13th Central Conference: High consensus on many important policies and decisions

The 13th meeting of the 13th Party Central Committee discussed frankly, scientifically and reached high consensus on many important policies and decisions.

General Secretary To Lam delivered a closing speech at the 13th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee.

The 13th Conference of the 13th Party Central Committee has completed all the contents and agenda and closed on the morning of October 8. Each issue of the Conference was carefully prepared, thoroughly discussed, and resolved with high consensus, including many "backbone" contents directly related to the success of the 14th National Congress of the Party, to the goal of rapid and sustainable development, and to improving the real life of the people.

In his closing speech, General Secretary To Lam emphasized that the 13th Central Conference discussed frankly, scientifically and reached high consensus on many important policies and decisions. It can be summarized through 4 main results:

Firstly, the Central Executive Committee approved the documents submitted to the 14th National Party Congress; agreed to introduce personnel for the 14th Central Executive Committee and the Central Inspection Commission ; and gave opinions on the time, content, program, working regulations, and election regulations of the 14th National Congress with the motto of ensuring compliance with the charter, innovation, science, efficiency, and practicality.

In particular, the content of the Design Documents is concise, substantive, and clearly orients institutional-infrastructure-human resource breakthroughs, digital and green transformation, regional connectivity, and national development in the direction of autonomy and sustainability.

Second, to approve the conclusion on the Report on the implementation of the 2025 socio-economic plan; to be determined to complete the remaining targets of the 2021-2025 Five-Year Plan; to prepare the basis for the 2026 socio-economic plan and the 2026-2030 finance-budget plan in the spirit of macroeconomic stability, public debt safety, prioritizing development investment and ensuring social security.

Third, clearly identify institutional bottlenecks that need to be removed within the authority of the Central Government; unify the mechanism for periodic monitoring-inspection-evaluation, publicize the responsibilities of leaders, and encourage those who dare to think and act for the common good.

Fourth, unify major orientations and methods for organizing the implementation of the conclusions of the 13th Central Conference and the conclusions of the Politburo in the past time; establish the operating principle "Discipline comes first - Resources go together - Results are the measure".

The Central Executive Committee has decided on a number of personnel issues within its authority.

According to General Secretary To Lam, the spirit throughout this Conference is to take results as the measure, take people as the center, take discipline as the foundation, and take innovation as the driving force.

According to General Secretary To Lam, the spirit throughout this Conference is to take results as the measure, take people as the center, take discipline as the foundation, take innovation as the driving force. Through frank, democratic and responsible discussions, the Central Executive Committee agreed on 9 major orientations.

First, prepare well for the 14th National Party Congress. Specifically: (1) Continue to supplement and perfect the content of the Documents to be concise and profound, demonstrate strategic vision, affirm three strategic breakthroughs in new conditions (institutions - infrastructure - human resources), clarify digital transformation - green transformation, regional linkage - smart cities, focus on marine economy, cultural economy; it is important to quantify targets, clear implementation roadmap. (2) Personnel must ensure quality - capacity - prestige - integrity - efficiency, resolutely not let people who seek positions, seek power, corruption, negativity, lack of ambition, peace is precious; promote exemplary leaders, respect real talent, arrange the right people, right job, right time.

Second, complete and over-fulfill the remaining targets of the 13th National Congress Resolution, the Socio-Economic Development Tasks for 2025, and the 5-year Plan 2021-2025. Continue to maintain macroeconomic stability, control inflation, create room for investment-consumption-export; accelerate "correct-accurate-fast-effective" public investment disbursement; strongly improve the business environment, reduce compliance costs, and deploy one-stop-one-declaration public services on an interconnected data platform.

Third, actively prepare for the 10th session of the 15th National Assembly and carefully prepare for the election of the 16th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term. Review the legal framework and procedures; ensure democracy, discipline, and transparency; proactively plan personnel and organization, so that the election is truly a broad political activity, strengthening people's trust.

