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INTRODUCTION
1. Rationale for the study
Cadets at the officer-training colleges of the Vietnam People's
Army (Cadets) are the young force, getting basic and intensive training
in accordance with the objectives and requirements for the division-level
training officers. As upcoming officers, the adjacent force directly
replenishes the army's cadres, even during the training process; the
trainees must be really stable in terms of politics, ideology and ethics. It
is considered as the premise for the development of student's personality
in the process of learning, training, cultivating and working to contribute
to the task of building the army in the direction of revolution, regularity,
and step by step excellence.
Considered as the foundation and root in the revolutionary
cadre's personality, traditional ethical values directly form,
consolidate and promote cadets’ qualities and competencies. Thus,
traditional moral values play a role of paramount importance in the
development of cadets’ personality, which is a humane requirement
for the perfection of personality, inner motivation, and determination
of stability in politics, ideology, morality and motivation,
contributing to improving cadets ’competences during their training
process. In the recent years, thoroughly understanding the vital role
and value of traditional morality for the development of cadets'
personality, the officer-training colleges have paid special attention to
education, fostering and creating a favourable environment for
traditional moral values to promote cadets' personality. Many
graduated officers are shown as exemplars of morality, behaviour,
working style, leadership, management and specialized activities.
However, besides the economic development brought about by
the country's comprehensive renovation, there appeared the disorder
of social awareness, selection, reception, valuation, turning away

from traditional values, leading to undermining the increasing
traditional moral values in many social aspects, especially among
young people, including cadets at the officer-training colleges. On the
other hand, the training process at the officer-training colleges shows
that the interest in traditional moral values in the development of
cadets’ personality is not really "in line" and remains some
limitations and shortcomings. The program and content of traditional
moral values are still inadequate in terms of capacity, quality, form


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and method of education are not plentiful and the ethical environment is
not very relevant. Some cadets show their “deviation” about morality
and lifestyle, showing signs of denying traditional moral values,
receiving recklessness, being selective external values lead to "noise",
overwhelmed by the fluctuations of reality. These negative signs not
only adversely affect the moral environment of the officer-training
colleges, but also hinder cadets’ personal development and perfection.
Regarding the new requirements of the cause of building and
defending the Fatherland, the 12th National Party Congress of the
Party emphasized: “Focusing on building people with morality,
personality, lifestyle, intelligence and working capacity; forming a
healthy cultural environment"1, “inheriting and promoting the
national traditions"2. On that basis, the officer-training colleges must
be responsible for educating traditional moral values for cadets,
contributing to orienting the development of personality according to
the objectives and training requirements. However, in order to turn
the role of traditional moral values in the development of cadets’
personalities into reality, it is necessary to summarize practically,
propose solutions for educational and learning activities, train and

cultivate traditional moral values in order to develop cadets'
personalities. Of which, traditional ethical values need being
thoroughly studied to promote cadets’ personality.
From the above-mentioned reasons, the study entitles
"Traditional ethical values in enhancing personality of cadets at the
officer-training colleges of the Vietnam People's Army today" is of
great practical and theoretical significance.
2. Purposes and tasks of the study
Purposes
By analysing some theoretical issues, the current situation of
the role and implementation of the traditional moral values in the
development of personality of cadets' at the officer-training colleges
of the Vietnam People's Army, the thesis proposes some basic
solutions to enhancing the traditional ethical role in the personal
1

The Communist Party of Vietnam (2016), Document of the 12th National Party
Congress, The Publishing House of National Politics - The Truth, Hanoi, p. 41.
2
The Communist Party of Vietnam (2016), Document of the 12th National Party
Congress, The Publishing House of National Politics - The Truth, Hanoi, p. 69.


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development of cadets' at the officer-training colleges of the Vietnam
People's Army today.
Tasks
- Giving an overview of the thesis-related research situation.
- Clarifying the nature of traditional moral values and
regulatory factors to promote the traditional moral value role in the

personal development of cadets at the officer-training colleges of the
Vietnam People's Army.
- Assessing the current situation and defining the issues rose
from the current situation of practicing the traditional moral role in
the personal development of cadets at the officer-training colleges of
the Vietnam People's Army today.
- Proposing solutions to enhancing the traditional ethical role
in the personal development of cadets at the officer-training colleges
of the Vietnam People's Army today.
3. Object and scope of the study
Object
The role of traditional moral values in the personal development of
cadets at the officer-training colleges of the Vietnam People's Army.
Scope
In terms of content: The theoretical and practical issues on the
role and implementation of the traditional moral value role in developing
the personality of cadets at division and university level the officertraining colleges of the Vietnam People's Army. The category of traditional
moral values in the thesis is Vietnam’s traditional moral value and the
army’s traditional moral values (Uncle Hu’s Soldiers) have been
particularly specialized and researched.
In terms of object, scope of investigation: Lecturers, managers and
trainees at the officer-training colleges of the Vietnam People's Army,
mainly the Army The officer-training College N1, School of Political The
officer-training College, Information The officer-training College.
In terms of time: From 2011 to the present.
4. Theoretical, practical basis and methodology
Theoretical basis
The thesis is based on Marxism – Leninism’s theory, Ho Chi
Minh’s thought, the Communist Party of Vietnam’s guidelines and
views on morality in general, traditional moral values in particular

