Vietnam always considers India astrategic partner and an indispensable part of the world’s currentdevelopment as the country has actively participated in regional andinternational forums, said a Vietnamese leader.
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong made these remarks in aninterview granted to India ’s Express newspaper during his ongoingvisit to India as a guest of the House of the People (the Lok Sabha)Speaker Meira Kumar.
Asked about India’s role in Vietnam’s foreign policy, Trong saidVietnam and India have a time-honoured friendship, that has its rootsin age-old culture and trade ties.
In modern history, President Ho Chi Minh and Indian Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru laid a firm foundation for the relations that have nowgrown into a comprehensive cooperative and strategic partnership, hesaid.
Regarding Vietnam’s experience in shifting its centralisedeconomy to a market economy, Trong said Vietnam has built asocialist-oriented market economy, which operates in line with therules of the market economy while following the socialist orientation.
This means that economic growth must go hand in hand withaddressing social issues to ensure social equality and narrow the gapbetween the rich and the poor, the lawmaker elaborated.
He explained that Vietnam’s market economy is neither a freemarket economy nor a socialist market economy as the country is in atransitional period.
Vietnam has to deal carefully with issues related to supply anddemand and State policies and strategies, the relationship betweeneconomic growth and social progress, the preservation of nationalcultural identity amid international integration, and environmentalprotection. By doing so, Vietnam will be able to ensure sustainabledevelopment and the socialist orientation.
Vietnam has reaped initial results, particularly in ensuringsocial policies and reducing the number of poor households to under 10percent from 48 percent previously, which can be said to be the successof the country’s renewal process over the past 20 years. Vietnam hasshed its underdeveloped status and greatly improved the people’s livingstandards.
After being closed for many years, Vietnam has opened its doors tonations around the world. Vietnam has to date established diplomaticties with 177 countries and relations with 224 economic and tradeorganisations. The country’s status in the international arena isincreasingly rapidly.
In reply to the question that whether it is time now for Vietnamto have a multiparty system, Trong said Vietnam ’s policy is economicdevelopment should go along with step-by-step and firm reform of thepolitical system. “It is our experience that economic reforms shouldsynchronise with the renovation of the political system,” he said.
According to Trong, a socialist-oriented market economy requires acorresponding political system. Vietnam is now in the renewal processand has to well deal with the tripartite relationship between renewal,stability and development, of which stability is the prerequisite,renewal provides the driving force and development is the target.
He went on to say that in Vietnam there is political and socialstability and the citizens are the real masters of the country. TheNational Assembly operates democratically. Mass organisations aremonitoring the society and the country is developing strongly. “Seenfrom the real situations in the country, we think the one-Party systemis the most effective way,” Trong said.
“I do not think that the more parties there are the moredemocratic a country is. Different countries have different historiesand situations. The most important thing is whether society improves,whether citizens have prosperous and happy lives, and whether thecountry is stable to facilitate development,” the chairman said.
“I do not think that the market economy must have a multipartysystem and in Vietnam , such a system is not necessary,” Trongstressed.
As part of his visit, NA Chairman Trong on February 26 visitedBodh Gaya in the state of Bihar and Bangalore in Karnataka sate – an ITand software industry centre of India./.
National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong made these remarks in aninterview granted to India ’s Express newspaper during his ongoingvisit to India as a guest of the House of the People (the Lok Sabha)Speaker Meira Kumar.
Asked about India’s role in Vietnam’s foreign policy, Trong saidVietnam and India have a time-honoured friendship, that has its rootsin age-old culture and trade ties.
In modern history, President Ho Chi Minh and Indian Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru laid a firm foundation for the relations that have nowgrown into a comprehensive cooperative and strategic partnership, hesaid.
Regarding Vietnam’s experience in shifting its centralisedeconomy to a market economy, Trong said Vietnam has built asocialist-oriented market economy, which operates in line with therules of the market economy while following the socialist orientation.
This means that economic growth must go hand in hand withaddressing social issues to ensure social equality and narrow the gapbetween the rich and the poor, the lawmaker elaborated.
He explained that Vietnam’s market economy is neither a freemarket economy nor a socialist market economy as the country is in atransitional period.
Vietnam has to deal carefully with issues related to supply anddemand and State policies and strategies, the relationship betweeneconomic growth and social progress, the preservation of nationalcultural identity amid international integration, and environmentalprotection. By doing so, Vietnam will be able to ensure sustainabledevelopment and the socialist orientation.
Vietnam has reaped initial results, particularly in ensuringsocial policies and reducing the number of poor households to under 10percent from 48 percent previously, which can be said to be the successof the country’s renewal process over the past 20 years. Vietnam hasshed its underdeveloped status and greatly improved the people’s livingstandards.
After being closed for many years, Vietnam has opened its doors tonations around the world. Vietnam has to date established diplomaticties with 177 countries and relations with 224 economic and tradeorganisations. The country’s status in the international arena isincreasingly rapidly.
In reply to the question that whether it is time now for Vietnamto have a multiparty system, Trong said Vietnam ’s policy is economicdevelopment should go along with step-by-step and firm reform of thepolitical system. “It is our experience that economic reforms shouldsynchronise with the renovation of the political system,” he said.
According to Trong, a socialist-oriented market economy requires acorresponding political system. Vietnam is now in the renewal processand has to well deal with the tripartite relationship between renewal,stability and development, of which stability is the prerequisite,renewal provides the driving force and development is the target.
He went on to say that in Vietnam there is political and socialstability and the citizens are the real masters of the country. TheNational Assembly operates democratically. Mass organisations aremonitoring the society and the country is developing strongly. “Seenfrom the real situations in the country, we think the one-Party systemis the most effective way,” Trong said.
“I do not think that the more parties there are the moredemocratic a country is. Different countries have different historiesand situations. The most important thing is whether society improves,whether citizens have prosperous and happy lives, and whether thecountry is stable to facilitate development,” the chairman said.
“I do not think that the market economy must have a multipartysystem and in Vietnam , such a system is not necessary,” Trongstressed.
As part of his visit, NA Chairman Trong on February 26 visitedBodh Gaya in the state of Bihar and Bangalore in Karnataka sate – an ITand software industry centre of India./.
