During the Doi Moi period, by 2005, along with theachievements in leadership of grassroots Party organization work of theParty Committee of Thanh Hoa province, the building of grassroots
Trang 11 Rationale for the study
Party grassroots organization is the "root" of the Party, thepolitical nucleus at the grassroots, plays a particularly important role,deciding the development of the Party and the victory of the revolution.Therefore, building grassroots Party organizations, especially grassrootsParty organizations in communes, wards and townships are clean,strong, with high combat strength, capable of leading to fulfill politicaltasks is both a basic and regular task and an urgent requirement todayThanh Hoa province is located in the North Central region, is a largeprovince with a large population, population distribution in many differentareas, such as mountainous, midland plain, coastal area, urban area, withnationalities and religions Thanh Hoa province has a long history, aglorious tradition of patriotism and revolution The Party Committee ofThanh Hoa province was established early, was cared for and builtconstantly to grow, mature, and lead the people in the province to createrevolutionary miracles In particular, the Party Committee has always takencare of building grassroots Party organizations in communes, wards andtownships where most of the people in the province gather and grassrootsParty organizations, cadres and party members of the Provincial PartyCommittee Grassroots Party organizations in communes, wards andtownships have been continuously consolidated, expanded and improvedtheir leadership capacity, combat strength and led the local people to makemiraculous victories, contributing to the common victory of the Party andthe nation During the Doi Moi period, by 2005, along with theachievements in leadership of grassroots Party organization work of theParty Committee of Thanh Hoa province, the building of grassroots Partyorganizations in communes, wards and townships also reveals limitationsthat need to be overcome The leadership capacity and combat strength ofsome grassroots Party organizations in communes, wards and townshipshave not met the requirements of political tasks, especially the ability toorganize the implementation of resolutions, detect problems, proposed apolicy to resolve conflicts arising at the grassroots, the development of partymembers in mountainous and border areas, where there are many ethnicminorities and religions, still face many difficulties A part of cadres andparty members are still conservative, stagnant, fighting strength, initiativeand creativity are not high, not really pioneering and exemplary
Thoroughly grasping the Party's policy and direction on the work
of building grassroots Party organizations, in the years 2005 - 2015, theParty Committee of Thanh Hoa province focused on leading the work ofbuilding grassroots Party organizations on political ideology,
Trang 2organizational and improvement of leadership capacity and combatstrength of grassroots Party organizations, paying special attention toleading the work of building grassroots Party organizations incommunes, wards and townships, achieving important results,meeting the requirements of building the Provincial Party Committeeand political tasks at the grassroots level in communes, wards andtownships However, there are still limitations and shortcomings,especially the leadership capacity and combat strength of somegrassroots Party organizations in communes, wards and townshipsthat have not yet met the requirements of local tasks.
Currently, implementing the task of building the grassroots partyorganization of the 13th National Party Congress is "improving theleadership capacity, combat strength of the party grassroots organizationand the quality of the party members" of the whole Party, including theParty Committee of Thanh Hoa province, therefore needs to do in-depthresearch, comprehensively and objectively assess the leadership process
of building Party organizations in communes, wards and townships,seeing the advantages, limitations, causes, drawing experience to applyleadership to build grassroots Party organizations in communes, wardsand townships, contribute to summarizing the building of grassrootsorganizations of The Party Committee of Thanh Hoa province andcurrent Party building work (through practice in in the Party Committee
of Thanh Hoa province)
There have been many scientific research works on leadership inbuilding grassroots Party organizations in general, and building grassrootsParty organizations in communes, wards and townships in particular on anationwide and locally with many different aspects However, up to now,there have been no scientific works that independently and systematicallyresearched the process of the Party Committee of Thanh Hoa provinceleading the building of grassroots Party organizations in communes, wardsand townships from 2005 to 2015 from the perspective of the history of theCommunist Party of Vietnam
From the above reasons, PhD candidate chooses the issue "The Party of Thanh Hoa province leads the building of grassroots party organizations in communes, wards and townships from 2005 to 2015"
as the title of doctoral thesis, majoring in History of the Communist
Party of Vietnam The success of the thesis title has theoretical andpractical significance
2 Aims and objectives of the study
Aims
Trang 3Clarifying the process of the Party Committee of Thanh Hoaprovince leading the building of grassroots Party organizations incommunes, wards and townships from 2005 to 2015, therebydrawing valuable experiences for reference for the present.
