Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member, permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat and head of the Committee’s Information and Education Commission (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The 13th NationalParty Congress, to open next week, is a milestone in the development of theParty and the nation, according to a high-ranking Party official.
In an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency, VoVan Thuong, Politburo member, permanent member of the Party Central Committee’sSecretariat and head of the Committee’s Information and Education Commission,said the congress will set forth a vision to mid-21st century,aiming to turn Vietnam into a socialist-oriented developed country.
Accordingly, Vietnam is set to become a developingnation with modernity-oriented industry and surpass the low-middle-income level by 2025; a developing nation, with modern industry and high middle income by2030; and a developed nation with high income by 2045, the official elaborated.
The congress will review the implementation of theresolution adopted at the 12th National Party Congress and otherdocuments such as the platform of national construction during the transitionto socialism and the socio-economic development strategy for 2011-2020, and theassessment of the 35-year renewal and 30 years implementing the 1991 Platform.
According to Thuong, over the past five years, theentire Party, people and army have carried forward solidarity and made efforts tocomplete set targets and tasks, creating a premise for the next tenure.
He cited the country’s annual average GDP growth at 6percent during the 2016-2020 period, along with achievements in education-training,science-technology, culture and social affairs, with the poverty rate dropping tobelow 3 percent.
Vietnam has paid attention to natural resourcesmanagement, environmental protection and climate change adaptation, he added.
The country has made strides in disease prevention andcontrol, especially COVID-19, he said, stressing the country’s socio-politicalstability, consolidated national defence and security, expanded externalrelations, and improved position, prestige and role in the regional andinternational arena.
Due attention has been placed on Party building andrectification, and the fight against corruption, wastefulness and other baddeeds has reaped marked results, the official went on.
Thuong said documents to be submitted to the congresshave been prepared thoroughly and contributed by all-level Party committees, NationalAssembly deputies, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organisations,officials and Party members, people from all walks of life, and overseasVietnamese.
Regarding preparations for the important political event, Thuong said the work has been basically completed, adding the organisingboard and relevant agencies and units are continuing with preparation review.
The Information and Education Commission has charted informationand communications plans, and instructed art performance programmes to celebrate the congress,he continued.
He stressed the launch of a website on the 13th National Party Congress in six languages – Vietnamese, English, Russia, China,France and Spanish, a press centre for the congress, and an exhibition showcasingbooks on the event.
Thuong used the occasion to laud the role played bypress agencies in disseminating the congress, contributing to consolidating publictrust in the Party and promoting emulation movements./.
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