Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam Caitlin Wiesen promised to closely coordinate with and contribute to the building and implementation of socio-economic development strategies and plans of Vietnam in a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA).

As of January 22, the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) that officially opened in Hanoi on January 26 had received 215 messages of congratulations.

VOV.VN - The 13th national congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam opened in Hanoi on January to chart a new development course for Vietnam in the coming five years and beyond.

Famous singers and dancers of Vietnam performed in a special music programme in Ho Chi Minh City on January 25 night to welcome the 13th National Party Congress.

VOV.VN - A number of foreign experts have praised Vietnam for its success obtained in national development and international integration, as the Communist Party of Vietnam is holding its 13th national congress to outline major directions for the country in the coming years.

An art exhibition themed “Spring of the nation” will be organised at the Vietnam National Fine Art Museum in Hanoi to celebrate the 13th National Party Congress, the 91st founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet).

Prof. Nguyen Duc Khuong, Deputy Director of Research at IPAG Business School and President of the Association of Vietnamese Scientists and Experts in France (AVSE Global) has highlighted national unity as the root factor for national development.

The Vietnamese people at home and abroad believe that the upcoming 13th National Party Congress will mark a new milestone in the national development, said Chairman of the Vietnam – Korea Businessmen and Investment Association Dr. Tran Hai Linh.

In 2020, Vietnam secured breakthrough success in diplomacy despite adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung affirmed in a recent article reviewing the first year of the country’s non-permanent membership of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).

VOV.VN - Boris Komotsky, editor-in-chief of Russian newspaper "The Truth" (Pravda), has stated that providing Vietnam stays firm in maintaining its socialist orientations, the nation will achieve fresh economic successes in the future.