Objectives
Overview of the thesis-related research situation
Clarifying the factors affecting the leadership of the PartyCommittee of Thanh Hoa province on building grassroots Partyorganizations in communes, wards and townships through twoperiods of 2005 - 2010 and 2010 - 2015
Systematize, analyze and clarify the policy and direction of theParty Committee of Thanh Hoa province on building grassroots Partyorganizations in communes, wards and townships through the abovetwo periods
Analyze and evaluate the advantages, limitations, causes, anddraw experiences from the process of the Party Committee of ThanhHoa province leading the building of grassroots Party organizations
in communes, wards and townships from 2005 to 2015
3 Object and scope of the study
Object
Leadership activities of the Party Committee of Thanh Hoaprovince on building grassroots Party organizations in communes,wards and townships from 2005 to 2015
Scope
With respect of contents: Studying the policies of the Party
Committee of Thanh Hoa province (including: directions; objectives;tasks and solutions) on building grassroots Party organizations incommunes, wards and townships, from 2005 to in 2015, through twoperiods 2005 - 2010 and 2010 - 2015 Regarding direction, focus onresearch on 5 issues: 1 The work of political and ideologicaleducation for cadres and party members; 2 Consolidating grassrootsparty organizations in communes, wards and townships; 3 Building
a contingent of cadres and party members in communes, wards andtownships; 4 Renovating the leadership method of grassroots Partyorganizations in communes, wards and townships; 5 Inspection,supervision and enforcement of Party discipline, promoting the role
of socio-political organizations participating in Party building
With respect of space: The thesis focuses on research in Thanh
Hoa province At the same time, study the influencing factors from
Trang 4outside Thanh Hoa province, learn more about the leadership inbuilding Party organizations in communes, wards and townships ofsome party committees in neighboring provinces to compare andclarify the advantages and limitations of the Party Committee ofThanh Hoa province.
With respect of time: From 2005 to 2015; corresponding to the
congresses of the Party Committee of Thanh Hoa province: the 16thThanh Hoa Provincial Party Congress, term 2005 - 2010, the 17thThanh Hoa Provincial Party Congress term 2010 - 2015; However, inorder to ensure systematicity and achieve the research purpose, thethesis uses some data before 2005 and after 2015
4 Theoretical, practical basis and
methodology Theoretical basis
Based on the theoretical basis of Marxism - Leninism, Ho ChiMinh's thought, the views of the Communist Party of Vietnam onParty building, building Party grassroots organization
Practical basis
The thesis research is based on the actual process of the PartyCommittee of Thanh Hoa province leading the building of grassrootsParty organizations in communes, wards and townships, which isreflected in resolutions, directives, programs, projects andpreliminary and summary reports on the construction of grassrootsParty organizations in communes, wards and townships of theProvincial Party Committee, Provincial Standing Committee,Provincial Organizing Committee, Propaganda Department ofProvincial Party Committee and departments, committees, sector andlocality In addition, the thesis is also based on research results of anumber of published scientific works and projects related to Partybuilding work in Thanh Hoa province, as well as other localities
Logical method (combined with historical method) is used tocomment on advantages, limitations, clarify causes and drawexperiences from the process of Party Committee of Thanh Hoaprovince leading the building of grassroots Party organizations incommunes, wards and townships from 2005 to 2015
Trang 5Methods of analysis, synthesis, and statistics are used to clarifythe contents of the chapters of the thesis.
