13th National Party Congress receives wide coverage on international media

Major news agencies and newspapers in the region and the world have run many stories analysing the significance and importance of the 13th National Party Congress to Vietnam in both political and economic aspects.
An overview of the 13th National Party Congress (Photo: VNA)
An overview of the 13th National Party Congress (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Major news agencies and newspapers in the region and the world have run many stories analysing the significanceand importance of the 13th National Party Congress to Vietnam inboth political and economic aspects.

News website channelnewsasia.com quoted Party GeneralSecretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong’s speech at the congress’ openingceremony before nearly 1,600 delegates, highlighting that the outstandingeconomic development and successful control of COVID-19 pandemic were the majorachievements of Vietnam last year.

Vietnam has developed fast and sustainably, reinforcing people’strust in the Party, State and socialist administration, the top leader ofVietnam was quoted as saying, adding that the growth quality remains stable,while the macro-economy has been steady, and inflation has been kept at a lowlevel.

Thailand’s Bangkok Post also spotlighted economicachievements of Vietnam in 2020, noting that the country posted gross domesticproduct (GDP) growth rate of 2.91 percent while many countries in the regionsuffered economic downturn.

Meanwhile, the US’ Washington Post quoted Party GeneralSecretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong as saying that globalization and theglobal integration are on the right track, but are facing the rise ofnationalism, strategic competition and economic competition.

At the same time, Malaysia’s The Star newspaper quoted PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s opening speech, highlighting that the congress istaking place in the context of a mixture of opportunities and challenges, alongwith many new strategic issues such as climate changes, natural disasters, pandemicand impacts of advanced science and technology on socio-economic life in thecountry and the world.

The opening of the 13th National Congress of theCommunist Party of Vietnam on January 26 also received attention from Japanesemedia.  

The Kyodo News reported that the congress is the mostimportant event of the Southeast Asian nation, during which not only personnelmatter will be discussed, but political, diplomatic and economic strategieswill also be decided.

It noted that under the leadership of the CPV, Vietnam hassuccessfully controlled COVID-19 with less than 2,000 infections, while theeconomy still expanded 2.91 percent in 2020.

Japan’s national broadcaster NHK quoted the speech of theVietnamese Party leader Nguyen Phu Trong as saying that in the past five years,the country maintained average economic growth of 5.9 percent.

The NHK said the congress will run until February 2 withdelegates shaping the policies for the next five years and electing leaders ofthe party in the next tenure.

Alongside, the Nikkei Asia newspaper posted an article byTamoya Onishi on the congress, underlining the significance of the event. Itnoted that each Party congress in history marked an important change to Vietnam,one example of which was the “Doi Moi” (Renewal) cause and market openingpolicy launched during the sixth congress in 1986.

The article said that the CPV sets a target of 6.5-7 percentof growth averagely each year in the next five years, and turning Vietnam intoa developed country by 2045.

The same day, France’s AFP news agency quoted experts assaying that despite the challenging world outlook, the new leaders of Vietnamwill optimise the economic and political advantages from the country’s successin COVID-19 control./.
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