On January 26, 2021, the opening ceremony of the 13th National Party Congress was solemnly held at the National Convention Center, Hanoi with the participation of 1,587 delegates, representing 5, 1 million members.
The Presidium of the Congress nationwide
The Congress Secretariat
The theme of the Congress is: “Strengthening the building and rectification of the Party and the political system into purity and strength; rousing the will and determination for national development and promoting the strength of the great national unity bloc in combination with the power of the era; continuing to comprehensively and synchronously accelerate the cause of reform; constructing and firmly safeguarding the Fatherland and maintaining a peaceful and stable environment; and striving to turn Vietnam into a developed, socialist-oriented nation by the middle of the 21st century.”
Politburo member and Standing member of the Party Central Committee (PCC) Tran Quoc Vuong introducing the National Party Congress
Members of the Presidium include: Mr. Nguyen Phu Trong, Party General Secretary, State President; Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister; Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, National Assembly Chairwoman; Mr. Tran Quoc Vuong, Standing member of the Party Central Committee (PCC) Secretariat; Ms. Tong Thi Phong, Vice Standing Chairwoman of the National Assembly; Mr. Truong Hoa Binh, Permanent Deputy Prime Minister; Mr. Pham Minh Chinh, Head of the PCC Organization Commission; Mr. Vo Van Thuong, Head of PCC Commission for Propagation and Education; Ms. Truong Thi Mai, Head of PCC Commission for Mass Mobilization; Mr. Nguyen Van Binh, Head of the PCC Commission for Economic Affairs; Mr. Pham Binh Minh, Deputy Prime Minister and and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Mr. Ngo Xuan Lich, Minister of National Defense; Mr. To Lam, Minister of Public Security; Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue, Secretary of Ha Noi Municipal Party Committee; Mr. Nguyen Thien Nhan, Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Municipal Party Committee; Mr. Hoang Trung Hai, Deputy Head of the Document Drafting for the 13th National Party Congress; Mr. Tran Thanh Man, President of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front.
Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc making an opening remark for the Congress.
Guests invited to the opening ceremony were leaders and former leaders of the Party, the State and the Fatherland Front, former revolutionaries, Heroic Mothers, representatives of intellectuals, artists, religious oganizations and youth.
Party General Secrectary ans State President Nguyen Phu Trong speaking at the event.
With the motto Solidarity-Democracy-Discipline-Creativeness-Development, the 13th Congress defines a further vision to the middle of the twenty-first century, striving to turn the country into a developed, social-oriented country; sets specific goals and tasks to accomplish for each journey; clearly shows inheritance and development, continuity and completeness in the process of building socialism in the country. The specific targets for the country’s important development milestones are: By 2025, to become a developing country with a modern industry and surpassing the middle-low income level to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the liberation of the South and national reunification; By 2030, to be a developing country with a modern industry and high middle income to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Party’s establishment; By 2045, to become a developed country with high income to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