The comparative method is used to compare the leadership activities
of the Party Committee of Thanh Hoa province through the periods 2005
-2010 and -2010 - 2015, as well as compare achievements and limitations inthe process of building grassroots Party organizations in communes, wardsand townships in Thanh Hoa province with other localities
5 New contributions of the study
Provide a system of materials for studying the leadership ofthe Party Committee of Thanh Hoa province on building grassrootsParty organizations in communes, wards and townships
Systematize the policy and direction of the Party Committee ofThanh Hoa province on building grassroots Party organizations incommunes, wards and townships in periods of 2005 - 2010 and 2010 - 2015.Objective comments on the process of the Party Committee ofThanh Hoa province leading the building of grassroots Partyorganizations in communes, wards and townships from 2005 to 2015 onboth aspects of advantages, limitations and causes of advantages , limit.The main experiences from the process of the Party Committee
of Thanh Hoa province leading the building of grassroots Partyorganizations in communes, wards and towns from 2005 to 2015
6 Theoretical and practical significance of the
study Theoretical significance
The thesis contributes to summarizing the process of Partyleadership in building grassroots Party organizations in communes,wards and townships (through practice in the Party Committee of ThanhHoa province) in the period of renovation and international integration
Practical significance
Contributing more arguments for supplementing and developingthe guidelines and leadership solutions of the Party Committee of ThanhHoa province on building grassroots Party organizations in communes,wards and townships in the coming time
To serve as a reference for researching and teaching theHistory of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the history of theParty Committee of Thanh Hoa province
7 Structure of the study
The thesis includes: Introduction, 4 chapters (8 periods),conclusion, list of the thesis-related published works by the author,references and appendixes
Trang 6Chapter 1 OVERVIEW OF THE THESIS THEME -RELATED
RESEARCH SITUATION 1.1 The thesis theme-related research situation
1.1.1 Researches into Party building and party organization building in some countries
Typically: L'histoire du parti communiste chinois 1921 - 1991 (1994), Nhiem Khac Le (1995), Party building work in the new period Truong Vinh Than (2007), The communist party of China: Its organization and their functions, Ly Than Minh (2010), Construction of the Chinese communist party in a global context, Chu Chi Hoa (2010), Renovating Party building work in rural China,
Don Phay Vong (2014), “Improving leadership capacity leadership
of grassroots party organizations in Laos", Truong Luu (2017),
"Party building work of the Chinese Communist Party in the presentperiod", highlighted the process of Party organization building insome countries; analyze the basic issues in the construction of theParty's grassroots organization; operating mechanism and principles
of Party organization, providing solutions on Party building work
1.1.2 Researches into building grassroots party organizations in the country
1.1.2.1 Common researches into grassroots party organization in Vietnam
Ngo Kim Ngan (2006), "Solutions to improve the leadershipcapacity of the Party's grassroots organizations", Nguyen Duc Ha
(2010), Some issues on building the current grassroots party organization, Do Phuong Dong (2013), "Improving leadership
capacity of grassroots party organizations in communes, wards and
towns", Vo Van Duc, Dinh Ngoc Giang (2014), Improving leadership capacity and combat power struggle of the grassroots party organization and the quality of the contingent of cadres and party members, giving the concept of leadership capacity, the
concept of combat strength, on the basis of assessing the actualsituation of leadership capacity and combat strength of GrassrootsParty organizations in terms of advantages, limitations and causes,propose solutions to improve leadership capacity and combatstrength of grassroots Party organizations
1.1.2.2 Researches into building grassroots party organizations in local party committees
Nong Van Lenh (2005), "Bac Kan builds grassroots partyorganizations in remote, isolated and ethnic minority areas", PhamVan Cuong (2006), "Deleting villages and hamlets without a partyorganization in Yen Bai ", Ngo Duc Vuong (2008), "Innovating the
Trang 7leadership method of grassroots party organizations in Phu Tho",Sung Chong (2009), "Lao Cai builds party organization and develops
party members", Phuc Son (2011), Tran Thi Thu Hang (2012), The work of building grassroots party organizations of the Party Committee of Hanoi from 1996 to 2005 , Nguyen Huu Khuyen
