# 2020–25 term of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam

The 2020–25 term of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) was appointed by a decision of the 13th Politburo. Nguyễn Phú Trọng was re-appointed for a third term as CMC Secretary, a position he has held since 2011.
Colonel General Trần Quang Phương voluntarily left office on his election as Vice Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam in July 2021, and Lieutenant General Trần Hồng Minh left office on his appointment as Secretary of the Cao Bằng Provincial Party Committee in September. Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, the President of Vietnam and the third-ranking member of the 2020–25 term of the CMC, voluntarily resigned from all state and party offices at the 3rd Extraordinary Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee on 17 January 2023.

## Sessions

The Central Military Commission is not a permanent institution. Instead, it convenes plenary sessions. When the CMC is not in session, decision-making powers are delegated to the Standing Committee. The Standing Board is not a permanent body either.
Sessions of the 2020–25 term of the Central Military Commission :
| Plenum | Date | Length |
| 1st Session | 17 June 2021 | 1 day |
| 2nd Session | Not made public. | Not made public. |
| 3rd Session | 16 December 2021 | 1 day |
| 4th Session | 13 July 2022 | 1 day |
| 5th Session | 19 December 2022 | 1 day |

## Officers

| Title | Name | Portrait | BY | PM | Birthplace | Education | Ethnicity | Ref. |
| Secretary of the Central Military Commission (General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam) | Tô Lâm | | 1957 | | Văn Giang District | Professor, Doctor | Kinh | |
| Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission (Minister of National Defence) | Phan Văn Giang | | 1960 | — | Nam Định province | Graduate | Kinh | |

## Composition
### Standing Committee

Members of the Standing Committee of the 2020–25 term of the Central Military Commission :
| Order | Name | 2015–20 CMC-SC | 2015–20 CMC-SC | Birth | PM | Birthplace | Education | Ethnicity | Military rank | Ref. |
| Order | Name | New | Rank | Birth | PM | Birthplace | Education | Ethnicity | Military rank | Ref. |
| 1 | Nguyễn Phú Trọng | Old | 1 | 1944 | 1968 | Hà Nội City | Graduate | Kinh | — | |
| 2 | Phan Văn Giang | Old | 6 | 1960 | — | Nam Định province | Graduate | Kinh | General | |
| 3 | Nguyễn Xuân Phúc | Old | 4 | 1954 | 1982 | Quảng Nam province | Undergraduate | Kinh | — | |
| 4 | Phạm Minh Chính | New | — | 1958 | 1986 | Thanh Hoá province | Graduate | Kinh | — | |
| 5 | Lương Cường | Old | 5 | 1957 | 1978 | Phú Thọ province | Undergraduate | Kinh | General | |
| 6 | Nguyễn Tân Cương | New | — | 1966 | — | Hà Nam province | Undergraduate | Kinh | Colonel General | |
| 7 | Võ Minh Lương | New | — | 1963 | — | Quảng Bình province | Undergraduate | Kinh | Colonel General | |

### Members

Members of the 2020–25 term of the Central Military Commission :
| Order | Name | 2015–20 CMC | 2015–20 CMC | Birth | PM | Birthplace | Education | Ethnicity | Military rank | Ref. |
| Order | Name | New | Rank | Birth | PM | Birthplace | Education | Ethnicity | Military rank | Ref. |
| 1 | Nguyễn Phú Trọng | Old | 1 | 1944 | 1968 | Hà Nội City | Graduate | Kinh | — | |
| 2 | Phan Văn Giang | Old | 6 | 1960 | — | Nam Định province | Graduate | Kinh | General | |
| 3 | Nguyễn Xuân Phúc | Old | 4 | 1954 | 1982 | Quảng Nam province | Undergraduate | Kinh | — | |
| 4 | Phạm Minh Chính | New | — | 1958 | 1986 | Thanh Hoá province | Graduate | Kinh | — | |
| 5 | Lương Cường | Old | 5 | 1957 | 1978 | Phú Thọ province | Undergraduate | Kinh | General | |
| 6 | Nguyễn Tân Cương | Old | 12 | 1966 | — | Hà Nam province | Undergraduate | Kinh | Colonel General | |
| 7 | Võ Minh Lương | Old | 16 | 1963 | — | Quảng Bình province | Undergraduate | Kinh | Colonel General | |
| 8 | Hoàng Xuân Chiến | Old | 18 | 1961 | — | Hưng Yên province | Graduate | Kinh | Colonel General | |
| 9 | Vũ Hải Sản | Old | 22 | 1961 | 1983 | Nam Định province | Undergraduate | Kinh | Colonel General | |
| 10 | Lê Huy Vịnh | Old | 15 | 1961 | — | Hà Nội City | Graduate | Kinh | Colonel General | |
| 11 | Phạm Hoài Nam | Old | 14 | 1967 | — | Bình Định province | Graduate | Kinh | Colonel General | |
| 12 | Trịnh Văn Quyết | New | — | 1966 | — | Hải Dương province | Undergraduate | Kinh | Lieutenant General | |
| 13 | Nguyễn Văn Gấu | New | — | 1967 | — | Bến Tre province | Undergraduate | Kinh | Major General | |
| 14 | Huỳnh Chiến Thắng | Old | 17 | 1965 | — | Bến Tre province | Undergraduate | Kinh | Colonel General | |
| 15 | Trần Việt Khoa | Old | 20 | 1965 | 1985 | Vĩnh Phúc province | Graduate | Kinh | Colonel General | |
| 16 | Trần Thanh Nghiêm | New | — | 1970 | — | Hà Nam province | Undergraduate | Kinh | Rear Admiral | |
| 17 | Nguyễn Văn Hiền | New | — | 1967 | — | Thái Bình province | Undergraduate | Kinh | Major General | |
| 18 | Lê Đức Thái | New | — | 1967 | — | Quảng Ninh province | Undergraduate | Kinh | Lieutenant General | |
| 19 | Nguyễn Hồng Thái | New | — | 1969 | 1987 | Hưng Yên province | Undergraduate | Kinh | Lieutenant General | |
| 20 | Nguyễn Quang Ngọc | New | — | 1968 | 1988 | Nam Định province | Undergraduate | Kinh | Lieutenant General | |
| 21 | Nguyễn Doãn Anh | New | — | 1967 | 1987 | Hà Tây province | Graduate | Kinh | Lieutenant General | |
| 22 | Thái Đại Ngọc | New | — | 1966 | — | Đà Nẵng City | Undergraduate | Kinh | Lieutenant General | |
| 23 | Nguyễn Trường Thắng | New | — | 1970 | — | Bình Dương province | Undergraduate | Kinh | Major General | |
| 24 | Trần Quang Phương | Old | 21 | 1961 | — | Quảng Ngãi province | Undergraduate | Kinh | Colonel General | |
| 25 | Trần Hồng Minh | New | — | 1967 | — | Hà Nội City | Graduate | Kinh | Lieutenant General | |