Excerpts from Closing Speech of General Secretary To Lam
The 14th Central Committee of the CPV re-elects To Lam as
General Secretary
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 with the motto Unity -- Democracy -- Discipline
-- Breakthrough -- Development, with a high sense of
responsibility and commitment to the Party, the people, and the
country, the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of
Viet Nam was a resounding success, marking a new milestone in
the history of the Communist Party of Viet Nam 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 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 emphasized the requirement, based on unwavering adherence to principle, that we must closely follow reality, constantly innovate and reform to achieve rapid and sustainable national development... 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 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.
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 immense responsibility and honour 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 [...]
Comrades, delegates, 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 and 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 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 Viet Nam, the Vietnamese people, and the country of Viet Nam.
The Congress affirmed that Viet Nam 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.
The resounding success of the 14th National Congress reflects the faith, will, determination, and new development vision of our country. With the unity and resolute spirit of the Congress; with the major decisions adopted; with the unity of will and action of the entire Party; with the strength of the people and great national unity, we will certainly successfully implement the Resolution of the 14th National Congress, building a peaceful, independent, democratic, prosperous, civilized, and happy Viet Nam, steadily advancing towards socialism.
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, civic consciousness and 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 Viet Nam, 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 Viet Nam is closed. [...]
Eternal Glory Belongs to the Heroic Vietnamese People!
Long Live the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam!
Long Live the Glorious Communist Party of Viet Nam!
The Great President Ho Chi Minh Lives On in Our Cause!
This article was published in
Volume 56 Number 2 - February 8, 2026
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