LIVE: Ho Chi Minh City Party Congress: Opening a new journey full of aspirations and responsibilities

(Chinhphu.vn) - On the morning of October 14, General Secretary To Lam attended and delivered a speech at the opening session of the 1st Ho Chi Minh City Party Congress, term 2025-2030. This is the first Congress of the new Ho Chi Minh City after the merger, marking an important turning point in the development process of this special urban area.

Also attending the opening ceremony were: Former General Secretary Nong Duc Manh; President Luong Cuong; former President Nguyen Minh Triet; former President Truong Tan Sang; Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh; former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung; National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man; former National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Van An; former National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan; Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu; former Standing member of the Secretariat Phan Dien; former Standing member of the Secretariat Le Hong Anh.

The congress was attended by leaders and former leaders of the Party, State, and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; veteran revolutionaries, heroic Vietnamese mothers, heroes of the People's Armed Forces, heroes of labor; former leaders of Ho Chi Minh City through the periods; prominent intellectuals, religious dignitaries, etc.

General Secretary To Lam, President Luong Cuong, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, and former Party and State leaders attended the opening session of the 1st Ho Chi Minh City Party Congress, term 2025-2030 - Photo: VGP

The Congress convened 547 official delegates, including 106 ex-officio delegates and 441 delegates appointed at the Party Committees of communes, wards, special zones and grassroots Party Committees directly under the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee.

Former General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh , former Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, and Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu attended the opening session of the 1st Ho Chi Minh City Party Congress, term 2025-2030 - Photo: VGP

Previously, at the preparatory session, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Tran Luu Quang said that the 1st Congress of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee carried out two contents: Summarizing the implementation of the Congress Resolution for the 2020-2025 term and determining the directions, goals and solutions for the 2025-2030 term. The Congress also discussed and contributed opinions to the draft documents of the 14th National Party Congress.

General Secretary To Lam and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visit the exhibition "National strategic technology products in Ho Chi Minh City" - Photo: VGP

The Congress will announce the Politburo and Secretariat's decision on appointing the Executive Committee, Standing Committee, Secretary, Deputy Secretaries, Inspection Committee, Chairman of the Inspection Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, term I, 2025-2030; and personnel of the Ho Chi Minh City delegation to attend the 14th National Congress of the Party.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Tran Luu Quang introduces to General Secretary To Lam the Press and Publishing Achievements Exhibition - Photo: VGP

For many months now, along with the drastic direction of the work of arranging administrative units, the Standing Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee has focused on directing the successful organization, on schedule, of the congresses of 10,641 grassroots Party organizations and 173 Party Committees under the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee. The subcommittees of the congress, the Standing Committee, and the Executive Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee have actively and carefully prepared the contents of the documents and reported to the Politburo for comments.

Former General Secretary Nong Duc Manh and former National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan visit the Press and Publishing Achievements Exhibition - Photo: VGP

Held for 3 days from October 13 to 15, the Congress has the theme: "Building a clean and strong Party organization and political system; promoting the strength of national solidarity; making breakthroughs in developing science, technology, innovation and the private economy; strengthening national defense, security, foreign affairs, international integration; mobilizing and effectively using all resources for Ho Chi Minh City to pioneer with the whole country in the new era". The motto of the Congress is "Solidarity - Democracy - Discipline - Breakthrough - Creativity".

Anh Tho

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