Thework of preventing and fighting against Individualism among thelogistics officers at regimental level has achieved certain results.However, the manifestations and harmful effects of I
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In the process of leading the Vietnamese revolution, President Ho ChiMinh always considered Individualism as a "mother" disease that causedhundreds of other diseases, damaging the revolutionary career BecauseIndividualism is an enemy who does not reveal his true identity, it lurks in thethoughts, thinking’s and behaviours of each individual, preventing us fromfighting for a revolutionary career, regardless of the circumstances, it isnecessary to fight against all manifestations and harmful effects ofIndividualism, revolutionaries must destroy it Therefore, fighting againstIndividualism is a basic and regular task to improve the revolutionary ethicsamong the Party's cadres and party members
The reality of construction and adjustment of the Party still haslimitations, resulting in a large number of cadres and party members,including some high-ranking cadres showing signs of recession, and themain source of this is from Individualism Our Party points out:
“Everything bad and corrupt is born because of this disease If we do notdefeat and wipe out the Individualism, our Party cannot be clean andstrong and cannot be a true revolutionary Party wholeheartedly for thesake of the country and the people” [45] On the other hand, thedevelopment of a socialist-oriented market economy, the trend ofglobalization and deeper international integration have had a positiveimpact on all areas of social life and the lives of officials, party membersand people Besides, the negative impact of the market economy stillcreates "land" for Individualism arising, developing and causing harm insocial life Therefore, the urgent issue is to fight against and prevent allsigns and harmful effects of Individualism among cadres and partymembers of the Party today
The Vietnam People's Army is a key force in the cause of protectingthe Socialist Republic of Vietnam In the process of building, fighting, andmaturing of the military, logistics is a very important aspect of the work.Strong logistics, ensuring to be adequate and in time is the basic factor for thearmy to successfully complete all tasks, in all circumstances and situations Inthe structure and organization of the VPA, the regiment level is the base unit,the basic tactical level; logistics at the regimental level is a fundamental part ofthe strategic logistics and campaign-level logistics In particular, logisticsofficers are the "root" of logistics The logistics officers at the regimental levelhave a position and role as the direct leader of the work of organizing, creatingassurance sources and managing, conducting logistics assurance to better
Trang 2serve the lives of the army and ensure logistics in Training missions,combating readiness and the combat of regiments With a specific nature ofwork, the logistics officers at the regimental level regularly manage directlyand conduct the preservation and use of finance, facilities and equipment ofthe army This is an environment prone to the negative due to the temptation
of material benefits, is a "land" for Individualism to have the opportunity toarise, develop and cause harms Therefore, preventing and fighting againstIndividualism among the logistics officers at the regimental level must bereally proactive and conducted regularly
Over the past years, the work of preventing and fighting againstIndividualism among the logistics officers has been paid attentionand guidance by the Central Military Commission, the Ministry ofDefense, the General Department of Politics, and the GeneralDepartment of Logistics The leaders and commanders of the unitshave regularly propagated, educated, managed, inspected, checkedand supervised the logistics assurance at the regimental level Thework of preventing and fighting against Individualism among thelogistics officers at regimental level has achieved certain results.However, the manifestations and harmful effects of Individualismstill exist in a part of the logistics officers at regimental level suchas: lack of cultivation and training of the revolutionary ethics;failing to maintain the quality of "Industry, Thrift, Honesty,Righteousness" of the military logistics officers, gradually fallinginto opportunism, materialism, peculation and waste; arbitrary inimplementing the principles and provisions of the Regulation onMilitary logistics, taking advantage of positions and powers to lookafter ones ‘own interests, leading to the violations of the State law,military discipline in different ways; lack of initiative, creativity,responsibility in advising and proposing undertakings and measures
to ensure regimental logistics; take advantage of opportunities toadvise and propose benefits to the interest groups
