The role of the Party Committee of the Fatherland Front and Central organizations in strengthening the country's position and strengthening the people's hearts

The draft documents of the 14th Congress emphasize the orientation: "Enhancing national potential, improving governance efficiency, consolidating social trust; closely combining the construction and protection of the Fatherland, the national position and the people's heart in the new period". This affirms a stable political and social foundation and the people's trust continues to be a decisive factor in internal development.

In that situation, the Party Committee of the Fatherland Front and central organizations play a role in connecting the Party's policies with social life, between development goals and the aspirations of the people. By grasping the situation, advising on policies, supervising - criticizing society and strengthening consensus, the Party Committee contributes to clarifying and operating the connection between the "state" and the "people's heart". Therefore, clearly defining the role of the Party Committee in the current period is practical, aiming to strengthen social stability and create a foundation for sustainable development.

Maintain the political and ideological orientation to create a stable foundation for the "state"

In the context of many complex developments in the world and the region, trends in information diversification, the emergence of new social spaces and forms of soft conflicts in the online environment, the requirement is to strengthen politicalcy, consolidate ideological foundations and improve resistance to cross-border impacts. As a comprehensive party organization leading the Front system and socio-political organizations, the Party Committee of the Fatherland Front and central organizations have the important responsibility to create an ideological foundation for the country to be nurtured by internal strength:

Regularly achieve the goal of national independence associated with socialism, concretize and organize the Party's viewpoints and policies in the fields of mass mobilization, front work, and great national unity in the spirit of the 13th Congress Documents; ensure that the Party's guidelines are deeply imbued into the political system and spread to the masses.

Proactively orient public opinion, proactively provide official information, improve "political - information campaigns", fight against erroneous, hostile views, distort the Party's ideological foundation, thereby protecting the ideological battlefield early and from afar.

Grasp the situation, forecast social changes, early detection of ideological and public issues that can affect political and social stability; propose policy adjustments in accordance with reality, ensure stability from the grassroots, and create a foundation for social consensus. This is an urgent requirement in the context of increasingly diverse, fast-moving and unpredictable social benefits.

Strengthen fighting spirit and persuasion in ideological work, innovate propaganda methods in the direction of dialogue - explanation - persuasion; promote the role of reporters, propagandists, and core forces in cyberspace; improve the quality of political theory education associated with practical life.

Promote the core political role of the Party organization in people's institutions, ensuring the leadership of the Party is realized through models, mechanisms, and methods of operation suitable to the characteristics of each type of mass organization, each social group, and each locality.

When ideological orientation is maintained, unity in the Party is guaranteed, and people's hearts are consolidated, a stable political foundation will become an important internal resource that composes national strength, increase resilience to external challenges, and enhance Vietnam's position in integration.

Connecting the Party - State's policies with the people's wishes, thereby strengthening the "people's heart"

As a leading party organization of the Front system and socio-political organizations at the central level, the Party Committee of the Fatherland Front, and central organizations play the role of "connecting axes", a two-way bridge between the Party - State and the people through the following key tasks:

Organize mechanisms to listen, receive and process legitimate aspirations of the people to promptly convey issues from people's lives, policy reflections, recommendations to improve public services, social security, administrative procedures... from the grassroots to policy-making agencies. Thereby, reducing information gaps, narrowing policy delays and limiting the accumulation of social frustration.

Represent and protect the legitimate and legal rights and interests of the people, conduct social supervision of public agencies; propose adjustments to mechanisms and policies that risk negatively affecting people's lives.

Strengthen policy dialogue, especially in sensitive social groups and areas with multidimensional benefits (urban areas, private enterprises, digital platform workers, vulnerable groups, etc.). The dialogue is constructive - transparent - responsible for explaining, helping to reduce the risk of social conflicts and increase consensus in the management process.

Expanding the space of solidarity in society, not only relying on traditional forces but also approaching new entities of socio-economic life such as entrepreneurs, young intellectuals, high-tech workers, digital transformation experts, creative communities, and overseas Vietnamese. This is a development step in line with the context of changing social structures and the requirement to mobilize national soft resources.

Innovating propaganda methods in the direction of persuasion - dialogue - explanation, instead of one-way communication; using a new digital platform, a new communication ecosystem, increasing interaction with society; at the same time, improving professionalism in providing policy information to combat information disruption.

Organizing, coordinating and innovating leadership methods in the new context

As a Party organization leading the Front system and socio-political organizations, the Party Committee of the Fatherland Front and Central organizations must innovate leadership methods on a number of pillars:

Organize and coordinate the system in a streamlined - effective - efficient manner, associated with the task of arranging associations, press agencies, publications and social institutions according to Conclusions 126-KL/TW and 127-KL/TW; avoid overlapping functions and spreading tasks, ensure that each union organization has a specific operating address and output products.

