Building a strong Party for the Political Academy in terms of politics, ideology, ethics, organisation and cadres is a consistent and continuous requirement. This is the key factor for the Party Committee to lead the Academy to successfully complete all assigned tasks, constantly improve the quality of education, training and scientific research, contributing to building a politically strong Army, meeting the requirements of safeguarding the Fatherland in the new period.
Under the regular and direct leadership and direction of the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defence, and the General Department of Politics, over the past 75 years, the Party Committee of the Political Academy has always maintained the title of clean and strong; the leadership capacity, fighting strength of the Party organisation and the quality of cadres and party members have been constantly improved. The entire Party Committee has always been a united bloc in terms of politics, ideology and organisation; firmly upholding Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thought; thoroughly grasp and strictly implement the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws. Party committees and organisations at all levels are regularly consolidated and improved, operating in accordance with their functions and tasks, strictly following the principle of democratic centralism, promoting self-criticism and criticism. The work of managing, educating and training cadres and party members is focused on. Inspection and supervision work in the entire Party Committee is carried out synchronously, systematically and effectively. The Party Committee of the Academy always promotes its role as a political nucleus, comprehensively leading the task of training and fostering cadres, researching and developing military social sciences and humanities; participating in research, providing scientific arguments to serve the leadership and direction of the Central Committee, the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defence, etc. Thereby, the Academy has affirmed its position and prestige as the leading training and research centre on politics - military of the Army and the country.
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| A periodical plenum of the Academy's Party Committee in July 2025 |
In the coming time, the national renovation and the cause of building the Army and safeguarding the Fatherland will have a profound impact on all aspects of social life, including Party building in general and Party organisations in the Army, in particular. In order to lead the Academy to successfully complete all tasks in the new period, the Party Committee of the Political Academy has determined to focus on "Promoting and creating fundamental changes in Party building work in terms of politics, ideology, ethics, organisation, and cadres", with the following policies and solutions.
First, building the Academy's Party Committee to be politically strong, maintaining and strengthening the Party's ideological position. This is a fundamental solution, playing a decisive role for the Party Committee to successfully complete all assigned tasks. Accordingly, the Party Committee of the Academy and Party committees and organisations at all levels continue to thoroughly grasp, concretise and strictly implement the resolutions, directives, regulations and guidelines of the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo, the Secretariat and the Central Military Commission on Party building work, focusing on Resolution No. 4 of the Central Executive Committee (12th and 13th tenure) on Party building and rectification and the political system; Resolution No. 21-NQ/TW, dated 16 June 2022 of the Party Central Executive Committee (13th tenure) on strengthening and consolidating grassroots Party organisations and improving the quality of Party members in the new period. The focus is on improving the political capacity, combativeness and political responsibility of Party committees, Party cells, cadres and Party members. Comprehensively and effectively carry out ideological work, resolutely prevent manifestations of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation" within the Party. At the same time, strengthen the struggle on the ideological and theoretical front, refute erroneous and hostile viewpoints, and firmly protect the Party's ideological foundation. In addition, leaders and commanders at all levels regularly attach to the grassroots, grasp situations, listen to the thoughts and aspirations of soldiers, promptly resolve arising problems, and prevent them from accumulating into complicated problems. Closely combine "building" and "fighting"; education and persuasion with administrative and disciplinary measures, etc. Thereby, building an environment of solidarity, consolidating the belief, revolutionary ideals and absolute loyalty of cadres, party members and the masses towards the Party, the Fatherland and the People.
Second, build up the revolutionary ethics, moral standards, and lifestyles of cadres and party members in the Party Committee of the Academy. On the basis of thoroughly grasping and implementing Regulation No. 144-QD/TW, dated 9 May 2024 of the Politburo (13th tenure) on revolutionary ethical standards of cadres and party members in the new period, the Party Committee of the Academy focuses on reviewing, supplementing and perfecting the system of values, moral standards of cadres and party members and resolutely implementing them, considering them as a measure, personality standard, and a foundation to enhance prestige and working capacity, etc. Along with that, strengthen the education of revolutionary ethics for cadres and party members, associated with training a clean, simple, honest, and humane lifestyle. Improve the effectiveness of studying and following Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality, and style; promote the role of setting an example, "self-reflection", "self-correction" of cadres and party members, especially leaders of agencies, departments and units. Proactively prevent and resolutely fight against individualism, opportunistic lifestyle, pragmatism, indifference, achievement disease and formalism. Timely detect and strictly handle signs of moral and lifestyle degradation within the organisation. Timely detect, commend, reward and replicate advanced models, good people, good deeds; build a cultural, ethical and humane environment, etc. Thereby, contributing to building the Academy's Party Committee to be truly clean, strong, and exemplary in ethics and lifestyle.
Third, regularly consolidate and build clean and strong Party committees and organisations at all levels. This is a key task, directly deciding the quality and effectiveness of the leadership of the Academy's Party Committee. Therefore, the Party Committee and the Board of Directors of the Academy continue to attach importance to leadership and direction to perfect Party committees and Party organisations at all levels in terms of quantity and quality; focus on overcoming limitations and creating substantive changes. Review, supplement and perfect the working regulations and leadership regulations of Party committees at all levels, especially for pivotal aspects of work, ensuring strictness and correctness in leadership. Strictly implement the principles of democratic centralism and collective leadership while promoting the role of cadres and Party members in disseminating and implementing resolutions; strictly maintain Party regimes and lifestyles, promote the spirit of self-criticism and criticism of cadres and Party members, contributing to improving the fighting strength of the Party Committee. Strengthen the leadership role of Party organisations, the effectiveness of command organisations, and assign tasks to Party committee members in conjunction with the role of presiding cadres. Closely combine the building of clean and strong party organisations with the building of comprehensively strong, "exemplary and typical" agencies, faculties and units. At the same time, effectively carry out internal political protection work; effectively review, evaluate, and classify the quality of party organisations, party members, and annually review cadres. Thereby, improving the leadership capacity and fighting strength of the Party Committees and Party organisations to successfully carry out all assigned tasks.
Fourth, attach importance to building cadres and party members with reasonable quantity and high quality. The Party Committee and the Board of Directors of the Academy focus on building cadres and party members based on the standards of cadre positions of the Academy, ensuring comprehensive qualities of politics, ethics, lifestyle, capacity, methods, working style and health. Manage cadres based on decentralisation, strictly evaluate, arrange and use cadres in accordance with Party regulations, ensuring publicity, transparency and democracy. Regularly review and supplement plans, assign cadres to rotation among internal agencies, faculties, units and those throughout the army to create a source of cadres for leadership, command and management at all levels, ensuring continuity and solid development. At the same time, carry out the work of developing party members, linking the building of party members with the building of high-quality cadres, lecturers and scientists. Pay attention to implementing well the cadre policy and the Army's rear policy. Effectively implement the Project "Policy to attract and promote talents in the Vietnam People's Army until 2030, with a vision to 2050" according to Decision No. 726/QD-TTg, dated 8 April 2025 of the Prime Minister, in order to attract and encourage talented and dedicated cadres to work at the Academy; at the same time, resolutely transfer cadres who do not meet the requirements, tasks, etc. Thereby, building a cadre and party member team that is "both qualified and professional", meeting the tasks of education, training, research on military social sciences and humanities in the new period.
Fifth, innovate leadership methods, build up a scientific working style; Improve the effectiveness and efficiency of inspection and supervision work. This is an inevitable requirement and a regular task to improve the leadership and the ability of the Party organisations, cadres and Party members. The Party Committee of the Academy and Party committees and commanders at all levels regularly innovate leadership methods, ensuring flexibility while maintaining principles; focusing on the core points, being close, synchronous, drastic and effective, linking words with actions. Promote the application of information technology, digital transformation, building a scientific, public and transparent management system in leadership and direction. Promote the proactive, creative, daring to think, daring to do, daring to innovate and dare to take responsibility role of the cadres and Party members, especially the leaders in performing tasks. At the same time, innovate leadership style, methods, working style; harmoniously resolve relationships. Along with that, strictly implement the work of inspection, supervision and Party discipline for Party organisations and Party members in implementing the Party Charter, resolutions and directives of superiors and in implementing the principle of democratic centralism and working regulations. Timely detect and strictly handle violations by cadres and Party members, create high unity in ideology and action, and strengthen the spirit of solidarity in the entire Party.
In the new situation, the requirements for the Party Committee of the Political Academy are increasingly high, requiring the strong promotion of the comprehensive leadership role, especially in building a strong Party Committee in terms of politics, ideology, ethics, organisation and cadres. This is a pivotal task, a political responsibility of Party committees, Party organisations, leading cadres at all levels and of all Party members, and the masses in the entire Party Committee and the Academy; it is a decisive factor in building a clean and strong Party Committee of the Academy, a comprehensive strong "exemplary, typical" Academy, worthy of being the leading centre for education, training, and research in social sciences and humanities of the Army and the country./.
Major General, Associate Professor, Dr. NGUYEN BA HUNG, Political Commissar of the Academy