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Feature: Vietnamese youth hope party congress to breathe new life into country's development

Xinhua, January 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

"We are hoping that the upcoming 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) will breathe new life into the country, and chart a clear course for the development of Vietnam in the coming five years," said a Vietnamese youngster.

Nguyen Thi Thuy, 28, an accountant at a local restaurant based in Vietnam's capital Hanoi, made the remarks to Xinhua when asked about her hopes and focal points for the congress.

As many as 1,510 delegates representing more than 4.5 million Vietnamese communist party members are attending the 12th congress, which officially opened on Thursday in Hanoi.

Addressing the opening ceremony on Thursday morning, President Truong Tan Sang, member of the 11th CPV Central Committee's Politburo, emphasized the significance of the 12th National Party Congress.

The 12th congress will guide and encourage the whole party, nation and army, to strengthen the building of a pure and strong party; foster national unity, simultaneously and comprehensively boost reform, resolutely defend the nation and maintain peace and stability. All of this while striving to soon turn Vietnam into a modern industrialized country, Sang said.

The congress will focus on reviewing the five-year implementation of the 11th national party congress resolution (2011-2015) and the 30 years of the reform cause, map out directions and tasks for national development during the 2016-2020 period, among other key points.

Thuy said that in addition to personnel issues, details about the country's development plan in the coming five years are drawing great attention from local citizens like her.

She explained that she expects, during new tenure of the new party leadership, that Vietnam will yield greater accomplishments in all areas, which will help improve the livelihoods of its people.

Echoing Thuy, Dang Chi Dung, 32, a businessman, also remarked on his hopes and wishes for the CPV congress, regarding economics specifically.

"I hope the equitization process of state-owned enterprises will be speeded up. These enterprises play a leading role in the economy of Vietnam. Moreover, in the private sector, which relates to my own business, I hope to be able to gain access to the country's bigger projects in infrastructure construction, water, and electricity distribution, among others," Dung said.

The 12th National Congress of the CPV is the hottest topic in Vietnam these days. Local netizens have also been sharing their aspirations about the congress.

A reader named "Nguyen Van Phuc" recently wrote in the Thanh Nien (Young People) online newspaper that "Vietnamese people expect various changes in the way of governance to boost economic development and improve local citizens' living standards, as well as combat corruption."

The 12th National Party Congress of the CPV is scheduled to last until Jan. 28. It is set to produce a new Politburo and Secretariat of the CPV Central Committee, which will pave the way for the election of the country's new leadership. Endit