1,587 delegates to attend 13th National Party Congress

Head of the Party Central Committee's Commission for Information and Education Vo Van Thuong (C) chairs the press conference (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - Up to 1,587 delegates representing more than 5.1million Party members nationwide will attend the 13th National PartyCongress from January 25 to February 2, up nearly 80 delegates against the 12th Congress and the largest number among the 13 congresses.

The figures were released by deputy head of the PartyCentral Committee’s Organisation Commission Mai Van Chinh at a press conferenceon the threshold of the opening ceremony of the 13th Congress at theNational Convention Centre on January 22.

According to Chinh, among the delegates, 13.99 percent arewomen, and 11.03 percent are ethnic minorities.

Guests at the congress include former Party and Stateleaders, ambassadors and representatives of the diplomatic corps of foreigncountries and chief representatives of international organisations in Hanoi,Heroic Mothers, and outstanding youths and intellectuals and representativesfrom religious organisations.

The Politburo decided to establish 67 delegations, andassign their heads.

Deputy Chief of the Office of the Party Central Committee Nguyen Dac Vinh (Photo: VNA)

Deputy Chief of the Office of the Party Central CommitteeNguyen Dac Vinh affirmed that the 13th Congress is a political eventwith future orientation significance, thus helping boost the country’s renewal,integration and development cause comprehensively and synchronously.

The preparation work has received special attention fromthe Party Central Committee and its Politburo and Secretariat. At present, allare basically complete.

The content and working agenda of the 13th Congress will focus on reviewing the implementation of the 12th Congress’s Resolution in association with the assessment of the 35-yearrenewal, 30 years implementing the 1991 Platform, 10 years implementingthe 2011 Platform (amended) and the 2011-2020 socio-economic developmentstrategy, while setting out the socio-economic development orientations andtasks for 2021 - 2025, as well as the goals and orientations for 2030 and thenational development vision to 2045. This Congress will also review the Partybuilding work and the leadership of the 12th Party CentralCommittee, and elect a new Party Central Committee for the 13th tenure.

To serve communication work, Le Manh Hung, deputy head of the PartyCentral Committee’s Commission for Information and Education said a presscentre was opened to serve the upcoming 13th National Party Congress.

Reporters work at press centre (Photo: VNA)

The centre offers the best conditions possible for the workof nearly 500 reporters and technicians from 191 domestic news agencies as wellas more than 160 reporters from 110 foreign media outlets, of whom close to 100will cover the event online, Hung added./.

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