The Party Central Committee also debateda report on the socio-economic situation and state budget in 2019, thesocio-economic development and state budget plan for 2020 and a number of otherimportant issues.
Party General Secretary and PresidentNguyen Phu Trong chaired and delivered opening and closing speeches at the meeting.
1. The Party Central Committee discussedand gave opinions on draft reports to be submitted to the 13th National Party Congress: The draftPolitical Report; the draftreport on the 10-year implementation of thePlatform on national construction during the transitional period to socialism (revised andsupplemented in 2011); the draftreport summarising the implementation of the socio-economicstrategy in the 2011-2020 period and the building of asocio-economic development strategy for the 2021-2030 period; the draft report reviewing the outcomes of implementing the socio-economicdevelopment tasks in the 2016-2020 period and socio-economic development orientationsand tasks for the 2021-2025 period; and thedraft report reviewing the implementation of Party building work andenforcement of the Party Statute of the12th term.
The Party Central Committeeassigned the Political Bureau, based on the opinions discussed by the PartyCentral Committee and the Political Bureau’s report on acquirement andexplanation, to complete the aforesaid draft documents for the deployment of nextsteps.
The Party Central Committeeagreed to propose the 13th National Party Congress maintain thecurrent Party Statute (not supplemented, revised); and assign the PoliticalBureau to acquire opinions of the Party Central Committee and suggestions from party committees at alllevels and party organizations to adjust through regulations and instructionsof the Party Central Committee, Political Bureau and Secretariat.
2. The Party Central Committeedebated and gave ideas on the report on the socio-economic situation and theimplementation of state budget in 2019; the socio-economic development plan for2020; state budget estimate for 2020 and the finance-budget plan for 2020-2022.
The Party Central Committee entrustedthe Political Bureau, based on the opinions discussed by the Party Central Committeeand the Political Bureau’s report on acquirement and explanation, to completethe documents and issue conclusions; and instruct the Government’s Party CivilAffairs Committee to complete the report for submission to the 8th sessionof the 14th National Assembly for consideration and decision.
3. The Party Central Committeeconsidered, discussed and put forth suggestions to documents: a report on thePolitical Bureau’s settlement of important issues since the 10th plenary meeting of the 12th Party Central Committee and a report onthe party finance work in 2018.
4. The Party Central Committee elected four more members of the 12th Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission;considered and decided to expel Nguyen Bac Son, former member of the10th-tenure Party Central Committee and former deputy head of the Party CentralCommittee’s Commission for Information and Education; and Truong Minh Tuan,member of the 12th-tenure Party Central Committee, deputy head of the PartyCentral Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, former Secretaryof the Party Civil Affairs Committee and former Minister of Information andCommunications from the Party.
5. The Party Central Committeecalled on the entire Party, people and army to strengthen solidarity and unity,uphold the important and comprehensive achievements gained in the first ninemonths of 2019; spare no efforts to overcome difficulties and challenges;resolutely and persistently struggle to firmly safeguard the country’sindependence, sovereignty, unification and territorial integrity; firmlymaintain the peaceful and stable environment; accomplish the targets and tasksset for 2019-2020 and the whole tenure of the 12th National PartyCongress; and successfully organize party congresses at all levels towards the13th National Party Congress./.