General Secretary, President To Lam; Member of the Politburo, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung; Member of the Politburo, Chairman of the National Assembly Tran Thanh Man; Member of the Politburo, Standing Secretary of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu; Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Commission Trinh Van Quyet; Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Fatherland Front, Central Agencies, Chairman of the Central Committee of the 10th Vietnam Fatherland Front Bui Thi Minh Hoai; Member of the Politburo, Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Tuc; Member of the Party Central Committee, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh... attended the opening ceremony of the Congress.
Also participating in the opening ceremony were leaders and former leaders of the Party, State, and Vietnam Fatherland Front.
According to the Organizing Committee, the total number of official delegates convened to attend the 11th National Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF), term 2026 - 2031 is 1,136 delegates.
In which, the natural delegates include 362 delegates who are members of the 10th Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Delegates elected by provincial-level Congresses and member organizations are 705 delegates including: 129 delegates elected by member organizations in the Central Government; 576 delegates elected by the Congresses of the Vietnam Fatherland Front of provinces and cities in consultation.
Appointed delegates include 69 delegates who are delegates introduced for the first time to attend the 11th Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, including: 11 representatives of member organizations; 2 provincial-level Chairmen of the Fatherland Front; 24 intellectuals and experts; 4 representatives of the Workers, Farmers, and Armed Forces structure; 11 ethnic minorities; 5 religious dignitaries; 6 people from economic sectors; 1 person who is a Vietnamese person residing abroad; 5 people who are full-time officials of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front.
The composition of delegates attending includes 381 female delegates, accounting for 33.5%; 528 non-Party delegates, accounting for 46.4%; 274 ethnic minority delegates, accounting for 24.1%; 207 religious delegates, accounting for 18.2%; 17 overseas Vietnamese delegates, accounting for 1.6%; 157 business delegates, accounting for 13.8%; 360 full-time Front officials, accounting for 31.6%. Among them, with a university degree or higher, there are 899 people, accounting for 79%: Professors, Associate Professors - Doctors are 67 people; Doctors are 111 people; Masters are 316 people; Universities, bachelors are 405 people.
Regarding attendance at the Congress, under 30 years old: 37 members (3.3%); From 31 to 40 years old: 128 members (11.2%); From 41 to 50 years old: 294 members (25.8%); From 51 to 60 years old: 326 members (28.8%); From 61 to 70 years old: 221 members (19.4%); From 71 to 80 years old: 111 members (9.8%); From 81 years old and over: 19 members (1.7%);
The oldest delegate: 97 years old, born in 1929 (General Vo So, Chairman of the Truong Son - Ho Chi Minh Trail Traditional Association of Vietnam).
Youngest delegate: 23 years old, born in 2003 (Ms. Lo Thi Nga, typical individual, Lao ethnic person, Muong Luan 1 village, Muong Luan commune, Dien Bien province).
Thus, the total of 1.136 official delegates attending the 11th National Congress of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, term 2026 - 2031, meet the conditions and standards to attend the Congress according to regulations.
The Congress is an event of important socio-political significance, demonstrating the strength of the great national unity bloc in the new era, taking place immediately after the success of the 14th National Party Congress and the election of National Assembly deputies of the 16th term, People's Councils at all levels for the 2026 - 2031 term.
The Congress is a historical milestone, opening the term of operating a new apparatus with a new position, stature and development path after completing the policy of arranging socio-political organizations and mass associations assigned by the Party and State directly under the Vietnam Fatherland Front.
With the motto "Solidarity - Democracy - Innovation - Creativity - Development", the Congress identified directions, goals and action programs for the 2026 - 2031 term to meet the requirements of reality.
At the same time, affirming the political core role of the Vietnam Fatherland Front in building and promoting the tradition of patriotism, the strength of great national unity, joining hands and hearts with the entire Party, army, and nation to successfully implement the goals of national development to 2030, vision to 2045, and achievements to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1930 - 2030), and the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam National United Front (1930 - 2030).
