The book “Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng with domestic people’s trust and international friends’ support”. — VNA/VNS Photo Phương Hoa

HÀ NỘI — The Nhân Dân (People) newspaper and the Sự Thật (Truth) National Political Publishing House on June 20 held a ceremony to launch a book about the people's trust and support for Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng on the occasion of the 98th anniversary of the Việt Nam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21, 1925-2023).

Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Popularisation and Education Nguyễn Trọng Nghĩa attended the event and gave the book's copies as presents for participants.

The book “Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng with domestic people’s trust and international friends’ support” consists of 181 pieces of writing, articles, poems, letters and messages, which are selected from thousands of articles and writings on newspapers and social networks.

At the event, Phạm Thị Thinh, Deputy Director and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Sự Thật National Political Publishing House, said that the book aims to provide authentic information and documents from diverse perspectives, which reflect not only the affection for Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng but also the trust and expectation of people in all parts of the country and the support of international friends for the Party and State in Việt Nam’s renewal cause.

The book focuses on a number of theoretical and realistic issues about socialism and the path to socialism in Viêt Nam; the fight against corruption and negative phenomena; ethics and lifestyle of cadres and party members and building a culture of integrity; and the Party leader's style and ethics.

Thinh said that the book follows two previous ones on the Party General Secretary – the first entitled “General Secretary and State President Nguyễn Phú Trọng, with affection from the country's people and international friends” published in 2019 and the second “The affection of the country’s people and international friends for Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng” in 2021.

Besides the printed version, the book is also available online at stbook.vn for free.

At the book launching ceremony. — VNA/VNS Photo

Deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Popularisation and Education, Chairman of the Việt Nam Journalists’ Association, and Editor-in-Chief of the Nhân Dân newspaper Lê Quốc Minh affirmed that the book about General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng has a great significance and practical values.

The book contains articles and opinions of people from all walks of life, saying that the Party General Secretary's thoughts and guiding viewpoints reflect his vision, wisdom, insight, determination, comprehensiveness, and convincingness; contribute to clarifying the theoretical thinking of the Party on corruption and negativity prevention and control as well as Party building work, he said.

"The fight against corruption and negativity requires persistent and drastic actions. It's a must and an inevitable trend that cannot be reversed. Therefore, the collection and inclusion of those opinions in the book will help to spread the trust in the leadership of the Party and the General Secretary for this key task," Minh said. — VNS