On May 18, 2021, the Politburo (the 13^th Tenure) issued Conclusion No.01-KL/TW on continuing the implementation of Directive No.05-CT/TW issued on May 15^th, 2016 by the Politburo (the 12^th Tenure) on “promoting the learning and following of Ho Chi Minh thoughts, ethics, and style”. The Vietnam  Coast Guard (VCG) Party Committee and High Command have determined that thoroughly grasping and effectively implementing the Conclusion would contribute to building clean and strong Party committees and organisations, comprehensively strong, “exemplary and typical” units, and excellently strong mass organisations.

With determination, dynamism, and creativity and through effective movements and models, over the past 5 years of implementing Directive No.05 of the Politburo (the 12^th Tenure), the learning and following of Uncle Ho have spread far and wide in the implementation of political tasks to contribute to making the VCG politically, ideologically, organisationally, and ethically strong, its party committees and organisations clean  and strong, its units comprehensively strong, "exemplary and typical", and its mass organisations excellently strong to be a core force in maintaining law enforcement, security, order, and safety and preventing and controlling  all kinds of crimes and violations at sea to contribute to fulfilling the task of  protecting the Fatherland’s sovereignty over seas and islands.

VCG leader presents national flag to residents on Bach Long Vi Island

For the learning and following of Ho Chi Minh thoughts, ethics, and style under Conclusion No.01-KL/TW of the Politburo (the 13^th Tenure) to achieve practical effectiveness, the VCG Party Committee and High Command have determined to continue thoroughly grasping and focusing on the three contents of learning and following Uncle Ho and modeling of the cadres and Party members with the following key solutions:

To strengthen education to raise awareness for cadres, Party members, and the masses about continuing to promote the learning and following of Ho Chi Minh's thoughts, ethics, and style under Conclusion No. 01 of the Politburo (the 13^th Tenure). It is necessary to flexibly apply forms of communication and learning and include the content of learning and following Ho Chi Minh thoughts, ethics, and style in the annual political education plans. Thereby, cadres and soldiers in the whole force will have unified perceptions that Ho Chi Minh thoughts and Marxism-Leninism are the ideological foundations and guidelines for the Party's actions, and Ho Chi Minh thoughts, ethics, and style are the great motivation and source of strength for the entire Party, people and Army to bring into full play their internal power to overcome difficulties and challenges and successfully implement the 13^th National Party Congress’s Resolution and revolutionary tasks in the new period. Learning and following Uncle Ho must become a regular work of Party organisations, agencies, units, and each cadres and soldier of the VCG. To be effective, units need to thoroughly grasp and strictly implement Instruction No. 16-HD/BTGTW issued on July 27^th, 2021 by the Central Committee for Propagation guiding the study of the 13^th National Party Congress’ full-term Thematic Project entitled “Learning and following Ho Chi Minh thoughts, ethics, and style on the will of self-reliance and aspiration to develop a prosperous and happy country".

To closely combine the learning and following of Ho Chi Minh thoughts, ethics, and style with units’ fulfillment of political tasks. Party committees at all levels should continue supplementing plans to promote the studying and following of Ho Chi Minh thoughts, ethics, and style in association with implementing their action programs and plans to implement the units’ resolutions with attention paid to the three core values of "Responsibility, Discipline, and Righteousness" of the VCG soldiers as it is not only a measure, rule, principle, and behavioural pattern for cadres and soldiers to implement but also a "guideline", goal, and direction for all actions and jobs in training, working, and fulfilling tasks to promote the vanguard and exemplary characters of cadres and Party members, especially leading cadres at all levels to ensure speeches in parallel with deeds and quality and effectiveness of work. Agencies and units should continue supplementing, perfecting, and concretising five criteria of "Uncle Ho's Soldiers" in the new period in accordance with characteristics, functions, and tasks. Thereby, each individual should register his or her striving plan under the assigned responsibilities and tasks and report  to the Party committees and commanders for approval. Particularly, it is necessary to focus on the main contents, including: raising awareness and sense of responsibility in fulfilling units’ political tasks; promoting the vanguard and exemplary role of cadres and Party members; improving the quality of political education, combat training, patrol, inspection, control, and protection of sovereignty, and law enforcement at sea; strengthening disciplines, regularity and order building, thrift practice, and fighting corruption and waste; preventing and controlling all kinds of crimes, etc.

To promote the exemplary role and responsibility of cadres and Party members, especially leading and key cadres at all levels in implementation. The self-discipline in modeling to affirm the role of leadership, vanguard, and example of leaders and commanders at all levels must be shown in their firm thoughts, right views, and dare to think, dare to do, and dare to take responsibility and their scientific, democratic, and practical leadership and commanding styles to be truly the nucleus of solidarity, gathering, motivating, and promoting collective intelligence. Besides, they are also required to always uphold the principles of democratic centralism, objectivity, comprehensiveness, fairness, openness, transparency, accuracy, and impartiality, and constantly study, train, practise, and cultivate the revolutionary ethics; be exemplary in personalities and lifestyle and promote their industriousness, thrift, integrity, righteousness, impartiality, honesty, simplicity, straightforwardness, and sincerity. In addition, they should well implement political activities, self-criticism and criticism to make cadres, Party members, and the masses more clearly and fully evaluate the implementation results to promptly overcome limitations and shortcomings and, thereby, clearly define the responsibility to model, voluntarily learn and follow, actively cultivate, train and preserve the ethical qualities and lifestyle of "Uncle Ho's Solders" - the Coast Guard Soldiers, and overcome difficulties, strive to rise up to fulfill assigned tasks.

To strengthen inspecting and supervising the implementation of Directive No. 05 in association with the implementation of the 4^th Resolution of the Party Central Committee (the 12^th Tenure) on Party building and rectification to warn, early detect, and promptly prevent violations of Party disciplines and the State's laws to ensure serious, effective, and substantive learning and following of Ho Chi Minh thoughts, ethics, and style. The Party committees, inspection councils, and political agencies at all levels should actively develop plans regularly inspect and supervise Party organisations and members under their respective functions and tasks in association with the inspection and supervision of learning and following Ho Chi Minh thoughts, ethics, and style. The VCG Party Committee and High Command should regularly combine the inspection of the implementation of Conclusion No. 01-KL/TW of the Politburo (the 13^th Tenure) at subordinate units under comprehensive six-month and full-year inspection plans with the inspection and supervision of Party committees and Inspection Councils at all levels with the commanders and cadres’ inspection and supervision over subordinates and those of the Associations and Unions’ cadres over the members through learning, working, living, and performing tasks to timely detecting signs of violations to rectify, prevent, and resolutely handle violating organizations and individuals.

By synchronously carrying out the above solutions, the Party committees and commanders at all levels should promote dynamism and creativity in organising the emulation movement for learning and following Ho Chi Minh thoughts, ethics, and style in association with the Determination-to-Win emulation movements and the drive entitled promoting tradition, dedicating talents, and being worthy of the title of "Uncle Ho's Soldiers" in the new period to ensure efficiency; actively replicate new models, creative and effective methods, and examples of "Good people and good deeds" and those in learning and following Uncle Ho within the whole force; and well maintain the columns of "Good people - Good deeds" and "Following Uncle Ho's examples" on the VCG Journal and Website canhsatbien.vn, to contribute to spreading the learning and following of Ho Chi Minh thoughts, ethics, and style and bringing the image of "Uncle Ho's Soldiers" - Coast Guard Soldiers to the entire Army and people nationwide and international friends.

Major General BUI QUOC OAI, Commissar of the Vietnam Coast Guard