Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA)– German journalist Gerhard Feldbauer has said Party General Secretary NguyenPhu Trong’s article “Several theoretical and practical issues on socialism andthe pathway toward socialism in Vietnam” has offered deep and thorough insightsinto the road chosen by Vietnam following the 1945 August Revolution, drawingpublic attention.
The journalist mentioned the Vietnamese Party leader's article in his two articles published on the Jungewelt newspaper on August 12.
In his first articleentitled “Principles of socialism”, Feldbauer wrote that the goal set in the Political Platform of the Communist Party of Vietnam since its foundation in 1930, has never been changed. That goal is to advance to socialism skipping capitalism according to Vietnam’s specific conditions.
The author quotedTrong's article as saying that socialism is an objective requirement and an inevitablepath of the Vietnamese revolution. With rich practical experience andscientific theory of Marxism-Leninism, President Ho Chi Minh concluded thatonly socialism and new communism could thoroughly deal with nationalindependence, bringing freedom and well-being for all citizens.
Feldbauer's second article highlighted Vietnam’s socio-economic and education achievements since the adoptionof the renewal policy in 1986, saying that after the socialist system in the Soviet Union-Eastern Europe collapsed, Vietnam expanded ties with capitalisteconomies to draw investment, ensure imports and access new export markets. Thecountry gradually established bilateral partnerships, joined the International MonetaryFund and the World Bank.
Recently, Vietnam hassigned a free trade agreement with the European Union (EU), which is expected to enable it to build on its position as the secondlargest trade partner of the EU in ASEAN. With high trade surplus, Vietnam hasbecome not only a material supplier but also an important manufacturing hub.
With an annual growthof 6-8 percent, Vietnam is among the fastest growing economies in SoutheastAsia. The country's per capita GDP increased from 550 USD in 2002 to 3,400 USD in 2019, according to statistics of Statista. The Vietnamese people now have a better life with guaranteed food supplyand education opportunities open to youths. In Ho Chi Minh City alone with a population of 9million, there are about 50 universities.
According to the author, Vietnam has defeated all plots aiming to violate its economicsovereignty and its control of the national economy. The CPV now has more than 5.1million members, 60 percent of them are young people, which refutes the allegation that young Vietnamese are no longer interested in socialism, he wrote./.
