Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretaryand State President Nguyen Phu Trong recently wrote an article that highlightssome issues that need special attention in the personnel preparation for theapproaching 13th National Party Congress.

The 13th National Party Congress is a politicalevent of great significance that will set up future orientations and encouragethe entire Party, people and army to push ahead with the reformscomprehensively and synchronously, thereby developing the country in a fast andsustainable manner.

The two most important contents of each nationalParty congress are the document and personnel-related work. Particularly, thepersonnel preparation is of utmost importance as it is the decisive factor inthe success of a congress and the successful implementation of the event’sresolutions.

Given this, the Party and State leader’s articleemphasised the role and significance of personnel preparations, requirementsfor the personnel work of the 13th National Congress, along with theimplementation content and methods.

According to him, in any aspects or localities,cadres always play the decisive role, and the personnel work is not only thekey to the Party building but it is also vital to all activities of the Partyand the success or failure of the revolution.

He wrote that during the process of leading therevolution, the Party always affirms that the personnel work is decided by thepolitical line and serves political tasks, so aside from preparing thepolitical line, it is also necessary to actively make personnel preparations.

At present, apart from preparing for andorganising all-level Party congresses, the Party is also making preparationsfor the 13th National Party Congress, slated for the first quarter of 2021.

At its eighth session in October 2018, the PartyCentral Committee decided to set up five sub-committees to prepare for thecoming congress, namely the sub-committees for documents, socio-economicaffairs, the Party’s statutes, personnel, and organisation. On March 30, 2019,the Politburo issued Directive 35 on all-level Party congresses towards the13th National Party Congress.

The Party General Secretary and State Presidentsaid the two most important contents of each national Party congress isdiscussing and deciding the Party’s political line and tasks (also known asadopting documents), and electing the Party’s leadership agencies (also knownas the personnel work). 

They are closely connected with each other andboth need thorough preparations, he noted, adding that the personnelpreparation for the congress is of utmost importance as it is the decisivefactor in the success of the congress and the successful implementation of theevent’s resolutions.

Stressing the significance of the 13th nationalcongress, the leader pointed out that although Party members’ thought and thepeople’s state of mind are mainly positive, there are also worrying signs. In particular,the degradation of political thought, morality and lifestyle, along withbureaucracy, corruption and negative phenomena in some cadres, Party membersand civil servants have just been partly prevented.

This situation indicates that the tasks of theentire Party for the time ahead are very heavy, he noted.

According to him, to deal with major issues ofthe country in the coming time, the Politburo and the Party Central Committeehave to make thorough preparations so that the congress will discuss and decidethe personnel work for the 13th tenure, thus ensuring the success of thecongress and the implementation of its resolutions.

The personnel work is extremely important, andcomplex, too, requiring the Party Central Committee, the Politburo, the PartyCentral Committee’s Secretariat and the whole political system to work with avery high sense of responsibility and in an impartial and scientific mannerthat puts the nation, Party and people’s interests above all, he said.

Highlighting requirements for the 13th-tenureParty Central Committee, the leader noted that it must be a truly united, cleanand strong collective with high unanimity in both thought and action, strongpolitical firmness, taintless morals, persistence in the goals of national independenceand socialism, strategic vision, wisdom, an innovative and creative mindset,and sufficient prestige and capability to lead the country in the newdevelopment stage.

Besides, he said, members of the 13th-tenureParty Central Committee must be the Party’s true exemplars of political mettle,morality and work capability.

In his article, Party General Secretary andState President Nguyen Phu Trong also noted that the personnel preparation forthe 13th national congress is the task of not only the personnel sub-committee,the Politburo, the Party Central Committee or its Secretariat but also theentire political system, all-level Party committees, Party organisations,agencies, units and localities.

The personnel work must be done well right fromParty congresses at lower levels so as to help make the best personnelpreparations for the 13th national congress, he said, noting that during thepersonnel selection and arrangement process, it is also important to haveprecise assessment of cadres’ strong and weak points so as not to choose wrongpersons. Additionally, it is necessary to have appropriate personnelarrangement plans to bring into play the strengths and limit the weaknesses ofeach person in order to create a strong and relatively perfect leadershipapparatus./.