On the morning of October 2, the 8th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee solemnly opened in Hanoi. General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired and delivered the opening speech. TG&VN Newspaper respectfully introduces the full text of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's speech:
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| Panorama of the opening session of the 8th Central Conference, 13th tenure. (Source: VNA) |
Dear Central Committee;
Dear Conference attendees,
In the joyful and excited atmosphere of our entire Party and people regarding the results and achievements in socio-economic development activities; ensuring national defense and security; building and rectifying the Party and the political system; especially a series of important and vibrant foreign affairs activities that have received great attention from domestic and international public opinion, today the Central Executive Committee opened the 8th Plenary Session of the 13th tenure with many very basic and important contents.
Specifically, the Central Committee will discuss and give conclusions on the following issues:
(1) Socio-economic situation, state budget in 2023, plan for 2024; 3-year state financial and budget plan 2024-2026 and roadmap for implementing the new salary regime.
(2) Summary of 10 years of implementing Resolution of the 11th Central Committee, Session 5, on a number of social policy issues for the 2012-2020 period.
(3) Summarizing 20 years of implementing the Resolution of the 9th Central Committee, Session IX, on promoting the strength of great national unity for a rich people, strong country, and a fair, democratic, and civilized society.
(4) Summary of 15 years of implementing Resolution of the 10th Central Committee, Session 7, on building a contingent of intellectuals in the period of promoting industrialization and modernization of the country.
(5) Summary of 10 years of implementing Resolution of the 11th Central Committee, Session 8, on the Strategy for National Defense in the new situation.
(6) Planning of the 14th Party Central Committee; and some other important issues.
First of all, on behalf of the Politburo and the Secretariat, I would like to warmly welcome the members of the Party Central Committee and delegates attending the Conference and send you my warmest greetings, sincere regards and best wishes.
Dear comrades,
According to the Working Regulations, the Central Party Office has sent documents for you to study in advance. Here, I would like to express some opinions, which are suggestive in nature, raising issues, hoping that you will pay attention to them during the process of study, discussion, consideration and decision.
1. On socio-economics, state budget in 2023-2024
The Central Committee's consideration and comments on socio-economic issues and the state budget for 2023-2024 are set in the context of the world situation continuing to have many rapid, complex, unpredictable, unprecedented changes, with more difficulties and challenges than opportunities, advantages and forecasts, which have negatively and severely affected the implementation of our country's socio-economic development goals and tasks.
Meanwhile, domestically, we continue to face the "double impact" of negative external factors on a highly open economy like ours, and the long-standing internal shortcomings, limitations, and weaknesses of the economy continue to be revealed more clearly and severely in the process of overcoming the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic.
We request that Central Committee comrades carefully study the Submission and reports of the Government Party Committee, focus on discussing and deeply analyzing the outstanding features of 2023, clarifying the achieved results; the remaining limitations and weaknesses, the difficulties and obstacles that must be resolved, the challenges that must continue to be overcome; point out the objective and subjective causes and lessons learned; forecast the possibilities and upcoming situations, first of all from now until the end of 2023 and 2024 in a truly objective and comprehensive spirit.
Pay attention to the difficulties and limitations that have been and will be faced such as: The macroeconomic stability is not yet solid due to pressure from foreign markets; the financial - monetary, real estate, securities and corporate bond markets are still difficult and have potential risks; production and business activities and the lives of workers in many fields are facing difficulties; the resilience of enterprises is eroded after the Covid-19 pandemic; some mechanisms, policies and legal regulations are slow to be supplemented, amended, completed or not strictly implemented; a number of officials are afraid of responsibility, afraid of making mistakes, shirking responsibility, avoiding solving work under their authority; the security, order and social safety situation in some areas is still potentially complicated...
From there, clearly and correctly identify development perspectives, guiding thoughts, general goals, some basic and important targets and main tasks and solutions for the remaining months of 2023 and for 2024; including the necessity and correctness of implementing the new salary regime from July 1, 2024.
