Central agencies’ Party committee convenes

The Party committee of the centrally-run agencies bloc opened a two-day congress for the 2010-2015 tenure in  the capital city of Hanoi on Dec. 23.
The Party committee of the centrally-run agencies bloc opened a two-day congress for the 2010-2015 tenure in Hanoi on Dec. 23.

A total of 345 delegates representing 56,000 party members from 60 Partycommittees within the bloc are sitting to review the 2007-2010 term anddiscuss directions and tasks for the next term.

Openingthe congress, Hoang Xuan Cu, Party Central Committee member andSecretary of the bloc’s Party Committee, highlighted the congress’theme, “To increase the leadership and combat capacity of Partyorganisations, to promote the general power and successfully completethe Party committee’s tasks set for the 2010-2015 term”.

The Party committee of the central agencies bloc was set up byrestructuring seven Party committees of blocs includes agencies of theParty, State, Fatherland Front, and socio-political organisations andhas functions of advising and designing policies of the Party and State.

On behalf of the Party Political Bureau, Politburo memberTruong Tan Sang praised the efforts exerted by the bloc’s Partycommittee during the past term in strengthening the organisation,streamlining the apparatus, completing tasks and making comprehensivechanges in instructing the implementation of political tasks, buildingthe Party organisation, leading the mass organisations and carrying out acampaign “To learn and follow President Ho’s moral example”. The bloc’sParty committee contributed actively to the national renewal cause overrecent years, said Sang.

Regarding the Party committee’stasks for the 2010-2015 term, Sang stressed the bloc’s agencies would beadvisors to the Party and State to suggest policies and plans toimplement socio-economic development tasks and improve the efficiencyfor advisory agencies of the Party, managing agencies of the State andsocio-political organisations.

He asked the Partycommittee to continue renewing and increasing efficiency of politicaland ideological education, and actively and effectively fight sabotagefrom hostile forces in order to contribute to maintaining the politicalstability and social order of the country./.

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