(VOVWORLD) - The Party Central Office on Thursday issued the Politburo's announcement on the health situation of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong. At the request of the Specialized Council for Protection of Central-level Officials' Health, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has been managing work while receiving treatment and health care recently.
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 favorable conditions to treat the General Secretary and provide health care for him.
Due to the need to continue prioritizing the intensive care treatment for the Party chief, 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 fulfill the goals set by the 13th National Party Congress.
The Politburo also calls for maintaining political stability, firmly safeguarding national independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and national security as well as social order and safety, boosting socio-economic development, and taking good care of people’s material and spiritual lives.