Members of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam

On 27 January 2016, the 12th National Congress elected 180 individuals to serve as members of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) for the electoral term 2016–2021. The Central Committee is the highest decision-making institution in the CPV and Vietnam when the Party's National Congress and the Politburo are adjourned. In between congresses, the Central Committee is responsible for organising and directing the implementation of the Party's Political Platform, Charter, and resolutions adopted at the National Congress. Furthermore, it adopts guidelines and policies in all relevant fields, domestic or foreign. In addition, the sitting Central Committee is responsible for convening the next National Congress. Members of the Central Committee have the right to elect and remove the General Secretary of the Central Committee as well as members of the Politburo, the Secretariat and the Central Inspection Commission (CIC). When the Central Committee is not in session, it delegates its powers to these three elected organs which then report on their activities the next time the Central Committee convenes for a meeting. Central Committee members are responsible to and report on their work to the Central Committee.

81 members had served in the 11th Central Committee (11th CC). Moreover, another 18 members had served as alternates of the 11th CC. Of these 99 members, seven had served in the 11th Politburo. The remaining 81 members were newcomers. Of the 180 members, 17 were women. Upon their election, 12 members were 61 years or older, 142 members were in the age group 51–60 and seven were in the age group 46–49. 19 members were 45 years of age or younger, of which Nguyễn Xuân Anh (aged 40) and Nguyen Thanh Nghi (aged 39) were the two youngest, both being born in 1976. Hà Tĩnh province had the highest provincial representation on the Central Committee with its sixteen members. The Ministry of Defence had twenty representatives, and the Ministry of Public Security had five. Twelve members had work experience in the Vietnam People's Public Security police force.

The 12th National Congress adopted a resolution that stated the CPV needed to combat political corruption within the party, state, and society at large resolutely. Shortly after his re-election as General Secretary on 27 January 2016, Nguyễn Phú Trọng ramped up his anti-corruption campaign. As a result, five members were removed from the Central Committee and expelled from the CPV: 12th Politburo member Đinh La Thăng, Tất Thành Cang, Nguyễn Xuân Anh, Trương Minh Tuấn and Nguyễn Đức Chung. The two most notable cases were those of Đinh La Thăng and Nguyễn Xuân Anh. Đinh La Thăng was accused of mismanaging the state-owned enterprise PetroVietnam, resulting in a loss of 900 billion Vietnamese dongs (around 40 million United States dollars); he was arrested in December 2017 and sentenced to thirteen years in prison in January 2018. Nguyễn Xuân Anh was accused of violating democratic centralism and being corrupt. This last case received more attention since Nguyễn Xuân Anh was the son of Nguyễn Văn Chi, the CIC Chairman of the 10th and 11th terms. Four officials received disciplinary warnings from the 12th CC and the 12th CIC: Lê Viết Chữ and Trần Quốc Cường, as well as Politburo members Nguyễn Văn Bình and Hoàng Trung Hải. Triệu Tài Vinh, on the other hand, was recommended a disciplinary punishment by the 41st Session of the CIC and received a reprimand by the 12th Politburo in January 2020.

The 13th National Congress re-elected 103 members to serve in the 13th Central Committee, which began in 2021. Of these, ten were given age exemptions. Party regulation state that one needs to be 60 years or younger to be re-elected to the Central Committee, and Võ Văn Dũng, Phan Văn Giang, Lê Minh Trí and Nguyễn Chí Dũng were given exemptions from this rule. Moreover, another rule states that members of the Politburo have to be 65 years or younger to be re-elected, but the 13th National Congress gave age exemptions to Nguyễn Phú Trọng (77 years of age) and Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (67 years of age).

