The event was chaired by GDP’s Chief General Nguyen Trong Nghia.
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General Nguyen Trong Nghia and village patriarchs, community heads, reputable individuals, and religious dignitaries from Northern Vietnam at the event |
During the meeting, General Nguyen Trong Nghia said the GDP has closely coordinated with ministries, central agencies, and local authorities to organize similar gatherings in the Central Highlands, the South, and now the Northern region.
The GDP’s Chief noted that the event took place shortly after the successful conclusion of the 11th National Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, which reaffirmed the spirit of great national unity in the country’s new development era. He described the congress as an important milestone in promoting the spirit of “the Party’s will aligned with the people’s aspirations,” while inspiring patriotism, solidarity, self-reliance, and confidence in building a peaceful, independent, prosperous, and happy nation.
General Nguyen Trong Nghia emphasized that village patriarchs, community heads, reputable individuals, and religious dignitaries play an increasingly important role within the political system and the great national unity bloc. He described them as a core grassroots force that not only mobilizes local communities effectively, but also contributes to protecting the Party, safeguarding revolutionary achievements, maintaining social stability, and strengthening the all-people national defense posture and the “people’s heart posture” in the current context.
According to General Nguyen Trong Nghia, through their prestige, responsibility, and exemplary conduct, these individuals have actively encouraged people to comply with the Party’s guidelines and the State’s policies and laws, while contributing to cultural development, economic growth, social harmony, and community solidarity at the grassroots level. He called them key links connecting communities and a strong bridge between the Party and the people.
He also stressed that the Vietnam People’s Army was born from the people and fights for the people, adding that the close bond between the military and the people remains the foundation of the military’s strength. Thoroughly implementing the Party’s policies on mass mobilization, ethnic affairs, religious affairs, and promoting the role of reputable individuals, he said, is a strategic and long-term mission of the military.
Addressing Vietnam’s development goals, General Nguyen Trong Nghia said the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress aims for Vietnam to become a developing country with modern industry and upper-middle-income status by 2030, and a developed, high-income nation by 2045. To achieve those goals, he stressed the need to further promote patriotism, Vietnamese cultural values, and national unity, emphasizing that ethnic and religious communities are an inseparable part of the great national unity bloc.
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General Nguyen Trong Nghia presents gifts to delegates. |
General Nguyen Trong Nghia called on the military and the entire political system to remain close to the people, listen more carefully to public opinions, especially those of village patriarchs, community heads, reputable individuals, and religious dignitaries, in order to more effectively implement the Party’s guidelines and the State’s policies on strengthening national unity and building a stronger “people’s heart posture.”
He stressed that national unity is an immutable principle and a prerequisite for sustainable national development.
General Nguyen Trong Nghia also expressed hope that village patriarchs, community heads, reputable individuals, and religious dignitaries would continue offering practical and meaningful recommendations to the Party, authorities, and the political system. He urged agencies and units to strengthen accountability and action based on the principle of the “six clarities”, meaning clear people, clear tasks, clear authority, clear timelines, clear responsibility, and clear outcomes, while focusing on key priorities and ensuring effective implementation.
Translated by Tran Hoai