Fighting Against the Wrong Argument That the Communist Party of Vietnam Should Not Consider Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh’s Thought the Ideological Foundation

Ngoc Loi Pham

doi:10.11648/j.ash.20200603.12

Abstract

This article aims to analyze to fight against the wrong claims of the hostile forces of Vietnam revolution is that Marxism- Leninism is outdated and the Communist Party of Vietnam should not consider Marxism-Leninism and Chi Minh’s thought as its ideological foundation. First, they claim that Marxism - Leninism was born in the economic and social context of the 19th and early 20th centuries, making it unsuitable for the contemporary situation. Second, they state that the collapse of socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe proved that Marxist - Leninist socialism was mistaken and obsolete. Third, according to them, the mistakes and difficulties involved in building a socialist country originated from Marxism – Leninism. In this paper, the author has used scientific research methods such as analysis and synthesis, interpretation and induction, abstraction and generalization, logical and historical comparison to criticize the wrong claims of the hostile forces. The research has come into 3 conclusions. The first is Marxism-Leninism is a scientific and legal theory; the second is the collapse of socialism in the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries was only the breakdown of a model; the third is the selection and application of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh's Thought in Vietnam as the ideological foundation is a right thing. Therefore, the application of Marxism-Leninism into the cause of national liberation and building socialism in Vietnam is a right choice of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Highlights

The claims of the hostile forces often used to attack the ideology of the Communist Party of Vietnam are: Marxism-Leninism is outdated and the Communist Party of Vietnam should separate Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh’s thought
The hostile forces claim that the socialism collapsed in the most important part, sooner or later countries following this regime will collapse and only capitalism is the "last stage of history” and eternal
This paper aims to criticize all the wrong claims of hostile forces and affirms that Marxism- Leninism and Ho Chi Minh’s thought are never outdated and the Communist Party of Vietnam should not consider Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh’s thought the ideological foundation

Summary

Introduction

The claims of the hostile forces often used to attack the ideology of the Communist Party of Vietnam are: Marxism-Leninism is outdated and the Communist Party of Vietnam should separate Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh’s thought. The hostile forces claim that the socialism collapsed in the most important part, sooner or later countries following this regime will collapse and only capitalism is the "last stage of history” and eternal. In their view, there was no Ho Chi Minh thought and if it did, it was the "old communist ideology”. There was no Ho Chi Minh thought and if it did, it was the "old communist ideology” They denied the merits and great contributions of President Ho Chi Minh to the Vietnamese revolution and the revolutions of the people in the world. According to Le Quy Trinh, “the argument for separating Ho Chi Minh’s ideology from Marxism-Leninism is a malicious trick by the hostile forces in a bid to distort and deny our Party’s ideological ground” [1]

Defending the Correctness of Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh’s Thought

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