The fifth working day of the 13th National Party Congress transpired in Hanoi on January 30 under the chair of Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong.

In the plenary session in the morning, the Congress approved the adjustment of its agenda. Accordingly, the Congress is set to conclude on February 1, one day sooner than planned.

Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the Party Central Committee’s Organisation Commission Pham Minh Chinh gave the Presidium’s report on the outcomes of delegates’ discussions on the 12th Party Central Committee’s report on personnel work for the 13th Party Central Committee.

The Congress later elected a Vote Counting Committee, and approved the lists of candidates to the 13th Party Central Committee (both official and alternative ones).

In the afternoon, Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee and head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education Vo Van Thuong presented a report on collecting the Presidium’s feedback on delegates’ discussions on documents submitted to the Congress.

After delegates cast votes, the Vote Counting Committee counted them and will announce the lists of official and alternative members of the 13th Central Party Committee.

The 13th Party Central Committee is due to convene its first plenum to elect the Politburo, the Party General Secretary, the Secretariat, the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission, and its chairperson on January 31.