(2013), "Developing the Party members are religious people in LamDong", Nguyen Sy Chuyen (2013), "Solutions to develop Partymembers, hamlets and villages with branches in Cao Bang", Tran
Van Rang (2018), Organizational building work Party establishments of communes, wards and townships of the Party Committee of Thai Binh province from 1998 to 2005 The authors
affirmed the necessity and necessity of building a grassroots partyorganization, emphasizing the task of building a clean and stronggrassroots party organization On the basis of assessing the currentsituation, proposing tasks and solutions, drawing initial experiencesfor the Party Committees to refer to and apply
1.1.2.3 Researches related to building grassroots party organizations in communes, wards and townships in Thanh Hoa province
Le Van Cuong (2013), "Delete" villages without party membersand joint branches in Thanh Hoa"; Thanh Hoa Provincial Party
Committee (2015), Chronicle of historical events of Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee 2005 - 2015; Trinh Gia Hieu (2017), Quality of party members of the party committees in Thanh Hoa province in the current period; Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee,
Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (2020), Proceedings of the Scientific Conference of 90 years of glorious tradition of Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee”; Organization Department of Thanh Hoa
Provincial Party Committee (2020), "Party building organization ofThanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee through revolutionary periods,results, lessons learned and current tasks"; Inspection Committee ofThanh Hoa Province (2020), "The Party's inspection, supervision anddiscipline work contributes to improving the leadership capacity andcombat strength of the Provincial Party Committee throughrevolutionary periods - Results, articles learn from experience”; TranTrong Tho (2020), "Leadership of Thanh Hoa Provincial PartyCommittee - The decisive factor in the victory of Thanh Hoa province'srevolutionary movement in the past 90 years"; Bui Dinh Phong (2020),
"The Party Committee of Thanh Hoa province with the work of buildingthe Party on ethics through revolutionary periods"
The authors have pointed out the achievements and limitations ofthe Party building work of Thanh Hoa province in general, the Partybuilding work of all levels and branches since the establishment of theProvincial Party Committee and in recent years From the
Trang 8practical results achieved in the Party building work, the articles havedrawn experiences to apply in the coming time.
1.2 Values of reviewed scientific works and put-forward issues which need further studying in the thesis
1.2.1 Values of reviewed scientific works
About the material: Book of treatises, monographs, scientific
articles, thesis, and reports have provided a lot of valuableinformation and materials, helping PhD candidate to inherit andapply them in the implementation of the thesis theme
About approaches and research methods: Major in
Philosophy, Political Science, Party Building, Party History, etc arethe basis for the author to choose and apply appropriately in theprocess of implementing the thesis theme
1.2.2 Put-forward issues that need further researching in the thesis
Firstly, the factors affecting the leadership activities of
the Party Committee of Thanh Hoa province on buildinggrassroots Party organizations in communes, wards andtownships from 2005 until 2015
Secondly, the policy and direction of the Party
Committee of Thanh Hoa province on building Partyorganizations in communes, wards and townships from 2005
to 2015 through two periods of 2005 - 2010 and 2010 - 2015
Thirdly, advantages, limitations and causes from the process of
the Party Committee of Thanh Hoa province leading the construction
of Party organizations in communes, wards and townships from 2005
to 2015
Fourthly, experience from the process of the Party
Committee of Thanh Hoa province leading the construction ofgrassroots Party organizations in communes, wards and townsfrom 2005 to 2015
Conclusion of chapter 1
Grassroots Party organization in communes, wards andtownships has a very important position and role Well implementing theconstruction and consolidation of grassroots Party organizations incommunes, wards and townships is one of the key tasks of Partybuilding work Overview of the thesis theme - related research situationhas generalized the value of scientific works in terms of materials,approaches and researches, and the content inherited for the thesis wassummarized Simultaneously, it points out the unresearched "gaps" thatthe thesis must focus on researching and solving Through
Trang 9the results of an overview of the thesis theme - related researchsituation, it is confirmed that the thesis theme is an independentscientific work, not overlapping with published scientific works andand defended thesis; the completion of the thesis has scientific andpractical significance.
