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Vietnam's Communist Party Congress Aims for 10% GDP Growth

12/23/2025

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Vietnam's 14th Communist Party Congress runs January 19–25, 2026, to set leadership and targets through 2030.
To Lam, the party's general secretary, assumed leadership in August 2024 after Nguyen Phu Trong's death.
About 1,600 delegates will name roughly 200 officials to the Central Committee, which will then select the Politburo.
Lam has implemented reforms and aims for at least 10% GDP growth from 2026 to 2030, despite U.S. tariff challenges.

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Story summary

Vietnam's 14th Communist Party Congress runs January 19–25, 2026, to set leadership and targets through 2030.
To Lam, the party's general secretary, assumed leadership in August 2024 after Nguyen Phu Trong's death.
About 1,600 delegates will name roughly 200 officials to the Central Committee, which will then select the Politburo.
Lam has implemented reforms and aims for at least 10% GDP growth from 2026 to 2030, despite U.S. tariff challenges.