New York (VNA) – On the occasion of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), Professor Nguyen Thi Lien Hang, Director of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute at Columbia University in the US, has shared in-depth assessments of the CPV’s leadership role and the particular significance of such a major event for Vietnam’s development trajectory.
As a historian specialising in Vietnam, she told the Vietnam News Agency that the country is entering a pivotal historical phase under the effective and innovative leadership of the CPV. In her view, the merger of provincial-level administrative units to build a lean, efficient and effective political system, together with apparatus reform and ambitious development targets, including an average GDP growth rate of 10% or higher during 2026–2030, has laid the groundwork for the Congress to become one of the most important in the Party’s history.
Hang expressed confidence that under the CPV’s leadership, Vietnam can achieve its goal of becoming a developing country with modern industry and upper-middle income by 2030, and a high-income developed nation by 2045 – a peaceful, independent, democratic, prosperous, civilised and happy country steadily advancing towards socialism.
Reflecting on reforms and transformations over the past year, the Columbia University scholar described them as a genuine Vietnamese miracle while voicing her hope that this series of successes will continue throughout the remainder of the century.
She noted that the Weatherhead East Asian Institute stands ready to accompany and closely cooperate with Vietnam through Columbia University’s global Vietnam initiative.
The professor also highlighted the key resolutions recently issued by the Politburo, including Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW on the development of science, technology, innovation and national digital transformation; Resolution No. 59-NQ/TW on international integration in the new context; Resolution No. 66-NQ/TW on law-making and law enforcement reforms; and Resolution No. 68-NQ/TW on the development of the private sector.
These resolutions constitute important stepping stones for the 14th Congress to open up a promising new era of development, positioning Vietnam as a major power not only in the region but also in the world, Hang opined./.
VNA