Trang 10Chapter 2 POLICY AND DIRECTIONS OF THE PARTY OF THANH HOA PROVINCE ON BUILDING OF THE PARTY ORGANIZATION IN COMMUNITIES, WARDS AND
TOWNSHIPS (2005 - 2010) 2.1 Influential factors and policies of the Party Committee
of Thanh Hoa province on building grassroots party organizations in communes, wards and townships
2.1.1 Factors affecting the leadership of the Party Committee of Thanh Hoa province on building grassroots party organizations in communes, wards and townships
2.1.1.1 Situation in the world, in the region, in the country
The thesis presents the influencing factors of the world, regionaland domestic situation, affecting both advantages and disadvantages onthe minds and emotions of cadres and party members and the people; tolead the construction of grassroots Party organizations in communes,wards and townships of the Party Committee of Thanh Hoa province interms of politics, ideology, and organization, meeting the requirements
of political leadership at the grassroots level
2.1.1.2 The Party's policy on building grassroots party organizations (2006 - 2010)
The 10th Party Congress (4/2006) determined the direction and common goals and 5 tasks and solutions for building the Party's
grassroots organization To concretize the objectives and tasks set out byThe 10th Party Congress, at the Sixth Conference of the 10th Central
Committee, promulgated Resolution No 22-NQ/TW (02/02/2008), on improving leadership capacity, combat strength of the Party's grassroots organization and the quality of the contingent of cadres and party members The resolution identifies 3 viewpoints, 3 goals
and 5 tasks and solutions to build the Party's grassroots organization
2.1.1.3 Natural, socio-economic conditions of Thanh Hoa province
Natural conditions, Thanh Hoa province has natural conditions
in terms of climate, rich and diverse topography, favorable for thedevelopment of a fairly comprehensive economy, including industry,agriculture - forestry - fishery, seafood processing, trade, service andtourism However, Thanh Hoa is a province with wide administrativeunits, many and large commune-level administrative units, especiallycommunes in the midland, mountainous and border areas that facemany difficulties in many aspects, greatly affecting on the leadership
in the construction of the Party's grassroots organization
Trang 11Socio-economic conditions The thesis raises the economicconditions, culture, historical and revolutionary traditions, population
of Thanh Hoa province that affect the leadership process of buildingParty organization in communes, wards and townships withadvantages and disadvantages conditions Emphasizing advantages
of elements of cultural tradition and revolution; socio-economicdifficulties and building grassroots Party organizations inmountainous and border communes of the province
2.1.1.4 The situation of building grassroots party organizations in communes, wards and townships of the Party Committee of Thanh Hoa province before 2005
Before 2005, the Party Committee of Thanh Hoa province led theconstruction of grassroots Party organizations in communes, wards andtownships, and achieved important results in political and ideologicaleducation; organization; staff work; development of party members;inspection However, leaders in the construction of grassroots Partyorganizations in communes, wards and townships still revealed limitations
Firstly, the work of political and ideological education has
been renewed, but it is still slow, passive, and insensitive
Secondly, the leadership capacity and combat strength of
grassroots Party organizations in communes, wards and townshipsstill have many shortcomings
Thirdly, the qualifications and capacity of the staff in communes,
wards and townships present have not met the requirements and tasks
Fourthly, detecting and creating a source for admission of
party members, the work of eradicating party members in manyplaces did not fulfill the target
Fifthly, the inspection is still formal.
