The roundabout in front of the National Convention Hall.

The 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam will take place in Hanoi from January 20-28 with the main theme of intensifying the building of a strong and pure Party.

The event will focus on reviewing the implementation of the 11th Congress’s Resolution, and the outcomes of the 30-year reform cause. It will also define directions, targets, tasks and measures for nation building, safeguarding and development in the next five years.

Attending the congress will be 1,510 delegates who represent more than 4.5 million Party members nationwide. The delegates will discuss and approve several important documents including the 11th Party Central Committee’s Political Report; a report reviewing the implementation of socio-economic development tasks during 2011-2015 and putting forth directions and tasks for 2016-2020; and also a report reviewing the leadership of the 11 th Party Central Committee.

A summary of the execution of the 11 th tenure Party Statute will accept proposals on adjustments and supplements if there are any put forward, along with a report on the implementation of the Resolution of the Party Central Committee’s 4 th plenum on several urgent issues in Party building.

During the congress, members of the 12 th Party Central Committee – the most supreme leading body of the Party between the two congresses will be elected.

There have been 26 million comments on the draft documents to be submitted to the 12 th National Party Congress, including opinions raised at all-level Party Congresses and by National Assembly deputies, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organisations, Party officials and members, and people from all strata including overseas Vietnamese.

Some 150 journalists from more than 20 foreign media organisations will be covering the Vietnam's 12th National Party Congress in Hanoi from January 20-28.

 The newly-inaugurated press center of the National Party Congress.