On January 23, 2026, the 14th Central Executive Committee of the Party held the First Conference to elect the Politburo, General Secretary, Secretariat, Central Inspection Committee, and Chairman of the Central Inspection Committee.
The 14th Central Executive Committee of the Party elected Comrade Le Hoai Trung as a member of the Politburo of the 14th Central Executive Committee.
Comrade Le Hoai Trung was born on April 27, 1961; hometown: Hue City.
Position:
- Secretary of the Party Central Committee: XIII term - Member of the Party Central Committee: XII, XIII, XIV terms - Member of the Standing Committee of the Government Party Committee (from September 2025) - Secretary of the Party Committee, Minister of Foreign Affairs - Member who is a concurrent National Assembly deputy of the National Assembly's Committee for National Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs of the XV National Assembly (from February 2025) - National Assembly deputy: XV term
Political theory level: Advanced
Professional qualifications: Doctor of Law
Summary of work process:
From October 1982 - October 1983: Specialist of the General Political Affairs Department (now the Department of International Organizations), Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From October 1983 - December 1986: Attache of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations, New York.
From December 1986 - December 1990: Specialist of the General Political Affairs Department (now the Department of International Organizations), Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Member of the Party Committee.
From December 1990 - June 1993: Third Secretary, Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations, New York; Member of the Executive Committee of the Trade Union of the Mission.
From July 1993 - October 1995: Master of International Law and Diplomacy, Fletcher School, Tufts University, USA.
From December 1995 - February 1998: Specialist then Assistant Director of Department, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From March 1998 - July 1999: Deputy Director of the Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From July 1999 - July 2002: Minister-Counselor, Deputy Head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations, New York.
From August 2002 - October 2006: Deputy Director of the Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From October 2006 - December 2010: Acting Director and then Director of the Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Member of the Executive Committee of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From December 2010 - July 2011: Member of the Party Personnel Committee, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Member of the Executive Committee of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; awarded the rank of Ambassador of rank II (July 2011).
From July 2011 - October 2014: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations.
From October 2014 - April 2016: Member of the Party Committee, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Member of the Executive Committee of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From January 2016: At the 12th National Party Congress, elected to participate in the Party Central Committee.
From April 2016 - January 2021: Member of the Party Central Committee; Member of the Party Personnel Committee, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chairman of the National Border Committee; Member of the Party Committee Executive Committee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
From January 2021 - March 2021: At the 13th National Party Congress, he was elected to continue participating in the Party Central Committee.
From March 2021 - January 2025: Member of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Central Committee for Foreign Affairs; Secretary of the Party Committee of the Central Committee for Foreign Affairs agency for the term 2020-2025 (from September 2021); Member of the Executive Committee of the Party Committee of the Central Agencies Bloc for the term 2020-2025 (from June 2022). Delegate of the 15th National Assembly (from June 2021), Member of the National Assembly's Committee for National Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs (until February 2025). Member of the Central Theoretical Council for the term 2021-2026 (from August 2021).
From October 2023: Secretary of the 13th Party Central Committee.
From February 2025 - August 2025: Secretary of the 13th Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Central Party Agencies, Chief of the Party Central Committee Office; Member who is a concurrent National Assembly deputy of the National Assembly's Committee for National Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs of the 15th National Assembly.
From August 2025 - October 2025: Secretary of the Party Central Committee of the XIII term, Secretary of the Party Committee, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs; Members who are full-time National Assembly deputies of the National Assembly's Committee for National Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs of the XV term.
From September 2025: The Politburo appoints members to participate in the Executive Committee and the Standing Committee of the Government Party Committee for the term 2020 - 2025.
From October 25, 2025: Secretary of the Party Central Committee of the XIII term; Member of the Standing Committee of the Government Party Committee; Secretary of the Party Committee, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Member who is an active and concurrent National Assembly delegate of the National Assembly's Committee for National Defense, Security and Foreign Affairs of the XV term.
January 22, 2026: At the 14th National Party Congress, elected as a member of the 14th Central Committee of the Party for the term 2026-2031.
January 23, 2026: The first meeting of the 14th Central Executive Committee of the Party elected you as a member of the Politburo of the 14th Central Executive Committee.
