CPV Congresses contribute to national growth, int’l socialism: Cuban official

The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s National Congresses have always made valuable contributions to the nation’s development as well as socialism at the international level, a Cuban official has said.
CPV Congresses contribute to national growth, int’l socialism: Cuban official ảnh 1The 13th National Party Congress is taking place from January 25 to February 2 (Photo: VNA)
Havana (VNA) – The Communist Party of Vietnam(CPV)’s National Congresses have always made valuable contributions to thenation’s development  as well as socialismat the international level, a Cuban official has said.

In her interview granted to Vietnam News Agencycorrespondents in Cuba, Nancy Coro Aguiar, head of the Asia-Oceania Departmentunder the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee’s Commission for InternationalRelations, also said that each Party Congress put forward comprehensivedevelopment goals for the country and then fulfilled these goals, from bringingVietnam out of the list of poor countries, to turning it into an industrialisedcountry.

The diplomat, who used to work in Vietnam for four years,said an important thing is that the CPV has reached all the achievementswithout losing Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh ideology, thus proving theconsistence in thought and affirming that the Party’s sound policies help raisethe country’s position in the international arena.

Regarding the Vietnam-Cuba friendship, she stated that thetwo Parties play a core role in maintaining the relationship, throughstraightforward, open and transparent political dialogues.

She expressed her belief that the CPV’s ongoing 13th National Congress and the 8th National Congress of the CommunistParty of Cuba to be held in April will mark new milestones in the history ofthe two nations./.
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