13th National Party Congress off
13th National Party Congress officially opens
The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is to
officially opens in Hanoi in the morning of January 26, with the participation
of 1,587 delegates representing more than 5.1 million Party members nationwide.
Delegates vote to approve the working programme of the 13th National Party
Congress (Photo:
VNA)
Among the delegates, 13.99 percent are women, and 11.03 percent are ethnic
minorities.
Guests at the congress include former Party and State leaders, ambassadors and
representatives of the diplomatic corps of foreign countries and chief
representatives of international organisations in Hanoi, Heroic Mothers, and
outstanding youths and intellectuals and representatives from religious
organisations.
The Politburo decided to establish 67 delegations, and assign their heads.
The 13th Congress is an important political event for the entire Party, army and
people and a milestone in the development of the Party and the country as a
whole. It bears future orientation significance, thus helping boost the
country’s renewal, integration and development cause comprehensively and
synchronously.
Documents to be submitted to the Congress not only review the implementation of
the 12th Congress’s Resolution in association with the assessment of the 35-year
renewal, 30 years implementing the 1991 Platform, 10 years implementing the 2011
Platform (amended) and the 2011-2020 socio-economic development strategy, but
also set out the socio-economic development orientations and tasks for 2021 -
2025, as well as the goals and orientations for 2030 and the national
development vision to 2045.
This Congress will also review the Party building work and the leadership of
the 12th Party Central Committee, and elect a new Party Central Committee for
the 13th tenure.
According to the approved working programme, after the opening ceremony, the
congress will listen to a report by the 12th Party Central Committee on its
leadership. In the afternoon, delegates will work in groups.
Earlier, the congress held a preparatory session on January 25, during which the
congress adopted its working regulations, elected a 17-member Presidium, a
five-member secretarial delegation and the delegate eligibility verification
board. The session also approved the congress’s working programme, election
rules and a report on delegates’ eligibility.
Source: VNA