Members +Members of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Name 11th 13th Ethnicity Gender 1965 1998 Hà Nội Graduate Kinh Male 1963 1994 Hải Phòng Graduate Kinh Male 1963 1994 Phú Thọ Graduate Kinh Female 1976 2004 Đà Nẵng Graduate Kinh Male 1964 1996 Quảng Ngãi Graduate Kinh Male 1957 Quảng Nam Graduate Kinh Male 1961 1981 Cà Mau Undergraduate Kinh Male 1958 1981 Quảng Ngãi Graduate Kinh Male 1957 Hà Tĩnh Undergraduate Kinh Male 1961 1995 Phú Thọ Graduate Kinh Male 1960 1984 An Giang Graduate Kinh Male 1955 1973 Long An Graduate Kinh Male 1971 1991 Long An Graduate Kinh Male 1961 1993 Phú Thọ Graduate Kinh Male 1958 1980 Quảng Nam Graduate Kinh Male 1962 1986 Tuyên Quang Graduate Sán Dìu Male 1957 1980 Cao Bằng Graduate Tày Male 1961 Hưng Yên Graduate Kinh Male 1960 1983 Bắc Ninh Graduate Kinh Male 1960 Thanh Hóa Graduate Kinh Male 1961 1987 Long An Graduate Kinh Male 1958 1986 Thanh Hóa Graduate Kinh Male 1963 1994 Quảng Ngãi Graduate Kinh Male 1967 1994 Hải Dương Graduate Kinh Male 1965 1992 Hải Dương Undergraduate Kinh Male 1957 1978 Phú Thọ Undergraduate Kinh Male 1967 1995 Bình Dương Graduate Kinh Male 1966 Hà Nam Undergraduate Kinh Male 1959 1986 Hà Nội Undergraduate Kinh Male 1963 1988 Quảng Nam Undergraduate Kinh Male 1961 1985 Nam Định Graduate Kinh Male 1963 1993 Hải Dương Graduate Kinh Male 1962 1981 Tiền Giang Undergraduate Kinh Male 1962 1990 Bến Tre Graduate Kinh Male 1960 1981 Bình Định Graduate Kinh Male 1965 1985 Thái Bình Graduate Kinh Male 1964 1988 Thái Bình Graduate Kinh Male 1958 Long An Kinh Male 1960 Bắc Kạn Undergraduate Kinh Male 1962 1984 Hà Nam Graduate Kinh Male 1961 1987 Ninh Bình Graduate Kinh Male 1959 1980 Hà Nam Graduate Kinh Male 1960 1987 Hà Tĩnh Graduate Kinh Male 1960 1989 Hà Tĩnh Graduate Kinh Male 1959 1980 Trà Vinh Undergraduate Kinh Male 1956 Vĩnh Phúc Kinh Male 1960 1982 Bạc Liêu Undergraduate Kinh Male 1962 1984 Hà Nội Undergraduate Kinh Male 1962 1983 Vĩnh Phúc Kinh Male 1960 Bến Tre Graduate Kinh Male 1957 1981 An Giang Graduate Kinh Male 1970 1997 Ninh Bình Graduate Kinh Female 1958 1989 Nam Định Graduate Kinh Male 1963 1990 Hà Tĩnh Graduate Kinh Male 1960 Bắc Giang Graduate Kinh Male 1959 1990 Thái Bình Graduate Kinh Male 1961 1984 Quảng Nam Graduate Kinh Male 1970 2002 Hà Nội Graduate Kinh Female 1960 1984 Nam Định Graduate Kinh Female 1960 Hải Dương Graduate Kinh Male 1958 1986 Phú Thọ Graduate Kinh Male 1965 1991 Hà Nam Graduate Kinh Female 1961 1988 Đồng Tháp Graduate Kinh Male 1957 1984 Nghệ An Graduate Kinh Male 1963 1981 Hậu Giang Undergraduate Kinh Male 1960 Hà Tĩnh Graduate Kinh Male 1962 1984 Bắc Ninh Graduate Kinh Male 1961 1982 Quảng Trị Graduate Kinh Male 1964 1993 Quảng Nam Graduate Kinh Male 1970 2000 Hà Tĩnh Graduate Kinh Male 1958 1985 Hà Tĩnh Graduate Kinh Male 1953 1974 Nam Định Graduate Kinh Male 1964 1990 Bạc Liêu Graduate Kinh Male 1967 1995 Bắc Ninh Graduate Kinh Male 1965 1985 Vĩnh Phúc Graduate Kinh Male 1968 1993 Đăk Nông Graduate Mnong Male 1960 Nghệ An Graduate Kinh Male 1967 1995 Tuyên Quang Graduate Tày Male 1957 1981 Hưng Yên Graduate Kinh Male 1966 1995 Vĩnh Phúc Graduate Kinh Female 1973 1994 Lào Cai Graduate Hmong Male 1954 1973 Hà Nam Graduate Kinh Male 1964 1986 Long An Undergraduate Kinh Male 1960 1990 Quảng Trị Undergraduate Kinh Male 1961 1981 Hồ Chí Minh Undergraduate Kinh Male 1963 1991 Thanh Hóa Graduate Kinh Male 1963 Quảng Bình Undergraduate Kinh Male 1963 1992 Thừa Thiên Huế Graduate Kinh Male 1955 1983 Hà Tĩnh Graduate Kinh Male 1958 1985 Quảng Bình Graduate Kinh Female 1973 1997 Bến Tre