Party Central Committee’s 8th session opens

The 12th Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee convened its eighth session on October 2.
Party Central Committee’s 8th session opens ảnh 1An overview of the session (Source: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – The 12th Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) CentralCommittee convened its eighth session on October 2.

The session attracts the participation of 223 delegates,including 176 official members of the CPV Central Committee and 20 alternatemembers.

This session reviews the 10-year implementation of theresolution of the 10th Party Central Committee’s 4th session on the VietnamMaritime Strategy towards 2020.

Before starting the session, participants devoted a minuteof silence to remember former General Secretary of the CPV Central Committee DoMuoi and President Tran Dai Quang who just passed away.

Reports on the country’s socio-economic situation and Statebudget in 2018 and a socio-economic development plan and budget estimates for2019 are also on the agenda.

The session is slated to examine draft regulations relatedto the responsibility for setting example of Party members and officials,especially Politburo members, members of the Party Central Committee’sSecretariat and the Party Central Committee; and consider the establishment ofsub-committees in preparation for the 13th Party Congress.

Personnel work is also a topic in the working agenda, alongwith several other important issues.

The Party Central Committee is expected to issue conclusionson the socio-economic development situation and State budget in 2018 and asocio-economic development plan and budget estimates for 2019, adopt aresolution of Vietnam’s sustainable sea-based economic development strategy,and issue regulations on the responsibility for setting example of Partymembers and officials, as well as decisions on the establishment ofsub-committees in preparation for the 13th Party Congress.

The session will last until October 6.-VNA
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