Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi has completed preparationsfor the city’s 17th Party Congress for the 2020-2025 tenure, said ViceSecretary of the municipal Party Committee Dao Duc Toan at a press briefing onOctober 6.

Toan stressed that draft documents of the congress have outlinedthe targets, tasks and solutions for the next tenure based on thorough assessmentsof outcomes in the previous tenure.

He affirmed that the city’s Party Organisation had completedall set targets in the 2015-2020 tenure, highlighting the efforts of the Party members,administration and people of the capital city.

According to Toan, a new point in the process of draftingthe documents was the involvement of local officials, Party members and peopleacross the city. In particular, ministries, sectors and central agencies aswell as the Party Committees of the National Assembly and Government have alsocontributed their opinions, while the Politburo has given ideas to guide theprocess.

He noted that a new feature of the upcoming city PartyCongress is the building of a Plan of Action to implement the resolution of thecongress will be tabled for discussion during the congress.

Meanwhile, head of the city Party Committee’s Commission forPopularisation and Education Nguyen Van Phong said preparations of documentsfor the city 17th Party Congress have been implemented carefully.

The second draft Political Report was built based on thereview of the implementation of eight working programmes, five major tasks,three breakthrough aspects, directives and thematic resolutions as well asoutcomes of eight research projects under the Programme No 20-Ctr/TU issued onFebruary 13, 2018 by the Hanoi Party Committee’s Standing Board.

Phong underscored that the report also includes updates fromthe draft Political Report of the 13th National Party Congress.

He expressed the belief that the draft documents of theHanoi 17th Party Congress are the combination of the brainpower andconsensus of the entire Party Organisation and locals in the city.

Answering reporters’ questions on the personnel work for thecongress, head of the city Party Committee’s Commission of Organisation Vu DucBao said that the city had assessed the legal documents of all eligiblecandidates and submitted them to authorised agencies, while strictly followingfive steps in personnel preparations as guided by the Politburo.

The number of candidates for the municipal Party Committeein the next tenure will reduce by 5 percent and surpass the number ofto-be-elected members by over 10 percent. Among the candidates, young officialsmake up more than 10 percent and female officials over 15 percent, he said.

At the press briefing, Pham Thanh Hoc, standing deputy headof the city Party Committee’s Commission for Information and Education saidthat three sub-committees have been set up to help the municipal PartyCommittee with preparations for the congress.

He said that the Sub-Committee for document receivedthousands of ideas for the draft Political Report of the congress from peoplefrom all walks of life, including scientists, artists, intellectuals, entrepreneurs,revolutionaries, officials and former officials of the Party and State.Besides, the review of personnel work for the 2015-2020 tenure and the buildingof personnel plan for the next tenure were conducted in line with regulations,he added.

The Hanoi Party Committee has implemented steps in personnelwork in a transparent and democratic manner with highest responsibility andhigh consensus, said Hoc.

He revealed that total number of candidates for the cityParty Committee in the 2020-2025 tenure is 81, 71 of whom will be selected.Among the candidates, 47 are re-nominated and 34 are nominated for the firsttime. The Standing Board of the municipal Party Committee will comprise 17members, while the Inspection Commission will have 13 members, including oneChairperson and four deputy chairs, he said./.