At present, the task of building a revolutionary, regular, andelite army, step by step being modern; the cause of protecting theSocialist Republic of Vietnam; building a strong and comprehensivemilitary logistics industry, following Uncle Ho's instructions, aresetting new requirements which are higher and more difficult
Therefore, the topic "Preventing and fighting against Individualism among logistics officers at the regimental level of the Vietnam People's Army at present" the author chooses is an urgent issue with
great theoretical and practical significance
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Purposes of the research
The dissertation clarifies a number of practical and theoreticalissues on prevention and fighting against Individualism in logisticsofficers at the regimental level in the VPA Accordingly, it proposessome basic solutions and requirements to effectively fight againstIndividualism in logistics officers at the regimental level in the VPA
Tasks of the research
The dissertation gives an overview of the research related to thedissertation topic
The dissertation clarifies some theoretical issues on preventionand fighting against Individualism in logistics officers at the regimentallevel in the VPA
The dissertation assesses the current situation of prevention andfighting against Individualism in logistics officers at the regimental level
in the VPA, indicating the causes and issues need addressing
The dissertation proposes basic solutions and requirements toprevent and fight against Individualism in logistics officers at theregimental level in the VPA at present
3 Object and scope of the research
Object: Prevention and fighting against Individualism in logistics
officers at the regimental level in the VPA
Scope:
In terms of content: The research concentrates on Individualism
and prevention, fighting against Individualism in logistics officers at theregimental level in the VPA
In terms of space: The research carries out surveys and
investigations at infantry regiments with adequate numbers under trainingand fighting readiness: Division 3 (Military zone 1), Division 316(Military zone 2), Division 395 (Military zone 3), Division 312 (Armycorps 1), Division 325 (Army corps 2), and logistics officers-trainingcadets at regiment and division level at Logistics Academy
In terms of time: Sufficient data and documents are mainly from
2011 to present
4 Theoretical, practical basis and methodology
Theoretical basis: The dissertation is based on the viewpoint of
Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh's thoughts, the lines and views of theCommunist Party of Vietnam, the Party’s directives, documents and Ministry ofDefence on building revolutionary army and military officials, promoting
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Practical basis: The dissertation is based on the reality of the
struggle against Individualism in logistics officers at the regimental level inthe VPA in the recent years Besides, the dissertation consults the State andParty’s summarizing reports related to ideology and theory and practicalsurveys made by the author
Methodology: The dissertation uses the methodology of dialectical
materialism and historical materialism, combined with the use ofmethods of analysis and synthesis; history and logic; generalization andabstraction; sociological investigation methods, etc to fulfil the purposesand tasks of the dissertation
5 New contributions of the research
The dissertation generalizes and interprets conception and features
of preventing and fighting against Individualism in logistics officers atthe regimental level in the VPA
The dissertation assesses the achievements, shortcomings inpreventing and fighting against Individualism in logistics officers at theregimental level in the VPA and issues need addressing
The dissertation proposes some basic solutions to fight againstIndividualism in logistics officers at the regimental level in the VPA at present
6 Theoretical and practical significance of the research
Theoretical significance: The findings of the dissertation
contribute to sufficiently provide the theoretical issues on Individualismand the prevention and fight against Individualism in logistics officers atthe regimental level in the VPA at present
Practical significance: The dissertation provides a practical system of
V.I.Lenin’s view, content, ideology to the prevention fight againstIndividualism, which directly help party committee, authority and differentdepartments to apply in fighting against Individualism’s thoughts At thesame time, the dissertation can be used as references for researching andteaching the related topics at Academies and Schools in the army
7 Structure of the thesis
The thesis includes: Introduction, 4 chapters (10 periods),Conclusions, list of scientific works of the author related to thedissertation, list of references and Appendices
