On April 6, at the First Session, under the direction of Politburo Member, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, the National Assembly conducted personnel work under its authority.
With 496/496 National Assembly deputies (NA deputies) participating in the vote in favor (100%), the National Assembly passed the Resolution to elect Mr. Do Van Chien as Vice Chairman of the 16th National Assembly for the 2026-2031 term. This Resolution takes effect from the date the National Assembly votes to pass it.
Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Do Van Chien was born on November 10, 1962; native of Tuyen Quang province; date of joining the Party September 13, 1986. Political theory level: Advanced. Professional level: University of Agriculture
Position:
- Member of the Politburo: XIII term (from May 2024), XIV
- Member of the Party Central Committee: X term (supplied), XI, XII, XIII, XIV
- Standing Deputy Secretary of the National Assembly Party Committee (from November 2025)
- Standing Vice Chairman of the 15th National Assembly (from November 2025), Vice Chairman of the 16th National Assembly
- Standing Vice Chairman of the National Election Council cum Head of the Personnel Sub-committee (from November 2025)
XIII, XIV, XV, XVI terms
SUMMARY OF THE WORKING PROCESS
October 1986 - October 1988: Official, then Deputy Head of Administration - General Department, University of Agriculture III, Bac Thai.
November 1988 - July 1993: Technical assistant, Head of Production Dispatch Department, then Party Committee member, Deputy Director of Tan Trao Tea Agricultural and Industrial Enterprise under the Vietnam Tea Enterprises Union.
August 1993 - November 1994: Member of the Standing Committee of the District Party Committee, Vice Chairman of Son Duong District People's Committee, Tuyen Quang province.
December 1994 - January 1996: Deputy Head of Finance-Management Department, Tuyen Quang province.
February 1996 - February 1998: Deputy Head, then Provincial Party Committee Member, Standing Deputy Head of the Organization Committee of Tuyen Quang Provincial Party Committee.
March 1998 - July 2001: Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Council of Yen Son district, Tuyen Quang province.
August 2001 - June 2009: Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman and then Standing Vice Chairman of Tuyen Quang Provincial People's Committee; Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee of the X term (from April 2006).
June 2009 - July 2011: Member of the Party Central Committee of the X term (supplied), XI term (from January 2011), Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Tuyen Quang Provincial People's Committee; National Assembly Deputy of the XIII term (from July 2011); from May - July 2011 held the position of Deputy Secretary of Tuyen Quang Provincial Party Committee, waiting for the Politburo to assign and transfer to a new position.
August 2011 - February 2015: Member of the 11th Party Central Committee, Secretary of Yen Bai Provincial Party Committee; National Assembly Deputy of the 13th term.
February 2015 - April 2016: Member of the 11th and 12th Central Committees of the Party (from January 2016), Member of the Party Personnel Committee, Deputy Minister, Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minorities; National Assembly Deputy of the 13th term.
April 2016 - January 2021: Member of the 12th Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Personnel Committee, Minister, Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minorities Affairs; National Assembly Deputy of the 13th and 14th terms (from July 2016); At the 13th National Party Congress, re-elected to the Party Central Committee and elected to the Secretariat (from January 2021).
January 2021 - April 2021: Secretary of the 13th Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Personnel Committee, Minister, Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Minorities; National Assembly Deputy of the 14th term.
April 2021 - October 2024: Secretary of the 13th Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Delegation, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; At the 9th Conference of the 13th Central Committee (May 2024), was additionally elected by the Party Central Committee to the Politburo; National Assembly Deputies of the 14th and 15th terms (from July 2021).
October 2024 - January 2025: Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the 13th Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Delegation, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; National Assembly Deputy of the 15th term.
January 2025 - November 2025: Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the 13th Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Fatherland Front, Central mass organizations, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; National Assembly Deputy of the 15th term.
November 2025: Member of the Politburo of the XIII term, Standing Deputy Secretary of the National Assembly Party Committee, Standing Deputy Chairman of the XV National Assembly.
January 22, 2026: At the 14th National Party Congress, elected as a member of the 14th Party Central Committee.
January 23, 2026: At the first Conference of the 14th Party Central Committee, elected to the Politburo.
March 2026: National Assembly Deputy of the 16th term.
April 6, 2026: At the First Session, the 16th National Assembly elected Mr. Do Van Chien to hold the position of Vice Chairman of the 16th National Assembly for the term 2026-2031.
