The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) is to officially open 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) Hanoi (VNA) – 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.
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./.