evolution".
The state of “political indifference” and confusion in the face of false information and views is still quite common. The fading of revolutionary and communist ideals is associated with moral degradation and degeneration, the emergence of a way of thinking that separates national independence from socialism, nation from class, market economy from socialist orientation... which is having many negative effects. Some people still believe that: fighting to protect the regime is the work of professional agencies, so participating in the fight to protect the socialist regime has not become a natural need of many citizens.
Third, the struggle to criticize the viewpoint of denying the path to socialism in Vietnam sometimes shows signs of "outsourcing" to specialized agencies, and has not yet become a widespread movement in society.
Coordination between sectors and localities in the fight against peaceful evolution is not regular, close and smooth, so it has not created a combined strength and its effectiveness is still limited. There is no mechanism to provide information about sabotage by hostile forces and timely guidance on preventive measures for subordinates and press agencies in the fight against peaceful evolution.
Leadership and direction measures are still general, implementation is not thorough, there is a lack of supervision and inspection, and there is still a manifestation of "blank assignment" to functional agencies. There are not many activities to organize and encourage social forces to join in the fight against wrong and deviant views against socialism.
Fourth, the tool to refute the wrong views that deny the path to socialism in Vietnam still has many shortcomings.
In the context of complicated developments in the international and regional context, hostile forces are increasingly using sophisticated and cunning tricks, taking advantage of information technology to sabotage us, so the means to ensure our resistance are still limited, and the lower the level, the more difficult it is.
Our current methods of struggle are still inadequate and rather slow. Propaganda measures are sometimes simple and one-sided. We have to face a new struggle with modern tools and technology of hostile forces, so we are often confused and unable to orient social ideology in time. The amount of official information is not enough to raise the awareness of cadres, party members and people about the nature, content, purpose and tricks of hostile forces that sabotage the cause of building socialism in our country.
Fifth, the handling of political violations by some cadres and party members has not been strict and timely, causing a significant negative impact on social ideology.
The situation of some cadres and party members who are not exemplary or even degenerate, not only sabotage the internal affairs, but also act as foreign spies; the masses lack understanding of the law, believe in bad people who take advantage of it and violate the law; the discipline and order in the Party, in state agencies and in society are still lax in many aspects; the handling of violations and shortcomings is not strict and not timely... has caused many difficulties for ideological work. In some places, there are signs of right-leaning handling in some sectors and localities, demonstrating the nature of
fighting, the consciousness of protecting the Party and protecting the regime has declined. Our Party pointed out: “In some places, mistakes and violations are not criticized or strictly handled. Inspection, supervision, and discipline maintenance work in many places and at many levels are not regular and vigorous; the fight against violations is still lenient and not serious.” [42 - p.25]
In short , the above causes are interrelated and mutually influential, creating intertwined premises, leading to the risks that our Party warns of developing in an unpredictable direction, especially the risk of sabotage by hostile forces through the strategy of peaceful evolution, threatening the survival of the socialist regime that we are striving to build.
3.2. Problems of a regular nature and problems arising from criticizing viewpoints that deny the path to socialism in Vietnam.
3.2.1 Regular issues in the process of struggling to affirm the path to socialism in our country
Firstly , the struggle in the ideological and theoretical field between affirming and denying the path to socialism in Vietnam essentially reflects the class struggle in the economic and political field.
In the past, when there was still a system of socialist countries in the world, in Vietnam, the issue of moving towards socialism was implicitly recognized, but after the collapse of the socialist regime in Eastern Europe - the Soviet Union, that issue became the center of all debates. Typical examples are "problematic" situations of bad development, paradoxes from the economic and social fields, along with ideological and theoretical issues about socialism that have not been thoroughly resolved...
Taking advantage of that opportunity, hostile forces argued that the theory of socialism, which was born in the mid-19th century, is currently inappropriate and must be abandoned... Vietnam implements a market economy, opens up, and integrates internationally, and besides the positive aspects, many negative changes also appear. On the other hand,
The current social environment is still polluted by negative phenomena in the political system. In addition, the situation of "self-evolution" is showing signs of being quite serious. The fight against bureaucracy and corruption is still ineffective, and the state of degradation among a number of cadres and party members, including high-ranking party members, is still taking place. In fact, that is an opportunity for hostile forces to take advantage of and intensify their sabotage of the socialist regime in our country... It must also be admitted that the ideological attack of the enemy has also contributed to the emergence of opportunistic thinking, corrupting a significant number of cadres and party members.
ideological and moral corruption, and most dangerously, it erodes the nature of socialism.
