Lisbon Meeting 10-12 November 2006, Contribution of CP of
Vietnam
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From: Portuguese Communist Party, Monday, November 13, 2006
http://www.cpv.org.vn , mailto:perc@fpt.vn
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Contribution of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)
Sexta, 10 Novembro 2006

Vietnam determines to advance toward the path of socialism

Dear Comrade,
Dear the Presidium,
Dear Comrades and Friends,

It is a great pleasure for us, the Communist Party of
Vietnam (CPV) Delegation, to participate in the annual
International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties this
time taken place here in Lisbon. Allow me to express my
sincere thanks to the invitation and warm reception of
Portuguese comrades for us, and extend fraternal greetings
to all comrades and friends present here today, as well as
the Portuguese communists.

The fact that the International Meeting of Communist and
Workers Parties held in the beautiful capital of Portugal
this year demonstrates its expanded stature. Like the theme
of previous meetings held in Athens by the comrades of KKE,
the theme this year also continues to closely follow the
latest developments in the world and to discuss one of the
most practical forms of cooperation and views exchange,
which we regard as of great use for communist parties and
the revolutionary and progressive forces in the world. We
believe that through the International Meeting this time,
we will have updated information and better understandings
of the current conditions of the communist parties in the
world; reach a common voice in evaluating and analyzing the
world's situation and measures for coordination, thus
contributing to pushing ahead the common struggle for
peace, national independence, cooperation for development
and social advances.

We have gone by over the first half decade of the third
millennium. The world's situation continues to witness
complicated developments with both encouraging factors and
concerning ones. This situation requires us to conduct
scientific and sound evaluations in order to come up with
appropriate and beneficiary solutions for each party, each
country and the world's democratic and progressive movement
as a whole.

As for us, we have always placed our own situation and the
revolutionary cause of the Party and people of Vietnam
within the common international situation and the common
cause of the communist and revolutionary movement in the
world. To contribute to this Meeting's discussion here
today, we would like to present the CPV's analyses and
evaluations of the international situations over our past
Party National Congresses.

Our 9th Party National Congress convened in April 2001,
the first Congress of the third millennium, put forward a
general evaluation on the situation of the past century and
a forecast on the situation of the new one. Regarding the
past century, our Party hold the view that: " The 20th
century has left extremely profound imprints in the history
of mankind. It is a century of fastest ever advance of
science and technology, and of vigorous economic
development intertwined with major crisis of capitalism and
the acute rich-poor polarisation among countries and
regions. It is a century with two bloody world wars and
hundreds of armed conflicts. It is also a century that
witnessed a far-reaching revolutionary movement on the
world scale, with the victory of the Russian October
Revolution; the victory of the socialist revolution in a
series of countries of Europe, Asia and Latin-America; and
the liberation of almost all colonies; the development of
international communist and workers' movement and the
movements for peace and democracy, despite the temporally
regression of extant socialism in the last decade."
Regarding the future, our Party forecasted: "The 21st
century will see more changes. Science and technology will
make leaps forward. Knowledge-based economy will play an
ever more remarkable role in the process of development of
productive forces. Economic globalisation represents an
objective trend involving more and more countries; this
trend, dominated by a number of developed countries and
transnational capitalist economic corporations, is fraught
with contradictions, containing both positive and negative
aspects, both cooperation and struggle () National struggle
and class struggle continue to unfold with acuteness, even
more acute in some cases. The world is confronted with many
global issues which can not be solved by any single country
without multilateral cooperation, such as environmental
protection, control of population boom, repulse of perilous
epidemics, combat against international crimes, etc.
Contemporary capitalism is holding superiority in capital,
science, technology and market, yet it can not overcome the
inherent contradictions, especially those between the
growing socialised character of the productive forces and
the capitalist private ownership of the means of
production, and between developed capitalist countries and
developing countries. Independent nations are intensifying
their struggle to choose their own paths of development.
World socialism, learning from lessons of success and
failure and prompted by the aspirations and awakening of
nations, has conditions and capabilities to generate a new
development. Following the law of evolution of history,
mankind will certainly attain socialism.
For the few decades to come, there is little likeliness for
a world war. But, local wars, armed conflicts, ethnic and
religious strikes, arms races, intervention, subversion and
terrorism will still occur in many places, increasingly
complicated in nature. Peace, cooperation and development
remain a major trend, reflecting a pressing demand of
states and nations. The struggle for peace, national
independence, democracy, people's well being and social
progress and equity will make new forward strides.

