♦ Luong Cuong (67) was elected as the new president of Vietnam by the country's National Assembly on 21 October 2024. He replaced To Lam. Cuong is the fourth official to fill the role in 18 months. 

♦ Cuong is a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and a permanent member of the CPV Central Committee Secretariat.

♦ Cuong has served in the Vietnamese army for over four decades and has been a Politburo member since 2021.