Thequality of the Vietnam Fatherland Front's Party building participation in communes, wards and towns plays a very important role inmobilizing and gathering socio-political organization
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The Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards andtowns in Hanoi City is seen as the political bases of the people'sadministration, representing and protecting legitimate rights andinterests of all strata of people, combining and promoting the strength
of national solidarity, implementing democracy, negotiating andunifying actions of members so as to strengthen social consensus andsupervision Taking part in building the Party is one of the key tasks
of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards and towns Thequality of the Vietnam Fatherland Front's Party building participation
in communes, wards and towns plays a very important role inmobilizing and gathering socio-political organizations, cadres,members, union members, typical individuals in social classes, ethnicgroups, religions and overseas Vietnamese strictly abide by theParty's lines and the State's policies; promoting the spirit ofdemocracy, the strength of the unity all the people, participating inbuilding a clean, strong party committee, having leadership capacity,high fighting strength and improving the quality of cadres and partymembers, contributing to the successful implementation of theeconomic, cultural and social development, national consolidationand security of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi city
In the past recent years, thoroughly grasping andimplementing the Party's views and guidelines on building andregulating the Party, the Party committees and party organizations atall levels of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, communes, wards andtowns in Hanoi have actively participated in Party building Thecontent, the form, and the method of participating in the partybuilding of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards andtowns in Hanoi city have been gradually renovated, recognized andevaluated by the Party Committees at all levels However, in practice,the quality of building the Vietnam Fatherland Front's Party incommunes, wards and towns in Hanoi remains some certain
Trang 2limitations and shortcomings Some party organizations, officials andparty members, including the Fatherland Front Committee officials atall levels, have inadequate awareness of the role, functions, dutiesand powers of building the Vietnam Fatherland Front's Party Thequality of performing the functions and the tasks of supervision andsocial criticism of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wardsand towns and the content, form and methods of participating inplanning the Party's policies and policies, participating in monitoringclose, give suggestions to the party committees and partyorganizations on the work of leadership and direction; thesupervision and suggestions of cadres and party members, especiallythe heads of the party committees, party organizations and authorities
at all levels, have not been carried out with quality and efficiency;The negotiation to select and nominate officials to participate in theelection has conducted ineffectively
Hanoi City is the capital of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,the national political-administrative centre, where the offices of theParty, the State, and socio-political organizations are located.Simultaneously, Hanoi is considered as the country’s major economic,financial, cultural, educational, and technological centre At present, theworld and regional situation continues to have several rapid andunpredictable developments; the globalization and internationalintegration are widespread; the strong development of the FourthIndustrial Revolution, the explosion of the Internet and social networks;the local war, the armed conflicts, the ethnic groups, the religions andsovereignty disputes took place fiercely In the country, after 35 years ofrenewal, the country's position and power, the country's general strengthand the country's international reputation have been promotedsignificantly Besides the opportunities and advantages, our country alsofaces several difficulties and challenges The tasks of economic, culturaland social development, consolidation of national defence and security
of Hanoi city; the task of building the Party, improving the leadership
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to further improve the quality of building the Party in the VietnamFatherland Front at all levels From the above-mentioned reasons, the
PhD student decides to choose the topic entitled "The quality of participation in building the Party of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi city presently" as his doctoral
thesis, specialized in Party Building and State Government
2 Aims and objectives of the study
Aims: By clarifying the theoretical and practical issues on the
quality of building the Party of the Vietnam Fatherland Front ofcommunes, wards and towns, the thesis proposes the feasiblesolutions to improving the quality of participation in building theParty of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards andtowns in Hanoi city presently
