# 8th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam

The 8th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), formally the 8th Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Bộ Chính trị Ban Chấp hành trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam Khoá VIII), was elected at the 1st Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee in the immediate aftermath of the 8th National Congress.

## Members
### 1st Plenary Session (1996–97)

Members of the 8th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam :
| Rank | Name | 7th POL | 7th POL | 4th PLE | 4th PLE | Birth | PM | Birthplace | Education | Ethnicity | Gender | Ref. |
| Rank | Name | New | Rank | New | Rank | Birth | PM | Birthplace | Education | Ethnicity | Gender | Ref. |
| 1 | Đỗ Mười | Old | 1 | Resigned | — | 1917 | 1939 | Hà Nội City | None | Kinh | Male | |
| 2 | Lê Đức Anh | Old | 2 | Resigned | — | 1920 | 1938 | Thừa Thiên Huế province | Military science | Kinh | Male | |
| 3 | Võ Văn Kiệt | Old | 3 | Resigned | — | 1922 | 1939 | Vĩnh Long province | None | Kinh | Male | |
| 4 | Nông Đức Mạnh | Old | 10 | Renewed | 4 | 1940 | 1963 | Bắc Kạn Province | Economics & carpentry | Tày | Male | |
| 5 | Lê Khả Phiêu | Old | 14 | Renewed | 1 | 1931 | 1949 | Thanh Hóa province | Military science | Kinh | Male | |
| 6 | Đoàn Khuê | Old | 5 | Renewed | 6 | 1923 | — | Quảng Trị province | Military science | Kinh | Male | |
| 7 | Phan Văn Khải | Old | 8 | Renewed | 3 | 1933 | 1959 | Hồ Chí Minh City | Economics | Kinh | Male | |
| 8 | Nguyễn Mạnh Cầm | Old | 16 | Renewed | 7 | 1929 | — | Nghệ An province | Russian studies | Kinh | Male | |
| 9 | Nguyễn Đức Bình | Old | 12 | Renewed | 8 | 1927 | 1945 | Hà Tĩnh province | Philosophy | Kinh | Male | |
| 10 | Nguyễn Văn An | New | — | Renewed | 9 | 1937 | 1959 | Nam Định province | Electrical engineering | Kinh | Male | |
| 11 | Phạm Văn Trà | New | — | Renewed | 5 | 1935 | — | Bắc Ninh province | Military science | Kinh | Male | |
| 12 | Trần Đức Lương | New | — | Renewed | 2 | 1937 | 1961 | Quảng Ngãi province | Geological engineering | Kinh | Male | |
| 13 | Nguyễn Thị Xuân Mỹ | New | — | Renewed | 10 | 1940 | — | Hải Dương province | Law & economics | Kinh | Female | |
| 14 | Trương Tấn Sang | New | — | Renewed | 11 | 1949 | 1969 | Long An province | Law | Kinh | Male | |
| 15 | Lê Xuân Tùng | New | — | Renewed | 12 | 1936 | — | Hà Tĩnh province | Economics | Kinh | Male | |
| 16 | Lê Minh Hương | New | — | Renewed | 13 | 1936 | — | Hà Tĩnh province | Military science | Kinh | Male | |
| 17 | Nguyễn Đình Tứ | New | — | Not | — | 1932 | — | Nghệ Tĩnh province | Mathematics & physics | Kinh | Male | |
| 18 | Phạm Thế Duyệt | New | — | Renewed | 14 | 1936 | — | Hải Dương province | Mining engineering & economic management | Kinh | Male | |
| 19 | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng | New | — | Renewed | 15 | 1949 | 1967 | Cà Mau province | Law | Kinh | Male | |

### 4th Plenary Session (1997–01)

Members of the 8th Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam :
| Rank | Name | 4th PLE | 4th PLE | 9th POL | 9th POL | Birth | PM | Birthplace | Education | Ethnicity | Gender | Ref. |
| Rank | Name | New | Rank | New | Rank | Birth | PM | Birthplace | Education | Ethnicity | Gender | Ref. |
| 1 | Lê Khả Phiêu | Old | 5 | Not | — | 1931 | 1949 | Thanh Hóa province | Military science | Kinh | Male | |
| 2 | Trần Đức Lương | Old | 12 | Reelected | 2 | 1937 | 1961 | Quảng Ngãi province | Geological engineering | Kinh | Male | |
| 3 | Phan Văn Khải | Old | 7 | Reelected | 3 | 1933 | 1959 | Hồ Chí Minh City | Economics | Kinh | Male | |
| 4 | Nông Đức Mạnh | Old | 4 | Reelected | 1 | 1940 | 1963 | Bắc Kạn Province | Economics & carpentry | Tày | Male | |
| 5 | Phạm Văn Trà | Old | 11 | Reelected | 11 | 1935 | — | Bắc Ninh province | Military science | Kinh | Male | |
| 6 | Đoàn Khuê | Old | 6 | Not | — | 1923 | — | Quảng Trị province | Military science | Kinh | Male | |
| 7 | Nguyễn Mạnh Cầm | Old | 8 | Not | — | 1929 | — | Nghệ An province | Russian studies | Kinh | Male | |
| 8 | Nguyễn Đức Bình | Old | 9 | Not | — | 1927 | 1945 | Hà Tĩnh province | Philosophy | Kinh | Male | |
| 9 | Nguyễn Văn An | Old | 10 | Reelected | 12 | 1937 | 1959 | Nam Định province | Electrical engineering | Kinh | Male | |
| 10 | Nguyễn Thị Xuân Mỹ | Old | 13 | Not | — | 1940 | — | Hải Dương province | Law & economics | Kinh | Female | |
| 11 | Trương Tấn Sang | Old | 14 | Reelected | 10 | 1949 | 1969 | Long An province | Law | Kinh | Male | |
| 12 | Lê Xuân Tùng | Old | 15 | Not | — | 1936 | — | Hà Tĩnh province | Economics | Kinh | Male | |
| 13 | Lê Minh Hương | Old | 16 | Reelected | 6 | 1936 | — | Hà Tĩnh province | Military science | Kinh | Male | |
| 14 | Phạm Thế Duyệt | Old | 18 | Not | — | 1936 | — | Hải Dương province | Mining engineering & economic management | Kinh | Male | |
| 15 | Nguyễn Tấn Dũng | Old | 19 | Reelected | 5 | 1949 | 1967 | Cà Mau province | Law | Kinh | Male | |
| 16 | Phạm Thanh Ngân | New | — | Not | — | 1939 | 1961 | Thái Nguyên province | Military science | Kinh | Male | |
| 17 | Phan Diễn | New | — | Reelected | 8 | 1937 | 1962 | Quảng Nam province | — | Kinh | Male | |
| 18 | Nguyễn Minh Triết | New | — | Reelected | 4 | 1942 | 1965 | Bình Dương province | Mathematics & political science | Kinh | Male | |
| 19 | Nguyễn Phú Trọng | New | — | Reelected | 7 | 1944 | 1968 | Hà Nội City | Political science & philology | Kinh | Male | |