Party Central Committee wraps up 5th plenum

13:29' 15/07/2007 (GMT+7)

VietNamNet Bridge - The 10th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) wrapped up its 5th plenum in Hanoi on July 14. During the 10-day plenum, the Party Central Committee heard reports and discussed projects on ideological and theoretical work, the media, the promotion of Party inspection and supervision work; renewing the Party's leadership over operations regarding the political system; accelerating administrative reforms, raising the effectiveness of the State system and the government structure in the term of the 12th National Assembly. Members of the meeting were unanimous that ideological and theoretical work and the press are an important part in the Party's activities to build and strengthen the ideological foundation of the Party, gather the support from ordinary people and unite the people to successfully fulfill all tasks. The Party Central Committee said that in the future, both opportunities and challenges will face the country and the world, the ideological and theoretical work and the media should be renewed in terms of content and methodology. A mechanism is also needed to link ideological, theoretical work and the media with economic and cultural development, improvement of the people's living conditions and the promotion of people’s rights. The Party Central Committee went on to issue a resolution on "Ideological and theoretical work and the media to meet the new requirements". The plenum affirmed the need to promote inspections and supervisions in order to prevent political, ideological and ethical degradation, bureaucracy, corruption and wastefulness. The Party Central Committee issued a resolution on enhancing the Party’s inspection and supervision work. Party General Secretary Manh said that renewing the Party's leadership over the political system aims to maintain and enhance the role and the capacity of the Party's leadership over the State and the entire society, strengthen the relationship between the Party and its people, improve the efficiency of the State's management and the activities of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and other socio-political organisations, promote democracy and people's rights. The CPV CC issued a resolution on renewing the Party’s leadership over the operation of the political system. To meet all these tasks requirements, the Party leader said, it is necessary to increase the Party's leadership over the administrative reform and synchronously carry out administrative, legal and judicial reforms. The Party Central Committee adopted a resolution on promoting administrative reform and improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the State apparatus. The CPV CC also considered the Government’s organisational structure during the 12th tenure of the National Assembly, made recommendations of leaders of State-owned agencies to the NA for election and approval and reviewed reports of the Political Bureau’s important works that have been solved since the fourth plenum of the Party Central Committee. (Source: Viet Nam Net)