Party Committee in Japan and the management of overseas student party cells

Đảng ủy tại Nhật Bản và công tác quản lý các chi bộ lưu học sinh

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with the Vietnamese community in Japan on the occasion of his official visit to Japan in May 2023. (Source: VGP)

The Party Committee in Japan has 41 affiliated Party cells, including 6 representative agency Party cells, 2 spouse Party cells, 1 Press Party cell, 1 USC shipbuilding Party cell, 2 overseas student Party cells, 29 combined overseas student - trainee Party cells (919 Party members, accounting for more than 85% of Party members operating in Party cells outside the representative agency - CQDD). In addition, there are 50 Party members working and studying separately in remote areas, outside the island, not qualified to establish Party cells.

In recent years, the Vietnamese community has grown steadily, currently with more than 630,000 people living, studying and working, present in all 47/47 localities of Japan.

According to a report by the Immigration Bureau of Japan, as of January 2025, the number of Vietnamese international students in Japan reached about 95,000, studying at universities, colleges and Japanese language schools, most of whom are self-funded students. Japan currently has 257 party members who are LHS, accounting for 24% of the total number of party members in Japan (1,072 party members).

Thoroughly implementing the Party's guidelines, policies and guidelines, especially Regulation No. 86-QD/TW dated October 28, 2022 of the Secretariat on the duties of Party members and the management of Party members abroad, the Embassy always considers Party work as the "focus of the focus", investing resources and intelligence to best perform related tasks. Accordingly, the Party Committee in Japan pays great attention to the management of Party members and Party development in LHS and considers this one of the important tasks due to the following characteristics:

Firstly , the composition of LHS party members is very diverse, from professors, university lecturers to university students, Japanese language school students; studying and working in many fields...

Basically, most Vietnamese intellectuals in Japan are party members, a force with a high level of awareness, participating in the fields of teaching, research, and development of science and technology... including new technologies such as quantum, semiconductor, AI, digital transformation...

Second , the party membership changes rapidly, about 30% annually due to expired visas, internships, studying abroad...

Third , LHS party members do not live and work in a concentrated manner, but are spread across Japan with some major centers being Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Hokkaido and Fukuoka...; their activities are diverse, with party cells, group activities or individual activities.

Congress of Party delegates in Japan for the 2025-2030 term. (Photo: Vietnamese Embassy in Japan)

Party member management work in the locality

Deeply aware that the intellectuals and scientists are the core elements to realize the major goals of the Party and State in the development of science and technology, innovation in the new period; the Party Committee in Japan has implemented many positive, creative and flexible measures in the management of LHS party members, supporting and creating conditions for them to maximize their capacity, strengthen solidarity, and work towards building their homeland and country. Specifically:

Firstly , perfecting Party cells so that all Party members can participate in Party organizations; supporting and creating maximum convenience for Party members to complete procedures to transfer activities from the country to the Party Committee in Japan; receiving, guiding, and arranging Party activities according to the organization and form appropriate to each subject.

Where conditions permit, party cells are established according to the nature of work, study, or the location of residence, study, or work of party members. Where conditions for establishing party cells are not met, the regime of party members living separately is implemented.

Party cells with a large number of party members are instructed to divide the cells into party cells in schools and residential areas. The cell committee structure is divided equally into party cells to facilitate the management of party members, carry out party cell activities and also create conditions for party members to be able to participate in activities and complete assigned tasks well.

Second, regularly consolidate and improve the Party cell committee with sufficient numbers, capacity, moral qualities and methods of Party work. Priority is given to selecting Party members who are postgraduate students, LHS or former LHS who meet all standards, have high prestige and are enthusiastic about Party work to participate in the Party cell committee to be able to effectively manage the activities of the Party cell.

Party members holding positions in Party committees, authorities, and organizations in agencies, lecturers in universities, and cadres sent by provinces and cities to study or have had a process of studying, working, and participating in union activities because these comrades have gone through work and matured from practice, have good ideological stances, and experience in organizing, leading, and operating Party cell activities.

Third, strengthen the direct management of the Party Committee. The Party Committee establishes a list of focal points for subordinate Party Committees, connects, disseminates, and thoroughly grasps documents of the Party Committee at higher levels, exchanges and guides Party work and Party member management regularly to maintain and improve the quality of Party cell activities.

At the same time, promptly disseminate policies, thoroughly grasp resolutions and directions of higher-level Party committees, new policies and laws of the Party and State, current events at home and abroad to Party members; resolve specific and practical issues, in accordance with the functions and tasks of Party cells outside the Party Committee, respond to the legitimate aspirations and wishes of Party members and the masses, so that all Party members understand and clearly identify their positions and tasks, and strive to fulfill assigned tasks well.

Fourth, building a clean and strong party organization, doing a good job of evaluating and classifying party organizations and party member quality every year is the basis for good management of party members. With their political core role, party cells headed by party committee members lead party members and the masses to well implement the foreign policies and guidelines of our Party and State, uphold the sense of responsibility, promote the spirit of initiative and creativity, and complete well the study task.

In addition, actively participate in association activities to promote community solidarity and mutual support in study and life; strictly comply with the regulations of the representative agency, perform well in people's diplomacy, organize activities to introduce the image of the country and people of Vietnam to international friends, contributing to strengthening and developing diplomatic relations between our country and the host country.

