Vietnam Party chief chairs meeting on personnel in run-up to next Congress

Linh Pham

Mar 20, 2020 / 07:09 PM

Party chief and President Nguyen Phu Trong highlighted the importance of personnel issues in preparing for the upcoming national Congress.

Nguyen Phu Trong, general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and State president, on Thursday chaired a meeting on personnel issues with a view to the 13th National Party Congress that is slated for 2021.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and State President Nguyen Phu Trong. Photo: VNA

The meeting marked the attendance of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Executive Secretary of the Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong, Head of the Central Organization Commission Pham Minh Chinh, and Head of the Central Inspection Commission Tran Cam Tu.

According to Mr. Trong, personnel and political documents are the two most important issues of each congress. The personnel issues are expected to be on debate at the 12th plenum of the Party Central Committee, which is scheduled to take place in May 2020.

Top leaders at the meeting. Photo: VOV

The president requires the Politburo, the country’s most powerful decision-making body, and the Party Central Committee to discuss thoroughly the personnel issues for the next Congress.

At the end of 2019, the Politburo approved the initial selection of 184 key officials for the 13th Congress. The personnel for the Congress will include re-elected members of the Central Party Committee.

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