Affirming the pioneering role
Expressing strong agreement and consensus with the contents of the Political Report of the 13th Party Central Committee submitted to the 14th National Party Congress, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Vice Chairman of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Committee of Hai Phong City and Chairman of the Hai Phong City Labour Federation, stated: “The 14th National Party Congress’s continued special attention to building a modern and strong Vietnamese working class is a correct, timely policy, fully aligned with the requirements for rapid and sustainable national development in the new period.”
Nearly 40 years of renewal, particularly almost two decades of implementing Resolution No. 20-NQ/TW of the 10th Party Central Committee on continuing to build the Vietnamese working class in the period of accelerating industrialisation and modernisation, have affirmed that the working class has steadily grown in both scale and quality. A contingent of intellectual workers with high skills, strong discipline, and professional competence has gradually taken shape, capable of rapidly accessing advanced science and modern technology. This workforce has made significant contributions to economic growth and social stability and has increasingly played a major role across all areas of social life.
In Hai Phong, the results of efforts to build a modern and strong working class are clearly evident. The city’s workforce is large, dynamic, and creative, actively engaging in labour and production emulation, enthusiastically responding to patriotic emulation movements, and serving as a core force in helping transform Hai Phong into a modern and civilised port city.
At present, the Hai Phong City Labour Federation manages 2,840 grassroots unions, representing more than 641,000 workers and nearly 620,000 union members, with union membership rates exceeding 96% across units. During the past term, unions at all levels in the city have strongly renewed their leadership and operational methods, introducing numerous innovative models and activities that have delivered tangible results and left a clear imprint in caring for workers’ livelihoods and safeguarding their lawful rights and interests.
According to Nguyen Anh Tuan, in the context of digital transformation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the Vietnamese working class must truly master science and technology, possess high professional skills, industrial working styles, and modern labour discipline, and become the pioneering force of the knowledge-based economy.
Fostering Party development in non-State enterprises
From the perspective of enterprises and grassroots trade unions, Dinh Sy Phuc, Chairman of the Trade Union of TKG Taekwang Vina Joint Stock Company (Bien Hoa 2 Industrial Park, Dong Nai Province), noted: “Building a modern and strong working class cannot be separated from the task of building Party organisations and developing new Party members among workers, particularly in non-State and foreign direct investment enterprises.”
Dong Nai is one of the country’s leading industrial provinces, attracting a large workforce to work and settle there. During the 2020–2025 period, trade unions at all levels in Dong Nai introduced more than 1,600 outstanding union members who are workers for Party consideration and training, of whom more than 300 were admitted to the Party, bringing the total number of Party members who are workers in non-State enterprises to nearly 4,200.
Building a modern and strong working class cannot be separated from the task of building Party organisations and developing new Party members among workers, especially in non-State and foreign-invested enterprises.
Dinh Sy Phuc,
Chairman of the Trade Union of TKG Taekwang Vina Joint Stock Company (Bien Hoa 2 Industrial Park, Dong Nai Province)
At TKG Taekwang Vina Joint Stock Company — a wholly Korean-invested enterprise with more than 34,000 employees — the Party organisation has grown from a single cell of just five Party members in 2003 into a Party committee comprising three Party cells and 112 Party members. This success stems from a methodical and flexible approach, ranging from initial support by local Party committees and authorities to the active role of trade unions and youth organisations in identifying and nurturing outstanding individuals. The company has organised Party awareness training courses outside working hours and focused on developing Party members, particularly those holding managerial positions. To date, the enterprise has seven directors who are Party members, and more than 50% of trade union executive committee members are Party members.
Dinh Sy Phuc emphasised that national development is always closely linked to the development of the working class, and that in enterprises with Party organisations, trade unions, and youth organisations tend to be more united, robust, and effective. Strengthening Party organisations in non-State enterprises contributes to stability by fostering close links between enterprise leadership and local authorities, thereby helping to ensure harmonious development among the interests of enterprises, workers, and society.
At the same time, he expressed the hope that the 14th National Party Congress would continue to adopt policies and provide leadership to enhance the effectiveness of Party and mass organisations in non-State enterprises, and to pay greater attention to Party member development, particularly in the non-State sector, treating it as a fundamental and long-term task, especially as the private economy is increasingly encouraged to grow and recognised as an important driver of national development.
