Hanoi (VNA) – Studying and following PresidentHo Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and lifestyle has become a crucial, regulartask of each Party committee and organisation, as well as each official andParty member, significantly contributing to Party building and rectification,according to a conclusion of the Politburo.

The conclusion was issued on May 18 to continue the implementationof the 12-tenure Politburo’s Directive No. 05-CT/TW dated May 15, 2016 on enhancing the studyingand following of President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and lifestyle.

Over the past five years, the campaign has played arole in preventing and containing the degradation of political ideology,morality and lifestyle, and the phenomena of “self-evolution” and “self-transformation”within the Party, refuting wrongful and hostile views, and consolidating thepublic’s trust in the Party, State and socialism.

The Politburo said that such achievements have contributed to thesuccess of the 13th National Party Congress and the cause of reform(doi moi) and national construction and defence.

To better the implementation of the Directive, it orderedraising the awareness of officials and Party members about the content, valueand significance of the President’s ideology, morality and lifestyle.

His ideology and Marxism-Leninism have served as anideological foundation and lodestar for the Party’s activities, it continued, describingPresident Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and lifestyle as a great source of momentum and power for the entire Party, army and people to sail through difficultiesand challenges, and successfully materialise the Resolution adopted at the 13th Party Congress and all revolutionary tasks in the new period.

Studying and following President Ho Chi Minh’s example shouldgo in tandem with Party building and rectification in each locality and agency,according to the Politburo.

It emphasised the role of setting examplesby officials and Party members, particularly leaders, firstly members of thePolitburo, the Secretariat and Central Committee of the Party.

Another task is to revamp communications methods,especially among young generations and overseas Vietnamese, while promotingrole models in the campaign.

The Politburo requested renewing and improving thequality and efficiency of the study, application and development of Marxism-Leninismand President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, in order to satisfy requirements ofnational construction and defence in the new setting.

More attention should be paid to inspections andsupervisions over the implementation of the Directive as well as the Resolutionadopted at the fourth plenums of the Party Central Committee (11th and 12th tenures) on Party buildingand rectification, the Politburo said.

Any violations by Party organisations and members andofficials must be strictly handled, it noted./.