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RELATED TO THE THESIS TITLE 1.1 The foreign works related to the thesis
1.1.1 The works on Individualism
Typically: “To be a disciple of Individualism or to be a loyal fighter for
collectivism” [116] by Ton Dat Thanh, Tang Tap Tam These authors define the
term Individualism and confirm that the ideology of Individualism and that ofcollectivism are of sharp contrast We highly appreciate collectivism doesn’tmean that we deny personality, but personality should go along with thecommunity so as to be fully promoted Accordingly, these authors concluded
“the task of sweeping away the proletariat’s Individualism and nurturing theworking class’s collective thought in each individual … is a great revolutionarymission” [116, tr.12]
In the book “What is the future of Individualism” [111 Kieu
Manh Son points out: the root of Individualism; its manifestations; itsdanger; how to overcome and its thought should be strongly criticised inthe socialist regime He states some of its obvious manifestations:arrogance, self-satisfaction, personal hero; liberty without principle anddifferent attitudes toward personal belongings and public property Itsdanger is to discourage people’s revolutionary spirit and people are easy to
be made use of by the hostile forces When Individualism reaches to itspeak, it will fight against the Party and affect the cause of socialistconstruction It is vital to make Individualism’s followers understand therelationship between individual and the collective; they should be understrict supervision of the Party and make effort to learn Marxism-Leninism
1.1.2 The works on preventing and fighting against Individualism
Here are typical works:
“Ethics of the proletariat and communism ethics” [141] by Xunicop; “Positive living style, aim and method of educating ethics” [110] by A.Skrulnich; “Soviet’s lifestyle, today and tomorrow” [49] by V.I.Đôbrưnina; “Measures to fight against corruption in China” [134]
by Hong VI; the specialised book “Corruption and measures to prevent and fight against corruption in China” [109].
These above-mentioned works affirm that the task of preventing,fighting against Individualism and building revolutionary ethics is anissue with two sides, which is closely linked The task of preventing and
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1.2 The works in the country related to the thesis
1.2.1 The works on Individualism and prevention, fighting against Individualism
* Typical works on Individualism: “Ho Chi Minh with the task of fighting against Individualism in the Party – seen from culture perspective” [2] by Pham Ngoc Anh; “Ho Chi Minh’s ideology on fighting against Individualism and the struggle against corruption in Vietnam today” [57] by Nguyen Thi Hong Hoa; “Fighting against Individualism among officials according the Ho Chi Mnh’s ideology”
[133] by Pham Thi Thuy Van
* Typical works on preventing and fighting against Individualism:
“Features of thinking’s and lifestyle of Vietnamese people at present – Some practical and theoretical issues” [52] by Nguyen Ngoc Ha;
“Preventing and fighting against the Party members’ degradation of political thought, ethics and lifestyle” [21] by Nguyen Ba Duong and
“Developing party members and promoting political will, training ideology, ethics, lifestyle for officials, party members in the current period” [100].
“Solutions and conditions to implement the prevention and fighting the degradation of political thought, ethics and lifestyle of officials and party members” [104], “Identifying and fighting the degradation of political thought, ethics and lifestyle of officials and party members today” [137],
“Solutions to prevention and fighting the degradation of political thought, ethics and lifestyle today” [8] by Vu Van Phuc and Ngo Van Thao;
“Identifying corruption and solutions to prevent and fight against corruption in Vietnam today” [112] by Phan Xuan Son and Pham The Luc;
“Preventing and fighting against “self-happening” “self-transformation” within officials and party members today” [106] by Vu Van Phuc.
The above-mentioned works have interpreted the signs and harmfulimpacts of Individualism and measures to prevent and fight againstIndividualism of officials and party members today Simultaneously, theyaffirm that the prevention and fight against Individualism contribute topromote political determination and help to damage the “peaceful happening”strategy of the hostile forces
1.2.2 The works on Individualism and the prevention and fight against Individualism in the Vietnam People’s Army
* Typical works on Individualism: The talk “Fighting against Individualism” [115] and “Promoting collectivism, fighting against
Trang 7Individualism” [114] by Nguyen Chi Thanh;“Nurturing revolutionary moral quality, thoroughly fighting against Individualism” [121] by Military library;
“Impacts of Individualism among officials in entrepreneurs of the VPA today – reality and solutions” [124] by Vu Cong Toan.
