National symposium discusses the legacy of Friedrich Engels

The event was chaired by Nguyen Xuan Thang, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Director of Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council of the Communist Party of Vietnam, on the occasion of the 200th birth anniversary of Friedrich Engels (November 28, 1820-2020).

The seminar was co-organised by the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, the Party Central Committee’ Commission for Communications and Education, the Central Theoretical Council, and the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences.

It aimed to confirm the important contributions of Engels to the formation and development of Marxism, while affirming the value and vitality of Marxism-Leninism to the Vietnamese revolution, especially in the current context.

Speaking at the seminar, Thang said that over the past 90 years, the Communist Party of Vietnam has held Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh's Thought as the foundation of thought. Steadfast in its exclusive goal of achieving national independence combined with socialism, the Party has led the Vietnamese revolution to many victories.

The great achievements of Vietnam in recent years have confirmed the correctness and creative application of Marxism-Leninism of the Party in the country’s international integration and development, Thang affirmed.

The seminar is one of the practical activities contributing to propaganda and consolidation of the Party's ideological foundation, while raising awareness and educating communist beliefs and revolutionary ethics for Party members and all classes of the people, thereby contributing to the successful implementation of the renovation, construction and defence of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.