Tóm tắt Luận án Strengthening the Leadership in Province and City’s Committees in Military Zone 3 for Military, Local Defense at Present Time

FOREWORDS 1. Overview of the work research project Strengthening the leadership of the provincial and city’s party committees to military and defense is one of the key tasks of local committees. There are many new problems requiring promoting theoretical studies, practical summaries, clarifying the issues on strengthening the leadership of the Party in general, and of the local committees at all levels in particular to local military and defense. I noticed that, besides the outstanding achievements in local military and defense of provinces and cities in Military Zone 3 over the past time, the leadership and direction of the local Military and defense by province and city's party committees also has limitations and shortcomings affecting the performance of tasks in local military and defense in provinces and cities in Military Zone 3. The question is how to overcome the limitations and shortcomings in leadership and direction of the local military and defense by province and city’s committees in Military Zone 3 meeting mission requirements in the new situation? This has always made me think, concern and form an idea of research for many years, especially in the teaching process at the Ho Chi Minh Academy of Politics. Therefore, I have selected the following topic: “Strengthening the Leadership in Province and City’s Committees in Military Zone 3 for Military, Local Defense at Present Time for my thesis. During the implementation of this project, I have refered to related research results of military and non-military scientific works. Also, based on the results of the leadership in local military and defense by province and city’s committees in Military Zone 3, the report on assessment of results of leadership of local military and defense by party committee - High Command of Military Zone 3, together with the survey data on the leadership of province and city’s committees in Military Zone 3 for the local military and defense from 2005 to now as the argument for implementation of the research. 2. Selection of thesis theme Local military and defense is of particularly importance position in building the national defense, national defense battle arrangement, people's war to protect the socialist nation. In peacetime, the role of local military and defense is increasing. To promote the role of local military and defense, the most important issue, which is of crucial significance is to strengthen the Party's leadership for local military and defense at the grassroots level, from the local, provincial, to city levels. The provinces and cities directly under the Central Government have always been identified as important units in the building defense areas, building the national defense, national defense battle arrangement. Besides, imperialism and hostile forces are focusing on fighting the country’s revolution by the strategy of “peaceful evolution”, causing turmoil in all areas, in order to remove ideology platform of the Party; removing the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam; creating dissension, disunity within the party and between the party and local people from the grassroots. Therefore, strengthening the leadership of the province and city’s committees for local military and defense is an urgent demand. Military Zone 3 is the key strategic area in the defense posture of the country - a vast territory, rich historical and cultural traditions, and has economic potential, including plains, cites, mountains and seas, and islands. The national defense, national defense battle arrangement, the strength and potential of the defense area of provinces and cities in Military Zone 3 are closely related to the defense posture of the whole country. The cause of industrialization and modernization, openness, international economic integration ... have had a strong impact on all areas of social life, including the field of military – defense, requiring attention and strengthened leadership and guidance of the province and city’s committees in Military Zone 3 for the local military and defense. In recent years, with the attention of the Party - the High Commander of Military Zone 3, under the leadership of the province and city’s committees, the local military and defense in provinces and cities have achieved certain results, contributing significantly to the political stability at grassroots level, creating favorable conditions for the development of socio - economic opportunity in each locality. The mechanism of leadership, management and administration of the local military and defense has been implemented seriously and creatively. The leadership the province and city’s committees, the direction and administration of the People's Council, People’s Committee and the role of advising and implementation of military agencies, military’s party committees, local departments, unions for the local military and defense has had many progressive changes. However, considering the mission requirements of defense - security in the new situation, the quality and efficiency as well as the transformation of local military and defense still have limitations and shortcomings: awareness of the military and defense tasks at different levels and sectors and among the people has been uneven; content, methods of leadership in local military and defense of some provinces have not been comprehensive and specific; the sense of vigilance, sense of responsibility are inadequate; leadership, guidance and coordination and implementation remains loose; advisory role of military agencies, military’s party committees in some localities are still limited; the implementation of leadership, management and administration of the local military and defense still confused, slow in summation, supplement and development. Currently, given the complicated developments of the national and global situation, especially burning, urgent and sensitive issues on the South China Sea, strengthening the leadership of party in general, and of the province and city’s committees in Military Zone 3 in particular for local military and defense to meet mission requirements in the new situation is essential. 