Japanese and Indonesian newspapers have reported on the 10th National Party Congress, which voted to elect a new Party Central Committee in the hope that economic reforms and the fight against corruption will be reinforced.

The 10th National Party Congress on April 23 voted to elect a new Party Central Committee (PCC) for the 10th tenure. It elected 160 official members from the list of 207 candidates and 25 alternate members out of 46 candidates to the 10th PCC.

The ethnic community in Vietnam comprises 54 groups, of which 53 are minority groups with a combined population of nearly 11 million, accounting for 13 percent of the national population. The ethnic minority groups inhabit in large areas of strategic importance in terms of politics, economics, social affairs and national security and defence.

Delegates to the current 10th National Party Congress on April 22 discussed issues related to criteria and composition of candidates to be elected to a new Party Central Committee (PCC) for its 10th tenure.

The 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on April 21 discussed and voted on issues related to the election of a new Central Committee for its 10th tenure. The discussions included debate on the supplemented and revised Party Statute.

“We must frankly acknowledge Uncle Ho’s warning that “One nation, one Party and each person might be great and attractive yesterday, but will not always win people’s love and praise today and tomorrow once the conscience is not clear, and slides into individualism,” said Vu Quoc Hung, a Party delegate from northern Phu Tho province in his report at the 10th Party Congress.

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) on April 21 continued receiving congratulatory messages from foreign political parties and organisations on the occasion of its 10th National Congress.

Democracy and frankness are clearly reflected in the reports represented at the congress, which have analysed theoretical and practical issues on the Party’s leadership roles in the areas of economics, social affairs and national security and defence.

Vietnamese newspapers continued reporting on foreigners' interest in the on-going 10th Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and their appreciation for the Party's openness and determination to overcome obstacles and fight corruption.

On the occasion of the 10th National Party Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), the congress received congratulatory messages from parties and friends around the world.

Delegates at the on-going 10th National Party Congress on April 20 continued discussing congress documents with a focus on Party building work, the fight against corruption, and policies for ethnic-inhabited areas.

After two days of the 10th National Party Congress, Radio the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) has continued receiving a lot of opinions from Party members and local people.

Delegates of the on-going 10th National Party Congress on Wednesday discussed Congress documents, focusing on the role of the Fatherland Front and the Trade Union, theoretical studies and the practice of socialism, Vietnam’s international integration, administrative reforms and agricultural and rural development issues.

On the occasion of the on-going 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Party Central Committee has received messages of congratulation from many Communist parties, workers parties and political organisations from around the world.

Many foreign media agencies in their April 19 editions carried articles on the second day of the 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV).

Opinion given by delegates from provinces and cities throughout the country stressed the need to continue boosting socio-economic development, devise effective anti-corruption measures and discuss private economic operations of the Party members.

French daily Wanadoo said the 10th National Party Congress discussed many important contents, particularly anti-corruption matters. The 10th Congress will help Vietnam further develop in the 21st century thanks to the country’s renovation policies and developing market economy.

The Lao People's Revolutionary Party, the Communist Party of China, the Cambodian People's Party, the Communist Party of Cuba and the Korean Workers' Party praised Vietnam’s tremendous achievements in politics, diplomacy, economics, culture and social affairs and wished that the 10th Party Congress will achieve great success.

Most delegates said that the achievements recorded in the past 20 years of implementing the Doi Moi (Renewal) process are of great significance as they serve as a prerequisite for national development in the next five years.

In his important report delivered at the 10th National Party Congress in Hanoi on Tuesday, Party General Secretary Nong Duc Manh said one of the major tasks of the congress is to draw up plans to bring Vietnam out of the underdeveloped status before 2010.

Attending the National Party Congress is not only the great honour of delegates that also makes them feel duty-bound after that. During interviews granted to VOVNews prior to the congress, all the delegates realise their responsibilities, and have different expectations of this important event.

Delegates to the 10th National Party Congress held a preliminary meeting in Hanoi on April 17, with the adoption of the congress agenda and issues pertaining to the Party Congress.

The 15th conference of the 9th Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) concluded in Hanoi on Saturday. The two-day conference approved the CPVCC’s reports on documents to be presented at the Congress, and personnel plans of the 10th CPVCC, the Political Bureau and the Secretariat.

The Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC) opened its 15th conference in Hanoi on Friday to check final preparations for the 10th National Party Congress to be held in Hanoi from April 18-25. The conference will consider and approve documents to be presented at the Congress.

Phan Dien, a Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat, has affirmed the Party’s determination to crack down on negative phenomena, particularly bureaucracy and corruption, considering it one of the leading tasks in Party building work.

The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (KPRF) highly values the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s loyalty to its obvious choice of socialism and ideals of the Russian October Revolution which opened up a transitional period from capitalism to socialism, said Gennady Zyuganov, Chairman of the KPRF Central Committee.

The first priority of the congress will be identifying strategies for the renewal and development process to fulfill the national development targets set at the previous congresses. Anti-corruption work will also be one of important issues, Mr Phan Dien says.

The congress, scheduled to take place from April 18-25, is titled “Increasing Party leadership capacity and combative strength, bringing the whole nation to strength, boosting the national renewal process and removing the country’s under developed status.”

The Ninth National Party Congress convened in Hanoi from April 19-22, 2001 with the participation of 1,168 delegates representing more than 2.4 million Party members nationwide and 35 international delegations.

The 8th National Party Congress met in Hanoi from June 28-July 1, 1996. Party General Secretary Do Muoi, on behalf of the Party Central Committee, delivered a political report to the congress, evaluating 10 years of implementing the Doi Moi (Renewal) process.