Hanoi (VNA) – The Granmadaily, the newspaper of the Communist Party of Cuba, has run many articlespraising the undaunted spirit of Vietnamese people during the past wars againstFrench and US forces, as well as the present cause of national construction anddefence.

On April 6, 2018, thenewspaper published an article title “Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh” which recalledthe late President’s call for national resistance on December20, 1946.

It stressed that the Vietnamese revolution’svictory was a great blow to US imperialism and the world's reactionary forces.

The article said today independent andunified, Vietnam is one of the most solid victorious revolutions incontemporary human history, both theoretically and practically.

“The extraordinary courage of theVietnamese and the wise leadership of Ho Chi Minh won solidarity in practicallyall corners of the planet. Cubans, led by Fidel Castro, were pioneers inorganizing solidarity activities,” it stressed.

The Vietnamese appreciated a phrasealways heard in the forums, summarizing the strong solidarity expressed manytimes by Fidel Castro during the most difficult times in the Vietnamesestruggle: "For Vietnam we are ready to shed our own blood."

This victory has grown with the rapid,surprising positioning of Vietnam among Southeast Asian countries, and othersaround the world, as an emerging economy with impressive social and culturaldevelopment, the article noted.

On May 19, 2017, Granmaalso run another article titled “Vietnam has fulfilled Ho ChiMinh’s dream” to mark the late leader’s birthday.

The best homage of the Vietnamesepeople to President Ho Chi Minh is to have amply fulfilled his dream ofbuilding a nation ten times more beautiful, the article said.

“Today, 127 years since the Vietnameseleader’s birth, his nation is characterized by rapid economic growth and agreat capacity for transformation, which put it in an advantageous position inthe face of 21st century challenges,” the article said.

The path taken by the country, sincethe implementation of the Doi Moi (Renewal) policy from 1986, has seen morethan 20 million people lifted out of poverty in less than two decades, whileprimary school attendance has risen to almost 100 percent, and life expectancyup to 70 years.

Over the same period, the countrymultiplied its GDP per capita five-fold, and diversified its export base.However, its vision for the future is much more ambitious as Vietnam’s maingoal is to become an industrialized nation before 2035.

“The Vietnamese are proud to havefulfilled the desire of their greatest leader and guide, and now intend tobuild a country 50 or 100 times more beautiful and prosperous,” the articlesaid.-VNA