New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- The 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) demonstrates the Party's strong capacity for self-renewal and its ability to draw lessons from practice, as reflected in its frank acknowledgement of the limitations of the current development model and its firm commitment to continued reform, according to former Indian Deputy National Security Adviser S.D. Pradhan.

In an interview with Vietnam News Agency correspondents in New Delhi, Pradhan said that making the theory of Doi moi (Renewal) an integral part of the Party's ideological foundation underscores flexibility in thinking and high pragmatic governance approach. The inclusion of the theory of Doi moi as a constituent part of the Party's ideol...