12th National Party Congress to elect new officials

1,510 delegates will attend the important event in Hanoi

The congress will be used to elect a new party central committee, which will then elect the politburo, the party secretariat, the party central examination committee, and general secretary under procedures prescribed in the Party Regulation and the Party Central Committee’s Intra-Party Electoral Regulations issued in 2014.

The congress will also review and assess Vietnam’s development after 30 years of Doi moi, and the implementation of the resolution released by the 11th National Party Congress (2011-2015). It will also set new targets and tasks for national development in the 2016-2020 period.

The landmark event is expected to be attended by 1,510 delegates representative of more than 4.5 million Party members across the country.

“This will be a political event of paramount importance for the Party and the whole nation. All cadres and Party members are awaiting and pinning their expectations on the success of the congress,” said Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the closing session of the 11th Party Central Committee’s 14th meeting last week in Hanoi.

Trong stated that during this meeting, members of the committee had discussed personnel preparations for the 12th Party Central Committee in a democratic, straightforward and responsible manner.

They selected members of the 11th Party Central Committee for re-election in the 12th tenure as well as additional members of the Politburo and the Party Secretariat to be considered for re-election.

Members of the 11th Party Central Committee also reached a strong consensus on the Politburo’s nominations for the Chairmanship, the Secretariat, and the Committee for Appraising Delegates of the 12th National Party Congress.

They also agreed on nominations for the country’s top four positions – Party General Secretary, State President, Prime Minister and National Assembly Chairperson for the next term.

While the new general secretary will be chosen at the 12th Party Central Committee, the new state president, prime minister, and national assembly chairperson will officially be elected at the National Assembly’s 14th session in Hanoi during May and June of this year.