The VFF committees from across the country, at both central and local levels, will gather together for the first time.

The congress aims to enhance the role of the VFF, promote democracy, improve social consensus, build national solidarity to keep the nation strong, and enable prosperity for the people in a just, democratic and civilized society.

Approximately 1,300 delegates will join the convention, 989 of whom are official delegates from VFF committees nationwide.

The oldest participant will be 92-year-old Venerable Thich Pho Tue from the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha, while the youngest will be 19-year-old Vu Thi Xua, an ethnic minority delegate from the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang.

The three-day congress will be attended by delegates from the China People’s Political Consultative Conference, the Lao Front for National Construction, the Cambodian Front for National Construction, the Cambodian Front for National Solidarity and Development, the Cuban Revolutionary Protection Committee and representatives from foreign embassies in Vietnam and domestic and international non-governmental organisations.