Ho Chi Minh’s Thought on Leadership, Party, State and National United Front

Ho Chi Minh’s Thought on Leadership, Party, State and National United Front

1. On the principle of leadership:

• Collective leadership, individual responsibility: Ho Chi Minh considered this a comprehensive leadership principle, avoiding reliance and promoting initiative. This principle helps ensure focus, unity and effectiveness in leadership.

• The common interest of the Party and the individual’s own interest: According to Ho Chi Minh, Party members must always put the Party’s interests above their own. This reflects the spirit of sacrifice, dedication and loyalty to the Party.

2. On Party building:

• “3 Oppositions” in the state apparatus: Ho Chi Minh emphasized the opposition to corruption, waste and bureaucracy in order to maintain the purity and strength of the state apparatus.

• The role of the branch: The branch is the “nucleus” that determines the quality of the Party’s leadership, and at the same time is an environment for nurturing, training and supervising Party members.

• Training of cadres: Ho Chi Minh considered this the root of building a strong cadre force.

• Self-criticism and criticism: This is the law of development of the Party, helping the Party to self-consciously correct mistakes and improve its leadership capacity.

3. On the State:

• Combination of law and morality: A distinctive feature of Ho Chi Minh’s thought on the rule of law is the smooth combination of law and morality in social management. This helps to improve management efficiency and build a civilized society.

4. On the National United Front:

• Leadership of the alliance of workers – peasants – intellectuals: The National United Front must be under the leadership of the alliance of workers – peasants – intellectuals, ensuring the supreme interests of the nation and the basic rights of all classes of people.

• Democratic consultation: This is the principle of operation of the National United Front, reflecting the spirit of democracy and respect for the opinions of everyone.

• The foundation of the alliance block of workers, peasants, intellectuals: The National United Front must be built on the foundation of a solid alliance block of workers, peasants and intellectuals.

5. On international solidarity:

• Self-reliance, self-strength: Ho Chi Minh emphasized the importance of self-reliance, self-strength in foreign activities. “Strength is the gong and diplomacy is the sound. The gong is big, the sound is big,” that is the affirmation of the important role of internal strength in protecting and developing the country.

• The international communist and workers’ movement: This is the most important international solidarity force in Ho Chi Minh’s thought.

6. On revolutionary ethics:

• Ethics are an important factor in leadership: Ho Chi Minh affirmed: “Revolutionaries must be ethical, without ethics, no matter how talented they are, they cannot lead the people.” This shows the important role of ethics in building and developing the Party, successfully leading the revolution.

7. On culture:

• The role of culture in raising the people’s intelligence: Ho Chi Minh believed that culture must contribute to raising the people’s intelligence, creating a spiritual foundation for the development of the country.

8. On human beings:

• Promoting the good, eliminating the bad: Ho Chi Minh emphasized the role of human beings in society. Every person has both good and evil in their heart. We must know how to make the good part in each person bloom like a spring flower and the bad part gradually disappear.

9. On leadership work:

• It is necessary to have a plan for every task: Ho Chi Minh believed that to make the word “NEED” have more results, it is necessary to have a plan for every task. This reflects the importance of organization, management and strategic planning in leadership work.

Ho Chi Minh’s thought is a comprehensive, scientific, creative and deeply humanistic system of thought. His ideas have always been a great driving force for the Party and our people in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland.