Sketching a New Era: Gearing Up

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New Era - The Era of National Growth

General Secretary To Lam

The new era, the era of national development, is a period of strong, decisive, drastic, positive movements, efforts, inner strength, and confidence to overcome challenges, surpass oneself, realize aspirations, reach goals, and achieve great achievements. The destination of the new era is a rich people, a strong country, and a socialist society on par with the world powers.

The beginning of a new era is the 14th National Congress of the Party. All Vietnamese people, hundreds of millions of people as one, under the leadership of the Party, unite, join hands, make the most of opportunities and advantages, push back risks and challenges, bring the country to comprehensive and strong development, breakthrough and take off.

The basis for positioning the goal of bringing the country into a new era, an era of national growth, is the great achievements gained after 40 years of renovation, which have helped Vietnam accumulate enough position and strength for breakthrough development in the next stage.

The world is in a period of epochal change. From now until 2030 is the most important period to establish a new world order. This is also a period of important strategic opportunity, the final stage for Vietnam.

The top priority in the new era is to successfully implement strategic goals by 2030, Vietnam will become a developing country with modern industry and high average income.

By 2045, become a developed socialist country with high income. Strongly arouse national spirit, spirit of autonomy, self-confidence, self-reliance, self-improvement, national pride, aspiration for national development; closely combine national strength with the strength of the times.

The changes of the times bring new opportunities and advantages but also many new difficulties and challenges, among which the latter are more prominent. However, opportunities and luck can still appear amidst the sudden changes in the world situation, we must grasp them.

The fourth industrial revolution, especially artificial intelligence and digital technology, brings opportunities that developing and underdeveloped countries can seize to get ahead and develop rapidly.

In the new era, all people have a prosperous and happy life, are supported to develop and enrich themselves; contribute more and more to world peace, stability, development, human happiness and global civilization.

(Tuoi Tre excerpts from General Secretary To Lam's talks on the topic "New Development Era - The Era of Rising of the Vietnamese People" at the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics on October 31 and November 25, 2024)

Educational innovation

Focus on creative thinking, problem solving, digital skills

Schools + Businesses: Training human resources with specialized skills

Focus on STEM human resources (science - technology - engineering - mathematics)

Building a fair society

Developing rural infrastructure, increasing employment opportunities, reducing the gap between rich and poor

Improve social welfare and quality of health services

Smart urban development, digitalization of public services

Promoting national culture

Promoting cultural heritage through tourism, festivals, traditional arts, modern museums Promoting cultural heritage through tourism, festivals, traditional arts, modern museums

Promoting cultural industries: music, cinema, design - Digitizing Vietnamese cultural identity in technology and art products