Mr. Nguyen Van Nen resigned from the position of Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee to take on a new assignment.

On the morning of August 25, the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee held a conference to announce the Politburo 's decision on personnel work.

Attending the conference were Mr. Tran Cam Tu, Politburo member, Standing member of the Secretariat; Mr. Le Minh Hung, Politburo member, Head of the Central Organization Commission; Mr. Nguyen Van Nen, Politburo member, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee.

Ủy viên Bộ Chính trị, Thường trực Ban Bí thư Trần Cẩm Tú trao quyết định cho ông Nguyễn Văn Nên (bên phải) và ông Trần Lưu Quang (bên trái), tân Bí thư Thành ủy TP HCM — Politburo member and Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu presents the decision to Mr. Nguyen Van Nen (right) and Mr. Tran Luu Quang (left), the new Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee.

At the conference, Mr. Nguyen Quang Duong, member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Organizing Committee, announced the Politburo's decision to let Mr. Nguyen Van Nen, member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, cease participating in the Executive Committee, the Standing Committee and cease holding the position of Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee for the 2020-2025 term; participate as the Standing Member of the Subcommittee of Documents for the 14th National Party Congress; and at the same time monitor and direct the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee until the 14th National Party Congress.

Bộ Chính trị quyết định ông Nguyễn Văn Nên tham gia làm Ủy viên Thường trực Tiểu ban Văn kiện Đại hội XIV của Đảng — The Politburo decided that Mr. Nguyen Van Nen would join as a Standing Member of the Party's XIV Congress Document Subcommittee.

In October 2020, Mr. Nguyen Van Nen was appointed by the Politburo to join the Executive Committee and Standing Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee for the 2020-2025 term and was introduced by the Executive Committee to be elected as Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee for the 2020-2025 term.

At the 11th Ho Chi Minh City Party Congress, term 2020-2025, Mr. Nguyen Van Nen was elected Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee for the term 2020-2025 with 100% of the votes (62/62 votes).

On June 30, 2025, Mr. Nguyen Van Nen was appointed by the Politburo to hold the position of Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee (new) for the 2020-2025 term;

Mr. Nguyen Van Nen was born in 1957. Hometown: Tay Ninh province. He has a high level of political theory; professional qualification: Bachelor of Law.

Before taking on the role of Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, Mr. Nguyen Van Nen held many important positions: Secretary of the Tay Ninh Provincial Party Committee; Deputy Head of the Central Highlands Steering Committee; Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department (now the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department); Minister, Head of the Government Office; Head of the Central Party Office...

Speaking at the conference, Politburo member and Standing member of the Secretariat Tran Cam Tu suggested that Mr. Nguyen Van Nen, with his capacity and prestige, will continue to accompany, attach, care for and help Ho Chi Minh City to excellently complete its tasks in this important period.

Summary of Mr. Nguyen Van Nen's work process:

From March 2006 to August 2010: Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Tay Ninh province;

From September 2010 to July 2011: Secretary of Tay Ninh Provincial Party Committee. At the 11th National Congress of the Party, he was elected to the Party Central Committee (January 2011);

From July 2011 to February 2013: Deputy Head of the Central Highlands Steering Committee;

March 2013: Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department (now the Central Propaganda and Mass Mobilization Department);

November 2013: Minister, Head of the Government Office;

January 2016: At the 12th National Congress of the Party, he was elected to the Party Central Committee. At the 1st Conference of the Party Central Committee, he was elected to the Party Central Committee Secretariat;

From February 2016 to October 2020: Chief of the Central Party Office;

From October 2020 to June 2025: Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee (before the merger). At the first meeting of the 13th Party Central Committee, he was elected to the 13th Politburo for the 2021-2026 term (January 2021);

June 30, 2025: The Politburo appointed him to hold the position of Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee (new) for the 2020-2025 term;