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The 11th National
Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) will open at the National
Convention Centre in Hanoi on January 12, 2011 and is expected to last for nine
days.
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Photo: Vietnam+ | The information was released by Pham
Xuan Son, Deputy Head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for External
Affairs, in Hanoi on December 22, at a conference preceding the event to inform
diplomatic corps and international organisations in Vietnam. This is an important political event
of the Vietnamese Party, State and people, Mr Son said, adding that it is
expected to draw the participation of nearly 1,400 delegates who represent more
than 3.6 million Party members in 54,000 grassroots Party organisations. Besides a strong contingent of local
journalists, more than 150 foreign reporters from international news agencies
will cover the event, he said. The congress will discuss and
approve a political report by the CPV Central Committee (tenth tenure), a report
reviewing the 20-year implementation of the platform on national construction in
the transition to socialism, and a detailed draft report that sums up the
implementation of the 2011-2010 national socio-economic development strategy.
It is also expected to give approval
to the platform on national construction in the transition to socialism (revised
and supplemented in 2011), the 2011-2020 national socio-economic development
strategy as well as the amended Party Statute. The congress will elect a new CPVCC
for the 11th tenure of 2011-2015, the highest body of the CPV leadership between
the two congresses. The entire Party members and
Vietnamese people of all strata, including those living abroad – actively
contributed comments to draft documents for submission to the 11th
National Party Congress. On the basis of the high consensus
and determination of the whole Party, people and army during the discussion and
formulation of the Congress’s documents, the CPV defined the theme of the 11th
National Party Congress as follows: “Continuing to strengthen the Party’s
leadership and combative capacity, promoting the aggregate strength of the
entire nation, stepping up the renewal comprehensively and creating a foundation
for Vietnam to become a modern industrialised country by 2020”.
In the next five years, Vietnam strives to attain a GDP growth rate of 7-8
percent per year with a per-capita income reaching US$2,100 in 2015, 1.7 times
higher than that of 2010. According to Mr. Son, the CPV
affirms its intention to continue using Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh
thoughts as its ideological foundation. Vietnam is consistent in the path of
national development towards socialism and implementing a foreign policy of
independence, self-control, peace, cooperation and development;
multilateralisation and diversification of relations; taking the initiative in
international integration; and becoming a friend, a reliable partner and a
responsible member of the international community for the interests of the
nation and for a rich and powerful Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 11th
Congress to lay foundation for modern industrial country The
14th meeting of the Communist Party of Viet Nam’s Central Committee, 10th
tenure, wrapped up in Ha Noi yesterday, Dec 22, after 10 days working. Speaking at the
closing ceremony, Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh said officials discussed
and endorsed amendments to draft documents put forward by Party congresses,
National Assembly deputies, the Fatherland Front, mass organisations, officials,
Party members, the people and overseas Vietnamese. The amendments will be
submitted to the 11th National Party Congress. The 11th Congress will
open on January 12 to decide the nation’s top issues. The five-yearly event will
last for nine days. The suggestions
covered a wide range of fields but all were earnest and reflected concerns about
the country’s renewal and development process. They demonstrate a wish for the
Party to be cleaner and stronger and to see the country develop rapidly and
sustainably, Manh said. He went on to say that
the meeting discussed the country’s renewal process over the last 25 years.
Committee members also discussed progress over the last 20 years since the
implementation of the 1991 Platform, the socio-economic development strategy
that was implemented 10 years ago and the 10th National Party Congress
Resolution that was introduced five years ago. The meeting also
looked into strengths and shortcomings of the country’s leadership, its
performance, lessons learnt, the country’s current situation and emerging issues
that need to be addressed. Members also made
amendments to set targets, tasks, policies and major solutions, particularly in
regard to human resources, social progress, equality, the building of new rural
areas, environmental protection, natural disaster prevention and climate change. They also reviewed
ways to combat corruption. The draft documents to
be submitted to the Congress had been completed and were the result of an
immense amount of work by the Party and the people, Manh said. Vice chairman of the
CPV’s Commission of External Affairs Pham Xuan Son said at a press briefing with
heads of diplomatic delegations and international organisations that the
congress was a major political event for the Party, State and people of Viet
Nam. The congress will set
out to improve the Party’s leadership, examine national strengths and lay the
foundations for a modern industrial country by 2020. The Party elites will
discuss and approve major documents, including national construction in the
transitional period to socialism, the socio-economic development strategy for
2011-20, and a 10th Congress review of targets during the past five years and
proposing targets for the next five. According to Son,
about 1,400 delegates representing 3.6 million Party members from both inside
and outside Viet Nam will attend. In the five-year
period from 2011-15, Viet Nam will strive for an annual GDP growth rate of 7-8
per cent and per capita income of more than US$2,100 by 2015 – 1.7 times higher
than this year. Son said preparations
for the congress were almost complete. Diplomatic delegations and
representatives of international organisations in Viet Nam have been invited to
attend opening and closing sessions. VNN/VOV/VNS | 