regarding forming and developing the Vietnamese human


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personality; resolutions and directives of the Central Military
Commission, the Ministry of Defense, the General Political Bureau,
the Party Committees of the officer-training colleges on training,
forming and enhancing personality of cadets and several thesisrelated research achievements.
Practical basis
The thesis is based on the reality of the process of realizing the
traditional moral role in developing the personality of cadets at
division and university level the officer-training colleges of the
Vietnam People's Army; reports and assessments of the Ministry of
Defense agencies and officers' schools on the results of education,
training, political and ideological education; results of surveys and
surveys by the author at some the officer-training colleges.
Methodology
The thesis is based on the methodology of dialectical and
historical materialism; ethical philosophy approach, approach:
Activity - value - personality, systematic and structural approach.
Simultaneously, the thesis makes use of a combination of scientific
methods such as: History and logic, analysis and synthesis,
generalization and abstraction, practical generalization, sociological
investigation and experts’ consultancy.
The research approach of the thesis topic is from the dialectic
of traditional moral values and the reality of the process of realizing
the traditional moral value role in developing student's personality
under the impact of educational factors at the officers' school. Of
which, focusing on factors such as: Inheriting and educating
traditional moral values, receiving and transforming cadets'

traditional moral values and impacts from the environment at the
officer-training colleges. These factors are harmonious and consistent
ranging from theoretical content, situation assessment to solutions.
5. New contributions of the study
Clarifying the concept of traditional moral values in the
development of cadets 'personalities in the People's Army officers'
schools, demonstrate the basic factors that regulate the traditional
moral role in development student personality of officers of the
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Assessing the current situation and identifying the issues rose
from the realization of the traditional ethical role in developing the
personality of cadets at the officer-training colleges of the Vietnam
People's Army today.
Proposing some basic solutions to promote the traditional
ethical role in developing the personality of cadets at the officertraining colleges of the Vietnam People's Army today.
6. Theoretical and practical significance of the study
Theoretical significance
The thesis contributes to affirming the role and importance of
traditional moral values in developing student's personality; at the
same time, generalizing, supplementing and developing a number of
scientific theoretical issues on the dialectic of traditional moral values
in developing the personality of cadets at the officer-training colleges
of the Vietnam People's Army today.
Practical significance
The results of the thesis can be used as references in the
development of programs and contents of traditional moral values
for cadets at the officer-training colleges of the Vietnam People's

Army today. Besides, the thesis can be seen as the scientific
foundation for leaders and commanders in management and ethical
education for cadets.
7. Structure of the study
The thesis includes: Introduction, 4 chapters (9 periods),
conclusions, a list of published works related to the thesis.
Chapter 1
AN OVERVIEW OF THE THESIS-RELATED
RESEARCH SITUATION
1.1. The thesis-related scientific works
1.1.1. The typical scientific works related to traditional
moral values in personality development
Here are typical works: "Vietnam’s traditional spiritual
values" by Tran Van Giau; "Value – orientation on value of
personality and education" by Nguyen Quang Uan; " Vietnam’s
traditional values and its people” by Phan Huy Le and Vu Minh
Giang; "Change of moral value scale in the market economy and the
building of new ethics for managers in our country today" by Nguyen
Chi My; "Inheriting and renewing traditional moral values in the


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transition to a current market economy in Vietnam" by Nguyen Van
Ly; "Maintaining and promoting traditional moral values in the
context of market economy development, cultural exchange and
international integration" by Dang Huu Toan; "Ethical traditions of
the nation and building a new lifestyle for Vietnamese students in the
context of globalization" by Nguyen Thi Thanh Ha; "Traditional
moral values in ethical education for students of Vietnam People's
Public Security today" by Pham Ba Luong. From the perspective of

research approach, the authors focused on emphasizing the role and
importance of traditional moral values for social life, regarding
traditional moral values as a source of "internal strength" and
constantly affecting new moral formation, new people at present.
1.1.2. Typical works related to personality development of
cadets at the officer-training colleges of the Vietnam People's Army
The works directly related to the thesis: "Orienting the
personality value of young officers of the Vietnam People's Army
today" by Lai Ngoc Hai; "Personality qualities of "Uncle Ho's
soldiers" by Hoang Dinh Chau; "Ho Chi Minh’s ideology on
revolutionary morality of military officers" by Pham Van Nhuan; "Ho
Chi Minh's opinion on virtue - talent in building army personnel" by
Nguyen Quang Phat; "Developing political personality in the Vietnam
People's Army today in accordance with Ho Chi Minh’s ideology" by Ha
Duc Long; "The moral standards of soldiers of the Vietnam People's
Army today" by Pham Van Nhuan; "Development of moral values of
cadets of the Vietnam People's Army today" by Doan Quoc Thai;
"Relationship between intellectual capacity and moral qualities of cadre
training officers" by Vo Van Hai.
The above-mentioned works have indicated the essential
requirements for the construction of the army "revolutionary, regular, elite,
and step by step modern", taking the political strong military base as the
basis. Of which, forming and developing the personality of revolutionary
soldiers is a matter of urgent importance and immediate and long-term
basis. Accordingly, the authors have approached, researched on
personality, on fostering, building and developing military personality in
the Vietnam People's Army from several aspects.
1.1.3. Typical works related to promoting the role of
traditional moral value in personality development
Typical works on this issue: “Traditional values - core values

and inner vitality of the people national and ethnic development" by
Nguyen Van Huyen; "Inheriting the traditional moral values in


