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General Secretary To Lam and leaders of the Party, State, Government and National Assembly at the preparatory session (Photo: qdnd.vn) |
Before the preparatory session, delegates to the congress paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his Mausoleum. Afterwards, members of the Politburo, the Secretariat, and heads of delegations from Party committees directly under the Party Central Committee laid wreaths and offered incense at the Monument to Heroes and Martyrs on Bac Son street.
The congress observed a minute of silence in commemoration of late Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and members of the 13th Party Central Committee who passed away during the 13th congress term.
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Key Party and State leaders preside over the preparatory session. (Photo: qdnd.vn) |
Member of the Politburo and Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man, on behalf of the key leaders of the Party and State, chaired the preparatory session.
The congress unanimously approved the preparatory session’s program, the working regulations of the congress, the congress work program, and the election regulations for the 14th National Party Congress.
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The congress observes a minute of silence in commemoration of late Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and members of the 13th Party Central Committee who passed away during the 13th congress term. (Photo: qdnd.vn) |
The congress elected a Presidium consisting of 16 members of the Political Bureau. The congress also elected a Secretariat of five members and a delegate eligibility verification board comprising 13 members.
The congress unanimously approved the report on eligibility verification of delegates to the 14th National Party Congress, presented by the board. Accordingly, all 1,586 delegates summoned to the congress are qualified delegates.
In the afternoon of January 19, the delegates studied the documents at their accommodation.
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The congress unanimously approves the preparatory session’s program. (Photo: qdnd.vn) |
Source: VNA