Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam ) established 1930, is the highest authority within the Communist Party of Vietnam elected by the Party National Congresses. The current Central Committee has about 175 full members and 25 alternate members and nominally appoints the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

The Hong Kong conference (held in Kowloon City, chaired by Nguyễn Ái Quốc) in February 1930 founding the Communist Party of Vietnam elected a nine-member Provisional Central Committee, consisting of three members from Tonkin, two from Annam, two from Cochinchina, and two from the Overseas Chinese community.

In October 1930, Hong Kong, at its first plenum, the party changed its name to the Indochinese Communist Party (Đảng Cộng Sản Đông Dương). A Central Committee was elected comprising six members. Trần Phú was elected Party General Secretary; he died in 1931.

In March 1931, at Saigon, 2nd Conference of Central Committee was conducted under the chairmanship of General Secretary Trần Phú.

In March 1934, after a period of active preparation, the Overseas Executive Committee of the Indochinese Communist Party founded, meeting in June 1934, at Macau and chaired by Lê Hồng Phong.

The first Congress of the Indochinese Communist Party was held at Guangong street, Macau, from March 27 to March 31, 1935 in the presence of 13 delegates from domestic and overseas Party committees, chaired by Hà Huy Tập.

The Congress elected a 13-member Party Central Committee and a five-member Standing Board. Lê Hồng Phong was elected General Secretary. The Central Committee appointed Nguyễn Ái Quốc (later known as Ho Chi Minh) as representative of the Indochinese Communist Party to the Communist International.

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