# 3rd Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Vietnam

The 3rd Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Vietnam (WPV) was elected at the 3rd WPV National Congress. It elected the 3rd Politburo and the 3rd Secretariat.

## Plenums

The Central Committee (CC) is not a permanent institution. Instead, it convenes plenary sessions between party congresses. When the CC is not in session, decision-making powers are delegated to its internal bodies; that is, the Politburo and the Secretariat. None of these organs are permanent bodies either; typically, they convene several times a month.
Plenary Sessions of the 3rd Central Committee :
| Plenum | Date | Length |
| 1st Plenary Session | 10 September 1960 | 1 day |
| 2nd Plenary Session | November 1960 | Not made public. |
| 3rd Plenary Session | 30 December 1960 – 5 January 1961 | 6 days |
| 4th Plenary Session | April 1961 | Not made public. |
| 5th Plenary Session | July 1961 | Not made public |
| 6th Plenary Session | 30 November – 2 December 1961 | 3 days |
| 7th Plenary Session | June 1962 | Not made public. |
| 8th Plenary Session | April 1963 | Not made public. |
| 9th Plenary Session | December 1963 | Not made public. |
| 10th Plenary Session | December 1964 | Not made public. |
| 11th Plenary Session | 25–27 March 1965 | 1 day |
| 12th Plenary Session | 27 December 1965 | 1 day |
| 13th Plenary Session | 23–26 January 1967 | 4 days |
| 14th Plenary Session | January 1968 | Not made public. |
| 15th Plenary Session | 28–31 August 1968 | 4 days |
| 16th Plenary Session | 8 May 1969 | 1 day |
| 17th Plenary Session | September 1969 | Not made public. |
| 18th Plenary Session | 18 January 1970 | 1 day |
| 19th Plenary Session | 28 February 1971 | 1 day |
| 20th Plenary Session | 4 April 1972 | 1 day |
| 21st Plenary Session | July 1973 | Not made public. |
| 22nd Plenary Session | December 1973 | Not made public. |
| 23rd Plenary Session | 25 December 1974 | 1 day |
| 24th Plenary Session | September 1975 | Not made public. |
| 25th Plenary Session | 24 September – 24 October 1976 | 31 days |

