The people's mastery - the foundation for institution building and consolidating the great national unity bloc

In the atmosphere of the 14th National Congress of the Party, Ms. Bui Thi Minh Hoai - Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Fatherland Front (FFF), Central organizations, Chairwoman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front wrote: "Promoting the people's mastery in participating in building and perfecting institutions, strengthening the great national unity bloc; directions, tasks and solutions during the 14th National Party Congress".

The article not only sets out orientations and tasks, but also suggests many important issues in the process of building, perfecting institutions and consolidating the great national unity bloc.

Institutions for the People - The People create institutions

In today's innovation flow, the scariest thing is not the lack of ideas, but the lack of a mechanism that is broad enough to listen to social intelligence, deep enough to turn the People's voice into policies, and lasting enough to keep trust as a foundation for development. The article by Chairwoman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Bui Thi Minh Hoai put it right at that "bottleneck", when she firmly affirmed: " promouring the people's mastery in participating in building and perfecting institutions is of special importance".

The sentences are short, but the meaning is very thick. Specially important because institutions are not only management tools, but the backbone of the nation, a place to crystallize leadership intelligence, legal discipline and the breath of life. A strong institution cannot only be strong in terms of tightness, but also strong in terms of persuasion; not only true to principles, but also true to people's experiences; not only built with closed meeting rooms, but must be continuously tested by social networks. Therefore, democracy - in the deepest sense - is not " saying to do", but is a method of development, a mechanism for self-adjusting policies, for power to self-assess, for the apparatus to innovate from within.

Here, "dominance" is seen as a creativity, not just a legal power. People participate in building and perfecting institutions not to "add more voice", but to help institutions have vitality, feasibility, and stick to reality. When people are truly engaged, decision-making will be less hastily, less barriers, and less formal. When society receives transparent feedback, consensus will be more lasting. And when social trust is strengthened, the country will have "mental strength" - the invisible inner strength that determines the resilience of a nation in every level.

The Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front cited the spirit of the 13th Congress Documents as a theoretical and political fulcrum: "Promoting the central role and central position of the people in the country's development strategy, in the entire process of building and defending the Fatherland". It is worth mentioning that: placing the People at the center is not only about establishing a priority order, but also changing the way of policy design: from "issuance - implementation" to "consultation - co-creation - supervision - response". That is the axis of modern institutions: policies are not an administrative order, but are the product of collective intelligence, of social dialogue, of accountability and of the culture of the rule of law.

Great solidarity is a culture of consensus and national action capacity

If the institution is a framework, then great solidarity is the blood flow. Without that blood flow, the national body cannot be healthy. Because a country that wants to rise up not only needs growth, but also needs social consensus, community trust, and a "mental asset" large enough to overcome fluctuations. Therefore, Chairwoman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Bui Thi Minh Hoai emphasized: "Safforcing and promoting the strength of great national unity is an urgent requirement, a strategic task".

This message, if read in depth, is an affirmation of the role of culture in national governance. Great solidarity is not a slogan to hang up during major holidays. Great solidarity must become a value system, a standard of conduct, a culture of consensus to help us resolve differences, regulate interests, connect the community and work towards common interests. The Vietnam Fatherland Front is in its historical role: not only a place to gather forces, but also a central institution of the great solidarity bloc, a place to connect the will of the Party and the will of the people.

Chairwoman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Bui Thi Minh Hoai wrote: "The Vietnam Fatherland Front... is a bridge between the Party, the State and the people". Connecting cannot be understood only as a one-way communication channel. Connecting is truly a two-way mechanism: On the one hand, bringing the Partys guidelines and the States policies to the people by getting closer to the people, understanding the people, and being in harmony with the peoples hearts. On the other hand, convey the thoughts, aspirations, and recommendations from the grassroots to competent authorities with a sense of responsibility, reasoning, and persuasion.

This message also shows a very remarkable thing: great solidarity in the new era must be built through a legitimate rights protection mechanism, through a dialogue channel, through supervision and social criticism. That is: great solidarity must have an institutionalized lifestyle and a social immunity system. People are not only encouraged to participate in the movement, but are also protected by law, listened to by mechanisms, and responded to with the responsibility of explaining. At that time, the Front will truly become a place to "combine trust" - for each citizen to see themselves as a part of the cause of national construction, not standing outside the flow of development.

At a deeper level, today's great solidarity is also an answer to the challenge of the digital age: the faster society connects, the more likely it is to be disrupted. Fake, distorted, and agitatory news - without a "culture of consensus" and " timely feedback institutions" will create cracks in trust. Therefore, great solidarity must go hand in hand with new management capacity, where each institution knows how to listen at the right time, handle it promptly, speak clearly, and do it seriously.

To effectively expand digital transformation

Chairwoman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Bui Thi Minh Hoai not only emphasized the principle of democracy, but also raised a very modern requirement: democracy must have new tools. When people have entered cyberspace as a living space, when social emotions form every hour, when public opinion can spread in just a few minutes, then the way of "listening to the people" cannot keep up with the old cycles. Democracy, to be real, must go faster - be more transparent and respond more promptly.

From the traditional strength, the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front emphasized the basic motto: "people know, people discuss, people inspect, people supervise, people benefit" - a familiar saying, but if put in the context of today, it has a new content: people not only "know" through notification, but also must "know" through transparent data; people not only "discuss" at the conference, but can "discuss" in digital space; people not only "monitor" with emotion, but need tools to monitor with evidence, processes and accountability.

The new point of the article is the orientation of digitalizing listening and social feedback activities: grasping the situation of people in cyberspace; receiving multi-channel opinions; timely feedback; monitoring the process of receiving recommendations. And in particular, the proposal to deploy the "Digital Front" platform, receive opinions 24/7, and implement "Listen to the People" shows a very clear thinking: digital transformation is not only a technical story, but a story of democratic governance.

If viewed by modern management standards, Digital Front must be understood as an ecosystem of the peoples heart: Receiving classifying processing monitoring feedback. If done well, this will be a huge step forward: people will see their voices not fall into space; state agencies will have more vivid data to adjust policies.

More importantly, digital transformation in democratic practice is also directly linked to the task of protecting great solidarity. cyberspace is a place to connect, but it is also a place that is easily exploited for division. Therefore, if there is a mechanism to grasp early and respond correctly, it will not only solve each case, but also keep the "lier of trust" to keep the great solidarity bloc unharmed.

The Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front assigned this task as a major vision for the 14th Congress term: Organizing elections, strengthening supervision, perfecting mechanisms for the People to participate more widely in Party building, the State, and practicing democracy at the grassroots level. That shows a consistent philosophy: to want the country to go far in the new era, it is necessary to know how to fully exploit the greatest resource - the People's resource.

In the digital age, digital transformation cannot be just a story of convenience or speed, but must become a tool to expand democracy, connect people's hearts, and maintain great solidarity. When institutions are transparent enough, culture is tolerant enough, and technology is enough to serve people, the people's mastery will become the strongest driving force to move the country forward quickly and sustainably in the new era.

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