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building up Vietnamese personality" by Cao Thu Hang; "Traditional
moral values with the formation and development of the current
personality of Vietnamese students" by Phung Thu Hien; "Traditional
moral values with the building of Vietnamese youth's personality in
the context of globalization today" by Nguyen Thi Minh Hanh. From
different perspectives on the position, role, and importance of
traditional moral values for the formation and development of
personality, the authors have pointed out the need to inherit religious
values. Traditional virtue in building and developing the personality
of the Vietnamese people in general, the young generation's
personality in particular. The research results of the works have a
common point about the traditional moral values that need to be
exploited, inherited and promoted presently.
Here are typical works regarding the promotion of traditional
ethical role in developing personality of cadets at the officer-training
colleges of the Vietnam People's Army: "Cultivating cultural values
in personality of soldier of the Vietnam People's Army” by Dinh
Xuan Dung; "Development of cultural values in the character of
young officers of the Vietnamese People's Army" by Nguyen Xuan
Truong; "Cultural incarnation in the development of the
personalities of Uncle Ho's soldiers of the current army youth" by
Hoang Dinh Chieu. These works have suggested many important
contents for the author of the thesis to refer, to study the student's
personality structure and the mechanism of receiving and
transmitting traditional moral values in developing cadets’

personality.
1.2. An overview of the published scientific results and the
issues need further dealing with in the thesis
1.2.1. An overview of the results of typical published works
related to the thesis
First, the scientific works have generalized the theoretical
issues related to traditional moral values and its role in developing
personality of cadets at the officer-training colleges of the Vietnam
People's Army. The works have clarified a number of theoretical
issues about traditional moral values, traditional moral values system
and affirmed the position and role of traditional moral values in the
spiritual life of people, society. Simultaneously, they confirm the role
and importance of traditional ethical values in forming and enhancing
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Second, these works have generalized practical issues related
to traditional moral values in developing personality of cadets at the
officer-training colleges of the Vietnam People's Army today. These
works have carried out surveys with statistics, sociological surveys,
comments, and assessments, generalizations from the status of promoting
a valuable role of traditional ethics in personality development in general
and that of young generation in Vietnam in particular.
Third, these works have proposed basic solutions to promoting
traditional moral values in developing lifestyle, morality and
personality for each specific object. From different perspectives and
scopes of research, scientific works have shown great orientations,
solutions, with the purpose and creativity of each project. The
solutions have focused on promoting the activeness, self-awareness,

creativity of the subjects themselves to promote traditional moral
values in building, developing personality, morality, lifestyle for each
specific object.
1.2.2. The issues need further dealing with in this thesis
First, the study explains the theoretical issues about the
traditional moral values in developing personality of cadets at the
officer-training colleges of the Vietnam People's Army. It clarifies the
basic content of traditional ethical values that have been segregated
for the purpose of student's research and personality development,
thereby clarifying dialectics of traditional moral values and
transformation mechanism, realizing its role in developing cadets’
personality. Simultaneously, it provides arguments on basic factors
regulating the role of traditional moral value developing personality
of cadets at the officer-training colleges.
Second, it researches and interprets practical issues that fulfil
the traditional ethical role in developing personality of cadets at the
officer-training colleges of the Vietnam People's Army today. The
thesis focuses on investigating, surveying, assessing and assessing
the realization of the traditional ethical role in the development of
current student character from the impact of educational factors at the
officer-training colleges. Since then, discovering the issues raised
from the situation of performing traditional moral values in
developing personality of cadets presently.
Third, propose solutions to promote the traditional ethical role
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the Vietnam People's Army today. Based on the theoretical basis, the
practical implementation of the traditional moral value role in the

development of students' personality and from the requirements of
practice and the philosophy approach, the thesis proposes specific and
practical solutions with methodological orientation for promoting the
traditional moral value role in developing personality of cadets at the
officer-training colleges today.
Conclusion of chapter 1
The overview of the thesis-related situation reveals that the
number of research works related to the issue of traditional moral values
and promotion of traditional moral values in developing cadets'
personality is very various. However, until now and under the
philosophical perspective, there has been no independent, specific,
direct, systematic work on the theory, current situation and solutions to
the issue of "Traditional moral values in developing personality of cadets
at the officer-training colleges of the Vietnam People's Army today”.
Chapter 2
THEORETICAL ISSUES ON TRADITIONAL MORAL VALUE
IN DEVELOPING PERSONALITY OF CADETS AT THE
OFFICER-TRAINING COLLEGES OF THE VIETNAM
PEOPLE ARMY
2.1. The nature of traditional moral values in the
personality development of cadets at the officer-training colleges
of the Vietnam People's Army
2.1.1. Traditional moral values and the personality
development of cadets at the officer-training colleges of the
Vietnam People's Army
* Traditional moral values
Moral values are the core part of thoughts,
feelings, norms, codes of conduct, customs, ethical
practices ... that have a positive impact on orienting
consciousness, behaviour, and moral relations and

personality development, relevant to the social
requirements and interests.
Vietnam’s tradition is a big issue, due to its scope; the thesis does not
take the whole tradition in general into consideration but only deals with the
traditional ethical values that have been selected, focusing on the personality
development of cadets at the officer-training colleges.


