Vietnamese and foreign scholars convened a seminar in Hanoi on April27 to look into the significance of Vietnam’s national reunification in1975 and the country’s 40 years of development since then.
Participants, including those from the UK, Russia, France, the US, theRepublic of Korea, China, and Cambodia, delivered 70 speecheshighlighting the role of the 1975 victory, along with the challenges andaccomplishments that have arisen in the four decades since.
Chaleun Yiapaoher, President of the Lao National Institute of SocialSciences, described the victory over the US to reunify Vietnam on April30, 1975, as a great triumph. That Vietnam, a small country, defeatedsuch a world power is a major issue worth further study, he said.
He highlighted the substantial achievements the country has made witheconomic and political reforms and global integration through the ‘doimoi’ (renewal) process in the 1980s.
President ofthe Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Nguyen Xuan Thang, said thecountry has reaped important achievements thanks to ‘doi moi’, such asrising from a war-torn nation to a middle-income country.
During the years of the global economic downturn, Vietnam’s GDP growthrate held stable at around 6 percent a year, he said, adding that theUnited Nations had acknowledged Vietnam as one of the countries withparticularly fast poverty reduction rates.
The seminar was held on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of South Vietnam’s liberation and the national reunification.-VNA
Participants, including those from the UK, Russia, France, the US, theRepublic of Korea, China, and Cambodia, delivered 70 speecheshighlighting the role of the 1975 victory, along with the challenges andaccomplishments that have arisen in the four decades since.
Chaleun Yiapaoher, President of the Lao National Institute of SocialSciences, described the victory over the US to reunify Vietnam on April30, 1975, as a great triumph. That Vietnam, a small country, defeatedsuch a world power is a major issue worth further study, he said.
He highlighted the substantial achievements the country has made witheconomic and political reforms and global integration through the ‘doimoi’ (renewal) process in the 1980s.
President ofthe Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences, Nguyen Xuan Thang, said thecountry has reaped important achievements thanks to ‘doi moi’, such asrising from a war-torn nation to a middle-income country.
During the years of the global economic downturn, Vietnam’s GDP growthrate held stable at around 6 percent a year, he said, adding that theUnited Nations had acknowledged Vietnam as one of the countries withparticularly fast poverty reduction rates.
The seminar was held on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of South Vietnam’s liberation and the national reunification.-VNA
