National conference to disseminate and implement Resolution 11 of the 13th Central Committee

At Dien Hong Hall, National Assembly House, comrades: To Lam - General Secretary; Luong Cuong - Politburo member, President; Pham Minh Chinh - Politburo member, Prime Minister; Tran Thanh Man - Politburo member, National Assembly Chairman; Tran Cam Tu - Politburo member, Standing member of the Party Central Committee Secretariat, attended and directed the conference.

Attending the conference were Politburo members, former Politburo members, Secretariat members, Central Party Executive Committee members, leaders of central departments, ministries, branches, and organizations...

The conference was connected online to the connecting points at provincial, municipal and central party committees; central departments, ministries, branches, public service units and district and commune-level connecting points nationwide with more than 21,000 connecting points and 1.5 million delegates attending.

At the Nghe An provincial bridge, the conference was attended by comrades: Nguyen Duc Trung - Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Hoang Nghia Hieu - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council; Le Hong Vinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Vo Thi Minh Sinh - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial Fatherland Front Committee, Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation; and comrades in the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, the Provincial Party Committee Executive Committee, the Provincial Party Committee Inspection Committee; former members of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Heads and deputy heads of departments, branches, sectors, unions under the province, the Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations...

On April 12, 2025, the Central Executive Committee issued Resolution No. 60-NQ/TW of 2025 on the 11th Conference of the 13th Party Central Executive Committee.

In particular, the Party Central Committee approved the basic contents of the draft documents submitted to the 14th Congress: Political report of the 13th Party Central Committee at the 14th National Congress of the Party; Summary report on a number of theoretical and practical issues on the socialist-oriented renovation process over the past 40 years in Vietnam.

Report of the 13th Party Central Committee on summarizing Party building work and implementing the Party Charter to be submitted to the 14th National Party Congress; Report on evaluating 5 years of implementing the 10-year Socio-Economic Development Strategy 2021-2030; directions and tasks for socio-economic development in the 5-year period 2026-2030.

Basically agree on the Project on the direction of the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term.

The Party Central Committee agreed on the policy of organizing local government at two levels: provincial level (provinces, centrally-run cities), communal level (communes, wards, special zones under provinces, cities); ending the operation of district-level administrative units from July 1, 2025 after the Resolution amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution and the Law on Organization of Local Government 2025 (amended) comes into effect.

Agree that the number of provincial-level administrative units after the merger is 34 provinces and cities; the names and political-administrative centers of provincial-level administrative units after the arrangement are determined according to the principles stated in the Submission and Project of the Government Party Committee.

Agreeing to merge commune-level administrative units ensures that the country reduces the number of commune-level administrative units by about 60-70% compared to present.

Agree with the policy of arranging, streamlining and merging the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations, and mass organizations assigned by the Party and State at the central, provincial and communal levels as stated in the Report and Project of the Party Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and Central organizations; the arrangement and streamlining of the apparatus must ensure close proximity to the grassroots and localities, and care for the legitimate and legal rights and interests of the people and members of their organizations.

Agree on the policy of ending the activities of civil servant unions and armed forces unions; reduce the level of union dues paid by union members.

Regarding the organizational system of People's Courts and People's Procuracies at all levels: Agree on the policy of arranging and streamlining the apparatus of People's Courts and People's Procuracies; the organizational system of People's Courts and People's Procuracies has 3 levels: Supreme People's Court and People's Procuracy, provincial level, and regional level. End the operation of People's Courts and People's Procuracies at high level and People's Courts and People's Procuracies at district level.

Regarding the local party organization system: Agree on the policy of establishing local party organizations corresponding to the provincial and communal administrative systems.

End the activities of the district-level Party Committee (district, town, city, district under province, city under central government). Establish party organizations corresponding to provincial and commune-level administrative units in accordance with the Party Charter and regulations of the Central Government.

Basically agree on the content of amendments and supplements to Regulation No. 232-QD/TW, dated January 20, 2025 of the Party Central Committee on the implementation of the Party Charter; Regulation No. 22-QD/TW, dated July 28, 2021 and Regulation No. 262-QD/TW, dated February 3, 2025 of the Party Central Committee on the inspection, supervision and discipline work of the Party.

Basically agree on the content of amendments and supplements to Directive No. 35-CT/TW, dated June 14, 2024 and Conclusion No. 118-KL/TW, dated January 18, 2025 of the Politburo on party congresses at all levels towards the 14th National Congress of the Party.

Agree on the policy of amending and supplementing the Constitution and laws of the State related to regulations on the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations; regulations on local governments to serve the arrangement of the apparatus of the political system; ensure completion before June 30, 2025, effective from July 1, 2025; stipulate a transition period to ensure smooth, uninterrupted operations, in accordance with the planned arrangement and merger roadmap.