Communist Party of Vietnam the people's standard of living. Classical Marxist texts still play a prominent role in the Communist Party's ideological development. "The Communist Manifesto", written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, is considered an "immortal work". According to the party, the real value of "The Communist Manifesto" is not that it can provide answers to present revolutionary problems, but the way it explains the gradual liberation of the working class and labourers. It functions as a basis for the most basic theoretical beliefs upheld by the party. According to Tô Huy Rứa, currently a member of the 11th Politburo: "By participating in
1957 International Meeting of Communist and Workers Parties hardliners resisting 'de-Stalinization'. The meeting backed Khruschev's new line of different national paths towards socialism, peaceful co-existence and popular front tactics. As per the line given by the meeting, transition to people's democracy was possible through parliamentary elections, as long as the communist parties combined electoral work with mass struggles against reactionary forces. The meeting adopted a 'peace manifesto', outlining capitalist monopolies as the main threat to world peace. The manifesto was signed by all participants, except the Yugoslavs. Whilst the intended purpose of the meeting was to display unity of the world communist movement, the outcome was quite different.