Moscow (VNA) – Prof. Vladimir Kolotov, General Director of the Ho Chi MinhInstitute of the Saint Petersburg State University in Russia, highly valued theCommunist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s leadership role in Vietnam’s revolution duringa recent interview to Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the CPV’s 90th founding anniversary.

Kolotov said the Vietnamese revolution’s historic events andthe CPV’s leadership have heightened the country’s prestige and stature.

With a new political combat method, the Vietnamesecommunists laid a foundation for national liberation campaign, gathering peopleof all walks of life to successfully conduct the 1945 August Revolution and establishthe Democratic Republic of Vietnam, he said.

In his view, the Vietnamese nation’s victory and its path tonational liberation serves as an example for countries worldwide.

He hailed Vietnam for overcoming the US’s embargo followingthe 1975 victory, saying that Vietnam’s policies and guidelines helped protectits interests from external pressures, irrespective of national defence,economic, diplomatic or political pressures.

The CPV manifested its flexibility with the prompt issuanceof the renovation policy. The country conducted economic reform amiddifficulties with the ultimate goal of protecting national interests despitechanges to conditions and strategies.

According to him, achievements in the past three decadeshave made it easier for Vietnam to set orientations for the future.

Vietnam has never achieved high stature like now, which is aresult of the CPV’s fight for national liberation, reunification anddevelopment, with high economic growth for many years, reaching over 7 percenton average, he added./.