On the occasion of the Year of the Cat 2023, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has delivered New Year messages and his best wishes to Vietnamese people at home and abroad, as well as people around the world.
He said the Year of the Tiger 2022 was full of unexpected difficulties and challenges that had negative impacts not only in Vietnam but also the rest of the world.
In this unprecedented context, he noted, the entire Party, people, and army brought into play their strong patriotism, resolve, mettle, solidarity, dynamism and creativity, and by doing so made a number of highly important and relatively comprehensive achievements in concurrently fighting the pandemic, promoting socio-economic recovery and development, and building an independent and self-reliant economy with active, comprehensive, intensive, and effective global integration.
On behalf of Party and State leaders, the leader thanked his compatriots, comrades and soldiers nationwide for their significant achievements and contributions last year.
The Year of the Cat 2023 is the third and also most crucial year for the implementation the Resolution adopted at the 13th National Party Congress and the socio-economic development plan for 2021 - 2025.
With the determination to develop an increasingly strong, prosperous and happy nation, the entire Party, people and army need to continue upholding patriotism and solidarity to overcome every difficulty and challenge and step up reforms in a more comprehensive and concerted manner. This is necessary for building and firmly safeguarding the Fatherland; and maintaining a peaceful and stable environment to successfully implement the tasks and targets set out for the year, thus creating momentum for fast and sustainable national development in the following years, he said.