The Secretariat requests to change Party membership cards throughout the Party.

(laichau.gov.vn) On behalf of the Secretariat, Politburo member and Standing Secretary of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu signed and issued Directive No. 51-CT/TW (dated August 8, 2025) on changing Party membership cards.

The Secretariat requests to change Party membership cards throughout the Party - Illustration photo/VNA

The following is the content of Directive No. 51-CT/TW:

Directive No. 29-CT/TW, dated October 17, 2003 of the 9th Party Central Committee Secretariat on the exchange of Party Membership Cards has contributed to raising Party members' awareness of the role, significance and importance of Party Membership Cards; thereby helping to gradually promote the management, use and preservation of Party Membership Cards, promoting the implementation of the Party building and rectification campaign.

Faced with the requirements and tasks set forth in the new period, towards the goals of building and developing the country quickly, sustainably, richly and deeply integrated, associated with historical milestones of special importance: 100 years of the Party's founding (1930-2030) and 100 years of the country's founding (1945-2045); at the same time, meeting the urgent requirements of science , technology development, innovation and national digital transformation, the Secretariat requests Party committees, Party organizations and Party members to carry out the following tasks:

1. Conduct the exchange of Party membership cards throughout the Party.

2. Changing Party Membership Card must ensure the following purposes and requirements:

- The exchange of new Party membership cards is carried out on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the National Day of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (September 2, 1945 - September 2, 2025) and towards the success of the 14th National Congress of the Party.

- Changing Party Membership Cards is an important task with profound political significance to further enhance Party members' awareness of revolutionary fighting spirit, sense of discipline and internal solidarity to promote the building and consolidation of Party organizations, improve the quality of Party members, contribute to building and rectifying the Party and the political system; resolutely prevent, repel, and strictly handle cadres and Party members who have degraded in political ideology, ethics, lifestyle, and manifestations of "self-evolution" and "self-transformation".

- The exchange of Party membership cards must be directed and conducted seriously, systematically, scientifically, strictly, in accordance with the Party Charter, Central regulations, principles, procedures for exchanging cards, issuing cards, and using and preserving Party membership cards.

- Party membership cards are only exchanged for official party members who already have a Party membership card and have full party membership qualifications according to the Party Charter.

- The implementation of Party membership card changes must be associated with the increased application of information technology, synchronized with the Party member database to improve the effectiveness of Party member management, meeting the requirements of innovation in the Party's leadership methods in the new period.

3. Implementation

- Assign the Central Organizing Committee to preside over: (1) Coordinate with the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Committee, the Central Public Security Party Committee and relevant agencies to advise on the new Party Membership Card model. (2) Coordinate with the Central Public Security Party Committee and relevant agencies to build Party member data to serve the work of exchanging Party Membership Cards to be completed before September 2, 2025. (3) Coordinate with the Central Inspection Committee and relevant agencies to regularly guide, urge and inspect the organization of exchanging Party Membership Cards throughout the Party, and report to the Secretariat on the organization of implementation.

- The Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission shall preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to organize a national conference to disseminate and develop guidelines for the political activities throughout the Party on the meaning, role, purpose, and requirements for exchanging Party membership cards.

- Assign the Central Party Office to preside over and coordinate with relevant agencies to advise on developing solutions to connect information of electronic Party Membership Cards with Party member databases and Party databases, serving the implementation of a number of Party administrative procedures in the digital environment.

- Assign the Government Party Committee to direct the Ministry of Finance to ensure funding for exchanging Party membership cards throughout the Party, building terminal infrastructure, reader infrastructure, and related software.

- Assign the Party Committee of the Fatherland Front and Central organizations to direct the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union to support Party committees, Party organizations, and Party members to review and update Party member data, especially in Party cells in remote, border, island areas, and places with difficulties in information technology infrastructure.

- Assign the Central Public Security Party Committee to coordinate with the Central Organizing Committee and relevant agencies to develop data software for exchanging Party membership cards; develop estimates and plans to select units to organize the production of Party membership cards, ensuring security, safety and confidentiality of information according to Party regulations and State laws.

- Assign the Government Cipher Committee to take the lead in advising and implementing solutions on security and authentication of data stored in the chip of the Party Membership Card; coordinate the implementation of a technical infrastructure system to provide digital certificates to the Central Organizing Committee to serve the signing, issuance and verification of the Party Membership Card with chip.

- Assign the Party Committees directly under the Central Committee to focus on leading and directing the urgent completion of updating Party member data according to the Central Committee's instructions; thoroughly organize and seriously implement the exchange of Party Membership Cards in the Party Committee; regularly inspect and urge the implementation of the Party Committees directly under the Central Committee; report the results of the exchange of Party Membership Cards according to regulations.

Party committees, party organizations and party members must seriously implement this Directive. The Directive is disseminated to party cells.

Updated on August 13, 2025

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