* Typical works on preventing and fighting against Individualism: “On education, training and promoting revolutionary ethics”, “Improving revolutionary ethics for key officials at combined army units of the VPA today”[140] by Pham Van Vinh; “Improving revolutionary ethics for political officials of the VPA in the new situation” [47] by Dang Nam Dien; “Being self-conscious of the formation and development of communist ethics in the VPA today” [14] by Nguyen Tien Binh; “Educating, training revolutionary ethics according to
Ho Chi Minh’s ideology and image in the army today” [102] by Pham Van Nhuan; “Nurturing, training revolutionary ethics according to Ho Chi Minh’s ideology for officials in entrepreneurs of the Army at present” [75] by Dang Sy Loc; “Application of Mark- Angghen, Lenin’s ideology into building army officers’ morality today” [117] by Dang Duc Thang; “Strengthening the implementation of building revolutionary ethics of officials, party members today according to Ho Chi Minh’s ideology” [120] by Nguyen Van The; “Nurturing principle consciousness of officers- training cadets at military schools in the current period” [68] by Le Van Lam; “Nurturing law culture for officers-training cadets at military schools in the current period” [122] by Vu Van Thuong;
“Nurturing socialist lifestyle for young army officers of the VPA today” [56] by Pham Xuan Hao; “Building cultural lifestyle of cadets at officers-training colleges of the VPA today” [46] by Vu Dinh
Dac, etc
These works affirm that it is vital to prevent and fight againstIndividualism in order to improve revolutionary ethics and socialist lifestyle.These serve as grounds for the author to conduct this thesis
* Typical works on preventing and fighting against Individualism among military logistics officers: “Revolutionary ethics of logistics officers in the VPA today” [17] by Ha Nguyen Cat; “Features of promoting revolutionary ethics of logistics officers in the VPA – History and logic” [19] by Tran Nhu Chu; “Impacts of practical’s on personality of logistics officers in the VPA” [4] by Nguyen Ngoc Ba.
These works have clarified basic features of military logisticsofficers and emphasize the necessity to build military logistics officerswith stable political quality, meeting the logistics needs in the newsituation They are considered as foundations for the author to build up the
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1.3 Generalization of the findings of the previously published works and issues need addressing in this thesis
1.3.1 Generalization of the findings of the previously published works
Firstly, despite different approaches, these works all thoroughly
research into Individualism and preventing and fighting againstIndividualism in general and in different departments in the army inparticular However, the issue of preventing and fighting againstIndividualism in the army in general and within military logistics officershas not been systematically and thoroughly touched upon, especially thatissue at military local units
Secondly, these above works have different ways of approaching
Individualism, indicating its signs, impacts and they state that it is vital
to prevent and fight against Individualism In addition, the works onlogistics officers have been discussed along with the Directive N214-CT/BQPdated 14/3/1995 on “Military Logistics following Uncle Ho’s teachings”,notably pointing out it is crucial to nurture and promote revolutionary ethics inaccordance with preventing and fighting against Individualism of logisticsofficers However, there have been no works researching this issue at theregimental level Therefore, Individualism and preventing, fighting againstIndividualism within logistics officers at the regimental level is a gap needfilling and researching systematically, contributing to provide the theoreticalbasis for effectively preventing, fighting against Individualism withinlogistics officers at the regimental level
Third, these works have assessed the current situation of
Individualism and preventing, fighting against Individualism and definedits causes Yet, these surveys and investigations only concentrate on onespecific method or one area of preventing, fighting against Individualismwithin logistics officers but not on the complete and harmonious scale.Thus, it is urgent to fully and completely assess the current situation ofpreventing, fighting against Individualism within logistics officers at theregimental level in the VPA It is an issue of great significance
Fourth, these works have proposed solutions to improving the
quality of preventing, fighting against Individualism within logisticsofficers; promoting revolutionary ethics; building socialist lifestyle,fighting against corruption, “self-happening”, “self-transforming”among officials and party members These solutions provide the
Trang 9scientific arguments for the Party and the Military to promote theeffectiveness of preventing, fighting against Individualism amongofficials in general and within logistics officers in particular.
