Nguy?n Ph?Tr?ng (born 14 April 1944) is the General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam; elected at the party's 11th National Congress on 19 January 2011. Trong heads the party's Secretariat; as well as the Central Military Commission; the country's two most powerful policymaking bodies.

Tr?ng was born in 恤ng H?i Commune; 恤ng Anh District; Hanoi. His official biography gives his family background only as 'poor peasant'. He studied philology at Vietnam National University; Hanoi from 1963-67. Tr?ng officially joined the Communist Party in December 1968. He worked for the T?p ch?C?ng S?n (Communist Review); the theoretical and political agency of the Communist Party of Vietnam in the periods of 1967-73; 1976-80; and 1983-96. From 1991-96; he served as the editor-in-chief of the T?p ch?C?ng S?n.

Tr?ng has been member of the Party's Central Committee since January 1994; member of the Party's Political Bureau since December 1997; and deputy to the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam since May 2002. From January 2000 to June 2006; Tr?ng was secretary of the Party's Executive Committee of Hanoi; the de facto head of the city authority. On 26 June 2006; Tr?ng was elected as the Chairman of the National Assembly. Pictures From History Government of Vietnam