3. Purposes and tasks of research *Purposes: To interpret to clarify the basics of theory and practice in the leadership of the province and city’s committees in Military Zone 3 for the local military and defense; proposing basic solutions to strengthening the leadership of the province and city’s committees in Military Zone 3 for the local military and defense at present time. * Tasks - To interpret to clarify the basics of theory and practice in the leadership of the province and city’s committees in Military Zone 3 for the local military and defense. - To actively and scientifically evaluate the reality, stating the cause and draw some experience in leadership of province and city’s committees in Military Zone 3 for the local military and defense. - To recommend the fundamental solutions to enhancing the leadership of the province and city’s committees in Military Zone 3 for the local military and defense at present time. 4. Objects and scopes of the research * Objects of research The leadership of the province and city’s committees in Military Zone 3 for the local military and defense the research is the object of the thesis. * Scope of research The thesis focuses on the researching local military and defense and the leadership of the province and city’s committees in Military Zone 3 for the local military and defense in the provinces of Ha Nam, Nam Dinh, Ninh Binh, Hoa Binh, Thai Binh, Hai Duong, Hung Yen, Hai Phong, Quang Ninh and High Command of Military Zone 3. The materials and data used in the thesis are limited primarily from 2005 to the present. 5. Rationale, practice and methodology of research * Rationale: As the system of opinion, ideology of Marxism - Leninism and Ho Chi Minh, the view and path of the party on defense, security and Armed Forces. * Practice: The practical local military and defense and the leadership of the province and city’s committees in Military Zone 3 for the local military and defense. * Research methodology: The thesis uses the methodology of Marxism - Leninism and Ho Chi Minh ideology; methods of interdisciplinary and specialized scientific research, focusing on the methods of analysis, synthesis, inductive, deductive; system - structure; history - logics; generalization, abstraction, sociological surveys, comparison, statistics, summary of practice and and expert methods. 6. New contributions in the scientific field of the thesis - The criteria for evaluating the leadership of the province and city’s committees in Military Zone 3 for the local military and defense. - Solutions on innovation, completion of content, methods of province and city’s committees in Military Zone 3 for the local military and defense. 7. Theoretical and practical meaning of the thesis The research results of the thesis have contributed to providing a scientific basis to help party committee – High Command of Military Zone 3, the province and city’s committees in Military Zone 3 in the leadership, direction and management, operation and organization of the local military and defense meeting mission requirements in the new situation. The thesis can be used as a reference in research, teaching and learning of party’s and political work in academies and military schools. 8. Structure of the thesis: the thesis include Introduction, 3 chapters (6 class hours), conclusion, list of scientific works published by the author, lists of references and appendices. OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH RELATED TO THE TOPIC 1. Foreign research projects related to the topic 1.1. The research results of scientific works on the leadership of the Communist Party in the military and defense sector, including the book entitled “The scientific leadership in the Soviet armed forces” of authors in the military field edited by Major General E.Ph.Xulimop and PhD, Vice Admiral VVSeliac [66]; the book named “Some problems in party and government work in Soviet armed forces” of General AAE-PI-Sep [137]. The above works focused on some key issues: First, affirming that the Communist Party shall directly and absolutely lead the Armed Forces and defense career. Second, confirming the growing leadership of the Communist Party in the cause of building and defending the nation in new conditions. Third, the party shall have leadership mechanism, the specific provisions so that local committees can consistently conduct leadership, management, administration and organization of the local military and defense. The above contents are very important basis for the author to study, inherit and deepen it in the thesis. 1.2. The research results of the scientific works related to the contents, methods and mechanisms of leadership of the Party, local committees for the military and defense, including: “Party, and politics work in the USSR armed forces”, brief history, General AA E-PI-SEP [137]; “The party and political work in academies, schools of Chinese People's Liberation Army in the new period”, (Political Affairs textbook of the Chinese People's Liberation Army), Editor: Jiang Ziyi [102]. I found that, although the works have not systematically and completely addressed the issue, some of the following issues can be generalized: First, the works consistently asserted that it is necessary to pay attention to leadership in political and ideological education; in potential development; in building political bodies in armed forces in the military agencies in provinces and cities; in building mobilization reserve, militia and sources for armed forces; in building specialized staff. Second, they have initially determined leadership mechanism in the military - defense. Third, they have presented problems of principles in leadership in military and defense. 2. The research projects in the country related to the topic 2.1. Research project on local military and defense. * Works printed in books: The history of defense - the local military, syllabus used for training strategic and tactical officers [76]; Nguyen Te Nhi, Nguyen The Vi, Tung Nhu, Handbook of defense - security for leaders at all levels [103]; Ho Chi Minh Academy of Politics, some issues on defense, security and external relations [69]; Institute of Military Humanities and Social Sciences – Ministry of Defense, Management mechanism of the state of the socialist Republic of Vietnam for the military and defense [168]; Central military’s party committees, Summary of some theoretical – practical issues over 20 years of implementation of the Credo in 1991 of Ministry of Defense in 1991 [65]. The above projects have systematically studied, analyzed and interpreted the perspective and thought of the party on military and defense; Construction of national defense, people’s war battle arrangement in the cause of national defense, focusing on the following specific issues: Affirming the objective necessity and role of military - defense during the new revolutionary period, summarizing the content of the military and defense of the party during the revolution leadership, especially after nearly 30 years of innovation and building of