President Ho Chi Minh's thoughts on the state and law, including that on legislative activities, which were continuously supplemented and developed by the late leader, have served as a foundation, a theoretical basis and a guideline for the building and improvement of the legal system in Vietnam since the country gained independence.
NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - President Ho Chi Minh's thoughts on
the state and law, including that on legislative activities, which were continuously
supplemented and developed by the late leader, have served as a foundation, a
theoretical basis and a guideline for the building and improvement of the legal
system in Vietnam since the country gained independence.
National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue made the statement in an article
on the occasion of the review of the 5-year implementation of the Politburo's Directive
05-CT/TW dated June 15, 2016 on “Promoting the studying and
following of President Ho Chi Minh's thoughts, morality and lifestyle".
In the article, published on July 16, Hue, who is also a Politburo member, emphasised
Ho Chi Minh's thoughts on legislative activities, including inviolable national
sovereignty and the sacredness of national independence.
The reality of the Vietnamese revolution showed that his thoughts
on national sovereignty and national independence have increasingly promoted its
value, the top legislator said, adding this is an important ideological basis
for all activities of state agencies and for the will and aspirations of the
entire people, and is the foundation, goal and motivation of legislative
activities today and in the future.
Regarding the people's mastery, President Ho Chi Minh said that all power
belongs to the people and the State is of the people, by the people and for the
people. The late leader also upheld the supremacy of the law.
Hue said President Ho Chi Minh soon realised the organic, flesh-and-blood
relationship between the people's right to social mastery, democracy and
freedom, and the Constitution and laws. He clearly recognised the role of the
Constitution and laws in changing the nature of a political regime.
Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts on the requirements and purpose of the law is to be humane
and for the people, to ensure democracy in the law-making process, as well as
to respect international law, Hue noted.
Respecting international law is a very far and wide vision of President Ho Chi
Minh. He said “To all countries in the world, the Democratic Republic of
Vietnam earnestly wishes to maintain friendship and sincere cooperation on the
basis of equality and mutual assistance to build a long-lasting world peace".
His views are the ideological foundation for the foreign
policy of the Vietnamese Party, State and people, and the basis for countries
with different political regimes in the world to recognise and establish
diplomatic relations with Vietnam. This is also the guideline and basic
principle for building and improving the legal system on foreign affairs and
integration of Vietnam.
According to the top legislator, studying and applying President Ho Chi Minh's thoughts, morality and lifestyle in legislative activities in the current period play
a very important role as the whole Party and people are taking active and
proactive steps to successfully implement orientations, key tasks and strategic
breakthroughs identified at the 13th National Party Congress on completing the
legal system and building a socialist rule-of-law state.
In addition, to ensure effective international integration, Vietnam must have
legislative solutions to build and perfect the legal system that both promotes domestic
advantages and strengths and is harmonious and compatible with the common
standards of international law, thus demonstrating its role as a reliable and
reputable partner in the international community, the NA Chairman concluded./.