Building the Vietnam Fatherland Front according to Ho Chi Minh’s thought in the current period

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume VI, Issue III, March 2022 | ISSN 2454–6186

Building the Vietnam Fatherland Front according to Ho Chi Minh’s thought in the current period

Dr. Hoang Thi Trang
Tan Trao University, Vietnam

Abstract: The Vietnam Fatherland Front is a part of the political system of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the political base of the people’s government, the place where the will, aspiration, gathering the great unity bloc of the whole people, promoting the people’s mastery, a place of consultation, coordination and unification of actions of its members. The Vietnam Fatherland Front always strives to build a strong national unity bloc, implementing the teachings of Ho Chi Minh – Founder of the Front: The goal of the United National Front is to build a nation. Vietnam is peaceful, unified, independent, democratic and prosperous. In the current period, in the face of complicated world developments, the construction of the Vietnam Fatherland Front requires a new height, a new depth, and a new method suitable to socio-economic realities, of the country and world trends.

Keywords: Fatherland Front, Vietnam, ideology, Ho Chi Minh, present

1. Make a problem

The Vietnam Fatherland Front is a constitutive part of the political system of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The Vietnam Fatherland Front has the task of continuing to strengthen the great national unity bloc, gathering more and more people from all walks of life, promoting patriotism, the will to self-reliance and mastery of the people, carry out industrialization and modernization of the country, step up the work of national construction and defense. Stemming from the conditions and requirements of reality, inheriting Ho Chi Minh’s thought on the United National Front, in the current period, strengthening the construction of the Front is an important task.

2. Research overview

In each revolutionary period, the Front has promoted its role and strength in rallying and gathering the strength of the entire people to successfully accomplish the set goal and tasks. The study of Ho Chi Minh’s thought on solidarity and the Front has been interested by many scientists and studied from different angles:
Thang Van Phuc, co-editor Nguyen Minh Phuong (2007), mentioned the issue of reforming the organization and operation of the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations in Vietnam today. The authors have systematized the theoretical-practical basis of organizational reform, activities of the United National Front, socio-political organizations and the actual organization and operation of the People’s Front. The current national reunification of Vietnam and the direction of reforming the activities of the National United Front of Vietnam.
Tran Hau (2010), the author overviewed the glorious history and tradition of the National United Front of Vietnam, and pointed out lessons learned from leading the Party’s United National Front in the revolution for the people’s liberation, as well as in the period when the whole country is moving towards socialism.
Nguyen Tho Anh (2012), research on the implementation of the monitoring function and social criticism of the Vietnam Fatherland Front today. The author has raised the function and importance of the supervision and social criticism function of the Vietnam Fatherland Front – one of the most basic issues in the operation of the Fatherland Front in the current period. . The author also points out the current situation and solutions for the current work.
Mai Trang (2012), analyzed the historical requirements and the imprint of Ho Chi Minh in the birth and development of the Vietnam Fatherland Front. The author’s importance must continue to build the Vietnam Fatherland Front to meet the requirements of the times. In particular, the author is very interested in the topic of cadres and thinks that: Measuring the effectiveness of the Front’s operations as well as that of front-line cadres is not only in superficial activities. It requires a new height, a new depth, a new method suitable to the socio-economic reality of our country in each period as well as before the complicated developments of the world. Front officers of the innovation period need new thinking, exemplary and sincere efforts to build the great unity of the whole people. It is necessary to fight the disease of narrowness, prejudice, faction, localism, lack of democracy and lack of solidarity.

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