The Party Committee in Japan has actively guided and supported Party members to organize associations/unions according to fields and expertise to maximize their capacity, contribute to the local community and the homeland, such as: Association of Intellectuals, Association of Women Intellectuals, Vietnam Association for Digital Transformation in Japan (VADX)... The Embassy also actively supports associations/unions in professional activities (connecting associations and unions with Japanese localities...).

The Association of Vietnamese Intellectuals in Japan and the Association of Vietnamese Youth and Students (VYSA) have had many practical activities towards the country such as organizing the Forum of Vietnamese Intellectuals in Japan and many seminars and talks with the topics "Vietnam's transformation: New values - new ways"... The Association of Vietnamese Youth and Students has organized many cultural Festival events, Food Festivals, Ao Dai performances, job counseling for young students, supporting flood victims in the country...

Fifth , closely link the work of party member management with the work of inspection, supervision, and internal political protection, and fight against bribery and enticement plots of hostile forces; and strictly implement discipline.

Sixth , do a good job in party development; promptly commend and reward party members who have excellently completed their tasks. In 2024, the Party Committee awarded Certificates of Merit to 177 party members who have excellently completed their tasks.

Seventh , promote creativity in party work, especially in organizing party cell activities with attractive and practical topics, attracting the participation of party members and effectively contributing to the research, study and work of each party member.

Eighth , combine party work with community work, coordinate with relevant Japanese agencies (National Police...) to develop a plan to disseminate the law to the community, including students, to raise awareness, ideology, politics, and reduce law violations in Japan.

Congress of Party delegates in Japan for the 2025-2030 term. (Photo: Vietnamese Embassy in Japan)

Strengthening Party development in LHS

Party committees in Japan always consider party development work as one of the key tasks; direct subordinate party committees to strictly follow regulations, processes, and procedures on admitting party members and recognizing official party members for probationary party members, focusing on quality, not chasing after targets and achievements.

The Party Committee has directed its subordinate Party Committees to develop annual plans for developing Party members; selecting outstanding people with good political and moral qualities, correct, pure and clear motives, goals and ideals for joining the Party, and must be qualified and effective in work and study, and have many contributions to community work in the locality.

From the beginning of the term to June 15, 2025, the entire Party Committee admitted 141 party members (including 119 LHS party members); recognized 148 probationary party members as official party members. From the beginning of 2025 to now, 19 new party members have been admitted (including 18 LHS party members) and recognized 20 probationary party members as official party members.

In the work of party development, the Party Committee has the following basic advantages:

Party committees in Japan regularly receive leadership and direction from higher-level Party committees, Ministry Party committees, and coordination from associations.

The Party Committee in Japan with the Party Committee Office in Tokyo and Party Committee members at the Consulate General in Osaka and Fukuoka located in 3 locations across Japan, regularly direct and support the Party cells. In addition, the Party Committees of the affiliated Party cells basically have positions in agencies and schools, participate in the executive committees of mass organizations, and have many people who have held leadership roles in the youth, student, and international student movements, so the implementation of directives and resolutions is convenient for inspection, supervision, leadership, and direction of task performance.

The Party Committee and the representative office closely coordinate with relevant associations such as the Vietnam Youth and Student Association in Japan (VYSA), encourage and support the Association's activities such as expanding youth and student branches in the provinces, thereby grasping and directly leading VYSA to operate in the right direction; through the Association's activities, disseminate the policies of the Party and State, current events in the country and internationally; combine and integrate political and ideological education, love for the homeland, solidarity, helping each other in studying and living... as well as through the activities of VYSA to discover and foster positive factors, introduce them to the Party cell for training and developing the Party.

The Party Committee regularly directs Party cells to send Party members to participate as core members of the Executive Committees of Vietnamese community associations and coordinate with associations and unions to connect and support the community, thereby discovering outstanding people in the community.

Every year, graduate students and doctoral students who go to Japan to study under Government scholarships keep in contact with the Party Committee; the Party Committee learns about the aspirations for Party development among these LHS masses and introduces them to appropriate local Party cells.

The Party Committee guides and Party cells to do a good job of developing Party members right from the step of training and creating sources for Party members to assigning challenging tasks to the masses striving to join the Party in order to properly assess the motivation and capacity of the masses before the Party cell proposes to the Party Committee for consideration and decision.

However, the work of developing the party also faces some difficulties, including: The community of more than 630,000 Vietnamese people in Japan is mostly young and inexperienced, easily influenced by hostile propaganda forces, especially in the ideological field.

The areas of living and working are scattered, not concentrated, spread across the territory of 47 provinces of Japan; the number of party members fluctuates frequently (about 30% annually), leading to difficulties in management and propaganda. Self-funded international students mainly study at language schools, with short study periods, not enough time to develop party members.

In many localities, there are very few party members, and the party is not stable, so there are not enough conditions to establish party cells. Party members have to join together or participate separately. Many organizations and associations, including VYSA, have difficulty in operating funds, so the impact in the community is not high.

Violation of local laws is currently a major problem for the Vietnamese community in Japan, affecting the image of Vietnamese people in the eyes of local people.

Source: https://baoquocte.vn/dang-uy-tai-nhat-ban-va-cong-tac-quan-ly-cac-chi-bo-luu-hoc-sinh-321199.html