But there is also another reality, which is the great, comprehensive achievements of innovation in the economic, political and social fields. At that time, criticism and comments from the opposition seemed to have temporarily subsided. And when we have economic and social stumbles and mistakes, it is when opposing viewpoints and anti-government forums "increase their output". This law determines that, besides the struggle in theory and ideology, the progress and achievements in innovation practice are the decisive factor and the basis for arguments against hostile and erroneous viewpoints.
Second , the struggle to protect the path to socialism in our country takes place in parallel with other fields and needs support from the achievements of these fields .
The cause of building socialism in our country today still faces many challenges in the development process. Economic growth still lacks sustainability, the efficiency and competitiveness of many enterprises are still limited, economic infrastructure is not synchronized; in society, the gap between rich and poor is increasing, health care and education quality are still limited, culture and social ethics are deteriorating. In particular, bureaucracy, corruption , waste, and decline in ideology, ethics and lifestyle are occurring in a significant number of cadres and party members.
Therefore, overcoming the above challenges must be considered as effective support for the struggle to protect the path to socialism in Vietnam. Theory linked to practice is the principle of Marxism. The struggle in the theoretical field needs practical arguments of the achievements of innovation. The persuasiveness of the path to socialism in Vietnam mainly originates from this reality.
Third , affirming the path to socialism and criticizing views that deny it is a struggle that is both national and international in nature.
The struggle to affirm the path to socialism is a struggle taking place within a nation-state, but in the end, it is also the process of carrying out the historical mission of the working class throughout the world. Of course, "first of all, the proletariat of each country must finish off its own bourgeoisie . " [14 - p.619] but we must never forget that this struggle will only end when communism is established on a global scale. Accordingly, there needs to be coordinated action between Communist Parties, workers' parties and progressive forces around the world.
After the events of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union in the 80s and 90s of the 20th century, the parties in the international communist workers' movement emphasized the specific characteristics of each country and nation because there cannot be a common model of socialism for all nations, and it is impossible and not allowed to apply stereotypes and mechanically the experiences and models of other nations and countries. Firmly following the path to socialism and successfully reforming and innovating is evidence that contributes to affirming the vitality of socialism and is a solution to overcome the crisis of development models in the world today. The existence and development of real socialism with many models and in many countries both supports the spirit and encourages Vietnam to be creative on the path to socialism, thereby "contributing to the cause of peace, national independence , democracy and social progress in the world." [41- p.84]
“The struggle of peoples of all countries for peace, national independence , democracy, development and social progress, despite many difficulties and challenges, will have new steps forward. According to the evolutionary law of history, mankind will certainly move towards socialism.” [41 - p.69]
In the current trend of internationalization, globalization, and modern scientific and technological revolution, with its positive factors, it will help us have the conditions to consolidate and strengthen our internal strength in international economic integration, creating conditions for Vietnam to industrialize and modernize the country to provide strength in building a material and technical foundation for future society. And, from there, it forces us to innovate ourselves and have appropriate reforms to integrate internationally. Current international integration, besides stable and positive trends, still has unfavorable international political and social mechanisms, differences in political and social regimes, and unpredictable uncertainties... forcing us to be more alert in communication and integration.
It is also necessary to see that, at present, in Vietnam, the risk of affecting the survival of the regime appears from many directions. “In the coming years, in the world, peace, cooperation, and development will still be the major trend, but war, ethnic and religious conflicts, border and territorial disputes, terrorist activities... will continue to take place in many places with a very complicated nature. The major contradictions of the era and the ideological struggle are still very fierce.” [35 - p.39] Those objective factors combined with the inadequacies and limitations in our organizational management are also opportunities for hostile forces to take advantage of and attack socialism in Vietnam.
The key point to resolve the national and international relations in clarifying and affirming socialism and the path to socialism in Vietnam is the role of the Party. Resolution of the 4th Central Committee of the 11th Party Congress has determined : "Party building work still has many limitations and weaknesses;...if not