Delegates vote on some issues in the Congress documents

Delegates to the 11th National Party Congress voted on some issues in the congress documents at a plenary session held in Hanoi on January 18 before announcing the official list of members to the 11th Party Central Committee.

On behalf of the Presidium, Politburo member, National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong chaired the session.

Truong Tan Sang, Politburo member and Permanent member of the Party\'s Central Committee’s Secretariat delivered a report on major controversial issues in the documents.

On January 12-14, delegates worked in groups to discuss the Congress documents in a frank manner. They agreed that the documents submitted to the congress referred to important matters and reflected the real situation of the Party and the country. They are collections of valuable opinions from the grassroots party organisations and people which have reached a high consensus on major theoretical and practical issues.

Mr Sang also presented some important issues related to the congress theme, draft platform (supplemented and developed in 2011), the Socio-economic Development Strategy for the 2011-2020 period and some supplements to the Party’s charters and a report reviewing the leadership and guidance of the 10th Party Central Committee.

At the session, delegates also gave opinions on characteristics of a socialist orientation in Vietnam, the nature of the Party, the building of military force, and challenges that Vietnam will face in the next years.

National Assembly Chairman Trong stated that the Party Central Committee agreed to make no amendments to the 1991 Political Platform or to the Party’s charters.