Overall, the previous works are of great value for this thesis’s
author to inherit and carry out his study, finding “the gap” needs filling
in and the issue need addressing in his own way
1.3.2 Issues need further addressing in this thesis
First, by generalizing Marxism-Leninism’s ideology, Vietnam
Communist Party’s views on Individualism, the thesis concentrates on theorigin, essence, sign and harmful effect of Individualism among partymembers in general and those in the army in particular It indicatesfeatures of military logistics officers, logistics officers at the regimentallevel and Individualism within logistics officers at the regimental level
Second, the thesis systematically clarifies the concepts of
Individualism and Individualism within logistics officers at the regimentallevel Accordingly, the thesis provides the central term of preventing, fightingagainst Individualism within logistics officers at the regimental level in theVPA; analysing the concept of preventing, fighting against Individualismwithin logistics officers at the regimental level in the VPA at present
Third, the thesis analyses and clarifies the central concept, combined
with the reports of different related branches in order to assess the currentsituation of preventing, fighting against Individualism and Individualismwithin logistics officers at the regimental level presently It indicates thecauses of the current situation and the issues need addressing during theprocess of preventing, fighting against Individualism within logistics officers
at the regimental level in the VPA in the coming time
Fourth, it defines requirements and proposes practical and
feasible solutions to effectively promoting the prevention and fightingagainst Individualism within logistics officers at the regimental level in theVPA at present
Thus, it follows Marxism-Leninism’s ideology, the Party’s views,the State’s policy and law; under the perspective of scientific socialism
and thorough research into “Preventing and fighting against Individualism among logistics officers at the regimental level of the Vietnam People's Army”.
Conclusion of chapter 1
It is of great significance to generalize the thesis-related works andidentify the issues need further addressing in this thesis This thesis’sauthor clearly sees that these works have clarified practical and
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in general and in the army in particular
Therefore, the findings of the previous works help the author toindicate “the gap” and identify the issues need further addressing under thesocial – political perspective specialized in scientific socialism, nocoincidence with any other published works
Chapter 2 THEORIES ON PREVENTING AND FIGHTING AGAINST INDIVIDUALISM AMONG THE LOGISTICS OFFICERS AT THE REGIMENTAL LEVEL OF THE VIETNAM PEOPLE'S ARMY 2.1 Overview on Individualism and the harmful effects of Individualism among the logistics officers at the regiment level of the Vietnam People's Army
In the work, "The Holy Family," C Marx refers to the selfish person asmembers of society, but they are closed individuals, all their thoughts andactions are introverted - on their egos, for their own benefits, at the same timethey require society and others to act in response to their individual needs.Therefore, they are people separating from the whole of society
In the work "The origin of the family, of the private and the state",Ph.Angghen pointed out: "it is the lowest benefits - mediocre greed, thedesire for gross pleasure, filthy stinginess, selfish desire to steal from thepublic - signalling the birth of a new civilized society, a class society; it wasthe most infamous tactics - theft, violence, cunning, betrayal - thatweakened the classless gentile society and brought it to ruin” [3, p 150]
At the III-Russia Congress of the Russian Communist Youth Union,when talking about the mission of the Youth Union, V.I.Lenin pointed out
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in that society, right from the time of being breastfed, were infected with amentality, a habit which was to only worry about their own and not careabout others In his work "Left-wing Childish Disease in the CommunistMovement" [72], V.I Lenin pointed out the origins and conditions of theexistence of Individualism among cadres and communist party members: “Ifthe bourgeoisie has not been overthrown, it is outside as well as in theworker movement, bourgeois atmosphere, private practices, bourgeoispractices will also harm the work of the proletariat, not only in an operatingindustry , but certainly in all areas of social life, in all cultural and politicalactivities without any exception ”