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| General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong delivers the opening speech at the 8th Central Conference, 13th tenure. (Source: VNA) |
2. On summarizing 10 years of implementing Resolution 5 of the 11th Central Committee on some social policy issues
Over the past 10 years, our country has developed and achieved many important results and achievements, increasingly demonstrating the superiority of our regime: Economy, culture and society have developed more stably and harmoniously; the material and spiritual life of people in all regions of the country has been improved; Vietnam is a leading country in poverty reduction, implementing the millennium development goals and sustainable development goals of the United Nations.
Social policies are constantly being improved, gradually improving the quality, level of support and expanding coverage towards fairness, progress, approaching international standards, basically ensuring people's social security according to the provisions of the Constitution.
Implementing well the preferential and honoring policies for people with meritorious services. The labor market institution is gradually improved; employment for workers is basically guaranteed. The health, education, social security and assistance systems continue to be improved and expanded.
The scale, capacity and quality of basic and essential social services have been raised; the work of protecting, caring for and improving people's health has been increasingly improved. Resources for implementing social policies have been given priority investment by the State, associated with promoting socialization, attracting the participation of the whole society...
However, social policies and social development management still reveal many limitations and weaknesses, and in general have not met the requirements of rapid and sustainable development. In order to achieve the goals, requirements and tasks set forth by the 13th National Party Congress, we need to focus on discussing and clarifying, creating high consensus on the assessment, assessment of the situation, causes and lessons learned; the necessity and correctness of issuing a new Resolution of the Central Committee on this particularly important issue.
From there, analyze and forecast scientifically the new situation, requirements and tasks; clearly identify viewpoints, guiding ideas, goals, tasks and main solutions to continue to innovate and improve the quality and effectiveness of social policies to better meet the people's legitimate requirements and aspirations in the new period.
3. On summarizing 20 years of implementing Resolution 7 of the 9th Central Committee on promoting the strength of great national unity
The summary report, the submission and the draft of the new Resolution of the Central Committee have been carefully and seriously prepared based on research, synthesis of summary reports, thematic reports, survey results, seminars, collecting opinions from localities, agencies, units, experts, scientists, and receiving direct instructions from the Politburo and Secretariat for completion.
It analyzes and evaluates objectively and comprehensively the results and achievements that have been achieved, the existing limitations and shortcomings, their causes and lessons learned; at the same time, it analyzes and forecasts the new situation; thereby proposing viewpoints, guiding thoughts, goals, requirements and policies that need to be implemented in the new period in accordance with the spirit of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress.
We request that Central Committee comrades and delegates attending the Conference study carefully, speak and discuss enthusiastically, and contribute many specific and relevant opinions. Pay attention to analyzing, clarifying, and creating high consensus on the new situation, new requirements and tasks, the development and changes in the needs and interests of current social classes; the main results and achievements that need to continue to be promoted; the limitations and shortcomings that need to be promptly overcome, the causes and lessons learned, and the policies to continue to promote more strongly the tradition of great national solidarity.
From there, give opinions on the necessity and correctness of issuing a new Resolution and the main contents of the draft Resolution on "Continuing to promote the tradition of great national solidarity, building our country to be increasingly rich, prosperous, civilized and happy".
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| Delegates vote to approve the program of the 8th Central Conference, 13th tenure. (Source: VNA) |
4. On building a team of intellectuals to meet the requirements of the new development period
As we all know, in every era and in every country, the intellectual team is always the core force in creating and disseminating knowledge, having a particularly important position and role in promoting the development of society, creating the strength of each country and nation.
Today's world has, is and will face many opportunities, advantages and difficulties, new challenges intertwined for rapid and sustainable development under the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Artificial intelligence and some new technological achievements have the ability to replace humans in some fields, creating a huge amount of information, knowledge and effects that change politics, economics, culture, society, people and lifestyle.
The new situation requires us to pay more attention to building, developing and promoting the role, position and contribution of the country's intellectuals - the nation's vitality, meeting the requirements of proactively and actively participating in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, continuing to promote the cause of innovation, industrialization and modernization of the country.
The Central Committee is requested to carefully study the documents, focus on discussing and giving opinions on objective and comprehensive assessments of the implementation of the 10th Central Committee Resolution 7 on building a contingent of intellectuals, pointing out the main results achieved, the remaining limitations and weaknesses and their causes, and lessons learned; analyzing and forecasting the new situation; thereby proposing viewpoints, guiding thoughts, goals, tasks, and main solutions to continue promoting the building of a contingent of intellectuals; paying attention to inheriting the remaining valuable contents of the 10th Central Committee Resolution 7, and supplementing and developing new contents suitable for the new period.
