India’s e-newspaper Times of India on January 26 ran an article about the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, spotlighting Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s speech at the congress opening.
The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam takes place from January 25 to February 2 (Photo: VNA) – India’s e-newspaper Times of India
on January 26 ran an article about the 13th National Congress of the
Communist Party of Vietnam, spotlighting Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s
speech at the congress opening.
The article quoted the Vietnamese PM as saying that the congress
is taking place at a time of complicated regional and international
developments and global challenges such as climate change, natural disasters
and pandemics.
In that sense, Vietnam’s 13th National Party
Congress comes at a historic time not only for Vietnam but also for the
Indo-Pacific region as a whole, it said, adding that there are multiple
challenges and opportunities.
Having made tremendous economic progress over the last 15
years, Vietnam’s policy of “Doi Moi” (Renewal) has not only raised prosperity
for the Vietnamese people but also significantly bolstered the country’s
regional and international position, it said. In fact, most international
stakeholders want to do business in Vietnam today given the latter’s stable
policy environment, the country’s impressive framework of free trade agreements
and the ability to quickly move up the value chain. Add to this Vietnam’s
praiseworthy handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, and many see Vietnam as an
investment destination and manufacturing hub for the coming decades, the
article noted.
It went on to say that it is precisely why the international
community must support Vietnam at this opportune moment when it is looking to
set the policy direction for the next 25 years.
“And if Vietnam is successfully supported in its desire to
champion a positive, collaborative, international rules-based order in the
Indo-Pacific, it will be a huge boost for East Asia in realising its full
potential,” the article said, asserting that Vietnam today is an idiom for East
Asia as a whole, and if Vietnam succeeds, East Asia will succeed. Which is why
Vietnam’s 13th Party Congress is an event that the
international community must pay close attention to, it concluded./.