In pictures: President Luong Cuong receives Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Defence

Forty years after the launch of renewal, Viet Nam has continued to develop, affirming its position and prestige on the international stage as it does today. Renewal has not been limited to the economy alone, but has also encompassed institutions, culture and society, science and technology, national governance, and human development. This has been a comprehensive, profound, creative and sustainable process of renewal.