General Director of the Lao News Agency (KPL) Khampheuy Philapha (Photo: VNA)Over the past few days, KPL publicationshave posted the full writing, translated into Lao and English, on sometheoretical and practical issues on socialism and the path to socialism inVietnam by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen PhuTrong.
In an interview with the Vietnam NewsAgency, Philapha said the publication of this article in the Lao language helpsreaders understand the theoretical and practical issues of the path tosocialism in Vietnam, noting that both countries are persistent in the Marxism -Leninism, which is the theoretical foundation for their national construction anddevelopment towards socialism.
The article showed that national independence associated withsocialism is the fundamental and consistent policy of the Vietnamese revolutionand also the vital point of late President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology.
It also indicated that the CPV’s policies and goals, includingbuilding a political system of the people, by the people, and for the people,are the most appropriate ones, according to the KPL leader.
He expressed his delight that over the past years, Vietnamhas obtained all-round achievements in developing a socialist-oriented marketeconomy. It is a fact that during its “Doi moi” (Renewal) period, thesocialist-oriented market economy in the country has gathered sufficientfactors of a market economy under international standards.
He held that over 35 years of “Doi moi”, Vietnam has attaineda number of important, comprehensive, and fundamental achievements in all fields,particularly in economic development, thus greatly helping to promote its role, stature and voice in the region and the world.
The implementation of the “Doi moi” policy has helped build asocialist-oriented market economy that is a modern market economy integratedinto the region and the world while operating in line with the market mechanism under the State’s management via the legal system and under the CPV’sleadership for the sake of “rich people, strong nation, and democratic, equitable,and civilised society”, which is evidenced by the economic statistics cited in thearticle, Philapha went on.
He noted in the current development trend, countries aroundthe world, including Vietnam, are all facing opportunities for as well aschallenges to their development.
Under the CPV’s clear-sighted leadership and with the Vietnamesepeople’s solidarity and consensus, the country will achieve the targets set forthe building of socialism imbued with the Vietnamese identity, the KPL GeneralDirector affirmed.
He also expressed his belief that the traditional relations,special solidarity, and comprehensive cooperation between Laos and Vietnam willstay strong forever./.
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