Vietnam’s 14th National Party Congress Concludes Successfully, General Secretary Tô Lâm

Hanoi, The Gulf Observer: The 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) concluded with resounding success, Party General Secretary Tô Lâm said on Friday while chairing an international press conference in Hà Nội to announce the outcomes of the congress.

The briefing was held immediately after the closing session of the 14th National Party Congress at the congress’ Press Centre, with representatives from domestic and international media in attendance.

Addressing the press, General Secretary Tô Lâm described the congress as a historic milestone in the Party’s 96-year history and in the millennia-long cultural and heroic journey of the Vietnamese nation. He said the congress set a strong foundation for Việt Nam’s development as it enters a new phase of national growth.

He outlined the congress’s central themes, including solidarity, democracy, discipline, breakthrough and development; responsibility, dedication, intelligence and scientific thinking in serving the people; and strategic autonomy, self-reliance, confidence and national pride. These principles, he noted, are aimed at building a peaceful, independent, democratic, prosperous, civilised and happy Việt Nam, steadily advancing towards socialism.

Summarising the guiding orientations, the Party leader underscored the congress’s success in defining new directions and adopting fundamental decisions that will shape the CPV’s course in the coming period. He said the congress embodied a high degree of unity and consensus, reflecting the will, aspirations, strength and cultural identity of the Vietnamese nation and the Communist Party of Việt Nam.

General Secretary Lâm noted that all congress documents and related information had been comprehensively provided to the media by the Organising Committee and the Press Centre. He stressed that the congress reached broad consensus not only on its political documents and action programmes but also on personnel selections for the 14th-term Party Central Committee.

The congress elected a 200-member Party Central Committee, comprising 180 full members and 20 alternate members. Subsequently, the Party Central Committee elected the Politburo, the Secretariat, the Party General Secretary, the Inspection Commission and its Chair, and assigned responsibilities to members of the Politburo and the Secretariat.

Members of the 14th Party Central Committee, he said, are outstanding representatives of the Party’s approximately 5.6 million members and meet stringent standards of integrity, ethics, credibility, capacity and professional competence. They have been entrusted with leading responsibilities between Party congresses at a critical new stage of the country’s revolutionary development.

The congress also set clear orientations for building a clean, strong and united collective leadership for the 14th term, particularly within the Party Central Committee, Politburo and Secretariat, characterised by unity of will and action, a pioneering spirit, exemplary conduct, discipline and dedication to the Party’s cause and to improving the wellbeing and happiness of the people.

In addition, the congress agreed on historic policy decisions aimed at successfully realising the two centennial strategic goals identified by the 13th National Party Congress.

“We firmly believe that, drawing on the strength of our national heritage, nearly a century of leadership experience, the unity and support of the entire people, and the encouragement and cooperation of international friends and progressive forces worldwide, we will successfully implement the Resolution of the 14th National Party Congress and build a peaceful, independent, democratic, prosperous, civilised and happy socialist Việt Nam,” General Secretary Lâm said.

He also expressed his appreciation to journalists from Việt Nam and abroad for their continuous and timely coverage of the congress, which helped keep domestic, overseas Vietnamese and international audiences informed of its proceedings and achievements.

Speaking at the press conference, Lại Xuân Môn, Permanent Deputy Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilisation and Director of the 14th congress’s Press Centre, said that after five days of intensive, disciplined and responsible work, the congress had completed all planned agendas and concluded with great success.

On behalf of the Press Centre, he congratulated General Secretary Tô Lâm on being entrusted with absolute confidence by the congress and the 14th Party Central Committee, and on his election as Party General Secretary of the 14th-term Central Committee of the Communist Party of Việt Nam.