 On 5 May Trường Chinh rose to address a congress of Party members and proceeded to castigate the Party militants and their bid for quick victory . His " faction @-@ bashing " tirade sparked a serious debate within the party leadership which lasted for four months . As the leader of the " main force war " and " quick victory " faction , Lê Duẩn also came under severe criticism . In August , Chinh 's report on the situation was accepted in toto , published , and broadcast via Radio Hanoi . He had single @-@ handedly shifted the nation 's war strategy and restored himself to prominence as the Party 's ideological conscience . Meanwhile , the Viet Cong proclaimed itself the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam , and took part in future peace negotiations under this title . It would be a long seven years until victory . 