Assessing the quality of building the Party of the VietnamFatherland Front of communes, wards and towns; indicating thecauses and drawing some experiences to improve the quality ofbuilding the Party of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes,wards and towns in Hanoi
Analysing the affecting factors, determining the requirementsand proposing the solutions to improving the quality of building theParty of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards andtowns in Hanoi city presently
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Object: The quality of building the Party of the Vietnam
Fatherland Front of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi city
Scope
The thesis focuses on researching the quality and improvingthe quality of building the Party of the Vietnam Fatherland Front ofcommunes, wards and towns in Hanoi
The thesis focuses on investigation and field surveys in 10 districts
of Hanoi city The sufficient data, the materials and the actual survey used inthe thesis are limited mainly from 2010 to present The solutions to improvethe quality of building the Party of the Vietnam Fatherland Front ofcommunes, wards and towns in Hanoi city are valid up to 2025
4 Theoretical, practical basis and methodology
Theoretical basis:
The thesis is conducted basing on Marxist-Leninisttheoretical system, Ho Chi Minh's thought, the views and lines of theVietnamese Communist Party on the masses and the role of themasses; on building and promoting great national solidarity; onbuilding and reorganizing the Party, improving leadership capacityand fighting strength of grassroots party organizations; andpromoting the role of the Vietnam Fatherland Front
Practical basis:
The thesis is carried out on the basis of the whole reality ofleadership and direction of the party committee, party organizationand the practice of participating in party building of the VietnamFatherland Front of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi; thedirectives, and regulations of the Party building, and the PartyCommittees at all levels in Hanoi city; the results of investigationsand surveys conducted by the author at different party committees ofcommunes, wards and towns in Hanoi Simultaneously, the thesisalso inherits the thesis-related scientific works published previously
Methodology
Trang 5The is conducted on the basis of methodology of Leninism and it uses a combination of different methods of specializedand interdisciplinary science, with the focus on logical, historical,analytical methods, synthesis, statistics, comparison, theoretical research,sociological investigation and expert consultancy.
Marxism-5 New contributions of the study
Introducing and clarifying the connotation of the conception
of the quality of participating in building the Party of the VietnamFatherland Front of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi city
Giving an overview of some experiences in improving thequality of participating in building the Party of the VietnamFatherland Front of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi city
Proposing some specific and feasible measures and solutions toimproving the quality of participating in building the Party of the VietnamFatherland Front of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi city
6 Theoretical and practical significance of the study
The results of the thesis clarifies some theoretical andpractical issues on the quality of participating in building the Party ofthe Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards and towns inHanoi city The results of the thesis contribute to providing scientificfoundation for the leadership and direction of the Party committees,party organizations and the Vietnam Fatherland Front at all levels forreference, applying to improve the quality of participating in buildingthe Party of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards andtowns in Hanoi city The thesis can be used as references inresearching, teaching and building the Party at academies,universities, political schools in provinces and cities in our country
7 Structure of the study
The study includes: Introduction, 4 chapters (9 periods),conclusion, a list of the thesis-related works by the author, a list ofreferences and appendices
Chapter 1
AN OVERVIEW OF THE THESIS-RELATED
Trang 6RESEARCH SITUATION 1.1 The studies overseas related to the thesis
1.1.1 The studies on Party building
Here are some typical works:
"The Lao People's Revolutionary Party leads the political system in the current renovation cause" [105] by Vixuc Phomphithac (2003); "Constantly improving leadership and leadership qualifications, strengthening capacity to fight corruption, prevent metamorphosis and prevent risks" [31] by Ha Quoc Cuong (2004);
"Persevering in the motto of strict party management, implementing the Party building up integrity and fighting against corruption" [55]
by Chu Xun Dong (2004); "Practical research on grassroots organization building and team building of the Chinese Communist Party" [21] by Li Yuan Boi (2004); "Strengthening the building of the local Party Committee, fully promoting the role of nuclear leadership" [74] by Trieu Gia Ky (2004); "Research on building the Chinese Communist Party Platform" [120] by Chu Kinh Thanh (2010); "China faces theoretical hot spots" [29] by Department of
Theory - Central Propaganda Department of the Communist Party of
