Bucharest (VNA), Jan. 20 -- On the threshold of his official visit to Romania, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh granted an interview to the Romanian media on Vietnam's development experiences, important policies of the 13th National Party Congress and the prospects of the Vietnam-Romania relationship.

The PM reviewed significant historical milestones over the nearly 40 years of reforms in Vietnam, including an over-53-time increase in the economy's scale and 28-time rise in per capita income. The poverty rate has decreased from 60% in the early 1990s to 2.93% in 2023. Vietnam has fulfilled Millennium Development Goals ahead of schedule, ranking high in human development among economies of similar development levels.

He went on to say that...