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Accordingly, it can be understood that: Traditional moral
values are the core part of thoughts, feelings, norms, rules, customs,
ethical practices ... formed and developed from history, transmitted
from generation to generation, having a positive impact on the
direction, adjustment of consciousness, behaviour and ethical
relationships of successive generations, in line consistent with
national interests and social progress.
Within a research perspective, traditional moral values include
the traditional moral values of the Vietnamese nation and the
military’s traditional moral values.
The content of traditional moral values of the Vietnamese
nation is shown at the basic values: Patriotism; loving-kindness,
loving people; solidarity; hard-working and creative tradition in
labour; spirit of courage, tenacity; and studiousness.
The content of the traditional moral values of the army is
shown at the basic values: Loyal to the Party, the country, and the
people; democracy, discipline, solidarity, love of comrades and
comrades; overcoming difficulties and completing tasks; brave,
resilient, cunning, creative; the winning will.
* Developing personality of cadets at the officer-training
colleges of the Vietnam People's Army

Cadets at the officer-training colleges of the Vietnam People's
Army today are young men and soldiers aged 18 to 23, who are eligible
for admission of the Ministry of Defense (or be selected) through the
national high school exams, studying and training at officers' schools,
having the task of learning and practicing according to the goals and
training requirements to become officers and party members.
Within a research perspective, the thesis approaches
personality as a combination of qualities and competencies (virtues
and talents). Of which, the "virtue" is seen as the root, the basis for
the formation and development of personality. This is the basis for
the thesis to approach cadets' personality and the role of traditional
moral value role in developing personality of cadets.
Quality of cadets at the officer-training colleges of the
Vietnam People's Army is a unity between the qualities and
competencies of cadets formed through the process of education and
training at officers' schools, following the model personality of the


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officer in division, reflecting the social - military values of the
trainees in line with the training objectives and requirements.
To meet the requirements and tasks of future division-level
officers, cadets at the officer-training colleges must be trained with
the output to achieve the quality model of the division-level officers.
Accordingly, it can be perceived that: Developing the personality
of cadets at the officer-training colleges of the Vietnam People's Army is a
positive and proactive interaction process of educational subjects and the
cadets themselves by methods and ways in the training process which
changes the quality of the constituent elements, their capacity towards the
personality of the officer of the division to meet the objectives and

requirements of the officers' training colleges.
In practice, the development of cadets’ personality is a
dialectical development process, constantly adding, enriching new
elements of personality through practical learning and training at
officers' schools, making the system of elements that make cadets’
personality develop in the right way so that they can fulfil their
requirements and duties as a future division-level officers.
The subjects developing cadets' personalities are all levels of
leadership, command, agencies and mass organizations in the
military. Of which, the Party Committee, the Board of Directors, the
forces involved in the education - training of cadets at the officers'
schools are the direct subjects.
The content of developing cadets' personality is the
development of awareness and the system of qualities such as:
Political qualities, ethical qualities, disciplinary qualities,
psychological qualities ... and the system of competencies such as
leadership, and competence of management.
The method of developing cadets' personality is the process of selfdevelopment and development through the impacts of educational
subjects in the educational and training environment at the officers'
schools in order to transform the system of qualities and capabilities of
cadets according to the division-level officer's personality model. Of
which, self-development is an important method that directly determines
the process of developing cadets’ personality.
Cadets' personality development is affected by many factors,
yet the thesis only approaches that development under the impact of
the traditional moral value factor that has been received and
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2.1.2. The concept of traditional moral values in developing
personally of cadets at the officer-training colleges of the Vietnam
People's Army
The concept: Traditional moral values in developing cadets
'personalities in the People's Army officers' schools are the sum of
meaningful values and positive effects of ideological, emotional and
normative values. , rules, customs, ethical practices ... are
crystallized from the history of the nation, the military has been and
is a basic element, the foundation of personality, basis, criteria,
dynamic forces to promote the development of cadets 'personalities
according to a certain mechanism in the process of education and
training at officers' training colleges.
The essence of traditional moral values in the development of
cadets' personalities is the dialectic of traditional moral values and
the transformation mechanism, realizing its role in the development
of cadets' character in the process of interaction between subjects in
the educational and training environment at officers' schools. Thus,
the concept of traditional moral values in developing cadets'
personality is seen in the following fields:
First, traditional moral value is a basic element that creates
the basis for personality to be the basis, criteria, and motivation for
the development of cadets' personality.
Traditional ethical values are the foundation for the
development of cadets' personalities. Traditional moral values are the
basis for contributing to the development of student's personality.
Simultaneously, it is a solid spiritual foundation, orienting cadets to
establish their beliefs and wills, build the right revolutionary ideal
and have the "resistance" to prevent and overcome the hostile forces’
schemes of “peace evolution”, "non politicization of the army".
Traditional ethical values are the guiding criteria that

regulate cadets’ personality development. As a value system - an
indispensable factor in the development process - traditional ethical
values are targeted goals for content, attitudes, behaviours and
behaviours to guide, regulate the development of cadets' personalities
in the training process.
Traditional moral values contribute to the motivation of
cadets' personal development. In order for cadets' personalities to
develop in the right direction with the goals and training
requirements, there must be different motivations, in which
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the tradition, helping cadets to shape into goals, ideals rich in
ethnicity and the army in personality development. Traditional ethical
values are also the motivation to improve the system of qualities and
competencies in cadets' personality.
Second, the traditional moral value role in the development of
cadets' personality is realized through the education and training
process of officers' schools under a certain mechanism.
The fulfilment of the role of traditional ethical value in the
development of cadets' personality must be through the intentional
impact of educational subjects and the reception, transformation and
realization of cadets' values in the training environment at officers'
schools in accordance with a certain mechanism.
Inheriting and educating traditional moral values of
educational subjects is the first step in the process of fulfilling
traditional moral values in the development of student's personality.
The active educational subjects, proactively selecting, affirming and
exploiting the content of traditional scientific ethical values, in

