General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, President Nguyen Phu Trong at Monday ceremony celebrating the 90th founding anniversary of the Party. — VNA/VNS Photo Tri Dung

General Secretary of the CPV Central Committee and President Nguyen Phu Trong made the statement at a ceremony marking the CPV’s 90th anniversary in Hanoi on Monday.

The ceremony also saw the attendance of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, and many other incumbent and former leaders of the Party, State and Vietnam Fatherland Front, along with veteran revolutionaries.

The top leader looked back on the establishment, training, devotion and development of the CPV, and highlighted the historical significance of its foundation on February 3, 1930.

“The revolution’s diverse reality over the past 90 years has demonstrated that the Party’s sound and clear-sighted leadership has been a decisive factor for revolutionary victories and many achievements,” he said.

The leader said Vietnam had emerged as a developing middle-income country, while its politics and society had remained stable, national defence and security, independence and sovereignty had been secured, and the country's position and reputation in the international arena had been enhanced.

The country had joined international organisations and become an active and responsible member of the international community, he stressed, noting that Vietnam was recently elected for the second time as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council.

He emphasised the need to carry forward national traditions, and spur the Party’s revolutionary cause and pioneering role during building and rectification efforts.

Politics, ideology, morality, apparatus and personnel needed to be strong and pure, with revamped leadership methods, close-knit relations between the Party and people and prevention of degradation, he said.

The leader also pointed out major tasks in 2020 – the final year of the 12th National Party Congress, such as completing all socio-economic development targets, reinforcing macro-economic stability, accelerating the implementation of strategic breakthroughs, restructuring the national economy in tandem with reforming the growth model, ensuring social security and welfare and improving people’s living standards.

He also called for greater efforts to maintain national independence and sovereignty, and a peaceful and stable environment to serve national development and promote external relations.

Due attention must be paid to the successful organisation of Party congresses at all levels, towards the 13th National Party Congress, as well as the implementation of resolutions on Party building adopted at the fourth plenums of the 11th and 12th Party Central Committees, and the Politburo’s Directive 5 on promoting President Ho Chi Minh’s thoughts, morality and lifestyle, the leader stressed.

On behalf of Party members nationwide, 87-year-old Ha Ky, who has been a Party member for more than seven decades, expressed his pride in the glorious Party and beloved President Ho Chi Minh.

He said that despite his advanced age and declining health, on behalf of all veteran Party members, Ky pledged to continue to contribute to national construction.

Nguyen Thuy Linh, a student at the University of Languages and International Studies at the Vietnam National University-Hanoi, said the resolve of Vietnamese youngsters would uphold the traditions of older generations, and they would study and work harder to contribute to the nation’s development.

Earlier, a delegation of the Party Central Committee, the President, the National Assembly, the Government and the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum, and laid flowers at the Monument to Heroes and War Martyrs in Hanoi.

The delegates expressed their gratitude to the late great leader, who was the founder and leader of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the vanguard of the working class, the working people and the Vietnamese nation.

They affirmed that the 90-year glorious history is the foundation for the Party to continue with its mission of leading the cause of building a strong socialist Vietnam that is on a par with power countries in all continents, realising the wish of President Ho Chi Minh. — VNS

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