The 8th session of the 15th National Assembly has just elected General Luong Cuong, Politburo member and Permanent member of the Secretariat, to hold the position of President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
President Luong Cuong came from a soldier's background and as he said in his inauguration speech on the afternoon of October 21: "In February 1975, in the heroic atmosphere of the whole country turning to the beloved South, I volunteered to join the army, with the awareness and thought: Go fight to liberate the South, unify the country and only hope that on the day of victory, I will return alive and happy; absolutely do not think, do not dream of reaching this level or that position".
Below is a summary of the biography and work history of the new President Luong Cuong: