The workshop took place under the chairmanship of Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang - Member of the Politburo, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council; Mr. Nguyen Dinh Khang - Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Delegation, Chairman of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor; Prof. Dr. Ta Ngoc Tan - former Member of the Party Central Committee, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council.
The working class is always the leading class of the revolution.
Speaking at the workshop, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Ha - Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Communist Magazine analyzed that in the new context, under the impact of globalization and international integration, the Vietnamese working class has grown rapidly in quantity, diversified in composition and industry and occupation; cultural level and professional qualifications are constantly improved; material and spiritual life is increasingly improved...
Although the world has changed a lot and the country's context is very different from the time the working class was formed, many viewpoints and guidelines of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh's thought on the working class still have value and need to be promoted.
In which, the Communist Party of Vietnam is always the force representing the interests and ideals of the working class and the interests of the nation. The working class is always the class leading the revolution and the country. President Ho Chi Minh drew a lesson from experience about the inevitability that the working class must ally with other classes and take the leadership of that alliance: “Only the working class is the bravest, most revolutionary, always courageous in confronting the colonial imperialists. With its pioneering revolutionary theory and the experience of the international proletarian movement, our working class has shown itself to be the most worthy and trustworthy leader of the Vietnamese people”.
Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Ha discussed a number of tasks and solutions to continue enhancing the role and position of the working class in the new context in the spirit of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh thought. Accordingly, it is necessary to seriously implement the Party and State's guidelines and policies in developing the working class in the new period in the spirit of "building a working class that is strong in both quantity and quality; is the revolutionary leadership class through the vanguard of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the pioneer class in the cause of building socialism in Vietnam".
Innovate the content and form of political and ideological education for the working class, aiming at quality, practical effectiveness and closeness to the target and circumstances; motivate and encourage workers and laborers to promote a positive spirit, self-awareness, dedication, initiatives and technical improvements to improve labor productivity associated with sustainable economic development.
Continue to firmly maintain the viewpoint that the working class is the leading class of the revolution through the vanguard, the Communist Party of Vietnam; representing advanced and modern production methods; the core force in the alliance of the working class with the peasantry and intellectuals under the leadership of the Party. Party committees, party organizations, and trade union organizations in enterprises need to take care of the material and spiritual interests of workers, so that they can work with peace of mind; from there, they will have enthusiasm, determine the right motivation, continue to strive to join the Party with a voluntary and self-conscious spirit...
Working class strengthens leadership role
Discussing the historical mission of the Vietnamese working class today, Dr. Pham Thi Hoang Ha - Director of the Institute of Scientific Socialism (Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics) affirmed that the positive changes of the working class are of great significance, and are the conditions to ensure that the working class can better fulfill its historical mission in the renovation period. No one else, they are the leading and leading force in implementing "Continuing to promote economic growth model innovation, strongly shifting the economy to a growth model based on increased productivity, scientific and technological progress, innovation, high-quality human resources, economical and effective use of resources to improve the quality, efficiency and competitiveness of the economy..."; restructuring industries, agriculture, and services towards focusing on developing fields and products with potential, advantages, high technology, high added value, high competitiveness in international integration...; “Continue to promote industrialization and modernization on the basis of scientific and technological progress and innovation”, build a strong national industry…
This viewpoint is analyzed by Dr. Pham Thi Hoang Ha from the achievements in carrying out the historical mission of the Vietnamese working class today, expressed through the achievements in building socialism and renewing the country in all areas of social life, including: Economy; politics - society; ideology, culture.
In particular, the achievements in carrying out the historical mission in economic content are reflected in one of the aspects that is thanks to increasingly systematic training, increasingly improved qualifications, accordingly, the labor productivity of Vietnamese workers has also increased continuously. Labor productivity of Vietnamese workers has increased nearly 10 times after 30 years (in 1986 it was 500 USD/person and in 2018 it was 4,512 USD/person). Even the labor productivity of the industrial sector compared to 1986 has increased about 22 times. Specific numbers: In 2018, an industrial worker reached 154.1 million VND/person/year (equivalent to 12,000 USD) compared to the average labor productivity of a worker in 1986 of 500 USD/person/year...
