Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has called on the entire Party,
army and people to have firm faith and work with unanimity and determination,
to bring the country out of difficulties and challenges to continue with firm
development steps.
Granting an interview to the
Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the Lunar New Year 2013, the Party
leader said that in 2012, the second year implementing the Resolution of the
11th National Party Congress, the Party issued many guidelines and policies to
guide the settlement of major important issues of the Party and the country.
He affirmed that with great
efforts made by the entire Party, armed forces and people, Vietnam has
gradually overcome difficulties and challenges and recorded significant results
in all aspects.
Trong highlighted the facts that
over the last year, the political security, social order and safety, national
independence and sovereignty were maintained. The macro economy remained stable
while inflation rate was kept at a single-digit level of 6.81 per cent (in 2011
the figure was 18.13 per cent) and a GDP growth rate of over 5 percent.
The country posted a record
export turnover of nearly $115 billion, and emerged as the world’s leading rice
exporter with close to 8 million tons sold.
The foreign currency reserves hit
a record high, the foreign exchange rate was stable and people’s trust in
Vietnam dong was improved. Social security was ensured with per-capita income
reaching about $1,500 per year.
Despite the overall difficulties,
Vietnam received more than $13 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) and
nearly $6.5 billion in official development assistance (ODA), showing investors
and partners’ confidence in and support for Vietnam’s development.
Tourism was a bright spot in the
national economic picture, serving more than 6.8 million international visitors
and 32.5 million domestic tourists, earning VND160 trillion in revenues.
The Party leader said that in
2012, movements such as “Building new-style rural areas” and “Studying and
following the moral example of President Ho Chi Minh” have gathered momentum
and Party building work was strengthened.
In particular, the Resolution of
the 11th Party Central Committee’s 4th meeting on Party building was
implemented in depth and on wide scale with seriousness, a willingness to learn
and in a constructive manner, resulting in initial important results, he said,
adding that the democratic atmosphere in the Party and society continued to be
promoted.
In addition, external relations
further developed in both width and depth, bilaterally and multilaterally, with
an active, proactive and result-oriented spirit, and on all aspects from Party’s
external relations to State diplomacy as well as people-to-people exchange,
thus strengthening the friendship, equal and mutually beneficiary cooperation
between Vietnam and other countries, consolidating and improving Vietnam’s
position and prestige in the international arena, while creating a peaceful,
stable and favourable environment for national construction and defence.
The Party leader stressed that
all those achievements were made in the context of a year full of difficulties,
with complicated and unpredictable developments of the regional and world
situations. The global financial crisis and economic downturn had negative
impacts on Vietnam’s national construction and development.
The domestic economy revealed
many shortcomings and weaknesses such as the fragile stability of macro
economy, high lending interest rate, large volumes of bad debts and inventories
and a frozen real estate market.
Production and business
activities faced a lot of difficulties and a large number of businesses had to dissolve
or stop operations, having negative impacts on poverty reduction and job
generation efforts.
The situation put great pressure
on the life of some groups of the population, especially poor people and
low-income earners, and the gap between the rich and the poor expanded. Crime
and social problems, environmental pollution, food hygiene and safety
violations, and traffic accidents remained worrying.
The party chief also noted that
there were complicated developments regarding the East Sea issue while hostile
forces continued to seek every way to sabotage the Party and State in order to
cause socio-political instabilities and threaten national sovereignty and
security.
He affirmed that economic
restructuring in parallel with renewing the growth model is a great and
complicated task that needs to be implemented synchronously in all agencies and
sectors, on a national scale as well as in each locality and grassroots unit.
In the immediate future, efforts
should be focused on the restructuring of three especially important areas,
including public investment, commercial bank system and State-owned economic
groups and corporations.
“Despite the favourable
conditions and achievements, the situation in the country as well as in the
world will continue to pose many difficulties in 2013. I hope that the entire
Party, armed forces and people will maintain strong faith and act as one with
determination to get our country rise above difficulties and challenges and
continue with firm steps of development,” the Party leader said in conclusion.
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