accordance with the personality model of the division-level officer
should aim to standardize, systematize and integrate traditional
ethical values that need education into the curriculum, training
content, as a legal basis for the education, transmission, reception and
transformation of traditional moral values through teaching learning, education and self-education activities.
Receiving and transforming cadets' traditional moral values
are the upcoming step in the process of fulfilling the traditional
moral values role in developing personality of cadets. The process of
receiving and transforming cadets' traditional moral values is
conducted in two fields: receiving and transforming through the
impact of educational subjects and through cadets’ self-receiving and
self-transforming. Accordingly, traditional ethical values are
transformed into internal factors of student's personality, creating
foundations, goals, and motivations to promote the sustainable
development of cadets’ personality.
Spreading traditional moral values towards the opponents
making up personality and behaviours is a transformation step to
realize the traditional moral value role in the development of cadets'
personality. This is the process of the subject's cadets transforming
their spiritual strength from the traditional moral values that have


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been tolerated in the personality of participating in the regulation,
orientation, promoting the development of personality components
and actualize into specific emotional behaviours in learning, training,
and activities of cadets at officers' schools. The spread of traditional
moral values that have been received and transformed is an
expression of the role of traditional moral values realized in
developing personality of cadets.

In conclusion, the essence of traditional moral values in the
development of cadets' personality, considered from the research
perspective, is the interpretation of traditional moral values and
the mechanism of transformation and realization of the role. It is
in the development of cadets’ personality in order to perfect the
model of the officer-level officer quality during the training at the
officer-training colleges.
2.2. Basic factors deciding the implementation of
traditional moral values in developing personality of cadets at the
officer-training colleges of the Vietnam People's Army
2.2.1. The inheritance quality and education
of traditional ethical values of the educational
subjects at the officer-training colleges
Firstly, the quality of inheriting the traditional moral values of
the educational subjects regulates traditional moral values that
cadets should be educated. Inheritance is the common and common
rule of development both in nature, society and thinking. Inheriting
traditional ethical values of educational subjects is a step to
standardize, systemize and integrate traditional ethical values that
need education into the curriculum, educational content and training.
Thus, the quality of the inheritance activities of the educational
subjects will determine the quality of the performance of traditional
moral values in developing personality of cadets.
Secondly, the quality of traditional moral values education of the
educational subjects directly regulates the process of receiving and
transforming cadets' traditional moral values. Education is the fundamental
way to fulfil the traditional moral values in the development of cadets'
personality. Hence, the quality of educating traditional moral values of the
educational subjects will regulate the implementation of traditional moral
values in developing personality of cadets.

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2.2.2. The capacity to receive and transform traditional
moral values of cadets at the officer-training colleges
The ability of cadets' in receiving and transforming traditional
moral values is subjective factors, conditions for cadets to be able to
effectively receive and transform impacts from external factors,
mainly the transmission activities of educational subjects, at the same
time, are the factors that create motivation to promote cadets'
activeness and self-awareness in self-receiving and self-transforming
traditional moral values effectively. Therefore, the degree to which a
traditional moral role is played in the development of cadets’
personality depends primarily on their own ability to receive and
transform that value.
Cadets' ability to receive and transform traditional moral
values is a unified, dialectical impact between factors: cadets’
intellectual level, method and attitude of receiving and transmitting
traditional moral values. The factors in the structure of cadets' ability
to receive and transform traditional moral values all stipulate to the
process of fulfilling the traditional moral role in the development of
student's personality.
2.2.3. The quality of forming ethical environment in officers'
training colleges
The ethical environment in the officers’ schools is the place
where cadets live, study, train and grows, directly receive and
transform social - military values, and it is also an environment for
cadets to practise the traditional moral values role in the process of
personality development. Hence, the moral environment of the officers'
schools is healthy, imbued with traditional ethical values, creating

favourable conditions for traditional values to be honoured, developed in
the right direction, and at the same time narrowing down the negative
impact of socio-economic life will determine the effectiveness of the
traditional moral role in developing personality of cadets.
The ethical environment in the officers' schools is made up by
several factors: Military moral values, military moral relations and
military ethics. All elements of the structure of the ethical
environment in the officers' schools and their relationship constitute a
whole of the conditions and realities that often regulate the role of
traditional moral values in developing personality of cadets.
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The dialectic of traditional moral values and the realization of
traditional moral values in the development of cadets’ personality
must be through the intentional impact of educational subjects and
the reception and transformation, realizing the value of cadets in the
training environment at officers' schools under a certain mechanism.
This process takes place through teaching - learning, education and
self-education activities in the educational and training environment,
which is directly the moral environment in officers’ training colleges.
The effectiveness of the process of fulfilling traditional moral values
in the development of cadets' personalities is governed by: The
quality of inheriting and educating the traditional moral values of
educational subjects; quality of building an ethical environment in
officers' schools and especially the ability to receive and transform
traditional ethical values of cadets in the process of learning, training
and working to promote their personality.
Chapter 3

