Germany-based daily newspaper Lëtzebuerger Vollek published a story entitled “On the way of Ho Chi Minh” by Gerhard Feldbauer on the 13th National Party Congress. (Screen photo: VNA)Since then, the number of CPV members has doubled, from 2.5million to 5.2 million at the moment, some 60 percent of them are young people, theGermany-based daily newspaper said in a story entitled “On the way of Ho ChiMinh” by Gerhard Feldbauer.
It reported that the congress ended after week-longdiscussions on reforms and the CPV’s major tasks on the path towards socialism.
The event was concluded one day earlier than planned as newcases of COVID-19 infection were found in the north, including Hanoi, last week,it said. Schools, bars and karaoke bars in the capital city have been shut downagain since February 1. However, in contrast to the devastating impacts of thepandemic on other countries, the Vietnamese government has been doingrelatively well to protect its people from the coronavirus.
It quoted a report delivered by re-elected PartyGeneral Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong in the congress as sayingon its socialist path, Vietnam, from an agriculture-dependentcountry, is striving to become the one with modern industry. With an annual growth of 6-8percent, it is the fastest growing economy in Southeast Asia, it said,adding that the country has also dedicated to strengthening cooperation withother Asian countries.
The newspaper also mentioned the closing remark by Trong, inwhich the top leader emphasised his commitment to stepping up the fight againstcorruption. Those are not just empty words, it said, as over the last fewyears, corruption combat has been Trong’s top priority which resulted in a numberof high-profile officials, including two members of the Politburo, convictedand expelled from the CPV.
Redglobe.de, also from Germany, meanwhile, quoted the Partyof Labour of Austria (PDA)’s statement, highlighting the CPV’s history and itsbravery struggles against colonialism and imperialism which have inspired theoppressed and working class around the world. The PDA also highly spoke ofVietnam’s successful COVID-19 containment as the country remains a low numberof COVID-19 deaths, saying it is the country’s biggest contemporaryachievement./.
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