China (2013); "Continuously improve the management of Party members and build the Party according to the requirement of scientificization of Party building work" [111] by Truong Thu Quan (2013); "Strengthening the building of practical cadres who perform for the people, practicality and integrity" [15] by Bach Lap Binh (2013); "Ethics of mandarins" by Ho Thanh Quoc (2016), National Political Publishing House, Hanoi 2016 [114]; "Improving the quality of inspection and supervision of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party" [116] by Savat-chantha-prixay (2017); and
"Examination principle of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Current situation and raised issues" [103] by Daobuala
-Phabavongphet (2018)
1.1.2 The studies on socio-political organizations and their participation in Party building
Trang 7Some organizations in the World Front and the Chinese People's Consultative and Political Conference (translation documents for scientific topic KH.03); "The Communist Party of the Soviet Union
in the political system of Soviet society: Research methodological problems" [20] by V.Ia.Bondar (1986); "The fall of the idol - the defining features of M.X.Goocbachop" [19] by V.I.Bondin (1995); and
"Two ism, one hundred years" [104] by Tieu Phong (2004),
1.2 The studies in the country related to the thesis
1.2.1 The studies on organization and activities of the Fatherland Front at all levels
Typical works: "Effective solutions to prevent and repel the deterioration of political ideology of cadres and party members in our country today" [65] by Luong Khac Hieu (2003); "Renovating the organization and activities of the Fatherland Front and the current socio-political organizations in our country" [106] by Thang Van Phuc, Nguyen Minh Phuong (2007); "Theoretical basis of the organization and operation of the political system in the process of building socialism in Vietnam" [128] by Le Minh Thong (2007);
"Some theoretical and practical issues of the Front work" [72] by Vu Trong Kim (2009); "Model of reforming, perfecting the organization and operation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations in the political system in the period 2010 - 2015" [107]
by Thang Van Phuc (2009); "Carrying out the function of social supervision and criticism of the current Vietnam Fatherland Front" [2] by Nguyen Tho Anh (2010); "Solutions and conditions for implementation of prevention and combat against degradation of political ideas, morality, lifestyle among cadres and party members" [123] by Ngo Van Thao (2010); "The National Front unifies Vietnam past and present" [62] by Tran Hau (2011); "Activities of the Fatherland Front of communes, wards and towns in Bac Ninh province in implementing democracy at the current grassroots level" [109] by Nguyen Van Phuong (2014); and "For the Vietnam
Trang 8Fatherland Front to perform well the role of social monitoring and criticism" [102] by Nguyen Van Pha (2016).
1.2.2 The studies on Party building participation of the Fatherland Front and socio-political organizations at all levels
Typically: "The role of the Vietnam Fatherland Front in exercising the people's ownership in our country today" [100] by Nguyen Thi Hien Oanh (2005); "Hanoi's Vietnam Fatherland Front takes part in building the Party and government" [64] by Nguyen Xuan Hang (2009); "Promoting the role of monitoring and social criticism of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, contributing to the successful implementation of the Resolution of the XI Congress of the Party" [33] by Huynh Dam (2011); "The Vietnam Fatherland Front builds social consensus in the cause of national renewal" [76] by Nguyen Thi Lan (2012); "The Vietnam Fatherland Front participates
in anti-corruption, contributes to building a clean and strong State" [101] by Nguyen Van Pha (2013); "Vietnam Fatherland Front with the implementation of regulations on supervision of civil servants and party members in residential areas in the new period" [16] by Nguyen Thanh Binh (2013); "Let the Front do a good job of reflecting and supervising the implementation of opinions and recommendations of voters and people to the Party and State in the new period" [17] by Nguyen Thanh Binh (2014); "Social criticism of current socio-political organizations" [34] by Doan Nam Dan (2014); “Some theoretical issues of Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh's thought about the transition to socialism need to be clarified
in the process of implementing the renovation in Vietnam ”[179] by
Le Kim Viet (2015); "Promoting democracy, monitoring and criticizing the society to fight against corruption" [70] by Bui Nguyen Khanh (2015); "Promoting the people's supervisory role in the implementation of the Central Resolution 4, term XII" [134] by Le Ba Trinh (2017); "Some solutions for implementing social supervision and criticism of the Vietnam Fatherland Front for the Party Secretary and the Chairman of the People's Committee at the same
Trang 9level" [68 ] by Nguyen Van Hung (2017); and “Strengthening social supervision and criticism of the Fatherland Front and mass organizations, contributing to the fight to prevent and repel the deterioration of political, ethical and lifestyle ideology of some cadres and party members” [181] by Le Kim Viet (2017).