TRADITIONAL MORAL VALUES IN DEVELOPING
PERSONALITY OF CADETS AT OFFICER-TRAINING
COLLEGES OF THE VIETNAM PEOPLE ARMY - CURRENT
SITUATION AND ARISING ISSUES
3.1. Current situation of implementing the role of
traditional moral value in personality development of cadets at
officer-training colleges of the Vietnam People Army today
3.1.1. Current situation of implementing the role of
traditional moral values in the development of cadets' personality
seen from the educational subjects’ inheritance and education of
traditional moral values
Firstly, the educational subjects’ awareness of traditional
moral values and realizing its role for the development of cadets’
personality in inheritance activities. Leaders, commanders,
authorities, lecturers and managers’ awareness of traditional moral
values and the traditional moral values role in cadets’ personality
development is quite comprehensive and sufficient. However, a
comprehensive assessment shows that in a part of the subject of
cognitive education, it is still simple, superficial, not focused,
properly paying attention to traditional moral values and realizing its
role in promoting cadets’ personality.
Secondly, the educational subjects’ capacity to educate
traditional moral values for cadets. In the past years, the issue of


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educating traditional moral values for cadets has received the
attention and coordination of several different subjects. However, the
educational subjects’ capacity remains limitations, attention, and
coordination. Some of the subjects' ability to transfer and educate

traditional moral values for cadets is not thorough and
comprehensive.
Thirdly, the program, content, form, method of traditional
moral values education. Traditional ethical values education
programs and contents have been developed, integrated, standardized
and standardized by educational subjects along with a variety of basic
forms and methods suitable to their ability to receive and transform
cadets. However, an investigation into content design and curriculum
standards of traditional ethical values for cadets has not yet been
touched upon; Traditional methods of educating moral values of
educational subjects have not been flexible and creative in integrating
the contents need educating and orienting.
3.1.2. The current situation of practicing the
role of traditional moral values in developing
cadets' personality, seen from their own capacity
to receive and transform traditional moral values
Firstly, cadets' awareness of the traditional ethical role, the
importance of receiving and transforming traditional moral values in
developing cadets' personality. Most cadets have an appropriate
understanding of traditional moral values and its role in personality
development, the importance of receiving and transforming
traditional moral values in personality development of each person.
However, besides the advantages, the survey results also show that
there is still a part of the trainees who are not fully aware of the
traditional moral values and its role in personality development.
Secondly, cadets' current level of knowledge, methods, attitudes
and transformations of traditional moral values. Cadets' level of
knowledge has developed, but not yet firmly and comprehensively. The
method of receiving and transforming cadets' traditional moral values is
basically appropriate, but not really scientific and effective. Cadets’

attitudes in receiving and transforming traditional moral values have
increasingly improved, yet not really stable.
Thirdly, cadets’ activeness and self-awareness of in selfreceiving and self-transforming traditional moral values. From the


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educational subjects’ process of training and education, along with
their self-awareness, cadets have formed for themselves the positive,
self-aware, the need to receive and transform traditional moral
values. However, cadets' self-acknowledgment and selftransformation of traditional moral values still have some limitations,
and fail to enhance their activeness in receiving and transforming
traditional moral values.
3.1.3. The current situation of practising the
role of traditional moral value in developing
cadets’ personality, seen from the perspective of
forming moral environment at officer-training
colleges
Firstly, in terms of the perceptions, roles, responsibilities, and
coordination of different subjects in building an ethical environment at
officer-training colleges. In recent years, the construction of morality
environment for officers' schools has been significantly improved both in
quantity and quality, making an important contribution to promoting the
traditional moral value role in personality development. However, a
comprehensive assessment of the quality and effectiveness of building an
ethical environment for officers' schools in recent years in some areas is
not very uniform and consistent.
Secondly, in terms of forming a favourable moral
environment, creating conditions for cadets to study, train, receive
and transform traditional moral values. The ethical environment of
the current officers' schools is clean, healthy and favourable, which is

a premise for cadets to receive and transform traditional moral values
effectively. However, the current ethical environment of officers
'schools is still not really uniform, and effective in realizing the
traditional moral value role in developing personality of cadets.
Thirdly, in terms of creating elements in the ethical
environment of officers 'schools in order to fulfil the traditional
moral values in developing cadets' personality. Recently, officers'
schools have paid great attention to create elements of the ethical
environment and have made positive changes in both quantity and
quality, making an important contribution to building a clean ethical
environment. However, some cadets' moral relationships show
worrying signs; their relationships show signs of pragmatic lifestyle,
individual calculation, and lack of collective spirit.


