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Vietnamese party introduces candidates for state leadership

Xinhua, March 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

The second plenary session of the 12th Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee (CPVCC) opened here on Thursday, introducing candidates for the country's state leadership.

During the meeting scheduled to last till Saturday, the CPVCC will decide nominees for the key positions of president, prime minister and national assembly chairperson upon the request of the 12th CPVCC's Politburo.

The politburo will also ask for the CPVCC's approval before nominating candidates for other positions, which will be later considered by the National Assembly, reported Vietnam's state-run news agency VNA.

Speaking at the session, CPV General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said the personnel issue must be implemented consistently with the personnel orientations adopted in the 12th National Congress of the CPV.

The staffing should be based on common criteria of personnel, with focus on capabilities, strengths, expertise, working experience and development trends, VNA quoted Trong as saying.

During the session, the CPVCC will discuss working agenda for its five-year term, the country's socio-economic development plan during 2016-2020 period, the introduction of nominees for senior managerial positions in state-run agencies as well as other important issues.

The 12th National Congress of the CPV and the first plenary of the CPVCC during Jan. 21 to Jan. 28 re-elected Nguyen Phu Trong as the general secretary of the 12th CPVCC.

During the congress, many Vietnamese officials and media said the 12th CPVCC's Politburo members, including Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang, Vice Chairwoman of National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, have been nominated to run for the positions of the president, chairwoman of National Congress and prime minister, respectively.

In his opening remarks at the 46th session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee on Monday, NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung said "a number of positions will be adjusted" at the 11th meeting of the 13th NA to be held in March, the last gathering of the NA tenure, and the adjustment is "to ensure the state's smooth operation after the Party Central Committee made personnel decisions following the 12th National Party Congress." Enditem