At its 11th plenum, the 13th Party Central Committee reached a consensus on the policy to restructure provincial-level administrative units nationwide, reducing the total from 63 to 34, including 28 provinces and six centrally governed cities. Of the current 63 units, 11 will remain unchanged, while the remaining 52 will be merged into 23 new provincial-level administrative units.
Vietnamese Party and State leaders gathered in Hanoi on April 16 to discuss draft documents for the 14th National Party Congres, the amendment of the Constitution and laws, and the continued streamlining of the political system's organisational apparatus.
He said that the Party Central Committee reached broad agreement on proposals concerning the continued restructuring of the political system’s organisational apparatus, rearranging administrative units and organising local administrations with provincial and communal levels.
On the April 10 morning, the 11th plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee officially opened at the headquarters of the Party Central Committee in Hanoi. Party General Secretary To Lam delivered a speech at the opening session.
A national hybrid conference was held on October 20, to disseminate and implement the resolution issued at the 10th session, of the 13th Party Central Committee.
The 13th Party Central Committee commenced its 10th plenum in Hanoi on September 18 under the chair of Party General Secretary and State President To Lam.
The 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam on August 3 elected Politburo member and State President To Lam as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee with 100% of approval votes, demonstrating a high level of solidarity and unity in the Political Bureau and the Party Central Committee - the Party’s highest leadership agency between the two national congresses.
The Politburo and the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee on December 4 jointly organised a national conference on popularisation and studying of the resolution released at the eight session of the 13th Party Central Committee.
The eighth session of the 13th Party Central Committee, which took place from October 2-8, was a success, creating a new momentum for the country’s synchronous and comprehensive reform, the building of the Party and the political system as well as the nation’s fast and sustainable development.
The 13th Party Central Committee on October 6 discussed the implementation of two resolutions and elected new members to its Secretariat and Inspection Commission at its ongoing 8th plenum.
The eighth plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee entered the fourth working day on October 5, focusing on reviewing the 10-year implementation of a resolution on a number of issues regarding social policies in the 2012-2020 period.
The 10-year implementation of the resolutions on the national safeguarding strategy and some social policy affairs was high on the agenda of the 13th Party Central Committee on October 4, the third working day of its eighth session.
