The 13^th National Congress of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) officially opens in Ha Noi in the morning of 26 January, with the participation of 1,587 delegates representing more than 5.1 million Party members nationwide.

Delegates vote to approve the working programme of the 13th National Party Congress (Photo: VNA)

Among the delegates, 13.99 percent are women, and 11.03 percent are ethnic minorities.

Guests at the congress include former Party and State leaders, ambassadors and representatives of the diplomatic corps of foreign countries and chief representatives of international organisations in Hanoi, Heroic Mothers, and outstanding youths and intellectuals and representatives from religious organisations.
The Politburo decided to establish 67 delegations, and assign their heads.

The 13^th Congress is an important political event for the entire Party, army and people and a milestone in the development of the Party and the country as a whole. It bears future orientation significance, thus helping boost the country’s renewal, integration and development cause comprehensively and synchronously.

Documents to be submitted to the Congress not only review the implementation of the 12^th Congress’s Resolution in association with the assessment of the 35-year renewal, 30 years implementing the 1991 Platform, 10 years implementing the 2011 Platform (amended) and the 2011-2020 socio-economic development strategy, but also set out the socio-economic development orientations and tasks for 2021 - 2025, as well as the goals and orientations for 2030 and the national development vision to 2045.

This Congress will also review the Party building work and the leadership of the 12^th Party Central Committee, and elect a new Party Central Committee for the 13^th tenure.

According to the approved working programme, after the opening ceremony, the congress will listen to a report by the 12^th Party Central Committee on its leadership. In the afternoon, delegates will work in groups.

Earlier, the congress held a preparatory session on 25 January, during which the congress adopted its working regulations, elected a 17-member Presidium, a five-member secretarial delegation and the delegate eligibility verification board. The session also approved the congress’s working programme, election rules and a report on delegates’ eligibility.

Source: VNA