Party Congress adopts resolution

Manh, 65, will stay at the helm of the powerful politburo that is the governing nerve center of Vietnam, one of the world’s fastest-growing economies.

The final politburo lineup was released Tuesday morning. The National Assembly must formally confirm all new government positions in a legislative session that may come any time between next month and early next year.

Manh was reelected by the party's new Central Committee on the seventh day of the eight-day national congress of the party.

"Manh was reelected by the 160 (central committee) delegates, obtaining 80 percent of the vote," a party source said.

Manh and his new team will have to answer growing calls for political and economic change in a country of 83 million people, two thirds of them under 30.

They have a busy year ahead.

Vietnam, which posted 8.4 percent economic growth last year, hopes to join the World Trade Organization before November when it will host its largest ever international event, an Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

Politburo members, the Party General Secretary, and head of the Central Inspection Committee were named at the concluding session of the 10th Congress Tuesday:

Politburo Members:
1. Nong Duc Manh, Party General Secretary
2. Le Hong Anh, General Minister of Public Security
3. Nguyen Minh Triet, Secretary of the HCM City Municipal Party Committee
4. Nguyen Tan Dung, Deputy Prime Minister
5. Truong Tan Sang, Head of the Central Economics Committee
6. Nguyen Phu Trong, Secretary of the Hanoi City Municipal Party Committee
7. Pham Gia Khiem, Deputy Prime Minister
8. Pham Quang Nghi, Minister of Culture and Information
9. Nguyen Sinh Hung, Minister of Finance
10. Nguyen Van Chi, Head of the Central Inspection Committee
11. Ho Duc Viet, Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Science, Technology and Environment
12. Phung Quang Thanh, Senior lieutenant-general, Deputy Minister of Defence
13. Truong Vinh Trong, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Committee
14. Le Thanh Hai, Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee

Party General Secretary:
Nong Duc Manh

Head of the Central Inspection Committee:
Nguyen Van Chi

Party Secretariat:
1. Nong Duc Manh, Party General Secretary
2. Truong Tan Sang, Head of the Central Economics Committee
3. Truong Vinh Trong, Head of the Central Internal Affairs Committee
4. Nguyen Van Chi, Head of the Central Inspection Committee
5. Pham Quang Nghi, Minister of Culture and Information
6. Le Van Dung, senior lieutenant-general, Chairman of the Political General Department
7. Tong Thi Phong, Head of the Central Public Relations Committee
8. To Huy Rua, Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Politics Institute

Source: VTV, Thanh Nien, AFP