The Congress, which began with its preparatory session on January 19, is being closely covered by leading global news agencies, with many outlets analyzing the event’s significance in steering Vietnam’s socio-economic development amid a complex and shifting global landscape.

The UK’s Financial Times described Vietnam as one of the world’s fastest-growing economies and emphasized the pivotal role of the 14th Congress in shaping future economic policies. The outlet noted that the Congress will help steer Vietnam toward its ambitious goal of becoming a developed nation by 2045.

China Daily cited official figures showing Vietnam’s GDP growth of over 8% last year - the highest in ASEAN - and forecast that the 14th Congress would unlock further development potential, particularly by prioritizing science, technology, and innovation.

Japan’s Asahi newspaper reported that the Congress will make key decisions affecting Vietnam’s economic, foreign policy, and internal governance directions for the next five years.

Thailand’s Khaosod news agency called the Congress a decisive event for defining Vietnam’s economic strategies up to 2030, with a strong focus on maintaining growth momentum and advancing environmental protection policies.

According to The Times of India, the 14th Congress will reinforce Vietnam’s long-term vision of becoming a high-income country. The paper highlighted the country’s shift from an investment-heavy growth model to one driven by knowledge and innovation.

China’s Xinhua News Agency underscored that the Congress elevated environmental protection and international integration as “core national missions” for the new development stage.

In Europe, Daily News Hungary called the 14th Party Congress “a historic turning point and a critically important milestone in Vietnam’s development journey.”

The publication praised Vietnam for steadfastly pursuing an independent, self-reliant, peaceful, and friendly foreign policy, which it said had “opened unprecedented development space.”

“The 14th Congress sets the goal for Vietnam to become a modern, industrialized country with upper-middle income by 2030, and a developed, high-income nation by 2045,” the article noted.

To achieve this, the Congress has prioritized maintaining strong economic growth, fundamentally reforming the growth model, enhancing science and technology capacity, training high-quality human resources, empowering the private sector, and perfecting the socialist-oriented market economy.

Anti-corruption remains a central task to ensure unified and effective leadership during this new phase of development.

The article concluded: “The 14th Congress is a powerful call to action. It inspires and guides the entire nation to accelerate comprehensive, synchronized, and profound reforms, seize every opportunity, overcome all challenges, and build strategic autonomy, self-reliance, resilience, and unshakable confidence to enter a new era - Vietnam’s era of progress and global rise.”

Media outlets from Laos, Malaysia, and Cuba also ran detailed reports on Vietnam’s 14th Party Congress, underlining its national and regional importance.

Viet Dung