He expressed his belief that the council will play an important role in the ideological and theoretical fight and become a model for the scientific community in the fields of ideology, education, ethics, culture and style.

Regarding the on-going revision of the 1992 Constitution, President Sang urged council members to conduct extensive theoretical study, draw lessons learned from the constitution implementation and then come up with suggestions to help the constitutional drafting committee to make any improvements to the constitution.

“In 2012, the Party, Government and people are resolved to continue to push forward the renewal process, and overcome difficulties and challenges in socio-economic management in the rapidly changing and complex domestic and international context,” said Mr Sang.

Dinh The Huynh, Politburo member and the council president, asked the council to honour its responsibility in solidifying and implementing the Party political platform which was revised and adopted in 2011 at the 11^th National Party Congress on the path to building socialism and the strategy for socio-economic development in the 2011-2020 period.