WList of important leaders of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
WĐặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh is a Vietnamese politician who served as the Vice President of Vietnam, in office from 2016 to 2021. In this capacity she was the Acting President of Vietnam from the death of President Trần Đại Quang on 21 September 2018 until the election and swearing-in of his successor Nguyễn Phú Trọng on 23 October 2018. Thịnh was the first woman in Vietnamese history to become President or Acting President of Vietnam. She was the first female head of state in a communist country since Soong Ching-ling of China.
WMadame Nguyễn Thị Định was the first female general of Vietnam People's Army during the Vietnam War. Her role in the war was as National Liberation Front deputy commander, and was described as "the most important Southern woman revolutionary in the war". Furthermore, she was commander of an all-female force known as the Long-Haired Army, which engaged in espionage and combat against ARVN and US Forces.
WDương Thu Hương is a Vietnamese author and political dissident. Formerly a member of Vietnam's Communist party, she was expelled from the party in 1989, and has been denied the right to travel abroad, and was temporarily imprisoned for her writings and outspoken criticism of corruption in the Vietnamese government.
WHoàng Văn Thái, born Hoàng Văn Xiêm, was a Vietnamese Army General and a communist political figure. His hometown was Tây An, Tiền Hải District, Thái Bình Province. During the Tết Offensive, he was the highest senior North Vietnamese officer in South Vietnam. He was the first chief of staff of the Vietnam People's Army, and was responsible for key military forces in North Vietnam. He was also Chief of Staff in the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ.
WHoàng Trung Hải is a Vietnamese Politician and the Communist Secretary of the Party Committee in Ha Noi City, a post he began to take from 5 February 2016. He is a member of the 12th Politburo Committee. He was the Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam from 27 August 2007 to 5 February 2016. Before taking this post, he had been the Minister of Industry of Vietnam. Hoàng Trung Hải graduated from Hanoi University of Technology with a degree in power systems. He also gained an MBA from Dublin University, Ireland.On February 7, 2020, he was transferred to the Post Of a Deputy Director of the Document Drafting Subcommittee of the 13th Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
WLê Quốc Minh is a Vietnamese reporter, journalist, and politician. He is currently a member of 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Editor-in-Chief of Nhân Dân. He was former Deputy General Director of Vietnam News Agency and former Editor-in-Chief of VietnamPlus. Lê Quốc Minh is a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam, a journalist with a Bachelor's degree in Foreign Languages and Journalism.
WLê Lương Minh is a Vietnamese politician, diplomat and the former Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Lê Lương Minh is a member of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
WGeneral Lê Trọng Tấn was an officer of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) during 1945 to 1986. During this period of his military career, Lê Trọng Tấn held several senior positions of the Army. Lê Trọng Tấn participated in the Viet Minh movement before the August Revolution in 1945 and gradually became one of the most important figures of the Vietnam People's Army during the Second Indochina War. Being one of the key figures of the North Vietnam armed forces in Vietnam War, Lê Trọng Tấn was Deputy Commander of the Viet Cong (VC) and second commander of the 1975 Spring Offensive that effectively ended the war. Afterwards, he became Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Minister of Defence of Vietnam until his death in December 1986. Lê Trọng Tấn was widely appreciated by his comrades, whom of which include general Võ Nguyên Giáp, as one of the finest commanders of the Vietnam People's Army.
WNguyễn Hữu Thọ was a Vietnamese revolutionary and Chairman of Consultative Council of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam from 6 June 1969 to 2 July 1976, and the Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam from 4 July 1981 to 18 June 1987.
WColonel General Nguyễn Huy Hiệu is an officer of the Vietnam People's Army and current Deputy Minister of Defence of Vietnam. Enlisted in 1965, Nguyễn Huy Hiệu fought in various battlefields during Vietnam War, especially the Battle of Quảng Trị where he was appointed commander of battalion at the age of 23. Nguyễn Huy Hiệu began to hold the position of Deputy Minister of Defence in 1994.
WNguyễn Thanh Long is a Vietnamese doctor and the current Minister of Health of Vietnam. He has been noted for being one of the chief strategists of Vietnam's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
WNguyễn Thị Bình is a Vietnamese communist leader and politician who negotiated at the Paris Peace Conference on behalf of the Viet Cong, or National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam.
WNguyễn Thị Doan is a Vietnamese educator, former legislator and Vietnamese politician, who served as Vice President of Vietnam from 2007 to 2016. Nguyễn Thị Doan is a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and a deputy to the National Assembly of Vietnam for Hà Nam Province.