1.3 An overview of the results of the related works published previously and the issues need further addressing in the thesis
thesis-1.3.1 An overview of the results of the thesis-related works published previously
First, these scientific works confirm the great role of the
Fatherland Front and political organizations Depending on each politicalregime and the class's point of view, the promotion of the role of socio-political organizations has different contents and modes Through theactivities of these organizations, the ruling Party and the State have madeappropriate decisions, in accordance with the aspirations and legitimateinterests of all social classes, which contribute to the stable and sustainabledevelopment of each country and nation
Second, these scientific works have generalized and
explained to clarify Ho Chi Minh's thought, the views of theCommunist Party of Vietnam on the National Front for theunification of Vietnam; the organizational structure, the principles,the functions, the duties, and the working relationships of theVietnam Fatherland Front at all levels; the formation anddevelopment process and the great contributions of the VietnameseFatherland Front to the former struggle for national liberation andreunification, as well as in the cause of building and defending theSocialist Fatherland They propose the solutions to improving thequality and efficiency of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front tomobilize and promote the strength of national solidarity; representingand protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the people;strengthening the social monitoring and criticism; and participating inbuilding the Party, the State and the Party Committees at all levels
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mentioned the position, the significance, the content, the form, andthe method to participate in building the Party of the VietnamFatherland Front, includes: participating in building the Party'splatform and political lines; participating in the work of cadres,building a contingent of cadres and party members; participate in thefight against corruption and waste; participating in supervising theparty organization, party members in implementing the Party's linesand guidelines, the State's policies and laws; building andconsolidating the national unity; participating in propagating andmobilizing cadres, party members and people to implement theParty's guidelines and the State's policies
The mode of participation in building the Party of theVietnamese Fatherland Front and its member organizations isconducted through the supervision and social criticism on issuesrelated to the Party's policies, the State’s laws and the commissarsand local governments’ decisions Simultaneously, the VietnameseFatherland Front promotes the people's mastery, reflects the people'sopinions and petitions towards the Party, the State, the Partycommittees and authorities at all levels, thereby helping the partycommittees and authorities All levels clearly understand the people'sthoughts and aspirations so as to create a consensus in society
Fourth, some works and doctoral theses have assessed the
current situation of participating in building the Party of the VietnamFatherland Front at the central and local levels; pointing out thecauses of the advantages, disadvantages, and shortcomings anddrawing valuable experiences to apply the practice of improving thequality and efficiency to participate in Party building of theVietnamese Fatherland Front at all levels
All of these are considered as valuable sources of materialsand documents for the thesis’s author to selectively inherit anddevelop in the process of researching on the quality of participating
in building the Party of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes,
Trang 11wards and towns in Hanoi Generally, it can be confirmed that up tonow, there have been no scientific works that have basicallyresearched the quality of participation in building the Party of theVietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards and towns in Hanoiunder the perspective of Party Building and State Government.Therefore, the issue: The quality of participation in building the Party
of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards and towns inHanoi is an independent scientific work, which does not overlap withany scientific works published previously
1.3.2 The issues need further addressing in the thesis
First, the thesis seeks to clarify the basic issues of the
Vietnam Fatherland Front such as: the conception, the organizationalstructure, the operational principles, the functions, the tasks, the roles andthe relationships of the Vietnam Fatherland Front It introduces theconception and interpretations to clarify the principles, contents and modes
of participation in building the Party of the Vietnam Fatherland Front ofcommunes, wards and towns in Hanoi It builds up the conceptions andexplanations to clarify the prescribed factors and evaluation criteria for thequality of participation in building the Party of the Vietnam FatherlandFront of communes, wards and towns
Second, on the basis of the theoretical framework of the thesis and
the identified criteria, the thesis assesses the current situation of participation
in building the Party of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wardsand towns in Hanoi city; it indicates the causes of strengths, limitations, andweaknesses; draws some valuable experiences to apply practical application
to improve the quality of participation in building the Party of the VietnamFatherland Front of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi city presently
Third, the thesis analyses the factors affecting the quality of
