The press center of the 13th National Party Congress.

According to The Economist, Vietnam is among the 10 countries with the greatest GDP growth and was one of the 16 best emerging economies of 2020 despite the COVID-19 pandemic. Vietnam’s GDP was 6.3 billion USD in 1989 and 268.4 billion USD in 2020, the article said. Annual per capita income rose during that time from 159 USD to 2,750 USD.

Reuters said Vietnam’s annual GDP growth averaged 6% over the past five years, and grow 2.9% in 2020 despite the pandemic that crushed economies elsewhere. Tran Si Chuong, former member of the US Congressional Banking Committee, said that a large number of foreign businesses have shifted their capital to Vietnam. This FDI wave is driving Vietnam’s economic growth.

An article in Asia Times attributed Vietnam’s success to effective lockdowns, face masks, aggressive contact tracing, and clear risk communications to the public. These measures worked because of a high degree of public trust in the Communist Party of Vietnam, the article said.

Foreign journalists cover the current National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Alberto Salazar, a news correspondent with the Cuba Prensa Latina News Agency, said the Vietnamese people can be proud of their Communist Party and vice versa, and that trust in the Communist Party will help Vietnam achieve the targets set by the current National Party Congress.

South Korea’s news agency Asia Today said the current National Party Congress will bring Vietnam closer to its development goals and its vision of peace, security and prosperity throughout the world.