According to Decision No. 658-QD/TW, the PCC’s Commission for Publicity serves as a strategic advisory and supporting body for the PCC, reporting directly and regularly to the Political Bureau and the Secretariat, regarding Party building in the realms of politics, ideology, and ethics.
It provides counsel on the Party’s major guidelines, policies, and directives within the sphere of propaganda and ideological work, contributing to the innovation of leadership methods and the enhancement of the Party’s governing capacity.
It acts as the body responsible for providing political and ideological orientation across the entire Party and the political system, while also serving as the specialised professional agency for the Party’s communication and ideological affairs.
The Decision specifies that the PCC’s Commission for Publicity is tasked with researching and advising the Political Bureau and the Secretariat on strategies for ideological work. It is responsible for proposing guidelines, tasks, and solutions to improve the capacity and effectiveness of ideological work; shaping perceptions; fostering ideological unity throughout the Party and the political system; building social consensus; strengthening the people’s trust; and inspiring a national aspiration for development.
The Commission is tasked with leading or coordinating research and providing counsel on the formulation and concretisation of the Party’s major guidelines, policies, and directives in the field of communication. It participates in the preparation of content for documents for the National Party Congress within its assigned areas of responsibility; it also leads or contributes to the drafting of resolutions, directives, decisions, regulations, and conclusions issued by the Party Central Committee, the Politburo, and the Secretariat concerning its assigned domains.
Furthermore, it leads or coordinates research and provides counsel on propaganda and educational initiatives focused on the study and practical application of Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, ethics, methodology, and style; studying, researching, applying, and creatively developing Marxism-Leninism and Ho Chi Minh Thought, while promoting the legacy of Ho Chi Minh both domestically and internationally; leading and coordinating efforts to advise the Political Bureau and the Secretariat on the guidelines, policies, tasks, and solutions for directing and overseeing the protection of the Party’s ideological foundation; combating and pushing back against manifestations of degradation in political ideology, morality, and lifestyle, as well as “self-evolution’ and “self-transformation” within the Party; conducting scientific research and synthesising practical experience to contribute to the development and refinement of the Party’s theoretical framework regarding politics, ideology, morality, and communication work.
Regarding its organisational structure, the PCC’s Commission for Publicity consists of a Head and several Deputy Heads, including those serving concurrently in other roles; its internal structure comprises various departments and units. The Political Bureau determines the staffing quota for the PCC’s Commission for Publicity based on its functions, duties, organisational structure, and specific job positions.
In addition to its formal staffing quota, the PCC’s Commission for Publicity is authorised to engage experts, seconded officials, collaborators, and contract-based personnel to support its operations. Decision No. 658-QĐ/TW shall take effect from October 29, 2026, and shall supersede Decision No. 246-QĐ/TW, dated January 24, 2025, of the Political Bureau regarding the functions, duties, and organisational structure of the PCC’s Commission for Communication, Education and Mass Mobilisation.
