Opening of the 11th Conference of the Party Central Committee (12th tenure)

On the morning of October 7, the 11th Conference of the Central Executive Committee (12th tenure) solemnly opened in Hanoi.

General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong chaired the conference. Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired the opening session.

Scene of a working day of the Central Conference. Source: VNA

The conference approved the working program. Accordingly, from October 7-13, the Central Committee focused on discussing and giving opinions on the draft documents to be submitted to the 13th National Party Congress: Draft Political Report and Draft Report on 10 years of implementing the Platform for national construction in the transitional period to socialism (supplemented and developed in 2011); Draft Report summarizing 10 years of implementing the Socio-Economic Strategy 2011 - 2020, building the Socio-Economic Development Strategy 2021 - 2030; Report summarizing 5 years of implementing Party building work, implementing the Party Charter of the 12th term.

At this conference, the Central Committee will also give opinions on the implementation of socio-economic tasks and the state budget in 2019-2020 and a number of other important issues.

In his opening speech at the conference, General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong stated that 2020 is the final year of the 12th term and the year in which Party Congresses at all levels will take place leading up to the 13th National Congress of the Party. Therefore, the content of this Central Conference's agenda is very important for leading and directing the successful completion of tasks for 2019-2020 as well as the entire term and successfully organizing Party Congresses at all levels leading up to the 13th National Congress of the Party.

The General Secretary and President asked the Central Committee members and conference attendees to uphold a high sense of responsibility to the Party, the people and the country, focus their intelligence on research, thorough discussion, and comments to continue perfecting the draft reports and consider and decide on other important issues in the meeting's agenda.