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11 people

By birth A–Z List Cards

Ho Chi Minh Hồ Chí Minh He took on France, Japan and America in turn to win Vietnam's independence Political and party leadership · Vietnam state institutions 1890–1969
Hoàng Văn Hoan Hoàng Văn Hoan Pro-Chinese veteran, North Vietnam’s first ambassador to China, who defected to China after the 1979 war Diplomacy and international organization · Vietnam state institutions 1905–1991
Phạm Văn Đồng Phạm Văn Đồng Ho Chi Minh's closest lieutenant and Vietnam's longest-serving prime minister, governing for 32 years Government and administration · Vietnam state institutions 1906–2000
Le Duan Lê Duẩn The longest-serving General Secretary who reunified Vietnam and invaded Cambodia in his 26-year rule Political and party leadership · Communist Party of Vietnam / Workers' Party of Vietnam 1907–1986
Trường Chinh Trường Chinh Vietnam's chief theoretician, demoted for the land reform disaster and returned to launch Đổi Mới Political and party leadership · Vietnam state institutions 1907–1988
Lê Đức Thọ Lê Đức Thọ Vietnamese Politburo member who negotiated the Paris Peace Accords with Kissinger and declined the Nobel Peace Prize Diplomacy and international organization · Vietnam state institutions 1911–1990
Võ Nguyên Giáp Võ Nguyên Giáp The history teacher who defeated two empires without ever attending a military academy Military command · Vietnam state institutions 1911–2013
Văn Tiến Dũng Văn Tiến Dũng Vietnamese general who led the 1975 spring offensive to Saigon and directed the 1979 invasion of Cambodia and border war with China Military command · Vietnam state institutions 1917–2002
Tố Hữu Tố Hữu Revolutionary poet laureate who, as the Party's ideology chief, policed its writers Literature and arts · Communist Party of Vietnam / Workers' Party of Vietnam 1920–2002
Võ Văn Kiệt Võ Văn Kiệt Architect of Đổi Mới and prime minister of Vietnam Government and administration · Vietnam state institutions 1922–2008
Nguyễn Thị Bình Nguyễn Thị Bình PRG foreign minister, the only woman to sign the Paris Peace Accords, and later vice president of Vietnam Diplomacy and international organization · Vietnam state institutions 1927–