VietNamNet
Bridge – The list of 175
official members out of 218 candidates of the 11^th Central Committee
of the Communist Party of Vietnam was made public at 10 am, January 18. The
nine members of the 10^th Politburo was re-elected.

The 11^th Politburo members include (in alphabet):
Minister of Public Security Le Hong Anh, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, HCM
City Party Secretary Le Thanh Hai, Deputy PM Nguyen Sinh Hung, Hanoi Party
Secretary Pham Quang Nghi, Chief of the Central Information and Education
Committee To Huy Rua, Permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s
Secretariat Truong Tan Sang, Minister of Defense Phuong Quang Thanh, National
Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong.

Two Deputy Prime Ministers – Hoang Trung Hai and Nguyen
Thien Nhan – and 11 ministers out of 21
ministers and 20 deputy ministers were elected to the 11^th Party
Central Committee.

Of the 175 official members of the Party Central Committee,
the Ministry of Defense accounts for the highest number – 19, followed by the
Ministry of Public Security – 8, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – 3. Deputy PM
and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem is not in the list.

Nguyen Xuan Kien, the only self-running candidate was not
elected.

Party Chief Nong Duc Manh, 71, and President Nguyen Minh
Triet, 69, didn’t participate in the 11^th Party Central Committee.

Twenty-five alternate members were also elected from 64
candidates.

Today, January 18, the 11^th Party Central
Committee will elect the Party Secretary General from nine politburo members.
The 11^th Party Chief will introduce himself to the Congress and
preside over an international press conference on January 19.

The 11 ministers who were elected to the Party Central
Committee include:

Minister of Defense Phung Quang Thanh

Minister of Public Security Le Hong Anh

Minister – Chairman of the Government Office Nguyen Xuan
Phuc

Minister of Finance Vu Van Ninh

Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat

Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen
Thi Kim Ngan

Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh

Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan

Minister – Chairman of the National Committee for Ethnic
Groups Giang Seo Phu

Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Van Giau

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