On 12/9, the Da Nang City Party Committee held a press conference regarding the first congress of the city's party committee for the 2025-2030 term. Nguyen Dinh Vinh, standing deputy secretary of the city party committee and head of the organizing subcommittee, and Huynh Thi Thuy Dung, head of the city's propaganda and public relations department, co-chaired the event.

According to Nguyen Duc Hoang, deputy head of the city party committee office, the congress will take place over three days (16-18/9). The Da Nang City Party Committee's standing committee has decided not to accept congratulatory flowers for the congress.

This decision aligns with Directive 45 of the Politburo, which mandates that local congresses be safe, practical, efficient, and avoid ostentation and waste.

Although there's no official directive from the central government, the Da Nang City Party Committee's standing committee discussed and agreed on this decision on 9/9.

"With a large number of delegates, central agencies, and guests, accepting flowers would contradict the directive's emphasis on avoiding waste and ostentation," Hoang said.

Nguyen Duc Hoang, deputy head of the Da Nang City Party Committee office, announces the decision to decline congratulatory flowers at the press conference on 12/9. Photo: Nguyen Dong

Nguyen Duc Hoang, deputy head of the Da Nang City Party Committee office, announces the decision to decline congratulatory flowers at the press conference on 12/9. Photo: Nguyen Dong

The theme of the first Da Nang City Party Congress for the 2025-2030 term is: "Building a pure and strong party and political system; promoting cultural identity, revolutionary traditions, the strength of great unity, and the desire for development; building a civilized, modern Da Nang city with a high quality of life, becoming a growth pole of Vietnam, and joining the entire country in entering a new era of national development." Its motto is "Unity - Democracy - Discipline - Creativity - Development."

As of 31/8, the Da Nang City Party Committee had 97 party committees directly under the city party committee and a special branch in Hoang Sa (belonging to the party committee of the Department of Home Affairs, People's Committee of the city), with a total of 139,534 party members.

The Da Nang City Party Committee for the 2025-2030 term is expected to have 75 members, with 73 returning members and two first-time participants (the political commissar of the city's military command and the chief justice of the city's People's Court). The standing committee of the city party committee will comprise 23 members.

Key leadership positions include the secretary and five deputy secretaries of the city party committee (currently four deputy secretaries); 14 members of the city's inspection committee; four vice chairmen of the city's People's Council; eight vice chairmen of the city's People's Committee; and one deputy head of the National Assembly Delegation of Da Nang City for the 16th term (2026-2031).

Nguyen Dong