Congress delegates pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh

Delegates to the 13th National Party Congress paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi early January 25 ahead of the congress’s preparatory session.
Congress delegates pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh ảnh 1Delegates to the 13th National Party Congress pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh ahead of the congress's preparatory session. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Delegates to the 13th National PartyCongress paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi early January25 ahead of the congress’s preparatory session.

The delegates include Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Politburomember and Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, Secretaryof the Party Central Committee and President of the Vietnam Fatherland FrontTran Thanh Man, and other members of the Politburo and the Secretariat of theParty Central Committee.

The delegates expressed their profound gratitude to the late President – thenational liberation hero, who devoted his whole life and laid the ideologicalfoundation to the Party’s revolutionary cause.

They vowed to follow President Ho Chi Minh’s path, and will strive to build aclean and strong Party, protect the nation, maintain peace and stability, andwork to develop Vietnam into a modern industrial country soon.

Congress delegates pay tribute to President Ho Chi Minh ảnh 2The delegation then laid a wreath at the Monument to Heroes and Fallen Soldiers. (Photo: VNA)

The delegation then laid a wreath at the Monument to Heroes and Fallen Soldiers.

The 13th National Party Congress, which takes place from January 25to February 2, 2021 in Hanoi, is an important political event of the Party,military and people. It is a milestone in the Party and State’s development.

A total of 1,587 delegates representing more than 5.1 million Party membersnationwide are attending the event.

Guests at the congress include former Party and State leaders, ambassadors andforeign ambassadors and chief representatives of international organisations inHanoi, representatives of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, outstanding youths andintellectuals, and representatives from religious organisations.

The working agenda of the 13th Congress will focus on reviewing theimplementation of the 12th Congress’s Resolution in association with assessing the35-year renewal cause, 30 years implementing the 1991 Platform, 10 yearsimplementing the 2011 Platform (amended) and the 2011-2020 socio-economicdevelopment strategy. The Congress will also define the socio-economicdevelopment orientations and tasks for 2021 - 2025, as well as the goals andorientations for 2030 and the national development vision to 2045. ThisCongress will also review Party building work and the leadership of the PartyCentral Committee in the 12th tenure, and elect a new Party CentralCommittee for the 13th tenure./.
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