The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) will nominate candidates for top positions of the country for the next five-year term which will likely begin in January 2021.

The 14th plenum of the CPV’s Central Committee opens on December 14. Photo: Nhat Bac/VGP

The nomination of members of the Politburo – the country’s most powerful body – and the Secretariat will be made at the 14th plenum of the CPV’s Central Committee that opened in Hanoi today [December 14].

The 14th Plenum is scheduled to run until December 20.

Overview of the plenum. Photo: VGP

The candidates for the Politburo and the Secretariat of the 13th CPV National Congress were selected from the list made in the party’s 13th plenary session held in early October and after the examination of the competent bodies, local media cited the CPV’s Secretary General and State President Nguyen Phu Trong.

CPV’s Secretary General and State President Nguyen Phu Trong. Photo: VGP

Mr. Trong requested that the voting must be for the sake of the country first and foremost.

Permanent member of the Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong. Photo: VGP

The Politburo of the 12th National Congress has 19 members initially while the Secretariat has 14 members.

From left: Permanent member of the Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, CPV’s Secretary General and State President Nguyen Phu Trong, and Chaiwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan. Photo: VGP