First working day of 12th session of Party Central Committee takes place

The 12th-tenure Party Central Committee kicked off its 12th session in Hanoi on the morning of May 11.

Monday, May 11, 2020 19:12

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The 12th session of the 12th-tenure Party Central Committee was opened in Hanoi on May 11 (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) - The 12th-tenureParty Central Committee kicked off its 12th session in Hanoi on themorning of May 11.

Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen XuanPhuc chaired the first working day of the session on behalf of the Politburo.

During the plenary sitting in the morning,Politburo member and Permanent Member of the Party Central Committee’sSecretariat Tran Quoc Vuong delivered a report for members of the Party CentralCommittee to give opinions on the 12th session’s agenda.

Party General Secretary and State PresidentNguyen Phu Trong presented the opening address at the session.

Pham Minh Chinh, Politburo member, Secretary ofthe Party Central Committee, and Chairman of the Party Central Committee’sOrganisation Commission, then delivered a Politburo report reviewing personnel tasksfor the 12th-tenure Party Central Committee and proposedorientations for personnel tasks for the 13th-tenure Party CentralCommittee.

He also read another report from the Politburo summarisingthe allocation of delegates to the 10th, 11th, and 12th national Party congresses and the devising of standards, structure, and numberof delegates, and the planned allocation of delegates to the 13th National Party Congress.

Meanwhile, Politburo member and NationalAssembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan delivered a report from the legislature’sParty delegation on planned orientations for the election of deputies to the 15th-tenureNA and all-level People’s Councils for the 2021-2026 term.

In the afternoon, officials held groupdiscussions on documents relevant to personnel tasks of the Party CentralCommittee and the allocation of delegates to national Party congresses.

This 12th session is scheduled tolast until May 14./.

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