The Congress will play an important role in defining future trends in East Asia, he noted.

Vietnam, as Chair of ASEAN in 2020, promoted the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea as the basis for sovereign rights in the East Sea (known as the South China Sea internationally). Under Vietnam's chairmanship, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) was signed, creating the largest free trade agreement in the world.

The socio-economic achievements Vietnam has obtained in recent years are much appreciated by the Vietnamese people, said Dervaux. All were made under the leadership of the Party, which played a vital role in Vietnam’s past resistance wars and the ongoing “Doi Moi” (Renewal) process.