5. On summarizing 10 years of implementing Resolution of the 8th Central Committee, Session XI, on the Strategy for National Defense in the new situation
Ten years ago, the 8th Central Conference of the 11th tenure issued a Resolution on the Strategy for National Defense in the new situation with strong innovation in thinking and many breakthrough and highly feasible policies, guidelines and measures.
Summarizing 10 years of implementing this important Resolution is an extremely necessary task for the Central Committee to analyze and evaluate the situation comprehensively, deeply, systematically and propose correct and appropriate policies, strategies and measures to meet the requirements of building and defending the Fatherland in the context of the world and regional situation that has had and is having many new, complicated and unpredictable developments.
I request that you focus on analyzing and evaluating objectively and comprehensively the results that have been achieved, the remaining limitations and weaknesses, and analyze the causes, and draw key lessons. Point out which goals, viewpoints, principles, guiding thoughts, tasks, and solutions have been proven correct in practice and need to be persistently and seriously implemented.
At the same time, it is necessary to thoroughly analyze the domestic and international situation, clearly see the profound changes, complex and unpredictable developments and forecast the development trends in the coming time to promptly supplement and develop a number of viewpoints, guiding thoughts and adjust a number of key tasks and solutions to suit the new situation.
Focus on clarifying the advantages and opportunities that need to be grasped, the difficulties and challenges that need to be overcome in order to proactively protect the independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Fatherland from early on, from afar, in all situations; protect the Party, State, People and the socialist regime; protect national and ethnic interests; protect political security, social order and safety and the advanced Vietnamese culture imbued with national identity; maintain political stability and a peaceful environment for the country's development in the direction of socialism.
From there, give comments and suggestions to complete the draft of the new Resolution of the Central Committee on the Strategy to protect the Fatherland in the new situation.
6. On the planning of the 14th Central Executive Committee
As we all know, President Ho Chi Minh once said: "Cadres are the root of all work"; and following his teachings, our Party has always determined: Cadres, especially strategic-level cadres, are the decisive factor in the success or failure of the revolution, closely linked to the fate of the Party, the country and the regime; cadre work is considered the key step in the entire Party building work. And in cadre work, cadre planning is the opening step, of extremely important significance, and is the basis for doing well the work of training, fostering, mobilizing, appointing and using cadres.
Based on the special significance and importance of strategic-level personnel planning, on July 7, 2023, based on the working regulations and Regulation No. 50-QD/TW dated December 27, 2021 of the Politburo on personnel planning, the Politburo issued Plan No. 17-KH/TW on planning the Party Central Committee, Politburo, and Secretariat for the 14th term, 2026 - 2031, which clearly defines the viewpoints, principles; purpose and requirements; standards; quantity and structure; subjects and ages; process of introducing, approving planning and personnel records; quantity discovered, introduced into planning...
Recently, based on the findings and recommendations of Party committees and organizations at all levels in the entire political system, the Steering Committee for the planning of the Central Executive Committee, the Politburo, and the Secretariat for the 14th term, 2026-2031, has urgently and seriously coordinated with functional agencies at the Central level to review, appraise, and report to the Politburo for consideration and guidance to further complete the planned planning of the 14th Party Central Executive Committee to submit to the Central Committee for consideration and comments at this Conference.
I request that comrades promote a high sense of responsibility, be truly objective and impartial, and express their opinions on the Report and proposed Planning of the 14th Party Central Committee Executive Committee.
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| Delegates attending the 8th Central Conference, 13th tenure. (Source: VNA) |
Dear comrades,
This Central Conference considers and decides on many important, complex, and sensitive issues that are of great significance to the completion of the political tasks of the 13th Central Executive Committee from now until the end of its term.
The Central Committee and the comrades attending the Conference are requested to promote their intelligence, uphold their sense of responsibility, focus on research, discuss thoroughly, give opinions to complete the reports and projects and consider and decide at the end of the session.
In that spirit, I hereby declare open the 8th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee. I wish our Conference great success.
I sincerely thank you".
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