The 14th National Congress of the Party will have 1,588 delegates attending.
According to the Communist Party of Vietnam Information Portal, General Secretary To Lam recently signed and issued Decision No. 341 on the number and allocation of delegates to attend the 14th National Congress of the Party.
Accordingly, the number of delegates attending the 14th National Congress of the Party is 1,588, including: 165 delegates who are members of the 13th Party Central Committee; 353 delegates elected according to regulations in 11 provincial and municipal Party Committees that did not merge and the Party Committee of the Army and the Central Public Security Party Committee.
In addition, there are 1,070 delegates appointed at 23 provincial and municipal Party Committees implementing the merger and Party Committees of Central Party agencies; Government Party Committee; National Assembly Party Committee; Fatherland Front Party Committee and Central mass organizations; and delegates at Party Committees abroad.
The decision clearly states that delegates to the 14th National Congress of the Party will be allocated according to the Party Committees directly under the Central Committee, the number of Party members of each Party Committee, the important positions of some Party Committees and a number of delegates appointed according to the provisions of the Party Charter.
According to the Central focal point:
For party committees not subject to merger: Each party committee is allocated 13 delegates.
For provincial and municipal party committees merging two party committees: Each party committee is allocated 24 delegates (an increase of 11 delegates/party committee).
For the provincial and municipal party committees merging into 3 party committees: Each party committee is allocated 35 delegates (an increase of 22 delegates/party committee).
By number of party members (as of July 1): The Party Committees directly under the Central Committee are allocated one delegate for every 12,000 party members. If there are 6,001 or more party members remaining, one more delegate will be allocated.
According to the important position of some party committees:
Hanoi Party Committee was allocated 10 more delegates.
Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee was allocated 10 more delegates.
The Military Party Committee was allocated 10 more delegates.
The Central Public Security Party Committee was allocated 10 more delegates.
The Party Committees of the Central Party agencies were allocated 25 additional delegates.
The Government Party Committee was allocated 25 more delegates.
The National Assembly Party Committee was allocated 8 more delegates.
The Party Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and Central mass organizations were allocated 8 additional delegates.
The 15 delegates appointed from overseas party organizations are party secretaries, ambassadors, and heads of Vietnamese delegations abroad.
Based on this decision, the Politburo provides guidance on the standards, structure of delegates and the specific allocation of the number of delegates to each Party Committee directly under the Central Committee; and assigns the Central Organizing Committee to announce the number of delegates allocated to each Party Committee.