participation in building the Party of the Vietnam Fatherland Front ofcommunes, wards and towns in Hanoi city It identifies therequirement for improving the quality of participation in building theParty of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards andtowns in Hanoi city presently
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feasible solutions to improving the quality of participation in buildingthe Party of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards andtowns in Hanoi city presently
Conclusion chapter 1 Chapter 2 THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL ISSUES ON THE QUALITY OF PARTICIPATION IN BUILDING THE PARTY
OF THE VIETNAM FATHERLAND FRONT IN COMMUNES,
WARDS, TOWNS IN HANOI CITY 2.1 The Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards and towns and the basic issues of participation in building the Party of the Fatherland Front of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi City
2.1.1 Communes, wards and towns the Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi City
2.1.1.1 An overview of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi city
Hanoi City is the capital of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- the national political-administrative centre, where the central offices of theParty, the State and political-communal organizations are located, the place
of associations, diplomatic missions, and international organizations; it isalso the centre of culture, education, science-technology, economy andinternational transactions of the country
2.1.1.2 The Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi City
* The conception of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi city
The Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi city are part of the political system of communes, wards and towns under the leadership of the grassroots party organization; represents the legitimate and legitimate interests of all strata of the people, where the will and aspirations are expressed, the great bloc of unity, the promotion
of the people's mastery, consultation, coordination and to unify the
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* The organizational structure of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi city
The Vietnam Fatherland Front at the level of communes, wardsand towns in Hanoi is implemented in accordance with the Law onVietnam Fatherland Front and the Statute of the Vietnam FatherlandFront The Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards and towns inHanoi city includes the member organizations: Party committee,grassroots party organization, labour union organizations in enterprises,business establishments, organizations, Ho Chi Minh Communist YouthUnion, Women's Union, Farmers Association, Veterans Association,professional social organizations and typical individuals of all socialclasses, ethnic groups, religion, and overseas Vietnamese, etc
* The principles of organization and operation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi city: First,
the Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards and towns in HanoiCity organizes and operates within the framework of the Constitution
and laws and Charter of Vietnam Fatherland Front; Second, the
organization and activities of the Vietnam Fatherland Front ofcommunes, wards and towns in Hanoi city are implemented on theprinciple of voluntary, democratic consultation, coordination and unified
action among members; Third, members of the Vietnam Fatherland
Front of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi city must comply with
the Vietnam Fatherland Front Charter; Fourth, the party committees and
party organizations in communes, wards and towns are both memberorganizations and leading the Vietnam Fatherland Front
* The functions and duties of the Vietnam Fatherland Front
of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi city
The functions of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi city: According to Article 1, Law on the
Vietnam Fatherland Front: The Vietnam Fatherland Front of
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of the people in the locality and at the grassroots level; gathering andpromoting the strength of great solidarity for the entire people at thecommune, ward and township establishments; implementingdemocracy and social consensus; participating in building the Partyand the State, so as to build and defend the Fatherland
The duties and authorities of the Vietnam Fatherland Front
of communes, wards and towns in Hanoi city: According to Article 3
of the Law on the Vietnam Fatherland Front 2015 and Article 2,Charter of the Vietnam Fatherland Front 2014, the VietnamFatherland Front has the following duties and powers at thecommune, ward and town levels in Hanoi city:
First, enhance the unity for the entire people, exercise
democracy, strengthen social consensus in communes, wards and
towns; Second, propagate and mobilize people to promote their
ownership and implement the Party's lines, undertakings and policies,
and strictly implement the Constitution and laws; Third, represent
and protect the legitimate and legitimate rights and interests of the
people of communes, wards and towns; Fourth, participate in
building the Party, building and strengthening the people'sadministration of communes, wards and towns according to Article 9
of the 2013 Constitution and Decision 218-QD / TW dated12/12/2013 of the Politburo Session XI promulgates the Regulations
on the Vietnam Fatherland Front, political - social organizations andpeople participate in building the Party, building the government;
Fifth, supervise and criticize the society according to the provisions
of Article 9, the 2013 Constitution and Decision No 217-QD / TWdated 12/12/2013 of the XI Politburo on promulgating theSupervisory Regulation and social criticism of the Vietnam
Fatherland Front; Sixth, gather and synthesize opinions and
recommendations of voters and people to reflect and propose to the