## Composition
### Members

Members of the 3rd Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Vietnam :
| Listing | Name | 2nd CC | 4th CC | BY | PM | Birthplace | Education | Ethnicity | Gender |
| 1 | Hồ Chí Minh | Old | Not | 1890 | 1930 | Nghệ An province | Marxist studies | Kinh | Male |
| 2 | Lê Duẩn | Old | Reelected | 1907 | 1930 | Quảng Trị Province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 3 | Võ Nguyễn Giáp | Old | Reelected | 1911 | 1930 | Quảng Bình province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 4 | Phạm Hùng | Old | Reelected | 1912 | 1930 | Vĩnh Long province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 5 | Nguyễn Duy Trinh | Old | Reelected | 1910 | 1930 | Nghệ An province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 6 | Nguyễn Chí Thanh | Old | Not | 1914 | 1937 | Thừa Thiên Huế province | Military science | Kinh | Male |
| 7 | Tôn Đức Thắng | Old | Reelected | 1888 | 1930 | Long Xuyên province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 8 | Chu Văn Tấn | Old | Not | 1909 | 1936 | Lạng Sơn province | Military science | Kinh | Male |
| 9 | Nguyễn Văn Linh | New | Reelected | 1915 | 1936 | Hưng Yên province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 10 | Trường Chinh | Old | Reelected | 1907 | 1930 | Nam Định province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 11 | Phạm Văn Đồng | Old | Reelected | 1906 | 1930 | Quảng Ngãi province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 12 | Nguyễn Lương Bằng | Old | Reelected | 1904 | 1930 | Hải Dương province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 13 | Văn Tiến Dũng | Alternate | Reelected | 1917 | 1937 | Hà Nội City | — | Kinh | Male |
| 14 | Nguyễn Văn Trân | Alternate | Not | 1917 | 1935 | Bắc Ninh province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 15 | Song Hào | New | Reelected | 1917 | 1939 | Nam Định province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 16 | Phan Văn Đáng | New | Reelected | 1918 | 1939 | Vĩnh Long province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 17 | Phạm Văn Xô | New | Not | 1910 | 1931 | Nam Định province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 18 | Trần Tử Bình | New | Not | 1907 | 1930 | Hà Nam province | Military science | Kinh | Male |
| 19 | Lê Thanh Nghị | Old | Reelected | 1911 | 1930 | Hải Dương province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 20 | Tố Hữu | Old | Reelected | 1920 | 1938 | Thừa Thiên Huế province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 21 | Xuân Thuỷ | Old | Reelected | 1912 | 1941 | Hà Đông City | — | Kinh | Male |
| 22 | Ung Văn Khiêm | New | Not | 1910 | 1930 | Long Xuyên province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 23 | Lê Văn Lương | Old | Reelected | 1912 | 1930 | Bắc Ninh province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 24 | Nguyễn Thị Thập | Old | Reelected | 1908 | 1931 | Mỹ Tho province | — | Kinh | Female |
| 25 | Võ Chí Công | New | Reelected | 1912 | 1935 | Đà Nẵng City | — | Kinh | Male |
| 26 | Lê Đức Thọ | Old | Reelected | 1911 | 1930 | Nam Định province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 27 | Trần Quốc Hoàn | Old | Reelected | 1916 | 1934 | Nghệ An province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 28 | Hoàng Anh | Alternate | Reelected | 1912 | 1937 | Thừa Thiên Huế province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 29 | Đỗ Mười | Old | Reelected | 1917 | 1939 | Hà Nội City | — | Kinh | Male |
| 30 | Hoàng Quốc Việt | Old | Reelected | 1905 | 1930 | Bắc Ninh province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 31 | Hoàng Văn Hoan | Old | Not | 1905 | 1930 | Nghệ An province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 32 | Lê Hiến Mai | New | Reelected | 1918 | 1939 | Sơn Tây City | — | Kinh | Male |
| 33 | Lê Quảng Ba | New | Not | 1914 | 1936 | Cao Bằng province | Military science | Tày | Male |
| 34 | Trần Nam Trung | Old | Reelected | 1912 | 1931 | Quảng Ngãi province | Military science | Kinh | Male |
| 35 | Nguyễn Côn | New | Reelected | 1916 | 1937 | Nghệ An province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 36 | Hà Huy Giáp | Alternate | Not | 1908 | 1930 | Hà Tĩnh province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 37 | Bùi Quang Tạo | Old | Reelected | 1913 | — | Thái Bình province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 38 | Trần Hữu Dực | Old | Reelected | 1910 | 1930 | Quảng Trị province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 39 | Nguyễn Lam | New | Reelected | 1922 | 1943 | Hà Nam province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 40 | Nguyễn Khang | Alternate | Not | 1919 | 1936 | Thái Bình province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 41 | Hà Thị Quế | New | Reelected | 1921 | 1941 | Ninh Bình province | — | Kinh | Female |
| 42 | Hoàng Văn Thái | New | Reelected | 1915 | 1938 | Thái Bình province | Military science | Kinh | Male |
| 43 | Chu Huy Mân | New | Reelected | 1913 | 1930 | Nghệ An province | Military science | Kinh | Male |
| 44 | Võ Thúc Đồng | New | Reelected | 1914 | 1930 | Nghệ An province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 45 | Nguyễn Văn Kỉnh | Alternate | Not | 1916 | 1938 | Sài Gòn City | — | Kinh | Male |
| 46 | Lê Quốc Thân | New | Reelected | 1919 | 1940 | Hà Nam province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 47 | Phan Trọng Tuệ | New | Reelected | 1917 | 1934 | Sơn Tây City | — | Kinh | Male |
| — | Trương Chí Cương | Promoted | Not | 1919 | 1936 | Quảng Nam province | — | Kinh | Male |
| — | Trần Độ | Promoted | Reelected | 1923 | 1940 | Thái Bình province | — | Kinh | Male |
| — | Trần Văn Quang | Promoted | Not | 1917 | 1936 | Nghệ An province | Military science | Kinh | Male |
| — | Võ Văn Kiệt | Promoted | Reelected | 1922 | 1939 | Vĩnh Long province | — | Kinh | Male |

