 General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong worked with key leaders on May 18, 2024 (Photo: baochinhphu.vn) |
The Prime Minister wrote General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is the first to assert, as approved and included in the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress: “With all humility, we can still say that our country has never had such fortune, potential, position, and international prestige as it does today”.
The Prime Minister stressed General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is an extremely excellent leader, a shining example in studying and following Ho Chi Minh's thought, morality and lifestyle. He fully embodies the quality, talent, mettle and brainpower of the generation of Vietnamese leaders in the renewal period, wholeheartedly serving the Fatherland and the people.
 General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong attended the Government meeting with localities (Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac) |
According to the Prime Minister, the fortune, potential, position and international prestige that the General Secretary mentioned are the crystallization of creativity, the outcomes of the persistent and continuous efforts throughout revolutionary periods and terms of our entire Party, people, and army on the basis of constantly developing and perfecting the theory and implementing socialism and the path to socialism in Vietnam.
Through nearly 40 years of renewal under the Party's leadership, Vietnam has obtained significant achievements of historic significance, asserted by the concrete results across various fields. They are also vivid, convincing evidence of the summary and general assessments of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
In the article, the Prime Minister mentioned 6 key areas embracing the marks of the Party leader. Economic development is the central task; focusing on three strategic breakthroughs regarding institutions, human resources and infrastructure; stepping up industrialisation and modernisation, restructuring the economy linked with renewing the growth model, improving productivity, quality, efficiency, and competitiveness; paying due attention to maintaining macroeconomic stability, controlling inflation, boosting growth, and ensuring major economic balances.
It is also a crucial direction that General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong highlighted at the Government's annual meetings with localities to deploy socio-economic development tasks from 2017 to 2023, and it is clearly shown in the Party Central Committee's annual conclusions on socio-economic affairs. We have basically achieved his wish that the following year's results must be higher than the previous year in all areas.
With his special attention to and close direction on external affairs and diplomacy, at the 32nd National Diplomatic Conference on December 19, 2023, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong affirmed that: “Foreign affairs and diplomacy have promoted the new position and strength, the combined strength of the entire nation, more firmly consolidating the complexion of open foreign affairs, which is favourable for national development and protection of the Fatherland in the new period.”
In the recent past, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong welcomed the Party General Secretary and State President, and Presidents of three major powers: China, the US, and Russia. These efforts have strongly promoted and made foreign relations deeper, more stable and sustainable.
 General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visited a photo exhibition on diplomatic activities at the 32nd Diplomatic Conference (Photo: baochinhphu.vn) |
Vietnam has proactively and actively participated in and successfully undertaken many important international responsibilities; many proposals and initiatives of Vietnam have been recognized at multilateral mechanisms, frameworks and forums, especially the United Nations, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and partners.
Grasping and strictly implementing the viewpoint that ensuring defense and security is a key and regular task; firmly protecting national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, safeguarding the Party, State, People, socialist regime, culture and national interests; maintaining political stability and a peaceful environment; implementing the "Four Nos" defense policy; we have closely combined national defense, security, and foreign affairs in protecting the Fatherland; prioritizing resources to consolidate and strengthen national defense and security potential; building a solid all-people defense position and people-based security position; focusing on building a revolutionary, regular, elite and modern People's Army and People's Public Security forces with new contents and mindset, which are strong in politics, ideology and organization, absolutely loyal to the Party, the Fatherland and the People, with a lean and strong apparatus.
Culture, society, and the environment has received great attention, ensuring harmony with economic development, resulting in many important accomplishments. The role of culture as the spiritual foundation, a source of internal strength, and a breakthrough driving force for national development has been strongly promoted, especially after the National Cultural Conference in 2021 with an important keynote speech by Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, which carries profound strategic orientation. In this speech, the Party leader quoted Uncle Ho's teaching that "Culture must light the way for the nation," pointing out that "As long as culture exists, the nation exists," and "Culture is the soul of the nation."
The quality of medical examination, treatment, and healthcare for the people is increasingly improved, the network of medical facilities is widely developed, and successfully and proactively responding to many dangerous epidemics. Vietnam has been recognized and highly appreciated by the world as a successful model for hunger eradication and poverty reduction among developing countries over the past 30 years.
Adhering to the viewpoint that building the Party is "key," with personnel work being "the key of the key," there have been significant and effective changes in Party building and rectification under the leadership of the Party Central Committee, the Politburo, and the Party Central Committee's Secretariat headed by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
Under the direction of the Central Steering Committee on Prevention and Control of Corruption and Negative Phenomena headed by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the fight against corruption and negative phenomena has been carried out vigorously, resolutely, persistently, and comprehensively, affirming the role and reputation of the Party and the State, and maintaining public trust, earning high praise from the international community.
The Prime Minister stressed the significant and historically meaningful accomplishments of our country over the past nearly four decades affirm the correctness of the national renewal policy, integration, and development under the Party’s leadership, the foremost factor decisive to every victory of the Vietnamese revolution, closely linked with the substantial contributions of previous generations of leaders, including the prominent role and outstanding imprints of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong will forever belong to our nation, our people, and the cause of our country's reform. Building on his efforts, contributions, and dedication, and following his exemplary model, the current and future generations should further promote the spirit of unity and should uphold the achievements made, and strive to enhance the country's strength, potential, position, and prestige.