Polish newspaper believes in goal of building prosperous, happy Vietnam

The website trybuna.info of Poland recently posted an article, in which author Piotr Gadzinowski shows belief that Vietnam will achieve the goal of building a prosperous and happy nation as set out during the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).
Polish newspaper believes in goal of building prosperous, happy Vietnam ảnh 1Delegates vote to approve 13th National Party Congress's Resolution - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The website trybuna.info of Poland recently posted anarticle, in which author Piotr Gadzinowski shows belief that Vietnam willachieve the goal of building a prosperous and happy nation as set out duringthe 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

The author cited the Happy Planet Index as saying thatVietnam is currently ranked fifth among 140 assessed countries, far from the121st place 30 years ago.

He also highlighted the CPV’s 13th NationalCongress from January 25 to February 1, during which Nguyen Phu Trong wasre-elected as Party General Secretary with high consensus.

The Party Congress, held every five years, is significant tonot only Vietnam but also the entire Southeast Asia where Vietnam is one of themotive force.

The author said that despite global economic recessions,Vietnam’s economy grew by 2.9 percent in 2020 and is expected to expand about 7percent this year – likely the highest level in the region.

Vietnam is also listed among the countries with the bestresponse to the COVID-19 pandemic. The author quoted a survey of Australia’sLowy Institute as saying that Vietnam is ranked second in the world in terms ofhandling the COVID-19 pandemic.

The author also showed his impression with Vietnam’s long-term strategy onsocio-economic development discussed during the 13th National PartyCongress with the aim to build a prosperous and happy nation.

The article emphasised that the CPV’s consistent andcreative socio-economic policies have helped increase Vietnam’s internationalposition./.
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