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Nguyen Thien Nhan stays as Fatherland Front chief

Nguyen Thien Nhan will stay on his top job as President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) in the next five years.
Nguyen Thien Nhan will stay on his top job as President of the VietnamFatherland Front Central Committee (VFFCC) in the next five years, theeighth Front Congress that wrapped up in Hanoi on September 27 hasconcluded.

Nhan voiced hope in his closing speech that thenewly-adopted resolution will be widely spread and put into practice inreal life, together with the five action plans for the 2014-2019 period.

The front’s future duties encompass making the nationalunity bloc stronger via patriotism campaigns; pushing for democracy andlawful, legitimate rights of citizens; supervising and scrutinizingsocial policies; taking part in building a strong Party and localadministration; improving people-to-people diplomacy and enhancinginternational cooperation; perfecting mechanisms and performance of VFFunits.

He vowed to successfully realise the resolution andrenew operations of VFF – an umbrella of socio-economic organisationsall over the country.

The meeting also called on the Vietnamese at home and abroad to join its endeavors.

It adopted the Congress’s Political Report and the revised VFF Charter.

During the next term, the VFFCC will group 383 members.

Vu Trong Kim, member of the Party Central Committee, will also remainin his position as the VFFCC’s General Secretary in the eighth term.-VNA
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