We want to broaden economic cooperation with all countries, socialist or capitalist, on the basis of mutual benefits and without political conditions… - Nguyen Van Linh

It is not objectively necessary to establish a political mechanism of pluralism and multiparty government. Socialism is the only right decision.

The question is not to beg to the foreign capitalists but to manage and work out policies which are more beneficial to the domestic economy. I hope that in the future, Vietnam will look for every measure to make our international relations equal.

We faced difficulties created by the ravages of 40 years of war. Afterward, we made costly mistakes in our effort to rebuild the country. Now we know the mistakes and their price. We were too hasty, too simplistic, too subjective. We tried to build socialism without going through the necessary period of capitalist development. Today we are correcting those mistakes with a profound and thorough renovation. A policy has already begun that wipes out a centralized bureaucracy based on state subsidies that caused our people suffering.