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The 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Đại hội đại biểu toàn quốc lần thứ X, 10th National Congress of Delegates) is the tenth party congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the ruling party of Vietnam, occurring between April 18 and April 25, 2006 in Ba Ðình Hall, Hanoi. The party congress occurs once every five years. A total of 1,176 delegates representing 3.1 million party members attended the opening ceremony. This party congress will vote for a new Central Committee, with an expected 160 members and a Politburo with between 15 and 17 members. A Party Congress is a general conference of a political party. ... Stamp featuring Ho Chi Minh commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Communist Party The Communist Party of Vietnam (Đảng Cá»™ng sản Việt Nam) is the currently and indefinitely ruling, as well as the only legal political party in Vietnam. ... April 18 is the 108th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (109th in leap years). ... April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Hanoi (Vietnamese: Hà Ná»™i; Han tu: 河内), estimated population 3,083,800 (2004), is the capital of Vietnam and was the capital of North Vietnam from 1954 to 1976. ... Politburo is short for Political Bureau. ...

This party congress will also decide whether Nong Duc Manh, Phan Van Khai, and Tran Duc Luong will continue with their current posts. It is notable for having generated considerable interest in Vietnam and occurs during a time when the government of Vietnam is caught in the extensive PMU 18 corruption scandal. Nông Ðức Mạnh (農德孟) is the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and has held that position since April 22, 2001. ... Phan Văn Khải (born December 25, 1933 in suburb of Cu Chi, of the former city of Saigon), now the municipality of Hồ Chí Minh City, is the Prime Minister of Vietnam since September 24, 1997, and was re-elected in August 2002. ... Tran Duc Luong (2004) Trần Đức Lương (born May 5, 1937) is the President of Vietnam. ... A new state constitution was approved in April 1992, reaffirming the central role of the Communist Party of Vietnam in politics and society, and outlining government reorganization and increased market reforms in the economy. ...

Events leading to the Congress

On March 2, 2006, the leadership of the Communist party officially requested the Vietnamese people to comment on the Preliminary Party Report. Within one month, the Central Office of the Communist Party received more than 1,400 letters commenting on the report. Moreover, many people sent their comments to the media. Many newspapers opened discussion forums and published comments from intellectuals. Issues under consideration include calls for changing Article 4 of the Constitution, which gives the Communist Party a monopoly on power, to allow pluralism and allowing party members to participate in capitalism. March 2 is the 61st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (62nd in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

At the same time, the PMU 18 corruption scandal involving high-ranking officials was grappling Vietnam. The Minister of Transports had to resign and his deputy was arrested in a multimilliondollar gambling scandal. His resignation was mainly due to loud criticism from the media, who extensively covered the scandal. Three people involved with the scandal (the aforementioned two and another) were removed from the list of delegates and General Vo Nguyen Giap publicly called on the Party to address this issue in the national congress. Võ Nguyên Giáp General Võ Nguyên Giáp (born 25 August 1911) is a Vietnamese four-star general, who was the military leader of the Viet Minh guerrilla group under Hồ Chí Minhs political leadership, and of the Peoples Army of Vietnam (PAVN) in the Democratic...

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