The decision was made today after the adjusted working agenda of the congress was approved by delegates.

Starting from Thursday afternoon, the nearly 1,600 delegates will dedicate almost three days to hearing reports on the candidates and consider their votes.

The 13th National Party Congress continued discussing personnel affairs during its plenary session in Hà Nội on Friday.

Different plans have been designed to respond to all circumstances, including a worst-case scenario, that could happen to reporters as they cover the ongoing 13th National Party Congress amid the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lê Thị Thu Hằng has said.

The Vietnamese community and US scholars in New York have expressed their belief that the 13th National Party Congress will determine targets and plans for Việt Nam’s future development.

The communist parties of many countries have sent congratulatory messages to the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV), which is being held in Hà Nội from January 25 to February 2.

Moroccan Ambassador to Việt Nam Jamale Chouaibi has highlighted the importance of the 13th National Party Congress, saying the results of the event will have a great influence on Việt Nam’s socio-economic life in the future.

Việt Nam is one of the first countries in the world to issue a program or strategy on National Digital Transformation, putting the country on par with others more advanced in the world, said Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng, Minister of Information and Communications as the 13th Party Congress continued discussion of draft documents.

Việt Nam welcomes positive political, security and socio-economic progress in Central Asia despite the challenges of COVID-19 and hopes the UN Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central Asia (UNRCCA) will maintain its effective activities in the region, according to Ambassador Phạm Hải Anh, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim at the Vietnamese mission to the UN.