7th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam

7th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam

The flag of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Date	24–27 June 1991 (4 days)
Location	Ba Đình Hall
Participants	1,176 delegates (which includes the members of the 6th Central Committee)
Outcome	The election of the 7th Central Committee

The 7th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Đại hội Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam VII) was held in Ba Đình Hall, Hanoi from 24–27 June 1991. The congress occurs once every five years. A total of 1,176 delegates represented the party's 2.1 million card-carrying members.

Forty-six (31.5 percent) of the elected Central Committee members were new members. The remaining 64 (68.4 percent) were incumbents who were reelected. The Central Committee was evenly divided in its membership by government and party officials; 60 (41.1 percent) and 62 (41.8 percent) of the members were either party and government officials.

The military was represented by 11 (7 percent) people at the Central Committee. 52 (35.6 percent) members were provincial-level officials, of which 13 of them held either the post of head of the head of the provincial party committee or chairman of a provincial people's committee. Of incumbents, 42 (28.8 percent) were party officials and 47 (32.2 percent) were government officials. Of the new members, 18 (12.3 percent) were party officials and 15 (10.3 percent) were government officials.

The majority of incumbent members retained their leadership over the commissions and departments of the Central Committee. Of the five deputy commission or departments heads, three of them were newly elected members. Similarly, the incumbents dominated the government structure. 22 ministers and deputy ministers were incumbents, while seven newly elected members were either appointed minister or as deputy minister.

Four officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (one ambassador and three deputy ministers) and the Ministry of National Defence (all of whom were incumbents), and two officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs (all incumbents) were elected to the Central Committee. Of these, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Trang Quang Co was promoted to full Central Committee membership. 11 members (3 deputy ministers and 8 ministers) from the economic ministries and 6 (2 deputy ministers and 4 ministers) from the social welfare ministries were appointed to the Central Committee. Of the eleven members from the economic ministries, eighth of them were incumbents, while 2 out of 6 representatives from the social welfare ministries were incumbents.