The reasons are many, but mainly due to the awareness ofsome Party committees at all levels about the requirements ofreforming and reorganizing the Party, improving the leadershipcapacity, and the fighting strength of the Party's grassrootsorganization is not complete and profound The qualifications of apart of cadres, party committees and members have not kept up withthe requirements of leadership in the renovation and building of thegrassroots Party organization
2.1.2 Guidelines of the Party Committee of Thanh Hoa province on building grassroots party organizations in communes, wards and townships
2.1.2.1 Orientation and goals
Orientation
Trang 12The 16th Congress of the Party Committee of Thanh HoaProvince (2005) set out the general direction for the construction ofthe Provincial Party Committee for the 2005 -2010 term, in which theorientation was determined to build the grassroots Party organization
in communes, wards and townships: “Improve the leadershipcapacity and combat strength of Party organizations and partymembers; continue to innovate and improve the effectiveness of theleadership and direction of grassroots party organizations"
General objective: To focus on leading Party committees at all
levels to build, consolidate and improve the leadership capacity andcombat strength of grassroots Party organizations, creating a clearchange in the quality of the Organization's activities Partyestablishments in communes, wards and townships
Detail goal
About political and ideological education: Regularly and
directly from the Party cell in communes, wards and townships
About organization: Strive every year to have 80% of
grassroots party organizations in communes, wards and townships up
to clean and strong standards
About cadre work: Training and fostering cadres in
communes, wards and townships both in terms of professionalqualifications and political theory
About Party membership: By 2010, basically every village has
party members and Party cell
About inspection and supervision: Strengthen the inspection
and supervision of superior Party committees in the observance ofthe Party's guidelines and resolutions
About leadership method: Renovate the content and operation mode
of the organization in the political system in communes, wards andtownships Focus on improving the quality of the Party cell activities
2.1.2.2 Tasks and solutions
Firstly, strengthen political and ideological education for
cadres and party members
Secondly, continue to consolidate and arrange the Party's
grassroots organization to synchronize and unify with the organizations
of the political system in communes, wards and townships
Thirdly, effectively implement the policy of rejuvenation,
standardization, and step-by-step unification of cadre titles; createbreakthrough changes in building the contingent of cadres and civilservants at grassroots level
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managing party members
Fifthly, drastically renovate the content and mode of operation
of grassroots party organizations
2.2 The Party Committee of Thanh Hoa province directs the building of grassroots party organizations in communes, wards and townships
2.2.1 Directing political and ideological education for cadres and party members
The work of political and ideological education has beenidentified by the Party Committee of Thanh Hoa province as both abasic and urgent task in building Party organizations in communes,wards and townships The content of propaganda and educationfocuses on promoting propaganda and education on revolutionarymorality according to the point of view of Marxism- Leninism, HoChi Minh's thought, the Party's guidelines, and the State's policiesand laws In the years 2005 - 2010, political and ideologicaleducation was carried out regularly and there was innovation in bothcontent and method of implementation Thereby, arousing pride,promoting the sense of responsibility of cadres and party members,encouraging the People to actively participate in the implementation
of socio-economic development goals
2.2.2 Strengthening and consolidating grassroots party organizations in communes, wards and townships
On 20/12/2006, Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee issuedResolution No 02-NQ/TU emphasizing the work of strengthening andconsolidating grassroots Party organizations in communes, wards andtownships Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee turns out the Action Plan
No 47-CTr/TU dated 5/5/2008 on the Implementation of the Resolution of the 6th Conference of the Party Central Committee (term X), On improving leadership capacity, fighting strength of the grassroots party organization and the quality of the contingent of cadres and party members; Conclusion
No 55-KL/TU of The Party Committee of Thanh Hoa province, dated 27/8/2008 on Strengthening Border Guard officers for border communes and appointing as Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee In the years
2005 - 2010, the whole province has established 308 Party cell and agencies
in communes, wards and townships; has "deleted" 32 villages and hamletswithout party members, 64 joint Party cell
2.2.3 Building a contingent of cadres and party members in communes, wards and townships
2.2.3.1 Building a contingent of cadres in communes, wards and townships