### Alternates

Alternates of the 3rd Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Vietnam :
| Rank | Name | 2nd CC | 4th CC | BY | PM | Birthplace | Education | Ethnicity | Gender |
| 1 | Phạm Thái Bường | New | Not | 1915 | 1938 | Trà Vinh province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 2 | Võ Văn Kiệt | New | Promoted | 1922 | 1939 | Vĩnh Long province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 3 | Lê Toàn Thư | New | Not | 1921 | 1940 | Ninh Bình province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 4 | Lê Quang Đạo | New | Member | 1921 | 1940 | Bắc Ninh province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 5 | Trần Độ | New | Promoted | 1923 | 1940 | Thái Bình province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 6 | Lý Ban | New | Not | 1912 | 1930 | Long An province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 7 | Lê Liêm | New | Not | 1922 | 1939 | Hà Đông province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 8 | Nguyễn Hữu Mai | New | Member | 1914 | 1940 | Quảng Trị province | Railway engineering | Kinh | Male |
| 9 | Nguyễn Đôn | New | Not | 1918 | 1938 | Quảng Ngãi province | Military science | Kinh | Male |
| 10 | Bùi Công Trừng | New | Not | 1902 | — | Thừa Thiên Huế province | Marxist studies | Kinh | Male |
| 11 | Ngô Minh Loan | New | Not | 1915 | — | Nghệ An province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 12 | Trần Quang Huy | New | Member | 1922 | — | Khánh Hòa province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 13 | Trần Danh Tuyên | New | Not | 1911 | 1937 | Bắc Giang province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 14 | Nguyễn Văn Lộc | New | Not | 1914 | 1938 | Hà Đông province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 15 | Nguyễn Thanh Bình | New | Member | 1918 | 1939 | Bắc Ninh province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 16 | Hoàng Tùng | New | Member | 1920 | 1943 | Hà Nam province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 17 | Nguyễn Thọ Chân | New | Not | 1922 | 1939 | Hà Nội City | — | Kinh | Male |
| 18 | Nguyễn Khai | New | Not | | | | | Kinh | Male |
| 19 | Trần Văn Trà | New | Member | 1919 | 1938 | Quảng Ngãi province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 20 | Nguyễn Trọng Vĩnh | New | Not | 1916 | 1937 | Thanh Hóa province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 21 | Hoàng Văn Kiểu | New | Member | 1921 | 1942 | Lạng Sơn province | — | Tày | Male |
| 22 | Hà Kế Tấn | New | Member | 1912 | 1937 | Hà Nội City | — | Kinh | Male |
| 23 | Lê Hoàng | New | Not | | | | | Kinh | Male |
| 24 | Lê Thành | New | Not | 1922 | 1940 | Thái Bình province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 25 | Trần Quý Hai | New | Not | 1913 | 1930 | Quảng Ngãi province | Military science | Kinh | Male |
| 26 | Nguyễn Khánh Toàn | New | Not | 1905 | 1930 | Nghệ An province | History | Kinh | Male |
| 27 | Nguyễn Văn Vịnh | New | Not | 1918 | 1942 | Nam Định province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 28 | Đinh Đức Thiện | New | Member | 1914 | 1939 | Nam Định province | Explosives engineering | Kinh | Male |
| 29 | Nguyễn Hữu Khiếu | New | Member | 1915 | — | Quảng Trị province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 30 | Ngô Thuyền | New | Not | 1910 | 1939 | Thanh Hóa province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 31 | Đinh Thị Cẩn | New | Not | 1920 | — | Nghệ An province | — | Kinh | Female |
| 32 | Trương Chí Cương | New | Promoted | 1919 | 1936 | Quảng Nam province | — | Kinh | Male |
| 33 | Trần Văn Quang | New | Promoted | 1917 | 1936 | Nghệ An province | Military science | Kinh | Male |