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hails Front co-operation Prime
Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has hailed last year’s coordination between the
Government and the Viet Nam Fatherland Front, saying the endeavour had helped
strengthen national unity and create consensus in the society.
Dung
made the comments during his address at an annual working session to review the
implementation of the cooperation mechanism between the Government and the Viet
Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee last Saturday.
Dung
stressed the country’s efforts towards socio-economic development, political
security and public order last year in the face of difficulties and challenges. He
attributed the achievements to the leadership of the Party and State, the
people’s consensus and close cooperation among State agencies, especially the
coordination between the Government and the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central
Committee. This
cooperation had helped both sides fulfil their tasks and address people’s
concerns, said Chairman of the Front’s central committee Huynh Dam. The
Fatherland Front had responded to all Government’s campaigns and encouraged
people from all walks of life to participate in its activities, he added. This
year, the Government and the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee will
expand their cooperation to strengthen national unity, work towards
socio-economic development and promote national defence, security, and public
order.
Party theory focuses on reality
Head of the Party Central Committee Theory Council,
To Huy Rua, has highlighted the recent Party theory research contribution to the
compilation of Party Congress documents as ground for the Party leadership and
State management.
Mr. Rua said at a meeting in Hanoi
on January 8 that a draft political report to be submitted at the upcoming Party
Congress calls for stronger theoretical research in combination with further
drawing experiences in order to make clear issues on ruling party, socialism and
the road towards socialism in Vietnam. He also said the report urged
further research on issues emerging from the renewal process to help work out
sound policies and guidelines in service of the national development. Mr. Rua pointed out a need to
generate a democratic environment in theoretical research by facilitating
dialogues and exchange of scientific viewpoints in order to encourage innovation
and promote collective and individual knowledge. He urged Party theoretical research
institutions to improve their operations on the basis of reality and focus on
the 30 year renewal process. The next programme of political
theory research should be closely based on the 11th Party Congress documents,
especially the political platform (supplements), the 2011-20 socio-economic
development strategy and the political report, the senior Party official added.
Mr. Rua is also a Politburo member
and Secretary the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, who chairs the
CPVCC Commission of Information and Education. The programme of political theory
research on the 2006-10 period has met its target with all the 32 research
projects winning the State recognition. They have focused on the practical
elements in Party political programme, current global situation and its trend in
the years to come, Party and State external policy and creative application of
the Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh thoughts on socialism and international
integration into reality. The research also looked into all
aspects of the current trend towards market economy and global integration from
the angle of Vietnam’s firm stands towards socialism and conservation of
cultural identity. Social democracy and progress well
as democracy promotion in the Party and society, national unity and Party
renovation and strengthening were also major topics of the research.
Vietnam attends Sweden’s Party Congress
A delegation from the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)
led by Vuong Thua Phong, Deputy Head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission
for External Relations attended the 16th National Congress of the Communist
Party of Sweden (SKP) and the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the SKP
on 6-8 January.
At the opening ceremony, Mr Phong
presented a congratulatory message from the CPV Central Committee to Sweden’s
National Party Congress. He met with SKP President Anders
Carlssons and introduced the programme of Vietnam’s 11th National
Party Congress to other international delegations. The Swedish Party Congress reviewed
the socio-economic and political situation in Sweden as well in the world over
the past year, elected a new central committee and devised political guidelines
and operational plans for the years to come. The SKP confirmed its continuous
efforts to pursue the path of communism, struggle to protect the interests of
the working class and combat policies affecting social welfare. The SKP said it would continue to
support solidarity movements with other parties which are struggling for
national independence and socialism. On the occasion, Anders Carlssons
was re-elected as SKP President.
People’s Procuracy urged to improve performance
President Nguyen Minh
Triet has called for an overhaul of the procuracy service, which is responsible
for prosecutions and legal matters. Triet, who was
speaking at a meeting in Ha Noi last Saturday, said the procuracy service must
be improved to ensure offenders did not escape prosecution or that innocent
people were not punished. He asked the sector to
work with the courts to improve the quality of legal proceedings at procurator’s
hearings to protect the Party, the socialist legal system and people’s rights. The President said the
procuracy service must improve the dissemination of Party and Government
policies and laws on combating crime. He also stressed the
need to improve ethical training of officials to ensure they upheld the rule of
law. Transparency also had to be boosted, Triet said. The President praised
the progress made on carrying out the Politburo’s resolution on judicial reform
up to 2020 and the National Assembly’s resolution on socio-economic development.
He also said the quality of procurators’ supervision and the court process
itself had improved. He said the Supreme
People’s Court had co-ordinated successfully with central judicial offices to
institutionalise the key tasks of judicial reform aimed at renovating the
organisation and improving the operation of the courts, people’s procuracies and
investigative agencies. Triet requested
delegates to focus on discussing their shortcomings and to learn from past
experience. Among the tasks that
need to be tackled are low standards of performance and inefficient supervision
of judicial operations. He also said there had been too many wrongful arrests
over the past year, which had enraged the public. Participants at the
meeting were told that this year the procuracy sector would also speed up
judicial reform and improve staff training. Greek
man awarded VN friendship medal Kostas Sarantidis, a
Greek citizen (also known under the Vietnamese name of Nguyen Van Lap), was
awarded the Friendship Medal and granted Vietnamese citizenship on Saturday in
recognition of his contribution to fostering the traditional friendship and
co-operation between Viet Nam and his country. President Nguyen Minh
Triet made the presentation on behalf of the State and Government of Viet Nam. Triet said the
country’s development had been helped by people like Lap, a former French
legionnaire who changed sides during the war to join Regiment 803. The President
added that Lap had also taken part in a number of activities to help consolidate
and develop the friendship and multi-faceted co-operation between Viet Nam and
his homeland. Sarantidis said he was
greatly honoured to receive the medal and thanked the State and Government of
Viet Nam for the award as well as his training in the Viet Nam People’s Army. Sarantidis, 81, fought
with Vietnamese Communist forces from 1946 to 1956, as the country struggled to
gain independence from France. Now retired, he lives in Viet Nam. VNN/VOV/VNS | 
