13th National Party Congress decides Vietnam’s most important tasks: German newspaper

The Unsere Zeit (Our Time) newspaper of the Communist Party of Germany (DKP) ran an article on the ongoing 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on January 29, stressing that the week-long congress discusses the most important political and economic tasks of the party and the country for the following years.
13th National Party Congress decides Vietnam’s most important tasks: German newspaper ảnh 1Unsere Ziet runs article on 13th National Party Congress (Photo: VNA)
Berlin (VNA) – The Unsere Zeit (Our Time) newspaper of theCommunist Party of Germany (DKP) ran an article on the ongoing 13th NationalCongress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on January 29, stressing thatthe week-long congress discusses the most important political and economictasks of the party and the country for the following years.

The article said that nearly 1,590 delegates representingover 5.1 million Party members are deliberating a five-year economicdevelopment plan as well as long-term development goals and a report reviewing35 years of renewal.

The congress will also define targets and orientations until2030 – the year of the centenary of the CPV, it added.

On this occasion, the DKP expressed impressions on effortsand measures that Vietnam has taken to control the COVID-19 pandemic and curbthe numbers of infections and fatalities.

Meanwhile, Germany’s financial news website finanzen.net ran an articlehighlighting the economic achievements of Vietnam, while advising investors toexplore the market.

The article noted that Vietnam was one of the few countriesposting economic growth in 2020. In the fourth quarter of the year, Vietnam’sgross domestic product (GDP) expanded 4.48 percent year on year, resulting ingrowth of 2.91 percent for the whole year, making the country one of thefastest growing economies in 2020, it said.

According to the article, reasons that make the countryattractive to investors include young population, stable and open government,stable currency, the country’s participation in many free trade agreements andtrade organisations, and being a good destination for the transition of globalsupply chains and production hubs./.
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