Politburo announces Party chief’s health situation

At the request of the Specialized Council for Protection of Central-level Officials' Health, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has been both managing work and receiving treatment and health care in recent times.

The Politburo, the Secretariat, key leaders and the permanent member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat have directly instructed specialized agencies to mobilize a contingent of top professors, doctors, medical staff, and experts and the most favourable conditions to treat the General Secretary and provide health care for him.

Due to the need to continue prioritising the time for the Party chief to focus on taking intensive care, and to ensure the overall management of the Party Central Committee, the Politburo, and Secretariat, on the basis of the working regulations of the 13th Party Central Committee, Politburo, and Secretariat, for the immediate future, the Politburo assigns To Lam, Politburo member and State President, to be in charge of the work of the Party Central Committee, Politburo, and Secretariat with responsibilities and power stipulated by the Politburo.

The Politburo calls on the entire Party, people and army to place absolute trust in the Party's leadership and State management, reinforce solidarity and unity, step up joint efforts to continue to bring into full play important and comprehensive achievements and results the nation has recorded, while striving to overcome all difficulties and challenges and successfully fulfil the goals set by the 13th National Party Congress.

The Politburo also calls for maintaining political stability, firmly safeguard national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and national security as well as social order and safety, boosting socio-economic development, and take good care of people’s material and spiritual lives.