Party General Secretary Tâ Lâm (middle) presents flowers to Politburo member and State President Lương Cường (L) and Politburo member, permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission Trần Cẩm Tú. VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI – Party General Secretary Tô Lâm presented the decision to assign Trần Cẩm Tú, Politburo member, Secretary of the 13th Party Central Committee, and Chairman of the committee’s Inspection Commission, to take the position of the permanent member of the 13th Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, at a ceremony in Hà Nội on Friday.

Tú succeeds Lương Cường who was elected by the National Assembly as the State President earlier this week.

Addressing the event, Lâm underlined the Politburo’s trust in Tú, highlighting that the latter is a high-ranking official who has received systematic training, matured from the grassroots, acquired great expertise and a lot of working experience, and held many important leadership positions of the Party at the central and local levels.

Tú has shown strong performance as the Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission, contributing to the building and rectification of the Party and political system as well as the prevention and control of corruption and other negative phenomena over the years, he noted.

The Party chief expressed his hope that Tú will promptly perform the new tasks, initially focusing on directing the Party Central Committee’s Office and relevant agencies in making preparations for the Party Congresses at all levels towards the 14th National Party Congress. Lâm asked leaders of the Party Central Committee’s Office and relevant agencies to support and coordinate with Tú to complete his assigned tasks.

For his part, Tú pledged to show a high sense of responsibility and political mettle, inheriting and promoting the experience of his predecessors to meet the increasingly high demands of the Party and people. VNS