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Marxist-Leninist Economics as an irrefutably theoretical foundation for industrialization and modernization (Part 2 and end)

6/9/17
During the Russian Civil War (1918 - 1921), Soviet Russia was supposed to implement the “War Communism” policy with top priority assigned to preserving the fledgling Soviet government. In comparison with 1913, after the Russian Civil War ended in 1921,  a drop was recorded in the output of large-scale industry (by 7 times), rail transport (by 7 times), agricultural output (by 2 times), the area of cultivated land (by 25 million  hectares), head of cattle (by 30%). Against this backdrop, V.I.Lenin introduced the New Economic Policy (NEP) to revive the national economy which was almost ruined. Under the NEP, resources were diverted from heavy industry to agriculture. V.I.Lenin held that reviving and developing the agricultural economy and changing the State-to-peasantry relationship is a must. Under the “War Communism” policy, the private sector and commodity economy in rural areas were revoked, which wiped out the driver of the economy and ruined the political relationship between the working class and the peasantry. According to V.I.Lenin, the alliance of the working class and the peasantry serves as a firm basis of the dictatorship of the proletariat. Without the peasantry, the building  of socialism is doomed to odds, even failure.
Under the NEP, the development of commodity economy, agricultural recovery, concessions policy and state capitalism are measures for economic development in the initial stage towards large-scale industry. This lays a foundation for Vietnam’s industrialization and  modernization mapped out by our Party.
Ho Chi Minh is a study in internalizing Marxism-Leninism, including Marxist-Leninist Economics, in conformity with Vietnam’s reality in the spirit of independence, self-reliance and creativity, which is mirrored as follows.
First, the goal of socialism is “a prosperous people and a strong country”, “enough food and clothing, happiness and freedom for everyone”. Firmly grasping Ho Chi Minh’s idea, our Party pointed out: “Industrialization and modernization aim to build a prosperous life for the people, a strong country and an equitable, democratic and civilized society”.
Second, industrialization shall derive from agriculture, rural areas and the peasantry. As early as 1960, Ho Chi Minh took agriculture as the starting point of industrialization as North Vietnam embarked on its socialist industrialization. He held that since Vietnam is an agriculture-based country, industrial development in particular and economic development in general shall be mainly derived from agricultural development. Were it not for a modern agricultural system, industrial development would be made impossible. Highlighting the role of agriculture, Ho Chi Minh advocated an all-out agricultural system whereby much importance is attached to the application of technical advances to agriculture, food production and agricultural exports. He also affirmed that “We walked on the path to socialism with two feet, namely agriculture and industry”.
Ho Chi Minh specified that as the majority of Vietnam’s population is comprised of the peasantry, on whom everything is reliant. The peasantry serve as the main force of revolution, an important and trusted ally of the working class and the fundemental force alongside the working class in building socialism.The policy on agricultural development, and rural and agricultural industrialization highlighted in our Party’s recent resolutions is completely in tune with V.I.Lenin’s NEP and Ho Chi Minh’s Thought.
Third, appropriate measures shall be employed to serve as the driver of industrialization. According to Ho Chi Minh, those measures are as follows: (i) special attention shall be paid to the human factor as the centrepiece of development whereby resources shall be concentrated to prioritize education and training (ii) economic and financial management is key to national construction (iii) stepping up production shall be in tandem with exercising thriftiness.
Last but not least, the masses shall be encouraged to fight against negative practices that hamper development, especially corruption, wastefulness and red tape.

Taken overall,  those aforementioned lay a scientific basis for the continued study into Marxism – Leninism and Ho Chi Minh’s Thought in general, Marxist-Leninist Economics in particular for the sake of internalization into Vietnam’s national building so that the country soon becomes modernity-oriented industrialized. In this spirit, we shall ceaselessly stick to Marxism – Leninism  while refuting misleading allegations against our Party’s ideological base.
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