Graduate Kinh Male 1962 1982 Hậu Giang Graduate Kinh Male 1961 1996 Thừa Thiên Huế Graduate Kinh Male 1959 1984 Nam Định Graduate Kinh Male 1958 1992 Hải Dương Graduate Kinh Male 1963 1984 Nam Định Undergraduate Kinh Male 1963 1998 Lai Châu Graduate Hmong Female 1955 Nam Định Undergraduate Kinh Male 1957 Cà Mau Undergraduate Kinh Male 1967 Bình Định Graduate Kinh Male 1963 1986 Bình Dương Undergraduate Kinh Male 1957 1978 Tây Ninh Undergraduate Kinh Male 1964 1990 Hà Tĩnh Graduate Kinh Female 1954 1981 Bến Tre Graduate Kinh Female 1976 1991 Cà Mau Graduate Kinh Male 1962 1982 Tiền Giang Undergraduate Kinh Male 1958 1983 Quảng Nam Graduate Kinh Male 1963 1997 Hưng Yên Graduate Kinh Male 1953 1980 Trà Vinh Graduate Kinh Male 1956 Nam Định Graduate Kinh Male 1963 1993 Nghệ An Graduate Kinh Male 1963 1993 Nam Định Graduate Kinh Male 1962 1988 Bến Tre Graduate Kinh Male 1954 1981 Sơn La Graduate Thái Female 1959 1986 Thái Bình Undergraduate Kinh Male 1954 1982 Quảng Nam Undergraduate Kinh Male 1960 Tây Ninh Graduate Kinh Male 1961 Quảng Ngãi Undergraduate Kinh Male 1959 1984 Thái Bình Undergraduate Kinh Male 1961 1992 Quảng Bình Graduate Kinh Male 1968 1997 Kiên Giang Graduate Kinh Male 1960 Khánh Hòa Undergraduate Kinh Male 1956 1980 Ninh Bình Graduate Kinh Male 1967 1997 Tây Ninh Undergraduate Kinh Male 1960 Long An Graduate Kinh Male 1961 1981 Vĩnh Long Undergraduate Kinh Male 1961 1983 Nam Định Undergraduate Kinh Male 1956 1986 Đồng Tháp Undergraduate Kinh Male 1962 1986 Hà Nội Graduate Kinh Male 1960 1988 Hà Tĩnh Graduate Kinh Male 1960 Kiên Giang Graduate Kinh Male 1961 1995 Nam Định Graduate Kinh Male 1958 1984 Sơn La Undergraduate Hmong Male 1965 1993 Hưng Yên Undergraduate Kinh Male 1958 1980 Đồng Tháp Undergraduate Kinh Male 1960 1985 Nam Định Graduate Kinh Male 1965 Bến Tre Undergraduate Kinh Male 1957 1983 Nghệ An Graduate Kinh Male 1960 Trà Vinh Khmer Male 1967 1989 Ninh Bình Graduate Kinh Female 1962 1989 Hà Tĩnh Undergraduate Kinh Male 1967 1988 Ninh Bình Graduate Kinh Female 1962 1982 Quảng Nam Graduate Kinh Male 1971 1995 Nghệ An Graduate Kinh Male 1962 1998 Hải Dương Graduate Kinh Male 1962 1997 Hải Phòng Graduate Kinh Male 1957 1982 Ninh Bình Graduate Kinh Male 1966 1993 Đồng Tháp Graduate Kinh Male 1959 1985 Thừa Thiên Huế Graduate Kinh Male 1959 1979 Quảng Nam Graduate Kinh Female 1970 1993 Vĩnh Long Graduate Kinh Male 1964 1993 Nghệ An Graduate Kinh Female 1958 Thừa Thiên Huế Undergraduate Kinh Male 1958 1988 Hòa Bình Undergraduate Kinh Male 1962 1987 Ninh Bình Graduate Kinh Male 1962 1993 Nghệ An Graduate Kinh Female 1958 1980 Nghệ An Undergraduate Kinh Male 1961 1982 Quảng Ngãi Undergraduate Kinh Male 1960 1984 Hồ Chí Minh Undergraduate Kinh Male 1944 1968 Hà Nội Graduate Kinh Male 1957 1979 Khánh Hòa Undergraduate Kinh Male 1959 1983 Hà Nam Undergraduate Kinh Male 1961 1986 Thừa Thiên Huế Graduate Kinh Male 1960 1989 Hậu Giang Undergraduate Kinh Male 1957 1979 Cao Bằng Kinh Male 1961 1990 Hà Tĩnh Graduate Kinh Male 1960 1980 Lâm Đồng Graduate Kinh Male 1960 1986 Bình Định Graduate Kinh Male 1957 1983 Bắc Ninh Graduate Kinh Male 1954 1974 Hà Nội Kinh Male 1962 1986 Phú Yên Graduate Kinh Male 1957 1977 Hà Tĩnh Kinh Male 1972 2003 Nghệ An Graduate Kinh Male 1968 1998 Hà Giang Graduate Dao Male 1961 Hà Nội Graduate Kinh Male 1957 Thừa Thiên Huế Graduate Kinh Male 1960 1992 Yên Bái Undergraduate Kinh Male 1956 1981 Phú Thọ Graduate Kinh Male 1953 1979 Thái Bình Graduate Kinh Male 1970 1994 An Giang Undergraduate Kinh Female

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