Hanoi (VNA) – Building grassroots-levelParty organisations should go with the political system building as they arethe foundation of the Party, the political nucleus and the bridge between theParty and people, Truong Thi Mai, Politburo member and Secretary of the PartyCentral Committee said at a national conference on July 22.

Mai, who is also head of the Party Central Committee’sOrganisation Commission, delivered a thematic report on enhancing theconsolidation and building of Party organisations at the grassroots level andimproving the quality of Party members in the new period, at the national conferencethat looked into resolutions adopted at the fifth plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee.

She emphasised that building pure, stronggrassroots-level Party organisations and improving the quality of Party membersis an important, regular, continuous and long-term task which contributes to the building andrectification of the Party and the political system, and raising people’sconfidence in the Party.

The official also stressed the need to strengthenthe combatant capacity of Party organisations and createconditions for Party members to improve their morality, lifestyle and politicalmettle.

According to Mai, as of December 31, 2020, the countrycounted 51,988 Party organisations and more than 5.2 millionParty members.

Lauding the Party organisations for fulling theirtasks, she said such outcomes are significant to Party building andrectification and driving back the manifestations of degradation, “self-evolution,”and “self-transformation” within the Party.

She, however, pointed out limitations regarding thequality, leadership and combatant capacity of some Party organisations, theobservance of the principle of democratic centralism, self-criticism and criticism, and the inspection work.

During the 2016-2020 tenure, up to 664Party organisations were disciplined, up 114 as compared withthe previous term, mostly for violations of the Party’s resolutions, directives,regulations and conclusions, the State’s policies and laws, and workingregulations and the principle of democratic centralism.

Last year, disciplinary measures were imposed on 223Party organisations, of which 159 received reprimands and 64 got warnings.

The fifth plenum of the 13th Party Central Committee,which took place in Hanoi last May, adopted Resolution No. 21 on enhancing theconsolidation and building of grassroots-level Party organisations, andimproving the quality of Party members in the new situation./.