Strengthen digital transformation in organizational governance, applying grassroots database, online feedback platform, policy consultation channels according to thematic groups; thereby creating a two-way flow of information between management agencies and the people. The disclosure of information and the announcement of monitoring and criticism results contributes to raising accountability and strengthening trust.

Innovating leadership methods based on evidence and social reality, enhancing sociological surveys, public opinion research, and assessing policy impacts before and after implementation; thereby, consultation and criticism become more informed, with data and responsible addresses.

Develop a team of cadres associated with the new requirements of mass mobilization and mass organizations, both having political courage and ability to analyze policies, dialogue skills, social communication skills, understanding of interest groups, online communities and modern urban life. Cadres become a factor connecting the Party's leadership requirements and the practical needs of the people.

Strengthen coordination in the political system, ensure connectivity between the Party - State - Front - organizations; avoid the situation where everyone does it alone or "throwing a Trumpet, blowing a Trumpet back", thereby creating a unified mechanism in the goal, rhythm in action and effectiveness in social impact.

Creating solidarity between the "state" and the "people's heart" - the strategic value of the role of the Party Committee of the Fatherland Front, Central organizations

As the core leader of the Front system and socio-political organizations at the central level, the Party Committee of the Fatherland Front, and the Central organizations play a special role in forming and maintaining this strategic unity through key tasks:

Regulate and balance the interests of the State and the people, between the requirements of macro governance and the legitimate aspirations of society; thereby limiting potential conflicts, minimizing "social psychological bottlenecks" that can affect political and social stability.

Linking the task of socio-economic development with mass mobilization and solidarity, ensuring that each growth step aims to improve the quality of life, narrow opportunities gaps, increase access to public services, strengthen social welfare and sustainable security.

Promote the role of a "political system close to the people", create a mechanism for people to monitor, criticize and participate in the policy-making process; thereby building an operating mechanism of "state service", improving the reliability in the exercise of state power.

Strengthen social defense capabilities, forecast and early identify cross-border impact trends such as soft conflicts, toxic information, cyber interventions, and trust disturbances; proactively advise on solutions to stabilize from the root, from the grassroots - where people's hearts are most strongly shaped.

Mobilizing national soft resources, including community strength, intellectuals, entrepreneurs, intellectuals of overseas Vietnamese, the community of science - technology and new social institutions; thereby adding internal development resources and enhancing Vietnam's position in international integration.

It can be seen that the solidarity between the "state" and the "people's heart" does not form naturally, but is the result of a correct leadership mechanism, a suitable organizational system and an effective operation method. In which, the Party Committee of the Fatherland Front, Central organizations are the center for connection, institutionalization... and spreading that value into life. When the joint effort is formed, the country will have enough self-defense capacity in the face of challenges, enough foundation for development and enough courage to integrate.

Strengthening national defense and security potential, maintaining peace for development

In the context of increasing strategic competition between major countries, the impact of expanding non-traditional security, cyberspace becoming a new front, the requirement for the political system in general and the Party Committee of the Fatherland Front, and central organizations in particular, is to participate in consolidating the "force to protect the Fatherland" from the social - people's foundation.

The focus of this task is expressed in the following contents:

Link national defense and security with the task of socio-economic development, following the orientation of "protecting the Fatherland early, from afar, from the root", combining potential building with maintaining political and social stability; ensuring that all development policies take into account national defense and security factors and vice versa.

Organize propaganda and mobilize people to participate in building a national defense posture, people's security, and a people's heart posture, creating a solid social foundation for protecting national security in the new conditions; in which the grassroots is considered a strategic pillar.

Proactively grasp and forecast non-traditional security risks, especially in cyberspace, economic security, energy security, environment, food, and human security; coordinate in advising on policies to prevent and minimize negative impacts on people's lives.

Strengthen the protection of digital sovereignty and national data in the digital age, coordinate with functional forces to build a safe and healthy network environment; proactively fight against false information, propaganda, disruption of social order and undermining people's trust.

Promote the role of the People as the center and subject of the Fatherland protection posture, through self-management models, safe residential areas, civilized streets, linking community development with maintaining security and order; creating the strength to protect the Fatherland from the social foundation - where the people's heart is most sustainably shaped.

When national defense and security are strengthened from social internal resources, the political system is stable, people's lives are cared for, and their legitimate rights and interests are protected, the people will believe - the people will support - the people will accompany. That is the convergence point between the country and the people: to maintain peace, we must worry about development; to develop sustainably, we must maintain peace. These two factors are unified, complement each other and together create the strength to protect the Fatherland in the new situation.

The Party Committee of the Fatherland Front and Central organizations play a key role in creating a "common - open road" between political will and social life; connecting the Party's policies with practical life; regulating interests, increasing consensus; promoting the strength of national solidarity; strengthening trust and arousing development aspirations. This is not only the responsibility of the organization, but also the political responsibility and responsibility towards the people.

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