The 15th plenum of the 12th-tenure Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee opened this morning.

The plenum is scheduled to run until January 18. Photo: VGP

During the three-day meeting, the Party Central Committee will continue finalizing personnel preparations for the next tenure.

The Committee will also discuss and approve reports of the 12th-tenure Party Central Committee on documents to be submitted to the 13th National Party Congress scheduled to begin on January 25.

Viet Nam holds National Party Congress every five years. A National Party Congress have main duties: it approves the Political Report, adopts Viet Nam’s Socio-Economic Plan for the next five and 10 years, amends Party Statutes, and most importantly, elects new Party Central Committee.

The newly-elected Party Central Committee will then convene first Plenum to elect the Party General Secretary, the Secretariat, and Head of the Party Central Committee's Inspection Commission and its members./.

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