Veteran journalist Ling Dequan speaks to a VOV correspondent in Beijing. (Photo: VOV)
According to Ling, this year has seen many important events in Vietnam, all of which were successes –something not every country was able to accomplish.

"What impressed me most was that Vietnam achieved political stability, social order, and economic growth of more than 7% over the past year,” he said.

After the passing of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee, led by Party leader To Lam, has been decisive in all aspects of Party and State affairs, inheriting the past, moving toward the future, striving to improve, and achieving many outstanding successes both domestically and internationally, Ling said.

Reviewing Vietnam's achievements during the renewal process, the Chinese journalist, who personally experienced the years of war and the difficult period of the early 1980s in Vietnam, expressed a deep appreciation of Vietnam’s tremendous accomplishments over the past nearly four decades, saying "There has been a historic transformation in Vietnam." He said the achievements of renewal made possible Vietnam's new era of rise, a new epoch in Vietnam’s history.

The restructuring and streamlining of the apparatus that Vietnam is currently undertaking is robust and extensive and could open up new development opportunities for Vietnam, Ling noted.