Speech by General Secretary To Lam at the closing session of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam

After five days of urgent, serious, and scientific work guided by the motto "Unity - Democracy - Discipline - Breakthrough - Development," the closing session of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam took place on the afternoon of January 23rd at the National Convention Center. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism's online portal presents the full text of the closing speech by Comrade To Lam, General Secretary of the 14th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, at the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Distinguished members of the Presidium of the Congress,

Distinguished guests,

Dear delegates attending the Congress,

Dear comrades, fellow citizens, soldiers throughout the country, and our compatriots abroad,

After five days of urgent, serious, and scientific work guided by the motto "Unity - Democracy - Discipline - Breakthrough - Development" and a high sense of responsibility to the Party, the People, and the country, the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam concluded successfully; marking a new milestone in the history of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the glorious history of the Vietnamese nation.

On behalf of the Presidium of the Congress and the Central Committee of the 14th Party Congress, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to all delegates for demonstrating the highest sense of responsibility as Party members and delegates to the Congress, contributing many insightful, heartfelt, intelligent, and frank opinions on the Congress's contents.

The Congress unanimously approved the documents presented by the 13th Central Committee of the Party. The Congress elected the 14th Central Committee of the Party, comprising 200 members, including 180 full members and 20 alternate members, representing over 5.6 million Party members. These members meet the necessary standards of character, ethics, prestige, competence, and qualifications to shoulder the important responsibilities before the Party and the People in the new term – the term that marks the beginning of a new era of national progress.

Dear comrades, fellow citizens, and distinguished guests!

Looking back at the preparation and discussion of the Resolution at the Congress, it can be affirmed that the documents adopted at the 14th Congress truly represent the culmination of the wisdom, will, innovative thinking, aspirations for progress, and immense determination of the entire Party, people, and army in building, developing, and protecting the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland. The content of the documents contains many new and groundbreaking points; they incorporate the most relevant contributions from the entire Party and all strata of the people; and they reflect the democratic nature, dedication, and open-mindedness based on the thoughts and aspirations of the people, relying on the people to build the Party.

The Congress documents set forth enormous and important tasks; both urgent and strategically significant in the long term; reflecting the unity of will of the entire Party, the entire people, and the entire army; determined to achieve the lofty goals stated in the Political Report: "Maintaining a peaceful and stable environment; developing the country rapidly and sustainably and firmly protecting the Fatherland; comprehensively improving and enhancing the people's lives; achieving strategic autonomy, self-reliance, and confidence to advance strongly in the new era of the nation; successfully achieving the goal of becoming a developing country with modern industry and high middle income by 2030; realizing the vision of becoming a developed country with high income by 2045, for a peaceful, independent, democratic, prosperous, civilized, happy Vietnam, steadily advancing towards socialism."

The overarching spirit of the 14th Party Congress term is: Strategic autonomy, seizing opportunities, working together in unity, overcoming all challenges, strongly igniting the aspiration for development; transforming will into action, turning decisions into concrete results; saying what you mean and doing it immediately, doing it right, doing it decisively, doing it to the end, and doing it effectively.

The Congress discussed and adopted major policies, decisions, and directions, key tasks, and strategic breakthroughs to build and develop the country rapidly and sustainably, and to firmly protect the socialist Fatherland of Vietnam in the new context. Specifically, it identified: socio-economic development and environmental protection as central; Party building as crucial; cultural and human development as the foundation; strengthening national defense and security and promoting foreign relations and integration as vital and ongoing priorities. Breakthroughs in science and technology development, innovation, and national digital transformation as the central driving force of development.

The Congress emphasized the requirement that, based on unwavering adherence to principled issues, the country must closely follow practical realities and continuously innovate and reform to achieve rapid and sustainable development.

The spirit of "steadfastness" is the political fortitude, the continuation of historical currents and lessons from the reform process, and a strong commitment of the Party to remain steadfast in the goal of national independence linked with socialism under any circumstances, steadfast in the path of self-reliance, self-determination, and self-strengthening, always placing national and ethnic interests above all else, and placing the well-being and happiness of the people at the center.

The spirit of "innovation" is a requirement of our time. Without innovation and reform, we cannot achieve breakthroughs, compete, or develop. We must continue to innovate our thinking, our development models, our growth models, and our methods of implementation, so that the right policies become concrete results in life.

The Congress once again affirmed the truth: the Party's leadership is the decisive factor in all the victories of the Vietnamese revolution; the Party's reform line is correct, creative, and in accordance with objective laws.

The Congress emphasized the need to strengthen the building and rectification of the Party and the political system to be clean, strong, and comprehensive; to enhance the Party's leadership, governance, and fighting capacity; to build, train, cultivate, and refine a team of cadres with sufficient virtue, strength, and talent; to thoroughly understand the viewpoint that "the people are the foundation," to maintain and strengthen the close relationship between the Party and the people, and to use the happiness and satisfaction of the people as a measure of the effectiveness of the work of Party organizations and the entire political system.

With a strategic vision, the Congress tasked the 14th Central Committee of the Party with summarizing 40 years of implementing the Platform for building the country during the transitional period to socialism; summarizing 100 years of the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam in the Vietnamese revolution (1930-2030) and setting directions for national development in the next 100 years (2030-2130).

The Congress emphasized the need to focus on implementing the Resolution through action, ensuring tangible effectiveness, and overcoming the situation where "implementation is the weak point." The spirit of action needs to be concretized into specific solutions and implemented seriously throughout the entire system: Each Party committee, each Party organization, each Party member, each agency and unit, especially the head, must proactively shift from "correct understanding" to "effective implementation"; from "high determination" to "clear results"; and combine "direction and management" with "inspection, supervision, and accountability."

The Congress requests that Party organizations at all levels promptly disseminate, study, institutionalize, concretize, and comprehensively and effectively implement the contents of the Congress documents; mobilize all resources and exploit all driving forces; promote the strength of the great national unity to successfully achieve the goals and tasks set forth by the Congress. Especially at the beginning of the term, it is even more necessary to act urgently, decisively, surely, and thoroughly; so that each resolution and each action program quickly comes into life, becomes a driving force for development, and becomes a source of pride for the people.

General Secretary To Lam delivered the closing speech at the 14th National Congress.

The Congress entrusted the 14th Central Committee of the Party with leading the entire Party, people, and army to successfully implement the Congress's Resolution. The Congress is confident that, with the immense responsibility and honor before the Party, the people, and the country, the 14th Central Committee will maintain high levels of unity; wholeheartedly and continuously innovate and create, serving the Fatherland and the people with all their might; each member of the Central Committee must uphold the role of setting an example, maintaining integrity; constantly cultivating and training themselves, setting an example in studying and following the thoughts, ethics, and style of the great President Ho Chi Minh; continuously improving their political acumen and professional skills, and doing their utmost to fulfill their assigned tasks, working together with the entire Party, people, and army to comprehensively and successfully implement the Congress's Resolution.

Comrades!

The Congress warmly welcomes and sincerely thanks the Party committees and organizations at all levels, veteran revolutionaries, National Assembly delegates, the Fatherland Front and political-social organizations, all cadres, Party members, the working class, farmers, entrepreneurs, intellectuals, the armed forces, and the people of the whole country, as well as our compatriots abroad, for their enthusiastic and responsible participation and valuable contributions to the Congress documents, which significantly contributed to the success of the Congress.

The Congress respectfully thanks and highly appreciates the great contributions and dedication of the comrades who are members of the Central Committee, the Politburo, and the Secretariat of the 13th Party Congress, having excellently fulfilled their duties and not seeking re-election. We wish them continued good health, happiness, and that they continue to contribute their passion, intellect, abilities, and experience to the glorious cause of our Party and Nation.

The Congress would like to express its sincere and profound gratitude to the political parties, organizations, and international friends who attended the opening and closing ceremonies, sent telegrams and letters of congratulations to the Congress; and who extended their friendly, affectionate, and solidarity sentiments to the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Vietnamese people, and the country of Vietnam.

The Congress affirmed that Vietnam is steadfast and consistent in its independent, self-reliant, peaceful, friendly, cooperative, and developmental foreign policy; is a friend, a reliable partner, and an active and responsible member of the international community; and is ready to strengthen cooperation with other countries and partners to jointly build peace, consolidate stability, expand cooperation, share prosperity, and contribute to a sustainable future for the region and the world.

Comrades!

The 14th National Congress was a resounding success, reflecting the faith, will, determination, and new vision for the development of our country. With the unity and resolute spirit of the Congress; with the major decisions adopted; with the unified will and action of the entire Party; with the strength of the people and the great national unity, we will certainly successfully implement the Resolution of the 14th National Congress, building a peaceful, independent, democratic, prosperous, civilized, and happy Vietnam, steadily advancing towards socialism.

The 14th Central Committee of the Party was introduced at the Congress.

The Congress calls upon the entire Party, the entire people, the entire army of the country, and our compatriots abroad to highly promote the spirit of patriotism, the sense of civic responsibility, and the aspiration for development; each agency, unit, organization, and individual should begin with the most concrete tasks, contributing to the daily development of our country; the daily prosperity and happiness of our people; and the daily growth and strength of Vietnam, standing shoulder to shoulder with the great powers of the world, as President Ho Chi Minh always wished.

On behalf of the Presidium of the Congress, I respectfully declare: The 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam is closed.

On the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year of the Horse and in the joyful atmosphere of celebrating the 96th anniversary of the glorious founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - February 3, 2026), I would like to extend my best wishes to the leaders and former leaders of the Party, State, and Vietnam Fatherland Front, distinguished guests, international friends, delegates attending the Congress, and all comrades and compatriots for good health, happiness, and success.

Eternal glory belongs to the heroic Vietnamese people!

Long live the Socialist Republic of Vietnam!

Long live the glorious Communist Party of Vietnam!

The great President Ho Chi Minh lives on in our cause!

Thank you very much.

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