Piloting online party activities at grassroots party committees and party cells with specific and special characteristics

Vinh Tien village Party cell, Hanh Dich commune, Que Phong district, meeting with Party committee and Party cell activities. Photo: Document

About scope and object: The pilot is for grassroots party committees, only committees with more than half of the party members (except party members exempted from party work and activities, or suspended from party activities) due to special working conditions or in special circumstances where party activities cannot be conducted directly at the same location can pilot online party activities, specifically as follows:

Special propertiesParty members who live, work, labor, and study in a large area, including: Party members outside of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad; Party members working at agencies, organizations, and units headquartered in many different provinces and centrally-run cities. Party members who live, work, labor, and study irregularly and intermittently at the same location, including: Party members who work far from their place of residence, Party members who are students during summer vacation. Party members who are performing duties and cannot leave their work positions, including: Party members in armed forces, medical units, and forest rangers; Party members who are crew members working on international ships, marine projects, and islands.

Special circumstancesParty members in areas affected by natural disasters, areas with prolonged isolation or epidemics must practice isolation and social distancing and are not allowed to gather in large numbers according to the provisions of law.On party activities according to party cellsFor party cells that are allowed to pilot party activities according to party groups, they are party cells with 50 or more party members and have established party groups.

In principle,Specifically: Piloting online party activities at grassroots party committees and party cells of a special nature or in special circumstances (including party committee activities and activities of affiliated party organizations) is only carried out in places with sufficient conditions.IT Infrastructure. The organization of party activities at grassroots party committees and party cells of a special nature or in special circumstances is a combination of direct and online forms; party members within the scope and subjects specified in this Guide are allowed to participate in online party activities with the party organization. In cases where all party members of a party organization cannot gather at the same location, online party activities shall be held for all party members. Grassroots party committees with special nature shall apply online activities no more than once a year; party cells with special nature shall apply no more than three times a year. Grassroots party committees and party cells due to special circumstances are allowed to participate in online party activities, then immediately after returning to normal, they must participate in in-person party activities according to regulations. Pilot party cells conducting party activities in party groups instead of meeting the entire party cell shall apply no more than three times a year.

The Party Cell of the Provincial Agencies Bloc Party Committee organizes activities online.

Party activities content: Piloting online party activities at grassroots party committees, party cells with special characteristics or in special circumstances and party activities in party groups at party cells with many party members must fully implement party activities according to regulations and instructions of the Central Committee.

Content not implementedIn the pilot online party activities and party activities in party groups: (1) Organizational and personnel work; considering admitting party members, officially transferring to the party, deciding to remove party members' names, considering allowing party members to leave the party. (2) Inspection, supervision, and enforcement of party discipline; emulation and rewards; reviewing, detecting, screening, and removing unqualified party members from the party; internal political protection work; confidential issues according to Party and State regulations; contents related to secret ballots; reviewing self-criticism and criticism, evaluating and classifying the quality of party organizations and party members, and deciding on major and important policies.

How to organize party activities: Online party activities must follow all the same steps as in-person party activities, ensuring seriousness, quality, and compliance with regulations and instructions of the Central Committee.On party activities according to party cells: (1) Before conducting party activities by party group, the Party cell must meet, orient the content, assign only the member in charge to attend the party group activities; if necessary, the Party cell leader who is not a Party cell member may be invited to attend the meeting. (2) Procedure for conducting party group activities: The Party cell leader chairs and directs the meeting; Party members in the Party cell discuss, participate, contribute opinions and vote on the contents of the Party activities and the draft conclusion or resolution of the Party cell (if any); record the meeting minutes (number of Party members attending the meeting, opinions, opinions that are different or not in agreement with the draft conclusion or resolution of the Party cell, opinions that need to be reserved, etc.). The Party cell leader synthesizes the discussion opinions to report to the Party cell, no later than 1 day after the Party cell meeting. (3) After the Party activities by party group, the Party cell synthesizes the results of the Party activities in the Party cells; Meet, discuss, and receive comments from party members to supplement and perfect the content of party cell activities (if necessary, invite the party cell leader who is not a party cell committee member to attend the meeting); approve conclusions or resolutions of the party cell (if any); assign tasks to party members and implement them.

The pilot implementation of online party activities takes effect from the date of signing until the end of the day.30/6/2025.