The 13th-tenure Central Committee of the Communist Party of Việt Nam during a session in early August. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — The 13th-tenure Party Central Committee (PCC) held a meeting in Hà Nội on Friday to discuss personnel affairs.

The PCC decided to propose personnel and provide opinions so that the Politburo can nominate candidates for leadership positions of several state agencies for the 2021-2026 tenure, in line with regulations.

The committee elected Senior Lieutenant General Lương Tam Quang, member of the PCC, Secretary of the Central Public Security Party Committee, and Minister of Public Security, to the Politburo.

Three others were elected to the PCC Secretariat, namely Nguyễn Duy Ngọc, member of the PCC and Chief of the PCC Office; Senior Lieutenant General Trịnh Văn Quyết, member of the PCC, member of the Central Military Commission’s Standing Board, and Chairman of the General Department of Politics under the Việt Nam People’s Army; and Lê Minh Trí, member of the PCC, Secretary of the Party Civil Affairs Committee and Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy. — VNA/VNS