Improving the effectiveness of oral propaganda work in the new situation

Over the past year, the work of oral propaganda (TTM) and reporters (BCV) has always received deep attention and timely direction from Party committees and authorities at all levels. Thanks to that, the work of oral propaganda and the activities of the BCV team of the province have achieved many positive results, contributing to the successful implementation of the local political tasks.

Timely information and public opinion orientation

According to the assessment of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, in recent times, under the leadership and direction of the Provincial Party Committee's Standing Committee, Party committees from the provincial to grassroots levels have effectively implemented the work of propaganda and public opinion. From there, timely information and orientation of public opinion have contributed to strengthening trust and consensus among the people. Propaganda and public opinion work is carried out through many channels with many forms suitable for each subject. Through study sessions, dissemination of resolutions, current affairs reports, policies and guidelines, the provincial propaganda team has informed cadres, party members and people of all walks of life about the socio -economic situation and traditional activities on the occasion of holidays and anniversaries. At the same time, it is important to widely and clearly propagate Directive No. 05 on "Promoting the study and following of Ho Chi Minh's ideology, morality and lifestyle" of the Politburo; associated with continuing to effectively implement Resolution 4 of the Central Committee (11th tenure) "Some urgent issues on Party building at present", Resolution 4 of the Central Committee (12th tenure) "On strengthening Party building and rectification; preventing and repelling ideological, political, moral, lifestyle degradation, manifestations of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation" within the Party...

Leaders of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department attended the Central Reporters' Conference in June 2023.

In addition, the team of propaganda staff, propagandists, party members, cadres, civil servants, public employees, and soldiers of the armed forces at all levels regularly carry out propaganda work through many activities: public meetings, voter contacts, citizen reception, dialogue with the people; dissemination and education of law, legal advice, settlement of complaints and denunciations, mediation activities at the grassroots level, cultural and artistic activities... Thereby, many policies, laws have been propagated, and a lot of official information has been provided to the masses. At the same time, promptly grasp the ideological situation and public opinion, report and propose to competent authorities to effectively resolve many urgent and prominent cases in the province. In 2023, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department coordinated with localities and units to organize 19 training courses on propaganda work - propaganda for grassroots cadres. Every month, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department sends provincial and district-level Party Committee members to participate in online Party Committee conferences organized by the Central Propaganda Department...

Promoting the role of TTM work

However, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department believes that the quality of activities and capacity of a part of the staff doing propaganda work at all levels are not uniform, some of the PPCs still focus on thematic reports or one-way communication, and do not pay due attention to dialogue, grasp, and reflect the ideological situation and public opinion. On the other hand, the advantages of propaganda work have not been fully promoted by the PPCs; they have not combined the communication, information, and propaganda of official content with criticism and fighting against wrong and hostile viewpoints, and explaining and answering about new policies and guidelines of the Party and State, so the quality is not high.

In order for the work of propaganda and the activities of the grassroots propaganda team to be more substantial in the coming time, the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department has requested the Central Propaganda Department to promptly study and issue specific and unified guidelines and regulations throughout the sector on policies and regimes for grassroots propaganda teams to create favorable conditions for localities to implement appropriately and in accordance with regulations. At the same time, pay attention to organizing or supporting in many forms such as training; providing documents, lectures; exchanging and learning experiences... so that localities can organize training on skills, expertise, and methods of propaganda work for grassroots propaganda teams at all levels, especially at the grassroots level. Along with that, increase the provision of timely information to orient information to localities, especially on important domestic and international political events, sensitive events, and public concerns so that local Propaganda Departments have effective handling methods at the local level.

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