Argentine media praises success of 13th Party Congress
The website radionacional.com.ar of Argentina on February 2 run an article titled “Vietnam builds its future”, spotlighting the success of the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and economic achievements of the country made after 35 years of its Doi Moi (renewal) process.
The closing session of the 13th National Party Congress (Photo: VNA)
Buenos Aires (VNA) - The website radionacional.com.arof Argentina on February 2 run an article titled “Vietnam builds its future”,spotlighting the success of the 13th National Congress of theCommunist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and economic achievements of the country madeafter 35 years of its Doi Moi (renewal) process.
The article said after seven days of working, the Congress re-elected NguyenPhu Trong as General Secretary of the newly-elected Party Central.
The Congress’s resolution emphasized Vietnam’s strategies for socio-economicdevelopment in the coming years, and reaffirmed the need to further strengthen nationalunity, it noted.
The CPV’s congress provided an opportunity to update and discuss the paradigmsof the Doi Moi programme that was adopted in 1986, which has created importantpolitical and economic changes that have brought successes for Vietnam today.
According to the article, during the last 35 years, Vietnam has showed theworld a dynamic economy which combined the privatization of some sectors withits national policies without losing the balance between its potential andglobal challenges.
Vietnam went from international isolation in 1989 to establishing diplomaticrelations with 165 countries worldwide, including the five permanent members ofthe UN Security Council.
It is an active member of ASEAN, and an official member economy of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum andthe World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Vietnam has also made great social progresses, with the rate of poor householdsfalling to around 5-6 percent in 2020, and one of the lowest rates ofunemployment in the world.
The congress has set the goal to turn Vietnam into an important industrial centrewith income rising above the lower middle level by 2025, and a developed andhigh-income country by 2045.
Undoubtedly, Vietnam shows itself as a prosperous nation with long-termpolicies, legal security and social stability, the article said, noting thatcommitments that Vietnam has made more than three decades ago have beenreaffirmed at the country’s most important political event, and will surelytake Vietnam to a new level of development./.
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The closing session of the 13th National Party Congress (Photo: VNA) 
