
HoangDinh Thang, President of the Union of Vietnamese People Associations in Europeand Honorary Chairman of the Vietnamese People Association in the CzechRepublic, voiced his belief in the success of the 13th National Party Congress,scheduled to take place in Hanoi from January 25 to February 2.
Accordingto him, the Party and State have made thorough content and personnelpreparations for the congress, including collecting opinions from people bothat home and abroad about the draft documents to be submitted to the event.
Mostof overseas Vietnamese are well aware that the Party and State havesuccessfully carried out the resolutions issued at the 12th National Party Congressin early 2016, gaining significant achievements in developing the economy andpromoting Vietnam’s stature in the international arena, he noted.
Theyear 2020 was full of difficulties for the whole world, but Vietnam became abright spot when it secured the concurrent successes of curbing the pandemicand sustaining economic growth. The country also succeeded in performingimportant international duties, boosting international economic integration,and enhancing external relations in both bilateral and multilateral aspects.
Thoseaccomplishments are a source of pride for Vietnam and also show the unanimityof the entire political system and the whole people, both at home and abroad,in national development, Thang said.
Hevoiced his hope that via this time’s congress, the Party and State willcontinue paying attention to the overseas Vietnamese community by issuingconcrete policies that help them be more connected with the homeland and betterintegrate into host societies.
Vietnamesepeople in Europe also expect Vietnam’s relations with European countries willbe further strengthened to reach a new height, and they will serve as animportant bridge in this process, he added.

Hesaid overseas Party members like him are delighted with the Party and State’sdrastic actions in the corruption fight as well as thorough personnelpreparations for the congress.
With20-year efforts to maintain the teaching and learning of Vietnamese language atthe Prague centre, Son appreciated Party and State leaders’ support for this work,adding that he hopes the Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic will coordinatewith agencies in the homeland to help maintain the language teaching andlearning in the European nation.
Vietnamesepeople form one of the largest foreigners’ communities in the Czech Republicand was also recognised as an ethnic group there./.