Fourth, perfect the two-level local government model, continue to arrange and streamline the three-level apparatus in the entire system. The focus is on digitizing processes, simplifying procedures, expanding decentralization and delegation of authority with accountability, measured by the level of satisfaction of people and businesses. At the same time, urgently complete the project on standards and classification of administrative units and urban areas in a comprehensive, interconnected, and feasible direction, creating new development space for the grassroots level, so that the grassroots government is not only the place to perform tasks and serve the people, but also an endless source of creativity in national development.

Fifth, remove institutional bottlenecks within the Central Government's authority, focusing on the fields of land-investment-construction-environment-energy; sanitize the corporate bond and real estate markets, strengthen market discipline and confidence; encourage public-private partnerships, technological innovation, unleash social resources, strengthen the leading role of the State economy, and promote the role of the private economy in national development.

Sixth, step up the fight against corruption, waste, and negativity with the spirit of "no forbidden zones, no exceptions", speed up inspection, examination, investigation, prosecution, and trial of cases and incidents under the supervision of the Central Steering Committee on Anti-Corruption, Waste, and Negativity; at the same time, protect those who dare to think and act for the common good, tighten Party discipline and order, to fight more strongly and build more sustainably.

Seventh, maintain national defense and security; be proactive and effective in foreign affairs and integration: Firmly uphold national and ethnic interests, ensure territorial integrity, independence and sovereignty; proactively adapt to new trade policies of major partners; diversify markets, products and supply chains; maintain a peaceful, stable, cooperative and developing environment.

Eighth, promote propaganda, orientation, and dissemination of information to enhance social confidence in the cause of national defense, construction, and development; focus on propagating new policies, guidelines, measures, and ways of doing things, good people, and good deeds. Synchronously deploy propaganda on the implementation of the Resolutions of Party Congresses at all levels and the preparation work for the 14th National Congress of the Party.

Ninth, resolutely and seriously implement the conclusions of the 13th Central Conference and the Politburo in the period from the 12th Central Conference to the present and the conclusions to be issued in the near future. All tasks must have clear objectives, roadmaps, resources, responsibilities, and inspections; report on time; and publicize progress and results for people to monitor.

General Secretary To Lam proposed thoroughly grasping three focuses - three publicities - one measure

Stating that to turn major policies into concrete results, we need to act resolutely, transparently, and consistently, General Secretary To Lam proposed thoroughly implementing three focuses - three publicities - one measurement.

The three focuses are: (1) Quickly institutionalize resolutions and conclusions of the Central Executive Committee, Politburo, and Secretariat; (2) Organize drastic implementation according to weekly, monthly, and quarterly schedules; (3) Regularly inspect and supervise, promptly remove obstacles.

Three publicities are: Public progress, public responsibility, public results so that society can monitor and accompany together.

One measure is: People's living standards and confidence. Specifically, better public services, more job and business opportunities, less time and paperwork costs; more peaceful society, more prosperous and happier people.

For local Party committees and authorities, especially at the provincial and municipal levels, General Secretary To Lam suggested focusing on creating substantive changes: (1) From "process" to "results", each task must have outputs, responsible addresses, and clear completion milestones. (2) From "strength at each base and locality" to "strength by region"; perfecting planning, connecting transport-digital-energy infrastructure, forming dynamic clusters, and taking advantage of urban economies. (3) Shifting from "caring" to "practical caring": social security, health care, and education must reach the right people, with the right needs, at the right time; worker housing and public services must be upgraded; no one must be left behind. Strive so that each individual and each family is well cared for, both spiritually and materially.

Emphasizing "We complete the 13th Conference program with new spirit, new confidence and new responsibility", General Secretary To Lam asked each Central Committee member to continue to set an example, "talk less - do more - be decisive - effective"; resolutely avoid formality, avoid dogma, avoid pushing. Together maintain discipline, unleash resources, innovate, accelerate implementation to create breakthroughs right from the last months of 2025 and create a solid momentum to enter 2026 and the following years. At the same time, he asked Central Committee members to urgently organize the implementation of the Conference's conclusions; prepare well for the 14th Central Conference and especially the 14th National Congress of the Party.

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