Vo Van Thuong was born on December 13, 1970; of the Kinh ethnicity; joined the Party on November 18, 1993, officially on November 18, 1994; native land in An Phuoc commune, Mang Thit district, Vinh Long province; political theory level: Advanced; professional qualifications: Master of Philosophy.
Vo Van Thuong is an alternate member of the Central Executive Committee of the Party X term; Member of the Central Executive Committee of the Party XI, XII, XIII terms; Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party XII, XIII terms; Member of the Political Bureau XII, XIII terms; Member of the National Assembly XII, XIV, XV terms.
Summary of Vo Van Thuong’s work process:
- From 1988 to 1992: Student at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of General Sciences, Deputy Secretary of the Faculty Union, Secretary of the Faculty Union of Philosophy, Head of the Youth Theory Club.
- From 1992 to 1993: Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of the University of General Sciences, Member of the Central Executive Committee of the Vietnamese Students’ Association.
- From 1993 to 2004: Worked at the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union, successively holding positions such as: Youth Union cadre; Deputy Head and Head of the Committee; Member of the Executive Committee, Member of the Standing Committee, Deputy Secretary and Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union; Vice President and President of the Ho Chi Minh City Student Union; President of the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Federation; Member of the Executive Committee, Member of the Standing Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee; Member of the Executive Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee (since October 2003).
- From November 2004 to October 2006: Member of the Executive Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, Secretary of District 12.
- April 2006: At the 10th National Party Congress, elected as an alternate member of the Central Executive Committee of the Party.
- October 2006: Standing Secretary of the Central Committee of the Youth Union, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Youth Union (since January 2007), President of the Vietnam Youth Federation, Chairman of the National Committee on Vietnamese Youth. Member of the National Assembly XII.
- From January 2011 to April 2014: At the 11th National Party Congress, Vo Van Thuong was elected as a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Party; Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee of Quang Ngai (since August 2011).
- From April 2014 to January 2016: Vo Van Thuong was a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Party, Deputy Secretary of the Permanent Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee. January 2016: At the 12th National Party Congress, Vo Van Thuong was elected to the Central Executive Committee of the Party, elected by the Central Executive Committee of the Party to the Political Bureau; assigned by the Political Bureau to participate in the Secretariat.
- From February 2016 to January 2021: Vo Van Thuong was a member of the Political Bureau, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party, Head of the Central Propaganda Committee; in charge of ideological, cultural, educational, and external information work, propaganda work on seas and islands; Member of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption; in charge of the Central Party Committees’ Scientific Councils and the Central Council for Theoretical Criticism, reviewing literature and arts at the central level. Member of the National Assembly XIV term.
- From January 2021 to March 2023: At the 13th National Party Congress, Vo Van Thuong was elected to the Central Executive Committee of the Party, elected by the Central Executive Committee of the Party to the Political Bureau; assigned by the Political Bureau as the Standing Secretary of the Secretariat (February 2021); in charge of internal politics, finance, economics, and external affairs of the Party, people’s external affairs; Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption (March 2021). Member of the National Assembly XIV, XV terms.
- On March 2, 2023, at the 4th extraordinary session, the 15th National Assembly elected Vo Van Thuong as the President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam for the 2021-2026 term.
- On March 6, 2023, at the Party Central Committee headquarters, the Politburo met to consider personnel work. The Politburo decided to agree with Vo Van Thuong, member of the Politburo, President, Standing Secretary of the 13th Party Central Committee to resign from the position of Standing Secretary of the Politburo.