Thus, Marxism - Leninism explains Individualism arises in thecondition of class-divided society associated with the concept of wanting toresolve those relationships in a tendency increasingly emphasizing on theposition, the role of self-interest, overlooking the role and interests of thecommunity and society
Inheriting the views of Marxism-Leninism, President Ho Chi Minhgeneralized Individualism on basic issues such as:
Firstly, the view on Individualism "is to put our own interests, the
interests of our family first, before the common interests of the nation" [89,p.156]; or “Individualism is everything that only concerns its own interests,not the common interests of the collective “As long as we are fat, wearingthin people" "[91, p.90], is used to refer to those who absolutism theirpersonal interests, personal desires, all their thoughts and actions are forpersonal rights and interests, one's family, one’s group’s interests; puttingthe interests of the individual first, before the interests of the collective, therevolution and the nation
Secondly, the nature of Individualism is expressed through solving practical relationships of individuals such as: Firstly, for revolutionary ideals, Individualism is putting our own interests and our family's interests
on top of all, before the common interests of the nation, "everything we do
we only think of ourselves, our family, we rarely think of the big family as
the nation" [87, p.54] Secondly, for the people, Individualism is being
contrary to the interests of the people, away from the people, is to put our
interests ahead of the people's interests Thirdly, for revolutionary tasks,
Individualism is being afraid of hardship, fear of suffering; liberalism,always "putting our own interests ahead of the common interests, thenborn undisciplined, disorganized, greedy, famous, sectarian, corrupt,
wasteful, bureaucratic" [88 , p.100] Fourthly, for ourselves: self-interest,
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Thirdly, the origin of Individualism is: Objectively, it is the backward
habits and traditions arising from wet rice agriculture that still exist in the way
of thinking of a part of officials, party members and people, and it is not easy
to change immediately Subjectively, due to individual cadres and party
members lacking of cultivation, training, decreasing the will to fight, andforgetting responsibilities and duties for the Party and the people
Fourthly, content, form of expression of Individualism are very diverse,
always transforming "all shapes and states" However, no matter howtransformations happen, the origin, nature, content, and expression forms ofIndividualism can still be identified
Fifthly, the harmful effects of Individualism, as long as there is
industrialism, it will "hinder" the cadres and party members striving for the
goals and ideals of the Party and the nation Specific expression: In terms of political ideology, Individualism adversely affects the leading role of the
Party and the management of the State, the inevitable consequence is toreduce the people's confidence in the Party and the regime – one of the
threats to the political stability and the survival of the regime Economically,
Individualism leads to the consequence that the money of the State andpeople will not only be turned into private property of individuals but even
be wasted and lost in a great amount In terms of morality, lifestyle,
Individualism corrupts the contingent of cadres and party members,changes, overturns, and breaks social ethical standards
The Vietnam Communist Party’s view on Individualism
Firstly, the cause of Individualism Objectively, the impacts of the
negative side of the socialist-oriented market economy; social stratification, richand poor division, is a direct cause leading to the development of Individualism
Subjectively, Individualism appears in a part of cadres, party members, masses
who come mainly from farmers and different social classes; feudal ideologiessuch as authoritarian, autocratic, greedy for fame, profiteering; opportunistideology, materialism of the bourgeoisie class
Secondly, the content and expression of Individualism are clearly
shown by our Party: Bureaucracy, mass separation, reality separation, beingbossy; being thirsty for money, willing to "occupy the private sector", gougethe wealth of the people; not self-criticizing and criticizing on the basis ofcomradeship, or being easy, respectful or taking advantage of the situation tolash out at each other, creating different groups that cause serious disunity
Thirdly, the harmful effects of Individualism are very dangerous, it lies
within each human being and it is very difficult to fight against and eliminate; it