The Presidium of the Việt Nam Fatherland Front for the 2024-29 tenure is confirmed at the ceremony. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — The 10th National Congress of the Việt Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) concluded on Friday in Hà Nội with the release of a resolution clarifying 10 specific targets and six action programmes in the 2024-29 tenure.

The six action programmes include increasing communications to unite people from all walks of life, strengthening social consensus, promoting the strength of the great national solidarity bloc, improving the quality and effectiveness of social supervision and criticism, and promoting democracy and engagement in Party and State building.

They also focus on encouraging participation in emulation movements, promoting the mastery role and self-management of the people, building united, prosperous, and happy residential areas, improving the effectiveness of people diplomacy overseas Vietnamese affairs, and continuing to innovate the organisational structure and operation methods of the front, and improving the capacity of the front's officials at all levels.

Along with the approval of reports on the performance of the VFF Central Committee, Presidium, and Standing Board in the 2019-24 tenure, delegates adopted the revised and supplemented Charter of the front.

They agreed that in the 2019-24 tenure, amid numerous challenges from the regional and the world situation as well as impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the front managed to complete all targets and tasks set at the 9th National Congress with considerable achievements.

The great national solidarity bloc has been firmly maintained, and the people’s close bonds with and trust in the Party and State increasingly reinforced and strengthened.

The core political role and responsibility of the front, socio-political organisations, and VFF member organisations, with the core being the alliance among the working class, farmers and intellectuals, have been promoted in gathering the masses to fulfil the mission of building the great national solidarity bloc.

The VFF takes peace, independence, democracy, prosperity, civilisation and happiness of the people as the common goal in the cause of building and defending the Fatherland.

Its committees at all levels and member organisations have strongly renovated their operation methods, acting as an important connection point between the Party and administration and the people, promoting the role of the people in social life, and representing and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of the people.

At the congress, delegates approved a list of 397 members of the 10th VFF Central Committee.

At the first session of the committee, Đỗ Văn Chiến, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Delegation to the VFF, and President of the 9th VFF Central Committee, was elected as the President of the 10th Central Committee of the front for the 2024-29 tenure.

Themed "Solidarity - Democracy - Innovation - Creativity – Development”, the 10th VFF National Congress called on Vietnamese people at home and abroad to strongly promote tradition and strengths from the great national solidarity bloc, upholding the spirit of self-reliance, creativity and joint efforts to settle national issues.

Other focuses also include successfully implementing the socio-economic development strategy for the 2021-30 period, completing the 100-year target set by the Party, creating a firm foundation for the country to enter a new development era, building a nation of peace, independence, democracy, prosperity, civilisation and happiness, and advancing to socialism. — VNA/VNS