At the plenary session of the 11th National Party Congress on Jan. 13,delegates debated the country’s development orientation and majorsocio-economic issues which were highlighted in documents presented tothe congress.
Hoang Binh Quan, Party Central Committee member,delegate from Tuyen Quang province delivered his presentation onenhancing and expanding ties with political parties, saying: “Over thepast 25 years of doi moi (renewal), particularly during theimplementation of Platform 1991, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)has ceaselessly expanded and enhanced diversified relations withpolitical parties from other countries across the world. The Party hasparticipated in international forums, conferences and workshops withother communist parties, workers’ parties and left-winged parties inAsia . We have also extended relations with ruling parties. The CPV hasrelations with over 200 political parties in 115 countries, of which 100are communist parties and workers’ parties and 40 are ruling parties.Taking the leading position in our Party’s relations are communistruling parties from socialist countries and neighbouring nations,including Laos, China, Cambodia, Cuba and the Democratic People’sRepublic of Korea.
“Overall, during the 10th tenure, the Party's external relations, along with the State’s foreign affairs and people’s external activities, have made great contributions to the nation’s diplomacy.
“Via Party relations, ties with other countries have been promoted and Vietnam’s standing on the international arena has increased. Viaexchanges with political parties, we have gained more internationalexperience in national construction and defence as well as how toresolve socio-economic issues. We have also cemented ties between thecountry’s top leaders with leading politicians in other countries,creating a common sense and consensus in long-term and stable relationswith their countries. They have developed a proper and accurateunderstanding of Vietnam to the extent that they can involve thecountry in the making and implementation of their nation’s policies. Insome cases, via party ties, we have resolved existing or newly-emergingissues in the relations between Vietnam and other countries.
“However, the external relations activities of the Party need to be more practical in terms of delegation exchanges and moreself-motivated in our role at political forums. Improvements should bemade in researching and forecasting situations arising in other partiesas well as their development trends.”
Delegate Vo Hong Phuc, Party Central Committee member from the Thanh Hoa province delegation made a review of 10 years of implementing thesocio-economic development strategy and lessons for the coming decades,stressing that over the past 10 years, Vietnam ’s economic capabilityhas been lifted.
He said: “The country has escaped from povertyand a less-developed status. GDP over that time reached 7.26 percentper year, meeting the strategy’s target. Vietnam has one of thefastest economic growth rates in the world. Last year’s GDP was 101.6billion USD and GDP per capita was 1,160 USD. We are no longer classedas a low-income developing country. Investment from the whole of societyhas increased, to around 40.5 percent of GDP. The macroeconomy hasremained basically stable and important improvements have been made ininfrastructure.
“Urbanisation has risen from 24.2 percent in2000 to over 30 percent in 2010 and the economic structure has shiftedwith more focus on industry.
However, growth quality,productivity, efficiency and the competitiveness of the economy is lowand macro balances are unstable. Export products are mostly rawmaterials and industrial goods are mainly manually made. Productivity ismuch lower than regional economies, for example 2.6 times and 4.3 timeslower than China and Thailand respectively. Energy losses arehuge. In order to turn out 1 USD of GDP, Vietnam uses about 4.65 timesmore power than Hong Kong, 2.10 times compared to the Republic ofKorea and 1.69 times to Malaysia.
“Infrastructure hasdeveloped slowly, with poor quality and a lack of synchrony that hashampered development. The transport network has yet to be completed andwe have no express railway, modern sea port or airport. The power supplyand network have not met the demands of production or the public.
“The institutions of a market economy have been gradually formed and developed. During 2001-2010, the country has prioritised building a legal system, mechanism and policies. Productivity has been variable acrossdifferent sectors of the economy, of which the foreign-invested sectorhas grown strongly, helping to improve the nation’s technology andmanagement standard and competitiveness. However, monopoly in businesshas not been properly controlled and there remain weaknesses in Statemacro management.
Meanwhile, delegate Pham Khoi Nguyen, PartyCentral Committee member from Cao Bang province in his presentation onthe environmental protection during the development period, said: “Wehave made numerous achievements in environmental protection since theimplementation of the 10th Party Congress Resolution. They aredemonstrated in law building, the formation of environmental police andincreased investment in their work. Measures to protect the environmentin socio-economic projects have been included and a number of greenurban models or green production models and ecological economic modelshave been developed.
“But it is a truth that environmental quality is getting worse, causing adverse impacts to people’s health and lives. Air, water and soil pollution have been spreading, not only in industrial zones and urban areas but in rural regions too.
“Naturalresources have been exploited excessively, resulting in the degradationof water and underground sources and leading to numerous disasters. Thereasons are many, but the main one is that too much attention is paidto economic growth rather than environmental protection.
“Iwant to propose some measures for swift but sustainable development inthe future. We need to be more focused on restructuring the economy tobe more friendly to the environment and adopt the "green growth" modelthat has been mentioned in the socio-economic development strategy for2011-2020. The market economy should be applied to the environmentsector to increase the efficiency of State management and raise thesector’s contribution to the national economy. Natural resources andminerals will only become highly profitable to the nation if we haveproper plan to exploit and use them. Investment should be encouraged tosupport industries that use clean technology. Public awareness should beraised on threats to the environment, climate change and rising sealevels. We need to build a strategy to encourage countries andinternational donors to help Vietnam to resolve environmentalmatters and support climate change adaptation./.
