On the afternoon of October 31, in Hanoi, Prof. Dr., General Secretary To Lam attended and had a discussion on the topic "New era, the era of national rise" with a large number of students attending the training class, updating knowledge and skills for cadres planning for members of the 14th Party Central Committee (Class 3).

Also attending were Mr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, Politburo member, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council.

Talking intimately with the students, General Secretary To Lam analyzed some basic contents about the new era, the era of national rise; the basis for positioning the goal of bringing the country into the new era, the era of national rise.

Accordingly, an era is a historical period marked by important characteristics or events that have a great influence on the development of society - culture - politics - nature. Eras are often used to divide time in history according to major events or fundamental changes in political life or science, technology, and the environment.

The General Secretary emphasized that the era of striving implies creating a strong, decisive, drastic, positive movement, with effort, inner strength, and confidence to overcome challenges, surpass oneself, realize aspirations, reach goals, and achieve great achievements.

“The new era, the era of the Vietnamese people's rise, is the era of development, the era of prosperity under the leadership and rule of the Communist Party, successfully building a socialist Vietnam, a rich people, a strong country, a democratic, fair, civilized society, on par with the world powers. This is Uncle Ho's wish during his lifetime and the goal we must strive for," said General Secretary To Lam.

General Secretary To Lam also said that one of the goals and aspirations in the process of national development in the new era is that all people have a prosperous and happy life, are supported to develop and enrich themselves; contribute more and more to the peace, stability, development of the world, the happiness of humanity and global civilization. The destination of the era of development is a rich people, a strong country, a socialist society, standing shoulder to shoulder with the great powers of the five continents.

The General Secretary stated that the top priority in the new era is to successfully implement the strategic goals by 2030, Vietnam will become a developing country with modern industry and high average income; by 2045 it will become a developed socialist country with high income; strongly arouse national spirit, spirit of self-reliance, self-confidence, self-reliance, national pride, and aspiration for national development; closely combine national strength with the strength of the times.

General Secretary To Lam affirmed that the new era begins from the 14th National Party Congress. From now on, all Vietnamese people, hundreds of millions of people as one, under the leadership of the Party, will unite, join forces, make the most of opportunities and advantages, push back risks and challenges, and bring the country to comprehensive and strong development, breakthroughs and take off.

"We have determined that from now until 2030 is the most important period to establish a new world order. If this order can be determined in 5 years, this will also be a period of important strategic opportunity, the final stage of the Vietnamese revolution to achieve the goal of 100 years under the leadership of the Party, creating a solid foundation to achieve the plans set for the goal of 100 years of national founding by 2045," said the General Secretary.

According to the Party leader, there must be a long-term plan for what needs to be done in 5 years and what needs to be done in the next 10 years to achieve the set goals. Because the world is constantly changing, slow change means being behind the world.

"In particular, new opportunities also appear in moments of sudden changes in the world situation, especially the fourth industrial revolution that has changed the world a lot. Reality shows that developed countries are due to the application of science and technology in the development process," said the General Secretary.

On this occasion, General Secretary To Lam also discussed with the students about strategic orientations to bring the country into a new era, an era of national development such as issues of improving the Party's leadership method, strengthening the Party spirit in building and perfecting the socialist rule-of-law state of the people, by the people, for the people; the issue of streamlining the organization of the apparatus for effective and efficient operation, the content of digital transformation; combating waste and negativity and personnel work.