Party chief interviewed

Economic development must be the central task of the Vietnamese Communist Party, said its Secretary General Nong Duc Manh in an interview with Nhan Dan. He praised the country's economic growth, about 7.2% a year, but noted related problems, including environmental destruction, serious traffic accidents, social evils, lax observation of law and order in the State apparatus, and corruption and wastefulness. (Nhan Dan, Feb. 11).