While challenging, such growth is crucial to ensuring national security, social welfare, and long-term development momentum. Regarding national defense and security, he called for strategic clarity in identifying allies and challenges, rooted in the national interest. He proposed elevating agriculture to a strategic growth engine. He warned of intensifying geopolitical competition in core technologies and cyberspace, and emphasized Vietnam's need to build strategic autonomy based on knowledge power. They provide a vital political foundation as Vietnam enters a new era - one defined by strength, self-reliance, and national pride.

Source: VietNamNet News January 21, 2026 09:04 UTC