Vice President of Vietnam

The **Vice President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam** (), known as **Deputy Chairman of the Council of State** () from 1981 to 1992, is the vice head of state of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The Vice President is appointed on the recommendation of the President to the National Assembly.

## Vice presidents of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1960–1976)

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|align="center"|1960|align="center"|23 September 1969|Hồ Chí Minh (1945–1969)||||||||
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|align="center"|22 September 1969|align="center"|2 July 1976|Tôn Đức Thắng (1969–1976)||||||||
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|align="center"|25 April 1976|align="center"|2 July 1976|Tôn Đức Thắng (1976–1980)||||||||

### Vice presidents (1976–1981)

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|align="center"|2 July 1976|align="center"|20 July 1979|Tôn Đức Thắng (1976–1980)|align="center"|||||||
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|align="center"|2 July 1976|align="center"|4 July 1981|Tôn Đức Thắng (1976–1980)|align="center"|||||||

### Deputy chairmen of the Council of State (1981–1992)

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|align="center"|4 July 1981|align="center"|19 July 1992|Trường Chinh (1981–1987) Võ Chí Công (1987–1992)|align="center"|||||||
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|align="center"|4 July 1981|align="center"|December 1986|Trường Chinh (1981–1987)|align="center"|||||||
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|align="center"|4 July 1981|align="center"|July 1982|Trường Chinh (1981–1987)|align="center"|||||||
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|align="center"|July 1982|align="center"|December 1986|Trường Chinh (1981–1987)|align="center"|||||||
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|align="center"|1982|align="center"|1989|Trường Chinh (1981–1987) Võ Chí Công (1987–1992)|align="center"|||||||
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|align="center"|19 April 1987|align="center"|19 July 1992|Võ Chí Công (1987–1992)|align="center"|||||||
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|align="center"|19 April 1987|align="center"|19 July 1992|Võ Chí Công (1987–1992)|align="center"|||||||
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|align="center"|19 April 1987|align="center"|19 July 1992|Võ Chí Công (1987–1992)|align="center"|||||||
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|align="center"|19 April 1987|align="center"|19 July 1992|Võ Chí Công (1987–1992)|align="center"|||||||

### Vice presidents (1992–present)

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|align="center"|8 October 1992|align="center"|12 August 2002|Lê Đức Anh (1992–1997) Trần Đức Lương (1997–2006)||||||||
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|align="center"|12 August 2002|align="center"|25 July 2007|Trần Đức Lương (1997–2006) Nguyễn Minh Triết (2006–2011)||||||||
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|align="center"|25 July 2007|align="center"|8 April 2016|Nguyễn Minh Triết (2006–2011) Trương Tấn Sang (2011–2016)||||||||
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|align="center"|8 April 2016|align="center"|6 April 2021 (acting president 21 September – 23 October 2018)|Trần Đại Quang (2016–2018) Nguyễn Phú Trọng (2018–2021) Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (since 2021)||||||||
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|align="center"|6 April 2021|align="center"|incumbent|Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (2021–)||||||||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: Vice President
- **body**: the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- **insignia**: Emblem of Vietnam.svg
- **insigniacaption**: Emblem of Vietnam
- **image**: U.S._Secretary_of_Agriculture_Tom_Vilsack_met_Vietnam_Vice_President_Vo_Thi_Anh_Xuan_at_the_St._Regis_Hotel_in_Washington,_D.C._on_March_14,_2024_-_20.jpg
- **incumbent**: Võ Thị Ánh Xuân
- **incumbentsince**: 6 April 2021
- **style**: Madam Vice President
<small>(Informal)</small>
Excellency, Her Excellency
<small>(formal)</small>
- **seat**: Hanoi
- **succession**: First
- **appointer**: The National Assembly (Vietnam), National Assembly on the recommendation of the President of Vietnam, President
- **termlength**: None
- **formation**: 9 November 1946
- **inaugural**: Tôn Đức Thắng