From this overview appraisals, we draw out some general
views as follow:

- The world is witnessing intertwinements, transition and
transformation on many stages. Historically, it is the
transition from the low level of socio-economic complexion
to higher level, from capitalism to communism, of which the
first phase is socialism. Economically, this is the
transition from industrial economy to global
knowledge-based one. And in terms of international
relations, it is the transition from the collapsed
two-polar world order to the establishing multi-polar one.

- Cooperation and struggle as well as the current force
rally in the world are focusing on the four main topics,
that are: peace, a new world order, sustainable development
and national independence with national sovereignty, and
social democracy, equity and progression.

- Great powers still dominate the world's situation and
their relationship continues to stay within the frame of
mutual cooperation and struggle, of containing and
deterrence.

- In the Southeast Asia area in particular and Asia-Pacific
regions in general, peace, cooperation and development are
still the main trend, but potentially destabilising factors
remain.

Based on these analyses, appraisals and judges, the 10th
National Congress of the CPV convened in April, 2006
reaffirmed to "consistently follow the foreign affairs
policies of independence, sovereignty, peace, cooperation
and development; to carry out the foreign policy of
openness, multi-lateralisation and diversification of
international relations. To proactively integrate into the
international economy and, at the same time, expanding
international cooperation in the other domains. To make
Vietnam a reliable friend and trusted partner of countries
in the international community and actively participates in
the process of international and regional cooperation." The
Congress defines the task of foreign relations work are to
firmly maintain the peaceful environment, create favourable
conditions for the renewal process, boost socio-economic
development, national industrialisation and modernization,
national construction and defence and at the same time,
actively contribute to the common struggle of the world's
people for peace, national independence, democracy and
social progress.

In its foreign policy, Vietnam sets store and develop its
relations of friendship and cooperation with neighbouring
countries, ASEAN countries; pushes for in-depth, stable and
sustainable relations with majour powers; and at the same
time develops relations with all countries, territories,
international organizations, and economic and politic
centers in the world. We also continue to consolidate and
intensify our relations with communist and workers'
parties, left parties, national liberation and independence
movements, and revolutionary and progressive movements in
the world; expand relations with ruling parties and broaden
international people-to-people relations.

We believe that by promoting the strength of the great
national unity basing on self reliance and taking advantage
of external helps through international cooperation,
including the supports and solidarity from Communist
Parties, democratic and progressive forces in the world,
the Communist Party of Vietnam will certainly lead our
People successfully build up the socialist society in
Vietnam. The socialist society that our people are building
is one of "a prosperous people, a powerful country and an
equitable, democratic and civilised society"; a society
owned by the people, a society with a highly developed
economy relying on modern production forces and a
production relationship matching the level of development
of the production forces; a society with an advanced
culture deeply imbued with its own national identities, a
society with people being liberalized from oppression and
injustice and enjoying an adequate life, freedom, happiness
and comprehensive development; a society with all ethnic
groups in Vietnamese community being equal and united and
assisting each other to progress; a society with a
law-governed socialist State of the people, by the people
and for the people under the leadership of the CPV, having
friendly and cooperative ties with all people throughout
the world."

On this occasion, let me extend my sincere and deep thanks
to all comrades, friends and people from the five
continents and the four oceans for their enthusiastic
support, solidarity and assistance for our Party and People
over the past decades. The up-to-date successes and
victories of Vietnam's Revolution have never been separated
from such support, solidarity and assistance.

