On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Vietnamese Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1925 – 2025), Pasaxon – the official organ of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee – published an editorial underscoring late Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh’s fundamental views on the combative nature of the revolutionary press.
The article stressed that throughout his revolutionary career, the founder of modern Vietnam consistently regarded the revolutionary press as a vital part of the Vietnamese Party’s and nation’s revolutionary struggle.
Addressing the combative spirit of the revolutionary press, President Ho Chi Minh stated at the 2nd Congress of the Vietnam Journalists’ Association (VJA) in April 1959 that all those working in the press – from writers and printers to editors and distributors – must possess a firm political and ideological stance, remain self-reliant, and adhere to a correct political line closely aligned with their daily duties.
The piece also recalled his speech at the 3rd VJA Congress on September 8, 1962, in which he declared that journalists are also revolutionary soldiers, and pens and papers are their sharp weapons.
In a congratulatory message to the Afro-Asian Journalists’ Association on April 24, 1965, he wrote that articles published in newspapers are a form of revolutionary appeal, aimed at mobilising the masses in unity and struggle.
According to the editorial, the late Vietnamese leader also stressed that a state of the people must be clearly reflected through the Party’s and Government’s policies. Once those policies are sound and well-formulated, they will swiftly take root in society and inspire creativity./.
