The 11th Conference of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam solemnly opened in Hanoi. (Source: Nhan Dan Newspaper)

Dear Politburo members and Secretariat members,

Dear Central Party Committee members ,

Dear all comrades attending the Conference.

With the spirit of determination and determination to successfully implement the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress and urgently, actively and proactively prepare for the 14th Congress, the Politburo decided to convene the 11th Central Conference of the 13th tenure one month earlier than originally planned.

On behalf of the Politburo and the Secretariat, I warmly welcome the Central Committee members and delegates to the Conference. I would like to send you my best wishes for health and happiness and for the success of the Conference.

Dear comrades,

The Central Committee has just voted to approve the Conference program. Accordingly, the Central Committee will discuss and give opinions on 15 contents, focusing on 2 main groups of issues:

Firstly, the group of issues on continuing to reorganize the apparatus of the political system, reorganize administrative units and organize two-level local governments; Secondly, the group of issues on continuing to prepare for the 14th National Party Congress and the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term.

Also at this Conference, the Politburo will report to the Central Committee for consideration and decision on a number of personnel work contents according to its authority; report to the Central Committee on the situation of the country; the world and regional situation; important tasks that the Politburo and the Secretariat have resolved since the 10th Central Conference to date and topics on institutional improvement and breakthroughs in science, technology development, innovation, and national digital transformation.

Regarding the Conference documents, the Central Office has sent them in advance for your study. The amount of work to be resolved at this Central Conference is very large, the scope is very wide, and there are many sensitive contents related to " national affairs and people's livelihood ". Therefore, to save time, we would like to ask the Central Committee not to present the Reports again but to give time for you to study and contribute your opinions.

I would like to suggest some issues for the Central Committee to focus on discussing and deciding:

Firstly, regarding the group of issues of continuing to reorganize the political system, reorganize administrative units and organize local governments at two levels . Over the past 4 months, implementing the conclusions of the Central Committee, the Politburo and the Secretariat have led and directed the basic completion of the reorganization and streamlining of the Party, Government, National Assembly and Front agencies at the central level. The figures on the reduction of focal points and work efficiency as well as cost savings stated in the reports have clearly demonstrated the revolutionary nature of this streamlining. However, in general, the organizational model of the political system is not really complete, especially at the local level.

To continue the revolution of streamlining the apparatus, the Politburo and the Secretariat held many meetings, thoroughly discussed many aspects and agreed to submit to the Central Committee the Project on rearranging and reorganizing administrative units at all levels and building a model of organizing a two-level local government; along with Projects on the Party organization system at the local level; Projects on rearranging and streamlining the Fatherland Front agencies, socio-political organizations, and mass organizations assigned by the Party and the State; Projects on rearranging the Courts and Procuracies; and Projects on amending and supplementing the Constitution and laws of the State, amending and supplementing regulations on implementing the Party's charter, regulations on Party inspection and supervision to ensure synchronous implementation. This is an issue that cadres, party members and the people are very interested in.

The information that the Politburo and Secretariat have grasped is that the vast majority of people and Party members agree to support and appreciate this policy and wish for its early implementation.

The Project on the arrangement and reorganization of administrative units at all levels and the construction of a 2-level local government model, along with the accompanying Projects, are very important and historic issues; not only the arrangement of organization, apparatus, and staff; but also the decentralization of authority; the rearrangement of administrative units; the allocation of resources; and the creation of development space. The goal is to build a Government that is close to the people, serves the people better; at the same time, opens up a new situation in the country's development with a long-term vision, at least for the next 100 years.

Therefore, the Politburo requests that Central comrades, with a mindset of innovation and a radical revolutionary spirit, for the development of the country and for the people, focus on giving opinions on the contents according to the discussion suggestions attached to each Project, especially on major issues such as: On the policy of arranging administrative units - provincial level to 34 provinces and cities; not organizing district level, reducing about 50% of commune-level administrative units; model of organizing 2-level local government, associated with decentralization, delegation of power, especially the new commune level after the merger, how to be truly close to the people, close to the people, and serve the people better.

Regarding the organizational model, functions and tasks of Party agencies at provincial and communal levels, corresponding to local governments at two levels to ensure the Party's leadership role.

