The Communist Party of Vietnam’s General Secretary Nong Duc Manh

The Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee wrapped up its tenth meeting in Hanoi yesterday after working for a week, agreeing to hold the 11th National Party Congress in the first half of January, 2011.

They also unanimously approved a detailed draft report that sums up the implementation of the 2001-2010 national socio-economic development strategy and another that formulates the 2011-2020 national socio-economic development strategy.

The next ten-year strategy will be outlined to guide the nation in speeding up modernization and industrialization in a sustainable manner, enabling the country to become an industrialized nation by 2020.

The strategy will also work toward helping the country maintain a stable, democratic and contented society, improving the people’s spiritual and material life, defending national sovereignty, and increasing its influence in the international arena.

Source: VNA