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3.2. The issues arising from the current situation of
implementing the role of traditional moral in developing
personality of cadets' at officer-training colleges of the Vietnam
People's Army today
3.2.1. The conflict between the need to improve the quality of
inheritance activities and the educational subjects’ traditional
ethical education with the limitations of some educational subjects’
awareness, qualifications, capacity and methods.
Firstly, the contradiction between having to fully realize the
importance of inheriting and educating traditional ethical values for
current cadets with some educational subjects’ incomplete and
inconsistent awareness and understanding.
Secondly, the contradiction between knowledge, capacity, role
and responsibilities of the educational subject to fulfil the traditional

moral role in the developing cadets’ personality is insufficient and not
in line with their assigned missions.
Thirdly, the conflict between the requirements on sense of science,
the suitability of the program, content, method of traditional ethical
education and the current program, content and method is insufficient.
3.2.2. The conflict between improving the
efficiency of cadets’ receiving and transforming
traditional ethical values with the limitation of
their ability to receive and transform traditional
moral values into views and beliefs, attitudes and
behaviours in practice
Firstly, the contradiction between having to fully and
effectively perceive the traditional moral value role in developing
cadets' personality with some cadets’ awareness and understanding is
incomplete not thorough.
Secondly, the conflict between the need to transform
cadets’ awareness into attitudes, motivations, activeness, and
transforming traditional ethical values remains some limitations.
Thirdly, the conflict between the need to realize the role of
traditional moral value in accordance with the military ethical
standards and the current behaviour of some cadets is not appropriate
and fail to meet the current requirements and tasks.
3.2.3.
The
contradiction
between
the
requirement to form a moral environment at
officers' schools to fulfil the traditional moral role
in developing cadets' personality with the

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limitations and inadequacies of the ethical
environment at the current officer-training colleges
Firstly, the conflict between tradition and modernity in
creating and perfecting the military moral values system of the
ethical environment of officer-training colleges today.
Secondly, the contradiction between the content, the
uniformity in building ethical relationships between subjects in the
ethical environment of officers' schools and the reality still has
limitations and inadequacy.
Thirdly, the conflict between the request to promote the
strength of the system of military ethical institutions in the ethical
environment of officers' schools with the current status, potential and
practical capabilities is not in line with the requirements and tasks. .
Conclusion of chapter 3
The work of assessing the current situation of implementing the
role of traditional moral values in the development of cadets’
personality is optimal. The impact of various educational factors on the
realization of traditional moral values in the development of cadets'
personality contains both advantages and shortcomings. That analysis
serves as the foundation to generalize the arisen issues in the form of
conflict from the current impact of different educational factors.
Chapter 4
SOLUTIONS TO PROMOTING THE ROLE OF
TRADITIONAL ETHICAL VALUES IN DEVELOPING
PERSONALITY FOR CADETS AT THE OFFICER-TRAINING
COLLEGES OF THE VIETNAM PEOPLE’S ARMY TODAY
4.1. Improving the quality of inheriting and educating

traditional moral values of educational subjects at the officertraining colleges of the Vietnam People's Army today
4.1.1. Improving the quality of inheriting traditional moral
values to integrate into the curriculum and content of the officerstraining colleges
This serves as an important solution to creating a premise and
conditions for traditional moral values to promote its role in the
complete, solid and systematic student personality on the basis of
tradition and modernity; while ensuring the orientation of the education training process, while contributing to the automation of traditional
moral values in the development of cadets' personalities. The following
things should be taken into consideration to improve the quality of
inheriting the traditional moral values of educational subjects:


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Firstly, raising the educational subjects’ awareness and
responsibility of on the position, role and orientation of traditional
moral values selection in inheritance activities.
Secondly, studying and resolving the relationship between
tradition and modernity in inheriting traditional moral values oriented
to develop personality of cadets.
4.1.2. Improving the quality of educating traditional moral
values for cadets at the officers- training colleges today
To improve the quality of traditional moral values for cadets,
the educational subjects need to promote their roles, responsibilities,
and coordination in renovating programs, content, forms, and
methodology. It is essential to focus on the following factors to
improving the quality of traditional moral values for cadets:
Firstly, promoting the role and coordination among different
educational subjects in educating traditional moral values for cadets.
Secondly, renewing the program and content of education on
traditional moral values for cadets.

Thirdly, innovating forms and methods of educating traditional
ethics for cadets.
4.2. Improving the capacity to receive and transform
traditional ethical values of cadets at the officers- training
colleges of the Vietnam People's Army today
4.2.1. Raising cadets' awareness of traditional
moral values, the role of traditional moral values
and the importance of receiving and transforming
traditional
moral
values
in
personality
development
This serves as a prerequisite measure, creating an important
premise to improve the cadets' ability to receive and transform
traditional moral values. Because awareness not only plays a guiding
role but also directs the activities of the subject. True perception is
the basis for cadets to have the right attitude, motivation, build
determination and responsibility in improving the capacity to receive
and transform traditional moral values. The following should be done
to create a change in cadets' awareness of traditional moral values
and to receive and transform traditional moral values:
First, improving cadets’ awareness, sentiment and faith on
traditional moral values.


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Second, raising cadets’ awareness and responsibility about the
importance of receiving and transforming traditional moral values in

developing their personalities.
4.2.2. Frequently nurturing cadets’ knowledge, methods and
attitudes to receive and transform traditional moral values
First, regularly nurturing and improving cadets’ knowledge of
traditional moral values.
Second, improving methods of receiving and transforming
traditional moral values for cadets.
Third, forming cadets’ right attitude to receive and transform
traditional moral values.
4.2.3. Enhancing cadets' self-awareness in traditional selftransformation to develop their personality
The level of receiving and transforming traditional moral
values in personality development depends on the capacity to receive
and transform values and is expressed in cadets’ activeness and selfconsciousness. The following should be done to enhance the cadets'
activeness and self-awareness in the process of receiving and
transforming traditional moral values:
First,
combining
closely
the
management
with
encouragement, and creating conditions for cadets to self-receive and
self-transform traditional ethical values.
Second, promoting cadets’ activeness and self-awareness to
consolidate and adjust their behaviours in accordance with traditional
moral values and personality values of division-level officers.
4.3. Forming and promoting the role of ethical
environment at the officers- training colleges of the Vietnam
People's Army today
4.3.1. Forming military moral values system at