Hoang Binh Quan, Party Central Committee member,delegate from Tuyen Quang province delivered his presentation onenhancing and expanding ties with political parties, saying: “Over thepast 25 years of doi moi (renewal), particularly during theimplementation of Platform 1991, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)has ceaselessly expanded and enhanced diversified relations withpolitical parties from other countries across the world. The Party hasparticipated in international forums, conferences and workshops withother communist parties, workers’ parties and left-winged parties inAsia . We have also extended relations with ruling parties. The CPV hasrelations with over 200 political parties in 115 countries, of which 100are communist parties and workers’ parties and 40 are ruling parties.Taking the leading position in our Party’s relations are communistruling parties from socialist countries and neighbouring nations,including Laos, China, Cambodia, Cuba and the Democratic People’sRepublic of Korea.
“Overall, during the 10th tenure, the Party's external relations, along with the State’s foreign affairs and people’s external activities, have made great contributions to the nation’s diplomacy.
“Via Party relations, ties with other countries have been promoted and Vietnam’s standing on the international arena has increased. Viaexchanges with political parties, we have gained more internationalexperience in national construction and defence as well as how toresolve socio-economic issues. We have also cemented ties between thecountry’s top leaders with leading politicians in other countries,creating a common sense and consensus in long-term and stable relationswith their countries. They have developed a proper and accurateunderstanding of Vietnam to the extent that they can involve thecountry in the making and implementation of their nation’s policies. Insome cases, via party ties, we have resolved existing or newly-emergingissues in the relations between Vietnam and other countries.
“However, the external relations activities of the Party need to be more practical in terms of delegation exchanges and moreself-motivated in our role at political forums. Improvements should bemade in researching and forecasting situations arising in other partiesas well as their development trends.”
Delegate Vo Hong Phuc, Party Central Committee member from the Thanh Hoa province delegation made a review of 10 years of implementing thesocio-economic development strategy and lessons for the coming decades,stressing that over the past 10 years, Vietnam ’s economic capabilityhas been lifted.
He said: “The country has escaped from povertyand a less-developed status. GDP over that time reached 7.26 percentper year, meeting the strategy’s target. Vietnam has one of thefastest economic growth rates in the world. Last year’s GDP was 101.6billion USD and GDP per capita was 1,160 USD. We are no longer classedas a low-income developing country. Investment from the whole of societyhas increased, to around 40.5 percent of GDP. The macroeconomy hasremained basically stable and important improvements have been made ininfrastructure.
“Urbanisation has risen from 24.2 percent in2000 to over 30 percent in 2010 and the economic structure has shiftedwith more focus on industry.
However, growth quality,productivity, efficiency and the competitiveness of the economy is lowand macro balances are unstable. Export products are mostly rawmaterials and industrial goods are mainly manually made. Productivity ismuch lower than regional economies, for example 2.6 times and 4.3 timeslower than China and Thailand respectively. Energy losses arehuge. In order to turn out 1 USD of GDP, Vietnam uses about 4.65 timesmore power than Hong Kong, 2.10 times compared to the Republic ofKorea and 1.69 times to Malaysia.
“Infrastructure hasdeveloped slowly, with poor quality and a lack of synchrony that hashampered development. The transport network has yet to be completed andwe have no express railway, modern sea port or airport. The power supplyand network have not met the demands of production or the public.
“The institutions of a market economy have been gradually formed and developed. During 2001-2010, the country has prioritised building a legal system, mechanism and policies. Productivity has been variable acrossdifferent sectors of the economy, of which the foreign-invested sectorhas grown strongly, helping to improve the nation’s technology andmanagement standard and competitiveness. However, monopoly in businesshas not been properly controlled and there remain weaknesses in Statemacro management.
Meanwhile, delegate Pham Khoi Nguyen, PartyCentral Committee member from Cao Bang province in his presentation onthe environmental protection during the development period, said: “Wehave made numerous achievements in environmental protection since theimplementation of the 10th Party Congress Resolution. They aredemonstrated in law building, the formation of environmental police andincreased investment in their work. Measures to protect the environmentin socio-economic projects have been included and a number of greenurban models or green production models and ecological economic modelshave been developed.
“But it is a truth that environmental quality is getting worse, causing adverse impacts to people’s health and lives. Air, water and soil pollution have been spreading, not only in industrial zones and urban areas but in rural regions too.
“Naturalresources have been exploited excessively, resulting in the degradationof water and underground sources and leading to numerous disasters. Thereasons are many, but the main one is that too much attention is paidto economic growth rather than environmental protection.
“Iwant to propose some measures for swift but sustainable development inthe future. We need to be more focused on restructuring the economy tobe more friendly to the environment and adopt the "green growth" modelthat has been mentioned in the socio-economic development strategy for2011-2020. The market economy should be applied to the environmentsector to increase the efficiency of State management and raise thesector’s contribution to the national economy. Natural resources andminerals will only become highly profitable to the nation if we haveproper plan to exploit and use them. Investment should be encouraged tosupport industries that use clean technology. Public awareness should beraised on threats to the environment, climate change and rising sealevels. We need to build a strategy to encourage countries andinternational donors to help Vietnam to resolve environmentalmatters and support climate change adaptation./.
