Party Central Committee’s 8th plenum concludes
Hanoi (VNA) – The 8th plenum of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam wrapped up in Hanoi on
October 6 after five days of working, completing all items on the agenda.
In his closing speech, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said the Party Central Committee and other delegates had carefully studied and discussed in depth the submitted reports and proposals.
The Party Central Committee took
note of positive changes in socio-economic situation in the first nine months
of 2018 thanks to efforts of the entire Party, people and armed forces.
The committee pinpointed and
analysed difficulties, challenges and potential factors that can affect
national development, and agreed that more efforts are needed to fulfil the
targets and tasks of 2018.
In 2019, it is necessary to
continue strengthening macro-economic foundation, controlling inflation and
enhancing capacity to respond to abnormal changes in the market, especially the
world market; maintain the growth momentum on the basis of further improving
the environment and business environment, raising productivity, quality,
efficiency and competitiveness of the economy in association with accelerating
three strategic breakthroughs, economic restructuring and growth model
renovation.
Besides, the Party Central
Committee stressed the need to promote administrative and judicial reform,
streamline the organisation and apparatus. Along with economic growth,
attention should be paid to socio-cultural development, environmental
protection, improvement of social welfare and living conditions, while strengthening
national defence and security, maintaining political stability and social order
and safety, proactively pushing forward with international integration and
external relations.
The Party Central Committee
reached high consensus about assessments of the outcomes of the implementation
of Resolution 09, and unanimously agreed to issue a new resolution on the
strategy for sustainable development of the sea-based economy to 2030 with a
vision to 2045.
The committee stressed the
resolution and persistence to defend national independence, sovereignty,
territorial integrity, national interests in waters and islands subject to
national sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction, while settling
disputes by peaceful measures on the basis of international law including the 1982
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, thus ensuring a peaceful, stable
environment, national security and social order and safety in waters and
islands for sustainable economic development.
Party General Secretary Trong stressed
that attention should be paid to education and popularization work to raise awareness
and consensus within the Party and among the public during the implementation
of the resolution.
The committee reached high consensus on
the release of regulations on the responsibility for setting example of Party
members and officials, especially Politburo members, members of the Party
Central Committee’s Secretariat and the Party Central Committee. The committee assigned
the Politburo to consider feedback in written form from Party Central Committee
members and finalise the regulations for early issuance.
The Party Central Committee decided to establish
five sub-committees to prepare for the 13th National Party Congress.
The sub-committees will take charge of congress’s documents; socio-economic
issues; Party statutes; personnel matters; and organizational work,
respectively.
The committee agreed to introduce
General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong as a candidate for the post of State President,
to be elected in the 14th National Assembly’s sixth session. It elected two
additional members to its Inspection Commission.
The committee reviewed and decided to
take disciplinary measures against Nguyen Bac Son, former member of the Party
Central Committee, former Secretary of the Party Committee and former Minister
of Information and Communications by stripping his positions as a member in the
11th Party Central Committee and Secretary of the Party Committee of
the ministry for the 2011-2016 tenure.
It also decided to take disciplinary measures against Tran Van Minh, former
member of the Party Central Committee, former deputy head of the Party Central
Committee’s Organisation Commission, former Vice Secretary of the Da Nang City
Party Committee and former Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee by
expelling him from the Party.
Concluding the eighth plenum, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said the country has seen positive and comprehensive
development in multiple fields in 2018 but many challenges remain ahead. He
urged each committee’s member to focus on their work to effectively implement
the session’s resolutions, conclusions and regulations, contributing to the
fulfillment of the country’s socio-economic development goals in 2018 and the
following years. –VNA