Tran Thanh Man re-elected as top Vietnamese legislator
VGP - Legislators on Monday re-elected Tran Thanh Nam as Chairman of the 16th National Assembly.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee To Lam congratulates Tran Thanh Man upon his re-election as Chairman of the National Assembly, Ha Noi, April 6, 2026. Photo: VGP
In his oath-taking remarks Tran pledged absolute loyalty to the Fatherland, the people and the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and committed to fulfilling the duties entrusted by the Party, State and people.
Chairman Man was born in 1962 in Thanh Xuan commune, Can Tho city. He holds a doctorate in economics and a bachelor’s degree in politics. He is currently a Politburo member, and Secretary of the NA Party Committee.
He served as an alternate member of the Party Central Committee in the 10th tenure; a member of the Party Central Committee in the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th tenures; a member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat in the 12th tenure; and a Politburo member in the 13th and 14th tenures. He has been a NA deputy for the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th legislatures./.
