The view was shared by US activist Merle Ratner andProfessor Ngo Thanh Nhan, coordinators of an organisation mobilising aid andresponsibility for Vietnamese Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims in the US,during an interview with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)'s reporters in New York on February 3.
Ratner said over the past five years, Vietnam has madebreakthroughs in development with many economic achievements and basicallyovercome the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vietnam now stands ready to enter a period ofsustainable development, as well as the next phase of socialism, she added.
Sharing Ratner’s view, Nhan said amid global uncertaintiestriggered by COVID-19, the congress took place at a right time to consolidate theParty and the Government in order to better care for people and facilitate thedevelopment of young generations.
Rater extended her congratulations to Party GeneralSecretary Nguyen Phu Trong on his re-election as the Party chief, andexpressed her hope that elected leaders will make efforts to contain thepandemic, maintain economic growth, and bring first benefits to labourers and civilians.
She also expressed her hope that Vietnam would have a new healthcare system soon to benefit all people, improve its social welfare towards thepoor, and continue with the fight against corruption as set at the congress.
Both Ratner and Nhan believed that Vietnam will continueto effectively combat the epidemic thanks to the Party’s leadership in combinationwith people’s solidarity, and recover the national economy sustainably./.