Congratulations from China’s Party Central Committee for 13th National Party Congress

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has sent a message of congratulations to the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), which officially opened in Hanoi on January 26.
Congratulations from China’s Party Central Committee for 13th National Party Congress ảnh 1The Communist Party of China has sent a message of congratulations to the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV). Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has senta message of congratulations to the 13th National Congress of theCommunist Party of Vietnam (CPV), which officially opened in Hanoi on January26.

The CPC CentralCommittee also extended its whole-hearted greetings to all Vietnamese Partymembers and people.

It said that sincethe 12th National Congress of the CPV, the CPV Central Committeeheaded by Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong has paid attention to intensifyingParty building, leading Vietnamese people to many achievements in accelerating socialismbuilding and reform.

Given the impactof COVID-19, the CPV Central Committee has brought into full play its undauntedleadership to effectively combat the pandemic, maintain economic growth, and improvepeople’s living standards, demonstrating the superiority of socialism, the CPCCentral Committee noted.

“We really feel veryhappy about this,” it continued.

The CPC CentralCommittee said the 13th National Congress of the CPV is an importantcongress as it is associated with the development in all spheres of theVietnamese Party and State, and is a major event in the political life of theVietnamese Party and people.

The congress isof significance as it will put forth development targets for the nation, as wellas implementation plans to the centennial anniversary of the CPV and thecentennial founding anniversary of Vietnam, opening up a new path to buildVietnam into a modernised socialist country.

The ChineseParty and Government attach importance to developing relations between the twoParties and nations, and stand ready to work together with the Vietnamese sideto inherit and promote the time-honoured friendship that has been founded andcultivated by generations of leaders of the two countries under the motto “friendlyneighbourliness, comprehensive co-operation, long-term stability, and lookingforward to the future”, and in a spirit of “good neighbours, good friends, goodcomrades, and good partners”.

The two sideswill also materialise important common perceptions reached by leaders of thetwo Parties and countries, and work to foster the Vietnam-China comprehensivestrategic cooperative partnership, bringing more and greater interests to bothnations and their peoples and actively contributing to peace, stability andprosperous development in the region, the message read./.
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