President of Vietnam

The **President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam** () is,  according to the constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the elected head of state of Vietnam, holds the second highest office in Vietnam after General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

In addition, the president appoints the head of government, the Prime Minister. The President represents the government both domestically and internationally.

The President appoints the Vice President, Prime Minister, Ministers and other officials with the consent of the National Assembly.

The President is the Supreme Commander-in-chief of the Vietnam People's Armed Forces, Chairman of the Council for Defense and Security.

If the President becomes unable to discharge duties of office, the Vice President  assumes the office of acting president until the President resumes duty, or until the election of a new president.

## Presidents of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (1945–1976)

|style="width:5em;"|Number|style="width:10em;"|Portrait|style="width:12em;"|Name <small>(Birth–Death)</small>|style="width:12em;"|Took office|style="width:12em;"|Left office|style="width:12em;"|**Time in office**|style="width:5em;"|Rank|style="width:12em;"|Political party|
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|September 2, 1945|September 2, 1969||1|Communist Party of Indochina (until 1951) Worker's Party of Vietnam (since 1951)||||||||||||
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|May 31, 1946|September 21, 1946||—|Independent||||||||||||
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|September 3, 1969|September 23, 1969||—|rowspan="2"|Worker's Party of Vietnam|||||||||||
|2|September 23, 1969|July 2, 1976||1||||||||||||

## Chairman of the Consultative Council of the Republic of South Vietnam (1969–1976)

|style="width:5em;"|Number|style="width:10em;"|Portrait|style="width:12em;"|Name <small>(Birth–Death)</small>|style="width:12em;"|Took office|style="width:12em;"|Left office|style="width:12em;"|**Time in office**|style="width:12em;"|Political party|
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|1||||||||||||||
|June 8, 1969|July 2, 1976||People's Revolutionary Party of Vietnam (influenced by Worker's Party of Vietnam)|||||||||||

## Socialist Republic of Vietnam (1976–present)

- Status

|rowspan="2"||rowspan="2" style="width:70px;"|Portrait|rowspan="2"|Name|colspan="3"|Term of Office|rowspan="2"|Election|rowspan="2"|Political Party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Tôn Đức Thắng|2 July 1976|30 March 1980 <sup>(Died in office)</sup>||1976|Worker's Party of Vietnam Communist Party of Vietnam||||||
||Nguyễn Hữu Thọ|30 March 1980|4 July 1981||—|style="background:#e6e6aa;"|Communist Party of Vietnam|||||
||Trường Chinh|4 July 1981|18 June 1987||—|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||
||Võ Chí Công|18 June 1987|22 September 1992||—|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||
||Lê Đức Anh|23 September 1992|24 September 1997||1992|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||
||Trần Đức Lương|24 September 1997|27 June 2006 <sup>(Resigned from office)</sup>||1997|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||
||Nguyễn Minh Triết|27 June 2006|25 July 2011||2006|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||
||Trương Tấn Sang|25 July 2011|2 April 2016||2011|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||
||Trần Đại Quang|2 April 2016|21 September 2018 <sup>(Died in office)</sup>||2016|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||
||Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh|21 September 2018|23 October 2018||—|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||
||Nguyễn Phú Trọng|23 October 2018|5 April 2021||2018|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||
||Nguyễn Xuân Phúc|5 April 2021|18 January 2023 <sup>(Resigned from office)</sup>||2021|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||
||Võ Thị Ánh Xuân|18 January 2023|2 March 2023||—|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||
||Võ Văn Thưởng|2 March 2023|21 March 2024 <sup>(Resigned from office)</sup>||2023|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||
||Võ Thị Ánh Xuân|21 March 2024|22 May 2024||—|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||
||Tô Lâm|<small>22 May 2024</small>|21 October 2024 <sup>(Resigned from office)</sup>||2024|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||
||Lương Cường|<small>21 October 2024</small>|Incumbent||2024|Communist Party of Vietnam||||||

## Living former presidents

|Image|Name|Term of office|Age|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Nguyễn Minh Triết|2006–2011||
||Trương Tấn Sang|2011–2016||
||Nguyễn Xuân Phúc|2021–2023||
||Võ Văn Thưởng|2023–2024||
||Tô Lâm|2024||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: President
- **body**: the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- **insignia**: Emblem of Vietnam.svg
- **incumbent**: Lương Cường
- **insigniacaption**: Emblem of Vietnam
- **image**: Lương Cường in Chile.jpg
- **imagesize**: 220px
- **incumbentsince**: 21 October 2024
- **type**: Head of state
- **style**: President (government title), Mr. President (informal)
Excellency, His Excellency (diplomatic)
- **residence**: Presidential Palace, Hanoi, Presidential Palace
- **nominator**: Standing Committee of the National Assembly
- **appointer**: National Assembly (Vietnam), National Assembly
- **termlength**: Five years, no term limits
- **constituting instrument**: Constitution of Vietnam
- **salary**: 30,420,000Vietnamese đồng, ₫ monthly
- **inaugural**: Ho Chi Minh, Hồ Chí Minh
- **deputy**: Vice President of Vietnam, Vice President