The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics held a welcoming meeting with Embassies and international organizations in Vietnam on the occasion of New Year 2017. Prof., Dr. Nguyen Xuan Thang, President of the Academy, gave a speech to celebrate the New Year and express his appreciation for the valuable, sincere and effective cooperation of Embassies and international organizations in the training and scientific research activities of the Academy over the years, contributing significantly and positively to the fulfillment of the noble mission that the Party and State entrust to the Academy. The Political Theory Journal would like to publish an excerpt of this speech. The title is written by the Editorial board.

Over 65 years of development, the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics has made significant contributions to the Communist Party of Vietnam’s pursuit of personnel training and theoretical research, serving the revolutionary cause of national liberation, the socialist construction and the defense of the socialist Fatherland.