However, we all share the firm belief in the triumph of humanist and progressive values that mankind has achieved during its long history of struggle and creativeness. |
Humanistic values of equality and equal rights for all nations and individuals as crystallized in the principles of the United Nations Charter are mankind's great achievements in the 20th century. |
I think your visit to Vietnam at this moment can be a further contribution to the development of relations between our two countries, |
The victory of the August Revolution and the birth of a new Vietnam were historic milestones, shattering nearly a century of cruel colonial rule and fascism ... ushering in a new era in the nation's history, an era of independence and freedom, |
The world we are striving for must be a civilized one in which all nations enjoy the same benefits of the scientific and technological revolution. |
The world's people all share the earnest aspiration to have peace, stability, justice and cooperation. |
Vietnam is willing to be a friend and a reliable partner of all countries, |
Vietnam remains an underdeveloped economy with a high poverty incidence, ... party, people and army will continue to stand united and ... turn Vietnam into a developed country in the coming decades. |
While a handful of countries and a small number of people are leading ample life, dozens of countries and billions of people in Africa, Asia and Latin America are being left in absolute poverty. |