INTEGRITY EDUCATION CONTRIBUTES TO COMBATING CORRUPTION IN VIETNAM TODAY

Ideology, as a constituent element of social consciousness, exhibits dual features: it can lead social existence, yet also lag behind it. Therefore, during major revolutionary social movements, hesitation, pessimism, and resistance often arise, forming barriers that obstruct development. Today, as Vietnam approaches a new era - an era of national ascent - every organization and individual must quickly recognize and overcome ideological barriers in order to contribute to a powerful collective momentum, advancing national prosperity and ensuring a life of well-being and happiness for the people.

Based on Marxist monetary theory, this paper investigates the formation mechanism of dollarization, its real-world impacts, and corresponding countermeasures. From a financialization perspective, the internationally dominated monetary system by the U.S. dollar has undergone three stages: the gold- dollar system, the oil-dollar system, and the institution-dollar system. Among them, the institution- dollar system, also known as the global financialization system, is a fusion of commodity and financial markets, domestic and international markets, achieved through financialization under the neoliberal institutional framework. It has further promoted the expansion of the U.S. dollar’s international monetary power. The expansion of international monetary power is primarily achieved through dollarization, and global dollarization is realized through three financialization mechanisms: commodity financialization, technological financialization, and institutional financialization. Commodity financialization serves as the foundation for global dollarization, technological financialization acts as the catalyst, and institutional financialization provides the fundamental guarantee for global dollarization. Dollarization, centered around U.S. interests, has serious consequences for peripheral countries. The peripheral countries can counter dollarization by promoting international monetary diversification, curbing technological financialization, and fully recognizing the risks associated with neoliberal reforms: liberalization, privatization, and marketization (LPM). China should prioritize the management of its financial strength and adopt high-quality economic development and Renminbi internationalization as core strategies to advance de-dollarization.

In the context of the increasingly urgent fight against corruption in Vietnam, integrity education plays a crucial role in raising awareness, moral qualities, and guiding behavioral changes among individuals, especially public servants, regarding anti-corruption efforts. Only when integrity education is implemented strongly and comprehensively can the fight against corruption and the construction of a fair and clean society be achieved, creating a solid foundation for the sustainable development of the country. This paper clarifies the role of integrity education in the current fight against corruption in Vietnam.

Hồ Chí Minh Thought is vast and profound, deserving continuous research, clarification, and creative and effective application in reality. This article elaborates on his thought on “Upholding the Unchangeable to Cope with the Changeable” and explores how it can be applied innovatively to develop Vietnam’s publishing industry in a modern, professional direction suited to current conditions.

Hồ Chí Minh Thought on democracy, especially the thought on building a democracy with its core being the idea of the people’s right to mastery and their subjective role, and the people “know how to enjoy democratic rights” as well as “know how to use democratic rights” in practicing democracy, has shown an extremely profound theoretical and practical significance in the cause of national liberation revolution and building socialism. It was Hồ Chí Minh’s guidance on fundamental issues in the process of building democracy in the Vietnamese revolutionary cause that has practically formed a great strength to guide the nation from one triumph to another. Up to now, along with the “aspiration to develop the country” in the spirit of the 13th National Party Congress, the highest promotion of Hồ Chí Minh Thought on democracy and practicing democracy, especially the people’s right to mastery and their subjective role, will ensure our greater achievements in the coming time.