The election took place at a meeting convened by the Party Central Committee in Hanoi on August 3.
Speaking at a press conference held on the same day to announce the outcomes of the 13th Party Central Committee’s meeting, General Secretary and President To Lam said the passing of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, an exceptionally outstanding leader and a staunch communist party member with great prestige of the Party, State and people, who fully embodied the qualities, talent, mettle and wisdom of the generation of Vietnamese leaders in the renewal period, is an extremely great loss that cannot be compensated for the Party, nation and people. At this moment, the entire Party, people, army and international friends are still deeply moved and filled with immense sorrow for our exceptionally eminent leader.
However, given the urgent and regular requirements and tasks of the Party and State in the cause of national construction and development and care for people’s lives, the Political Bureau and the Party Central Committee have decided to strengthen the leadership positions of the Party and the State, first of all the position of the General Secretary of the Party Central Committee./.
