National teleconference to disseminate and implement the Party and State’s direction and guidance documents on the general election (photo: quochoi.vn)

He delivered an address on Thursday to a national teleconference held by the Politburo to disseminate and implement the Party and State’s direction and guidance documents on the general election.

Party leader and State President Nguyen Phu Trong speaks at the conference

Trong said, 'The election is a chance to exercise the people’s right to mastery through the election of moral and talented people deserving to represent the NA and all-level People’s Councils. Aware of the election’s importance, the Party Central Committee, the NA, the Government, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee identified it as one of the key political tasks of the Party, people, and army in 2021.'

He requested the entire political system unite, enhance coordination, and prepare for the success and truly democratic, equal, and safe organisation of the election in line with legal regulations.

'During this process, it’s necessary to grasp the viewpoints, directions, and major policies to be issued at the upcoming National Party Congress, especially those relating Party building and rectification and the political system. We need to focus on personnel work, so as to elect people of good moral character and talent and capacity to the NA and all-level People’s Councils, to successfully realize socio-economic tasks in the next five years,' said Trong.

In her closing remarks, NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, who is also head of the National Election Council, said that together with the 13th National Party Congress, the results of the election of deputies to the 15th NA and all-level People’s Councils for 2021-2026 will help promote democracy, build up solidarity, and contribute to the reaching of targets set in the upcoming congress’s resolution.