Over the past few days, all international friends said that the congress discussed numerous practical issues, living up to people’s expectations. Idrees Mahsud, the second secretary of the Pakistani Embassy in Hanoi said that the congress was considered a congress of renewal, trust and new successes. He said Vietnam’s strong commitments to dealing with recent corruption scandals would help increase the international community’s trust in curbing the phenomenon.

Hulio Hecnandes Blanco, head of the Cuba News Agency’s Prensa Latina bureau in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, said the political report and other presentations delivered at the congress showed the spirit of criticism and self-criticism of the leadership of the CPV. He said that all tasks and objectives mapped out by the CPV are correct and that with joint efforts from the Party, Government and people, Vietnam will certainly realise these objectives.

Meanwhile, Markus Cornaro, Ambassador and head of the European Commission delegation to Vietnam, said that he had followed with keen interest the issues discussed at the congress. The timely settlement and public dissemination of the graft scandal at the Ministry of Transport’s Project Management Unit 18 showed the CPV’s strong determination to crack down on corruption.

The Washington Post commented that the re-election of Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh showed Vietnamese people’s aspirations to maintain political stability and economic growth, as well as their trust in the Party.

The US newspaper Seattle said after the congress, Vietnam is expected to accelerate economic reforms and integrate deeper into the world economy.

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that the CPV elected a new leadership to boost economic growth and curb corruption in the State apparatus.

Indonesian newspaper Kompas expressed the hope that the new CPV leadership will help accelerate economic reforms and the international integration process to realise the goals of the national industrialisation and modernisation process.

The Japanese Time reported that the CPV has re-elected Nong Duc Manh to the country’s top political position to monitor economic reforms, which have been taking place drastically in the country. With the new leadership, the CPV will propose several changes in the country’s top posts to the National Assembly, including the State President, the Prime Minister and the National Assembly Chairman. 

Other newspapers published in Laos, Cuba, Algeria, the US and Thailand highlighted the achievements Vietnam has obtained during the past 20 years of the Renewal process, considering them vivid evidence of the clear-sighted leadership of the CPV.