What's special about the 21 female members of the 14th Central Committee?
Among the 200 new members of the Central Committee elected yesterday, 21 are women (accounting for 10.5%). A particularly impressive commonality among these female Central Committee members is their educational background. Many of them are professors, associate professors, doctors, or masters.
Among the 21 female members of the Central Committee, there is one member of the 13th Politburo: Ms. Bui Thi Minh Hoai, Chairwoman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front.

The next three prominent figures are Vice President Nguyen Thi Anh Xuan, Vietnam's first female Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra, and Vice Chairperson of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh.



There are two people holding ministerial or equivalent positions: Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan and Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Thi Hong.


The two individuals are the Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Chairperson of the Provincial People's Council: Ms. Cao Thi Hoa An (Dak Lak) and Ms. Ton Ngoc Hanh (Dong Nai).
One particularly impressive commonality among the female Central Committee members is their educational background. Many of them hold professorships, associate professorships, doctorates, or master's degrees.

The most common birth years for female Central Committee members are 1971 (4 members: Ms. Dao Hong Lan, Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyen, Ms. Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, Ms. Ho Thi Hoang Yen); 1970 (3 members: Ms. Vo Thi Anh Xuan, Ms. Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, Ms. Nguyen Thanh Hai); and 1964 (Ms. Pham Thi Thanh Tra, Ms. Le Thi Thuy, and Ms. Le Thi Nga).

The youngest and only female Central Committee member from the 8X generation is Ms. Ton Ngoc Hanh (born in 1980).
LIST OF 21 FEMALE MEMBERS OF THE 14TH CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE PARTY:
1. NGUYEN THI THU HA - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Central Party Agencies, Deputy Head of the Standing Office of the Central Party Office
2. Cao Thi Hoa An, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairperson of the Provincial People's Council of Dak Lak.
3. NGUYEN THANH HAI - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Member of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly Party Committee, Member of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, Chairman of the Science, Technology and Environment Committee of the 15th National Assembly.
4. TON NGOC HANH - Alternate Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council of Dong Nai.
5. TRAN THI HIEN - Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Central Party Agencies, Deputy Chairperson of the Central Inspection Committee.
6. BUI THI MINH HOAI - Member of the Politburo, Secretary of the Central Committee of the Party, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and Central Mass Organizations, Chairperson of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front.
7. NGUYEN THI HONG - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Member of the Executive Committee of the Government Party Committee, Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam.
8. DAO HONG LAN - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Member of the Executive Committee of the Government Party Committee, Minister of Health.
9. NGUYEN THI THANH MAI - Secretary of the Party Committee, Director of the Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City.

10. HA THI NGA - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and Central Mass Organizations, Vice President and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front.
11. LE THI NGA - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Member of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly Party Committee, Member of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, Permanent Vice Chair of the Committee on Citizen Petitions and Supervision of the 15th National Assembly.
12. NGUYEN THI BICH NGOC - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Deputy Minister of Finance.
13. LAM THI PHUONG THANH - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Standing Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
14. NGUYEN THI THANH - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Member of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly Party Committee, Vice Chairperson of the National Assembly.

15. LE THI THUY - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Government.
16. PHAM THI THANH TRA - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Member of the Standing Committee of the Government Party Committee, Deputy Prime Minister.
17. NGUYEN HAI TRAM - Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Central Party Agencies, Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Supreme People's Court.
18. NGUYEN THI TUYEN - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and Central Mass Organizations, Vice Chairperson of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Chairperson of the Vietnam Women's Union.
19. BUI THI QUYNH VAN - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Secretary of the Party Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Organization Department.
20. VO THI ANH XUAN - Member of the Central Committee of the Party, Vice President of Vietnam.
21. HO THI HOANG YEN - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Vinh Long Provincial Party Committee.