Nguyen Phu Trong has been re-elected as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee in the 13^th tenure at the first plenum of the 13^th Party Central Committee.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, on behalf of the Politburo, congratulates Nguyen Phu Trong on his re-election as Party General Secretary (Photo: VNA)

The first plenum of the 13^th Party Central Committee also elected an 18-member Politburo in Ha Noi on 31 January.

The Politburo members comprise of:
-Nguyen Phu Trong, Party General Secretary and President;
-Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc;
-Pham Minh Chinh, head of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission;
-Vuong Dinh Hue, Secretary of the Ha Noi Party Committee and head of the delegation of National Assembly deputies (14^th tenure) of Ha Noi;
-Tran Tuan Anh, Minister of Industry and Trade and deputy head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission;
-Nguyen Hoa Binh, Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court;
-Luong Cuong, Chairman of the General Department of Politics under the Viet Nam People’s Army;
-Dinh Tien Dung, Minister of Finance;
- Phan Van Giang, Deputy Minister of National Defence and Chief of the General Staff of the Viet Nam People’s Army;
-To Lam, Minister of Public Security;
-Truong Thi Mai, head of the Party Central Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission;
-Tran Thanh Man, President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee;
- Pham Binh Minh, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister;
-Nguyen Van Nen, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee;
-Nguyen Xuan Thang, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council;
-Vo Van Thuong, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Popularisation and Education;
-Phan Dinh Trac, head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs;
-Tran Cam Tu, Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission.

The 13^th Party Central Committee’s Secretariat includes some Politburo members assigned by the Politburo, and five others elected at the first plenum of the 13^th Party Central Committee. Those five are Minister and Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Affairs Do Van Chien; Standing Vice Chairwoman of the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission Bui Thi Minh Hoai; Chief of the Party Central Committee’s Office Le Minh Hung; Inspector General of the Government Inspectorate Le Minh Khai; and Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Viet Nam People’s Army Nguyen Trong Nghia.

The Inspection Commission has 19 members with Tran Cam Tu re-elected as its Chairman.

Source: VNA