WNguyễn Thiện Nhân is a Vietnamese politician, Professor and the former Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City's Central Party Committee since May 10, 2017 - 2020. His previous post was the Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front. He was a Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam between 2007 and 2013, and was Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam between 2006 and 2010. He is a member of the 11th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam. He had been the 1st vice mayor of Ho Chi Minh City before being appointed Minister of Education on June 28, 2006, by Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng. He was appointed by the National Assembly, upon recommendation of Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam. He received a PhD in cybernetics at the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg in East Germany in 1979.
WNguyễn Văn Bình was governor of the State Bank of Vietnam from 2011 to 2016. He is member of the CPV Central Committee, tenure 11. He was appointed as Governor of the State Bank of Việt Nam at the first session of the 13th National Assembly. He was replaced as Governor of the State Bank, with Lê Minh Hưng taking his place on 9 April 2016.
WNguyễn Văn Hiến is a retired Admiral, and former Vice Minister of Defense (Vietnam) from 2009–2016.
WPham Hoai Nam is a Vietnamese Admiral, and Vice Minister of Defense (Vietnam).
WTôn Đức Thắng was the second and last president of North Vietnam and the first president of the reunified Vietnam under the leadership of General Secretary Lê Duẩn. The position of president is ceremonial and Thắng was never a major policymaker or even a member of the Politburo, Vietnam's ruling council. He served as president, initially of North Vietnam from September 2, 1969, and later of a united Vietnam, until his death in 1980.
WNguyễn Thị Minh Khai was a Vietnamese revolutionary and a leader of the Indochinese Communist Party during the 1930s.
WTrần Phú was a Vietnamese revolutionary and the first general secretary of the Indochinese Communist Party, later renamed the Communist Party of Vietnam.
WTrần Thị Liên (1910–1991) was a Vietnamese revolutionary. Trần Thị Liên was born in Yên Nghi village, Nghệ An Province. Her father was a geo-surveyor while her mother was a small merchant in Vinh. Liên attended and finished Nguyễn Trường Tộ primary school in Vinh.
WTrần Văn Cung was a Vietnamese revolutionary, who was the secretary of the first communist cell in Vietnam.
WNguyễn Chấn, known as Trần Văn Trà was a Vietnamese general. He was a commander in the Vietcong; a member of the Central Committee of the Lao Dong Party from 1960 to 1982; a lieutenant general in the army of the North Vietnam; chairman of Military Affairs Committee of the Central Office of South Vietnam (COSVN) (1964–1976).
WLieutenant General Trần Hanh is a pilot of the Vietnam People's Air Force and later Deputy Minister of Defence of Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, Trần Hanh was a MIG-17 pilot and officer of the 921st Regiment, he shot down a F-105D in April 1965. After the war he became the Deputy Chief of the General Staff and later Deputy Minister of Defence of Vietnam before retired in 2000.
WTrần Quốc Vượng is a Vietnamese politician. He was a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Standing member of the CPV Central Committee’s Secretariat, Former Deputy Head of Central Steering Committee on Anti-corruption, Member of the National Assembly of Vietnam. He has worked in many units and agencies of the Communist Party of Vietnam and Socialist Republic of Vietnam, serving as Chairman of the Central Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam; Head of Central Office of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Secretary of the Party Personnel Committee, Prosecutor General of the Supreme People's Procuracy of Vietnam.
WTrương Hòa Bình is a Vietnamese politician and the current First Deputy Prime Minister of The Socialist Republic of Vietnam. He is considered to be one of the more promising members' of the Vietnamese Government, having previously served as Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court of Vietnam from 2007 to 2016.
WĐỗ Bá Tỵ is a general in the People's Army of Vietnam and Vietnamese politician.
WVõ Thị Ánh Xuân is a Vietnamese politician currently serving as the Vice President of Vietnam. She was elected Vice President of Vietnam on 6 April 2021 after winning 93.13% of votes in the National Assembly, continuing the recent norm of having a woman holding this position. She is currently a member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of An Giang province, and head of the National Assembly deputies’ delegation of the province.
WVương Đình Huệ is a Vietnamese politician and Professor in Economics. He is currently the Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam, and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee. He was previously Minister of Finance and head of the PCC Economic Commission, a central committee consulting agency for economic policies and strategies. He is also a member of the 10th, 11th and 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. In addition, he served as Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
WXuân Thủy was a North Vietnamese political figure. He was the Foreign Minister of North Vietnam from 1963 to 1965 and then chief negotiator of the North Vietnamese at the Paris Peace talks.