W.Minh Tuan
We all Vietnamese know that on September 2, 1945, President Ho Chi Minh read the Declaration of Independence, giving birth to the Democratic-Republic of Vietnam, not the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
The name of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam only started in 1976, when President Ho Chi Minh passed away, President Ho Chi Minh did not know about this name change.
In his Will, President Ho Chi Minh also did not mention the name change of our country.
And we Vietnamese also know that on February 3, 1930, the Indochinese communist party was established.
But perhaps most Vietnamese people do not know that on November 11, 1945, the Executive Committee of the Indochinese Communist Party issued a notice to voluntarily disband, with the following content:
“ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY PARTY OF INDOCHINA TO DISSOLVE”
1- Based on historical conditions, world situation and domestic situation, recognizing that now is the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Vietnam to gain complete independence;
2- Considering that: in order to fulfill that great national liberation task, the unanimity of the entire people regardless of class or party is an essential condition;
3- To show that: Communist Party members are the pioneer soldiers of the nation, always devoted themselves to the cause of liberation of the whole people, ready to put the national interests above the interests of the class, sacrificing the party’s own interests for the common interests of the nation;
4- In order to clear up all misunderstandings at home and abroad that might hinder the country’s future for liberation,
The central executive committee
Indochinese Communist Party
Meeting on November 11, 1945, the resolution automatically dissolved the Indochinese Communist Party.
Followers of communism who want to conduct the study of communism will join the “Society for the Study of Marxism in Indochina”
November 11, 1945
THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE INDOCHINA Communist Party”.///
The content of the notice on self-dissolution of the Indochinese communist party, printed in the book “Party Document, 1945-1954, Volume 1, Internal circulation, Published by the Central Party Historical Research Board, Hanoi-1978, printed 6,000 copies at Tran Phu Printing Factory, Ho Chi Minh City, printed number 120/78, published number 078-LSD, finished printing on October 10, 1978, sent to archives”.
Thus, the Democratic-Republic of Vietnam was established on September 2, 1945, just over two months later, on November 11, 1945, the Indochinese communist party issued a Notice of Self-Dissolution of the Indochinese Communist Party, in order to put the national interest above the interests of the party, above the working class and the peasantry with hammer and sickle.
Six years later, in 1951, at the 2nd party congress, from February 11 to 19, 1951, the party congress decided to put the party into public activity, taking the name of the Vietnam Workers’ Party.
Since then, with the name of the Labor Party of Vietnam, and the name of the Democratic-Republic of Vietnam, the Vietnamese people have united around the party, making a resounding victory at the battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954.
After that, although the party made serious mistakes in land reform, but then Ho Chi Minh bravely corrected state mistakes, admitted Party’s shortcomings and mistakes, so the Vietnamese people united around the Vietnam Workers’ Party, making the Democratic Republic of Vietnam’s resounding victory over the Americans in the Vietnam War, reunifying the country in 1975.
President Ho Chi Minh, when writing his Will, did not say anything about changing the name of the party or the country.
But in 1976, the party changed its name to Communist Party of Vietnam, and renamed the country as the Republic, Socialist of Vietnam.
This is not in the Will of Ho Chi Minh, because Uncle Ho did not mention changing the name of the party or the country.
Now, 60 years have passed since Mr. Ho’s death, and more than 40 years have passed since the party changed the name of the country and changed the name of the party without Mr. Ho’s opinion, it is time for the party to bravely reconsider the change of the name of the party and the country, bravely give it up in the name of the Vietnamese Workers’ Party, and take back the name of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
There’s nothing wrong with correcting mistakes.
Uncle Ho once said in the letter “Letter to the People’s Committees of Ministries, Provinces, Districts and Villages” in October 1945, that:
“We are not afraid of mistakes, but once we have recognized them, we must try our best to correct them.”
In 2006, during a session of the National Assembly, Mr. Dao Duy Quat, deputy head of the Central Committee for Thought and Culture, once said that the majority is not always right, when he talked about the Secretariat’s guidance on the consultation session for the 10th Party Congress Document, 2006.
The original opinion of Mr. Dao Duy Quat is as follows:
“For minority opinions, we must not be prejudiced, not hating, because in fact, there are opinions that are in the minority at this time, but through the test of reality, they have been confirmed to be correct.
The Party and State have repeatedly consulted the people to contribute to documents of the country. For example, the four constitutions of 1946, 1959, 1980 and 1992 were all formulated with the opinions of the people. Most of the laws before being passed by the National Assembly are also organized to collect public comments. Or after the 6th Party Congress on Doi Moi in 1986, many resolutions of the 6th Party Conferences were raised for public opinion before the party decided.
It is time for us to periodically hold a certain time to exchange and re-discuss a certain issue to get an accurate scientific conclusion, because the majority is not always right.”
This is a really innovative idea, never made so openly.
40 years ago, the 6th Party Congress in 1986 decided on the “Doi Moi” policy, thereby bringing our country out of the crisis, economic growth, people’s living standards improved, and Vietnam’s position in the international arena was increased.
What is the essence of 40 years of innovation?
It’s “Untie”.
The political system is still politically stable, but the economy has operated according to the market mechanism.
Before Doi moi, our country followed Marxism-Leninism, that is, nationalizing, renovating – abolishing the private economy, having only the state economy and cooperatives, implementing a centralized plan, implementing agricultural cooperation, abolishing the free market, prices are regulated according to the orders of the state, not according to the market…
As a result, the whole country is poor, living on rice portion books, stamps, and applying for foreign aid.
The 6th Congress of 1986 decided to renew, the market economy was allowed to operate, the private economy was restored, prices were generally freed, the central planning bureaucracy was abolished, farmers were independent, foreign investment was allowed, the stock market was established, state-owned companies were equitized…
As a result, the economy grew, people’s living standards improved a big step, but political security was maintained.
In essence, the lesson of 40 years of innovation is the lesson:
– “untie”.
Our country innovated DOI MOI in the context of the collapse of the socialist countries of Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union – the stronghold of socialism also collapsed.
We should also summarize why those socialist countries collapsed, and how their situation is now after abandoning the Marxist-Leninist doctrine.
Because with the development of the Internet today and with the increasingly open and democratic, information about the outside world to Vietnamese people in the country is no longer as difficult as it was in the past.
Hungary, after giving up socialism, per capita income in 2005 reached over $8,270. Similarly, Poland $6,090, Bulgaria $2,740, Czech (Former Czechoslovakia) $9,150, Slovakia (Former Czechoslovakia) $6,480, Estonia $7,010, Lithuania $5,740…
In 2022, the per capita incomes of these countries are as follows: Hungary: $21,980, Poland: $22,260, Bulgaria: $15,777, Czechoslovakia: $51,360, Slovakia: $26,130, Estonia: $20,069, Lithuania: $21,410.
Under the leadership of President Ho Chi Minh, with the name of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, and the name of the Labor Party of Vietnam, the party led the Vietnamese people to victory in two heroic wars, gaining independence in 1954, and reunifying the country in 1975.
The State and party should boldly decide to hold a referendum on whether to return to the name of the Vietnam Workers’ Party, and the name of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, using Ho Chi Minh’s thought as the theoretical foundation for the Party to lead the development of the country in the new period after the COVID-19 corona virus.
The doctrine of Mr. Mac-Lenin must be reconsidered, which part is good, keep it, if it is not suitable, resolutely abandon it, putting the interests of the nation above the interests of the class and the party, as the Declaration of Voluntary Dissolution of the Indochinese Communist Party bravely said on November 11, 1945:
“willing to put the national interest above the interests of the class, sacrificing the party’s own interests for the common interests of the nation;”.////