Biography of President Vo Van Thuong

Taking the oath of office, Vo, aged 53, pledged to stay absolutely loyal to the nation, people and Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam and to exert great efforts to fulfill tasks entrusted by the Party, State and people.

The following is the biography of Vo Van Thuong who was elected as the President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on March 2, 2023:

Date of birth: December 13, 1970                            

Native land: An Phuoc commune, Mang Thit district, Vinh Long province

Date of Party admission: November 18, 1993                     

Education:

- General education: 12/12

- Degree: Bachelor of Philosophy

- Master of Social Sciences and Humanities

Reward: Third-class Labor Order; Medal "For Young Generation"; Certificate of Merit by the Prime Minister (2004)

Positions:

- Alternate member of the Party Central Committee, 10th tenure;

- Member of the Party Central Committee: 11th, 12th and 13th tenures;

- Secretary of the Party Central Committee: 12th and 13th tenures;

- Member of the Politburo: 12th and 13th tenures;

- Deputy to the National Assembly: 12th, 14th and 15th tenures.

Working career:

- From 1988 to 1992: Student of Faculty of Philosophy of Ho Chi Minh City University.

- From 1992 to 1993: Member of the Central Committee of Vietnamese Students' Association.

- From 1993 to 2004: Vice Secretary and then Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU); Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union; Member of the HCYU Central Committee and the Standing Board of the HCYU Central Committee; Member of the HCM City's Party Committee (from October 2003). 

- From November 2004 to October 2006: Member of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of District 12.

- April 2006: At the 10th National Party Congress, elected alternate member of the Party Central Committee.

- October 2006: Permanent Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee, First Secretary of the Youth Union Central Committee (from January 2007), President of the Viet Nam Youth Federation, Chairman of the National Committee for Vietnamese Youth. Deputy of the 12th-tenure National Assembly.

- From January 2011 to April 2014: Member of the Party Central Committee; Secretary of the Quang Ngai provincial Party Committee (from August 2011).

- From April 2014 to January 2016: Member of the Party Central Committee, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee.

- January 2016: Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee.

- From February 2016 to January 2021: Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Party Central Committee's Commission of Information and Education; Deputy of the 14th-tenure National Assembly.

- From January 2021 to now: Politburo member, Permanent member of the Party Central Committee's Secretariat (from February 2021).

- On March 2, 2023, at the fourth extraordinary meeting of the 15th-tenure National Assembly, he was elected President of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam./.