The Fallout From Vietnam’s Communist Party Congress
The outcome reflects a considerable degree of caution, and a desire to balance the party’s internal factions.
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February 02, 2021
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The Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) completed its 13th Party Congress, shortened at the last minute to deal with a recent COVID-19 outbreak. The nearly 1,600-strong Congress elected a 200-member Central Committee, which then elected the 18-member Politburo that will lead the country for the next five years.
Vietnamese politics is notoriously opaque. But there are a few known things: factions within the party exist, and engage in no-holds barred competition. But the Vietnamese political system prides itself on stability, and the leadership goes to great lengths to balance the factions out.
The reappointment of Nguyen Phu Trong elevates the austere communist chief into the Party’s upper ranks.
February 01, 2021
Vietnamese Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong on a trip to Cuba in April 2012.
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As widely predicted, Vietnam’s reigning Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong has been chosen for an unprecedented third term, the state Vietnam News Agency reported, elevating the austere leader into the ranks of Vietnam’s longest-serving Party leaders.
The vote at the 13th National Party Congress took place a day earlier than planned, in order to lessen the threat from a sudden outbreak of COVID-19, which spread to the capital Hanoi late last week.
HANOI, Vietnam Vietnam’s Communist Party on Sunday reelected Nguyen Phu Trong to be its chief, the state Vietnam News Agency reported. His selection makes him the nation’s de facto leader as well for a third five-year term. The vote at the 13th National Party Congress in Hanoi took place a day earlier than planned, […]
Results of election of 13th-tenure Party Central Committee announced The 13th National Party Congress held a working session in the afternoon of January 30, and heard a report on the results of the election and announcement of the list of the 200 elected to the 13th-tenure Party Central Committee, including 180 full and 20 alternate members.
Tran Quoc Vuong, Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, speaks at the congress. Photo: VNA
Permanent deputy head of the Organisation Commission Nguyen Thanh Binh announces the list of the members of the 13th Party Central Committee. Photo: VNA LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE 13TH PARTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE: https://en.daihoidang.vn/results-of-election-of-13thtenure-party-central-committee-announced/716.vnp