Cairo, Jan. 23 -- Over the past 40 years, Vietnam has achieved tremendous, comprehensive, and historically significant progress, clearly proving the effectiveness of the Doi Moi (Renewal) policy, according to Reda El Taify, former Egyptian Ambassador to Vietnam and current Director of the Egyptian Public Library Fund.

Speaking to a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Cairo on the occasion of the 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, El Taify said that the accomplishments are reflected across three major pillars - socio-economic development, national defence and security, and foreign affairs.

On the socio-economic front, the Doi Moi process brought about breakthroughs. The country has successfully transitioned from a...