Regarding the arrangement and consolidation of agencies of socio-political organizations and mass organizations assigned by the Party and State to be directly under the Vietnam Fatherland Front to coordinate unified actions, strongly oriented towards the grassroots and the masses.

Regarding the arrangement of the model of the Court and Procuracy agencies into 3 levels, along with adjusting the jurisdiction of trial, jurisdiction of supervision, and jurisdiction of prosecution accordingly. Regarding the scope, content, and method of amending a number of articles of the 2013 Constitution; Party regulations, and relevant legal regulations to implement the above policies from July 1, 2025.

All of these tasks must be implemented at the same time, none of them can be delayed, so I would like to ask you to give your comments on the plan and implementation roadmap so that it is synchronous, unified, smooth, and effective, and does not let the reorganization of the apparatus interrupt the operations of agencies, production and business activities, and daily activities of people and businesses.

General Secretary To Lam delivered the opening speech at the Conference. (Source: Nhan Dan Newspaper)

Second, regarding the group of issues to continue preparing for the 14th National Party Congress and the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term. Since the 10th Central Conference, the Politburo has continued to resolutely and urgently direct the preparation of the work to organize the 14th National Party Congress, focusing on two groups of issues: Documents and Personnel.

Regarding documents : Along with sending the draft summary of 4 documents for the grassroots congress to comment on, the Politburo has directed to supplement and update many new issues, especially important revolutionary policies and decisions for national development. The content and presentation of the documents have many improvements to ensure the nature of documents, science, practicality, action, feasibility, and purpose, following the motto that the Political Report is a " torch to light the way ", other reports are " action manuals ".

The consistent content of the documents demonstrates the unwavering persistence in the socialist path; the effective resolution of the dialectical relationship between stability and development , closely following the major goal of “ better and better meeting the needs of the people ”; and the determination to realize the country’s two 100-year goals. These are very high goals, and the efforts to achieve them are very difficult. Since 2025, we have had to carry out many tasks to create the foundation for achieving these goals.

The Politburo and the Secretariat are eager to hear recommendations and solutions to help us achieve the GDP growth target of 8% or more in 2025 and continuous double-digit growth in the following years, in the context of our revolution in organizational structure and reorganization of administrative units at all levels, as well as in the context of a “ global trade war ”. The most important thing for this content is that comrades in each locality, ministry, and sector must find “ what needs to be done immediately ” from their own internal resources in order to achieve the set targets.

Regarding personnel : This is the “ key ” of the “ key ” issues to realize the goals and visions of the 14th Congress. The higher the task requirements, the higher the level of staff, especially the strategic level staff. Personnel work must be prepared early and will continue to be supplemented and perfected until the 14th Congress.

The Politburo has directed the review and supplementation of the draft Orientation for Personnel Work of the 14th Central Executive Committee in accordance with the structure of the new organizational model; reviewed the proposal for the Central Committee to supplement the strategic-level cadre planning; drafted amendments and supplements to a number of contents of Directive 35 of the Politburo on organizing Party Congresses at all levels towards the 14th National Party Congress. All of these important tasks are aimed at the goal of successfully organizing Party Congresses at all levels and organizing the 14th National Congress in the first quarter of 2026 according to the set plan.

At the same time, to contribute to bringing the Resolution of the 14th National Congress into life, the Politburo submitted to the Central Committee the Project on "Orientation for the Election of Deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term" , with the policy of organizing elections earlier and reforming, innovating, and improving the effectiveness of the National Assembly and People's Councils, contributing to fully promoting the people's mastery over the country's affairs.

These are very strategic and important issues for the country's development in the new period. I request that Central Committee members carefully study the documents and give their opinions on the important contents of each topic. These documents will be the basis and " compass " for leading and directing the successful organization of Party Congresses at all levels; the 14th National Party Congress and the election of deputies to the 16th National Assembly and People's Councils at all levels for the 2026-2031 term.

Dear comrades.

In the context of the new and urgent situation, requiring breakthroughs, decisiveness, determination, solidarity and unity from the policy proposal stage to implementation, I therefore request the Central Committee comrades and delegates attending the Conference to promote a sense of responsibility, focus their intelligence, and contribute ideas to the contents so that the Conference can achieve the set goals and requirements.

In that spirit, I declare the 11th Central Conference, 13th tenure, open. Once again, I wish you good health and the Conference great success.

Thank you very much, comrades.