Also I wish all comrades present here today good health and
success in your lives and careers.

Wish our meeting this time big success.
Thank you, comrades and friends.

Lisbon Meeting 10-12 November 2006, Contribution of CP of
Vietnam [Fr.]
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From: Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism, Thursday,
April 12, 2007
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Intervention du Parti Communiste du Vietnam

Sexta, 10 Novembro 2006

Chers camarades,

Je voudrais exprimer tout d'abord, mes remerciements
sinceres au Parti Communiste Portugais pour son invitation
et son acueil chaleureux reserve a nous tous les
particiapants a cette Rencontre Internationale des Partis
Communistes et ouvries.

Le fait que notre Rencontre international cette annee se
tient ici a Lisbonne temoigne sa dimension internationale
elargie. Le theme don't nous abordons ici, comme ceux deja
choisis et debattus lors des Rencontres precedents a
Athenes organisees par nos camarades du KKE, est lui-aussi
d'actualite et d'une utilite reelle, benificiaire a nous
tous, les Partis Communistes ainsi qu'aux forces
revolutionnaires et progressistes du monde entire. Nous
sommes certains qu'a travers cette Rencontre nous nous
enrichirons des informations tout neuves et d'une meilleure
comprehension sur nos Partis et nos pays, et que nous
parvenirons a des appreciations, des voix communes et des
actions concertees apportees a notre lutte commune pour la
paix, l'independence nationale, la cooperation, le
developpement et le progres social.

Chers Camarades,

Nous avons deja pass� la premiere moitie de la premiere
decenie du Troisieme Millenaire. En regardant le monde
d'aujourd'hui, nous constaterions qu'il continue a evoluer
d'une maniere tres complexe, parce qu'il y a auussi, a cote
des aspects positifs, les phenomenes pleins d'inquietude.
Pour ce qui nous concerne, nous les communistes
vietnamiens, nous placons toujours le contexte et la cause
revolutionnaire du Parti et du peuple vietnamiens dans le
cadre du contexte international general et dans le cadre de
l'oeuvre revolutionnaire mondiale. Pour apporter quelques
elements de reflexion de notre Rencontre nous voudrions
vous livrer ici des analyses que notre Parti a faites sur
la situation mondiale au cours de ces derniers decenies.

Jetant un regard retrospectif de ce qui s'est passe au
vingtieme siecle, le neuvieme Congres national du PCV, tenu
en Avril 2001, a conclu: " Le Vingtieme siecle a laisse a
l'histoire de l'Humanite des marques profondes; c'est le
siecle ou la science et la technologie a connu des vancees
sans precedent, ou l'economie a connu un essort fort mais
pointe de grandes crises du capitalisme, avec une
polarisation dramatique entre les habitants et les regions
riches et pauvres..., c'est aussi celui ou avaient lieu
deux guerres mondiales et des centaines de conflits
sanglants, mais aussi celui qui connu un mouvement
revolutionnaire tres developpe en largeur et en profondeur
sur l'echelle mondiale dont les points culminants etaient
la victoire de la grande Revolution d'Octobre en Russie et
de la revolution socialiste dans une serie de pays en
Europe, Asie et Amerique Latine".