the officers- training colleges under the direction of
connecting tradition with modernity
The concerned subjects have to conduct scientific and systematic
research on the content of the moral value system to promote the role of
traditional moral value in personality development under the direction of
connecting tradition and modernity. The following things should be done
to implement this measure:
First, forming and perfecting the system of military moral values
in the ethical environment of the officer-training colleges must be based
on inheriting traditional moral values and modern moral values.


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Second, building and perfecting the system of military moral
values in the ethical environment of the current the officer-training
colleges with the core of revolutionary military morals.
Third, forming and improving the military moral values
system in the ethical environment of the current the officer-training
colleges based on the integration of moral values from the reality of
military relations, consistent with the goals and requirements the
officer-training colleges.
4.3.2. Promoting the role of the military moral system in
forming an ethical environment for the officer-training colleges
Forming and promoting the role of a system of pure and
ethical military relations based on traditional moral values standards
is an important aspect of building an ethical environment for the
officer-training colleges, creating favourable conditions for
promoting the traditional ethical role in the development of student's
personality today. It is essential to focus on the following to form
positive military ethical relationships:

First, raising cadres, lecturers and cadets’ awareness, responsibility,
and understanding the principles of military ethical relations.
Second, focusing on forming and creating favourable
conditions for cadets to strengthen healthy relationships during the
process of learning, training and working.
Third, maintaining the regulation in handling relationships in
line with revolutionary military ethics and traditional moral values.
4.3.3. Promoting the role of military ethical system in the
ethical environment at the officer-training colleges today
The officer-training colleges should do the following things to
promote the role of the military ethical institutions at the officertraining colleges:
First, raising the awareness, consensus and effectiveness of
military ethics institutions at the officer-training colleges.
Second, building a strong and comprehensive group of cadets
capable of directing and adjusting cadets' behaviour according to
traditional ethical values, creating a solid foundation in building
ethical environment at the officer-training colleges.
Third, promoting democracy, strengthening discipline, fighting
against the values in building an ethical environment at the officertraining colleges.


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Fourth, well organizing the material and spiritual life, creating
a healthy environment in order to spread traditional moral values in
cadets’ personality and the collective in the army.
Conclusion of chapter 4
At present, promoting the role of traditional moral values in
developing cadets' personality, does not only enhance the spiritual
strength, "inner power" in cadets’ personality, but also has a longterm significance for preserving and developing the values of the
national and military traditions and continuing the value of Vietnam's

personality in history in general and that of revolutionary soldiers in
particular. The above-mentioned solutions should be conducted
synchronous and comply with the requirements of each solution.
They also should be implemented in accordance with the specific
conditions of each officer-training college and each specialized
object. In this way, the effectiveness of promoting the traditional
moral values in developing cadets’ personality might ensure its
practicality and sustainability.
CONCLUSION
1. Traditional moral values play a role of paramount
importance in forming and developing Vietnamese personality in
general, and that of cadets at the officer-training colleges in
particular. It is seen as the foundation of the ethics and morality,
meeting the requirements of "building the village and defending the
country". Thus, promoting the traditional ethical role in developing
cadets' personality is an indispensable and objective requirement to
mobilize spiritual strength, contributing to the building of a
politically strong Vietnam People's Army.
2. It is an urgent requirement both theoretically and practically to study
traditional ethical values analyse the roles and define factors to regulate
traditional ethical roles in developing cadets' personality. Accordingly, the
current situation of fulfilling the role of traditional ethical values in
developing cadets' personality is assessed and solutions are proposed to
promote traditional ethical role in developing cadets’ personality.
3. The development of cadets' personality under the impact of
traditional moral values, the process of fulfilling the traditional moral
values role is regulated by several factors. However, within the limited
scope of the study, the author only focuses on analysing and interpreting
the following basic factors that stipulate the traditional moral role in the
development of student's personality: The quality of inheriting and

educating traditional moral values of the educational subjects; cadets'


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ability to receive and transform traditional moral values; the quality of
forming ethical environment at the officer-training colleges.
4. In practice, traditional moral values have been promoted in
developing cadets' personality through the education and training
process at the officer-training colleges. This is shown in the maturity
of cadets in terms of perceptions, ideals, motivations, attitudes,
behaviours, learning, training, and working. However, due to the
multidimensional impact of cognitive factors, the subjects’
qualifications and ability and the social situation, the process of
implementing the role of traditional ethical values in developing
cadets' personalities remains some certain limitations. This reveals
that the development of cadets’ personality under the impact of
traditional moral values is a process containing several
contradictions, which need to be dealt with scientifically.
5. To promote the role of traditional ethical in developing cadets'
personality to meet the objectives and training requirements at the officertraining colleges, solutions must be carried out synchronously with the
subjects’ efforts, willpower, spirit, and sense of science and those of
cadets. Each solution deals with each aspect of the promotion process, but
they all aim to transform traditional moral values into the intrinsic factors
so as to develop cadets’ personality as oriented.