Hanoi (VNA) – Various German newspapers have run articles on the 13th NationalCongress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), which is underway fromJanuary 25 to February 2.

The daily Junge Welt(Young World) on January 25 reported that the CPV’s Congress has begun anine-day agenda to outline future policies with the focus on renewal and growthtargets.

“Groundbreakingchanges are decided and put into motion every five years. One of the best-knownexamples is the Congress in 1986 with the resolution on ‘Doi Moi’ (Renewal),the policy of opening up the economy to private activities,” it said.

The 13th NationalParty Congress will see the participation of 1,587 delegates representing 5.1million Party members across the country.

The most importantitems on the agenda include the Party Central Committee’s report and discussionon the medium- and long-term socio-economic development policies of the countryfor the next five years.

An election of thenext Central Committee is also on the agenda.

Meanwhile, an articleon the Neues Deutschland noted that the Congress takes place as the CPV hasbrought COVID-19 under control.

With stringentpreventive measures, Vietnam contained the spread of the pandemic in 2020 andthe death toll remained at 35 as of January 24, which is an “impressive proof”in the fight against COVID-19, the article said.

Therefore, thepandemic’s impact on the economy was not big and the country posted an economicgrowth of 2.9 percent in the year, it continued.

On the same day, SüddeutscheZeitung, or SZ, Germany's largest broadsheet newspaper, ran an article underliningthat the 13th National Party Congress is being held while Vietnam is among afew countries in the world recording growth in 2020 despite the pandemic.

Vietnam’s success inbattling the pandemic has been recognised by experts worldwide, with a nationalcount of over 1,500 and 35 fatalities. The Vietnamese economy was able torecover sooner than others thanks to such accomplishment, it underlined.

Earlier, experts ofresearch institutes and major newspapers, including DW and FAZ, also spokehighly of Vietnam’s achievements in the fight against COVID-19 as well associo-economic development.

Vietnam is playing agreater role in the global economy and supply chain, and the country’s positionin the global area has been strengthened, they noted.

Reuters alsohighlighted Vietnam’s exceptional success in 2020, particularly in economicdevelopment and curbing the spread of COVID-19 through concentrated quarantine,testing and contact tracing.

The news agency addedthat Vietnam eyes an average GDP growth of 7 percent in the next five years./.