Et en jetant un regard prospectif, notre Parti a prevu que
"le Vingt-et-unieme siecle continuerait a avoir beuacoup de
changements. La science et la technologie connaitrait de
grands bonds en avant. L'economie du savoir occuperait une
place plus ponderente dans le processus de developpement
des forces productives. La mondialisation economique
constituerait un processus objectif entrainant la
participation d'un nombre accroissant des pays,bien qu'il
soit encore domine par certains grands groupes
transnationaux. Ce processus contiendrait en soi-meme des
contradictions, des aspects positives mais aussi des
aspects negatifs, la cooperation mais aussi la concurrence
et des lutesLes lutes nationals et de classe continueraient
a s'agairir, meme plus acharnes dans certains domains.
Notre monde se trouve face a des problemes qu'aucun pays
isole ne puisse resoudre, tels la preservation des
environnements, la prevention de l'explosion demographique,
l'eradication des grandes epidemies, etc... Bien qu'il ai
encore des avantages en capitaux, en science et
technologie, en marches, le capitalisme ne pourra jamais
resoudre ses contradictions internes, nottament entre le
caractere de la tres haute socialization des forces
productives et la propriete privee des moyens de
production, celle entre les pays capitalists developpes et
les pays en voie du developpement. Le socialisme mondial,
fort des enseignements de ses reussites que de ses echecs,
aurait des conditions et possibilities nouvelles pour se
developer. En coformite de la loi evolutive de l'histoire,
l'Humanite s'avancera certainement vers le socialisme.

De ces analyses, le Dixieme Congres national de notre
Parti, tenu en Avril dernier, a reaffirme la continuation
de notre politique du renouveau engage il y a 20 ans. Il a
egalement reaffirme notre politique etrangere independante
et souveraine pour la paix, la cooperation et le
developpement ouverte, diversifiee et multilateralisee,
d'intergration internationale active dans le domaine
economique et d'elargissement de la cooperation dans
d'autres domaines. Les objectifs de cette politique
entrangere est d'assurer un contexte international de paix
et de stabilite creeant des conditions favorables a notre
oeuvre du renouveau, pour acceler le developpement
economico-social, l'industrialisation et la modernisation
du pays, l'edification et la defense de la Patrie
socialiste, contribuant ainsi activement a la lutte
communes des peuples du monde entier pour la paix,
l'independance nationale, la democratie et le progres
social.

Dans notre politique internationale, nous mettons accent
particulier au developpement de nos relations avec les
parties communists et ouvries, les parties de gauches et
democratiques, les mouvements de liberation nationale et
progressistes dans le monde.
Nous sommes fermenment convaincus que grace a la politique
de faire valoir toutes nos forces nationales au premier
rang tout en gagnant la sympathie et l'aide exterieures par
la cooperation internationale multiforme, don't le soutien
et la solidarite des Partis Communistes et ouvriers, des
forces democratiques et progressistes du monde entier, le
Parti Communiste du Vietnam conduira avec succes le peuple
vietnamien a l'edification d'une societe socialiste au
Vietnam. Cette societe socialiste que nous voulons a notre
peuple sera celle avec "un peuple prospere, un pays
puissant, une societe de justice , democratique et
civilisee, ou le peuple sera son maitre; avec une economie
hautement developpee sur la base des forces productives
modernes et des relations de production adaptees au niveau
de developpement des forces productives; avec une culture
profondement marquee par l'identite nationale tout en
intergrant avec choix les plus grandes valeurs culturelles
universelles. Ce sera une societe ou l'homme sera libere de
toute exploitation et alienation, ayant une vie heureuse et
pleinement evanouie, ou toutes les communautes ethniques
puissent vivre ensemble en entente, dans l'egalite, l'union
et la solidarite mutuelle. Ce sera une societe ou sera
construit un Etat de droit socialiste fait par le people,
du people et pour le people sous la conduite d'un Parti
communiste et qui nourissera de bonnes relations d'amitie
et de cooperation avec tous les peoples".

Saisissant cette occasion, je voudrais exprimer la
gratitude sincere et profonde du Parti et du people
Vietnamiens a tous nos camarades et amis dans et par tout
le monde pour leur soutien et leur solidarite
internationaliste reseves a la cause revolutionnaire du
Vietnam tout au long des decenies. Les victoires et les
acquis que la Revolution vietnamienne a obtnus jusqu'a
present sont inseparables a cette solidarite
internationaliste.

Pour terminer, je souhaite une tres bonne sante et un
succes plein a toutes et tous ceux presents ici.

Bon succes a notre Rencontre!

[Remerciements a PADS pour la traduction en Fran�ais]