Guidance on propaganda on major and key topics from now until the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam

Guidance on propaganda on major and key topics from now until the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Image from the internet)

Guidance on propaganda on major and key topics from now until the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam

The purpose and requirements of the propaganda work are as follows:

- Enhance awareness among officials, party members, and the People about the achievements of the country after 40 years of renewal under the leadership of the Communist Party; strategic guiding thoughts, major orientations of our Communist Party on building a clean and strong Communist Party and rapid, sustainable development of the country in the new phase; thereby creating the dynamic of "unity of intent from top to bottom"; promoting the role and responsibility of party committees, government, the combined strength of the entire nation, and the entire political system; encouraging and motivating the entire Communist Party, the whole people, and the entire army to seize opportunities, strive to overcome difficulties and challenges, accelerate, break through, promote patriotic emulation movements, and determine to successfully implement the Resolution of the 13th Congress of the Communist Party, to lead our country towards rapid, sustainable development, aiming to soon achieve the strategic goals of 100 years under the leadership of the Communist Party, and 100 years since the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

- Propaganda work should closely follow the political and ideological orientation of the Central Propaganda Department; ensure consistency, coherence, perseverance, long-term emphasis, and key points; provide accurate, prompt information with various flexible, creative, rich, and lively forms linked to the propaganda of local party conferences, progressing to the 14th National Party Congress and commemorating major holidays, important historical events of the country in 2024, 2025.

The Central and provincial press agencies, ministries, central authorities, and unions in Vietnam are responsible for:

- Publishing the full content of this Guideline from the Central Propaganda Department. Promote the central role, actively enhance the propaganda activities mentioned in Section II; develop a propaganda plan, especially the roadmap to deploy news and articles about the local party congresses leading up to the 14th Congress of the Communist Party in a methodical and scientific manner.

- Develop special pages, sections, propaganda programs, launch peak periods of prominent propaganda on the results of implementing resolutions, directives, notifications, conclusions of the Central Committee, Politburo, Secretariat, articles, speeches of the General Secretary, President To Lam, while strengthening news lines, articles, reports on the achievements of the country in various fields, praise and honor heroic collectives, individuals, exemplary role models; encourage and motivate all classes of people to engage in patriotic emulation, achieve accomplishments celebrating the 14th Congress of the Communist Party.

Organize discussions and forums to deepen and clarify the achievements and outstanding milestones our country has achieved in recent times; major orientations, viewpoints, policies for accelerating "towards the goal", successfully implementing the Resolution of the 13th Congress of the Communist Party; about the new historical starting point, a new era, the era of the Vietnamese nation reaching new heights.

Leaders of press agencies should uphold the spirit of responsibility, focus on innovation, creatively shape information, propaganda, ensure complete, prompt information; content consistent, profound, highly persuasive, creating a strong spread, overcoming the tendency to downplay praise and emphasize criticism, ensuring positive information occupies a large proportion of newspapers and social networks; regularly monitor and strictly censor news, articles, ensuring the correctness of purpose and political ideology orientation, contributing significantly to creating high unity in the Communist Party of Vietnam, and societal consensus.

More details can be found in Guideline 168-HD/BTGTW dated September 23, 2024.

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