the country, including: construction and implementation of guidelines, policies and motto of direction of military and defense, building national defense, national defense battle arrangement, building people's armed forces; strategies and tactics of military and defense; building people and organizations involved in military and defense; building defense area; national defense education for all classes of people; building the economic organizations of the army in line with military and defense strategy in key areas and regions; studying military science, military art; learning valuable lessons and practical exercises in implementation of military and defense. * The scientific articles referring to local military and defense include: Pham Van Tra, Looking back to 20 years of innovative thinking on military and defense tasks for national defense in the new period [160]; Le Minh Vu, New thinking about building the national defense and construction of the Vietnam People's Army at present [169]; Pham Ngoc Hung, The developments of cognitive potential construction and national defense strength from Credo 1991 to now [86]; Hoang Xuan Lam, 1991 Credo with the combination of defense - security in the social-economic development strategy of the country [93]; Vu Quoc Hung, 1991 Credo with the development of guidelines and people's war arts for national defense [87] ... Under the different research perspectives, all have focused on clarifying the specific issues such as: New thinking of the party on the tasks of military and defense, building national defense, people’s war arrangement; the strength of military and defense for national defense in the new period; an overall assessment of the advantages, achievements and shortcomings in military defense over the past time; to propose policies and measures to improve the quality, effectiveness of military and defense in the new situation. 2.2. The research projects on building local military agencies; local military’s party committees; local political military authorities, including Ministry of Defense, Research on solutions to building local political military authorities to meet local requirements and tasks in the new period [31]; Bui Dinh Phai, Military agencies in Hoa Binh province to promote the key role in the work of local military defense [104]; Do Dinh Luong, Building strong local military party’s committee at district level in Hai Duong province at present [99] ... The above research projects have focused on clarifying: location, role, functions, duties, powers and working relationships of military’s party committees, military agencies and local political military authorities in the implementation of local military and defense; going the specific requirements to build strong military’s party committees, military agencies and local political military authorities to advise local committees in local military and defense; proposing basic solutions to build strong military’s party committees, military agencies and local political military authorities local, meeting requirements of the new situation. 2.3. The research projects on the leadership of the Party and the strengthening of the Party's leadership for local military and defense These works on leadership of the Party, committees at all levels for the local military and defense, in particular: the General Political Department, The Party leads local military defense in the new situation [157 ]; Institute of Military Humanities and Social Sciences – Ministry of Defense, the Party's leadership method for the military and defense sector [167]; Editorial, The Party's leadership - the factor determining the nature of revolutionary and fighting strength of our Army [171]; Nguyen Ba Duong, The leadership of the party to the revolutionary armed forces [52]; Duong Dinh Son, Lessons of the leadership of the Party to the Army [139]; Nguyen Van Vuong, Strengthening the leadership of the Party for the military - defense in Thai Nguyen [170]. This group of research projects focus on: Affirming the objective necessity and leadership of Communist Party of Vietnam in all fields of social life, including military and defense; systematically mentioning a content of Party leadership, party committees at all levels in the local military and defense; suggesting the concept and role of the Party's leadership methods in the field of military - defense; specifying the characteristics and methods of Party leadership in the field of military and defense; Establishing matters of principle in implementing the Party's leadership methods for the military and defense; determining the functions, duties, powers and working relationships of the components in the mechanism of the Party's leadership in the field of military and defense. 2.4. These research projects directly related to local military and defense and the leadership of the province and city’s party province and city’s party committees for the local military and defense the provinces and cities in Military Zone 3, including: Military Zone 3, History of Party in Military Zone 3, Volumes I, II, III [128, 129, 130]; Military Zone 3, History of Party affairs, political affairs of the armed forces of Military Zone 3 [117]; Bui The Luc, Twenty years of renovation of building local armed forces in Military Zone 3 [98]; Nguyen Van Lan, Combination of socio-economic development with defense - security strengthening on the northeast islands of the country [102]; Pham Quang Hoi, Military Zone 3 to enhance the construction of strong national defense battle arrangement [85]; Pham Hong Huong, Military Zone 3 to focus on improving synthetic quality, combating power of armed forces [88]; Hoang Ky, Local military defense in Hoa Binh province to significantly contribute to the overall development of the province and the Military Zone 3 in the new period, Building national defense in Hoa Binh Province in the renovation period [92]; Hoang Van Hoan, Improving leadership capacity of party committees with the task of local military and defense, building strong armed forces of Hoa Binh Province in the new period, Building national defense in Hoa Binh Province in the renovation period [78]; Bui The Luc, Improving efficiency of the Party committee leadership at all levels, management and administration of the government, the advisory capacity of military authorities for local military defense tasks in Hoa Binh Province [98]; Le Van Hai, Strengthening the leadership of the local committees for the military – defense [67] .... The above projects have focused on clarifying the following fundamental issues: To determine strategic position of the provinces and cities in Military Zone 3; to defin