By Francesco Guarascio HANOI, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Vietnam's ruling Communist Party wraps up its 14th five-yearly congress on Friday, after meeting to select its top leader and set key targets until 2030.

Vietnam's ruling Communist Party convened Monday to begin their twice-a-decade congress, where leader To Lam is looking to tighten his grip on power less than two years after assuming the top role. Lam would be the first person to be named to the top two jobs simultaneously by a party congress,

A prominent activist who organized Hong Kong's decades-old vigil commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has defended their demand for ending "one-party rule" in court.

To Lam, the current party general secretary, is seen as the lead contender for the top job.

By Francesco Guarascio HANOI, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Hundreds of delegates from Vietnam's ruling Communist Party gathered on Monday under tight security for a congress that will select the single-party country's top leader and set economic goals for the remainder of the decade.

Vietnam’s Communist Party has opened a meeting to decide the country's top leadership and policies for the next five years.

One of Asia’s most dynamic nations is weighing how to balance government control with raising per capita G.D.P. by about 70 percent in five years.

HANOI, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Vietnam's top leader To Lam was confirmed on Friday as head of the ruling Communist Party for the next five years, according to the title under his name at a press conference which will conclude a party congress.