The Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee, 12th tenure, opened its 14th Plenum in Hà Nội on Monday. — VNA/VNS Photo Trí Dũng

HÀ NỘI — The 14th Plenum of the 12th-tenure Communist Party of Việt Nam Central Committee began in Hà Nội on Monday under the chair of Party General Secretary and State President Nguyễn Phú Trọng.

Participants during the week-long meeting are scheduled to discuss the summing up of ideas contributed by Party congresses at all levels, the National Assembly, the Việt Nam Fatherland Front (VFF), socio-political organisations, officials, Party members and people nationwide to the draft key documents – including socio-economic reviews and strategy for the next ten years and political reports – of the upcoming 13th National Party Congress –– slated for early 2021 before approving changes.

The drafts have been open to the public for feedback since October 20.

The participants will introduce candidates to the highest political positions of the country – including the Politburo and the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat for the 13th tenure – and finalise draft election regulations and working rules of the 13th National Party Congress, along with a number of other important matters.

As of November 20, 67 centrally-run Party organisations sent their reports summarising opinions to the draft documents of the 13th National Party Congress. Meanwhile, opinions gathered by the VFF and the National Assembly were also sent to the Party Central Committee. The opinions and feedback, which amount to a total of 1,400 pages, were classified and summarised into a 200-page report.

Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng chaired the meeting and made the opening speech on Monday. — VNA/VNS Photo Trí Dũng

Addressing the event, Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng asked members of the Party Central Committee to carefully discuss the report summing up opinions to the draft documents and give their ideas on supplementations and adjustments.

At the same time, the Party leader requires the Party Central Committee to make sharp arguments to dismiss wrongful opinions that are opposed to the fundamental viewpoints and orientation as affirmed in the Statute of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (with supplements in 2011) and the 2013 Constitution.

The Party leader also stressed the importance of personnel work at this session, noting that on November 20, the Politburo passed a decision approving the personnel planning for the Politburo and Party Central Committee’s Secretariat in the 13th tenure.

He said the personnel planning will be submitted to the Party Central Committee at this session for discussion and voting.

The Vietnamese top leader asked that all members of the central committee carefully scrutinise the planning, make prudent deliberations, put the interests of the Party and the country and the people first and foremost, have thorough discussions, and give honest and straightforward and responsible opinions, foster unity and consensus in the voting for the personnel chosen for the 13th-tenure Politburo and Party Central Committee’s Secretariat.

Regarding the building of the draft working and election regulations of the 13th National Party Congress, Trọng emphasised that regulations must ensure democracy while strictly following the Party’s principles and rules to maximise the joint wisdom of all delegates with members of the 12th Party Central Committee and heads of delegations to play the leading role.

The session will also give opinions on several reports, including those reviewing the performance of the 12th Party Central Committee in leadership and direction, and the implementation of the working rules of the committee, the Politburo and the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat in the 12th tenure, among others.

The 14th Plenum is scheduled to run until December 20. — VNS

(From left to right): Trần Quốc Vượng, Politburo member, Chairman of the Party Central Committee's Inspection Commission as the Permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat; Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Politburo member; Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng; and National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân, Politburo member, at the 14th session of the 12th-tenure Party Central Committee meeting on Monday in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Trí Dũng