Employment rate, 15 and over during each general secretary's tenure

Every general secretary since 1991, ranked by how the employment rate, 15 and over changed from their first day in office. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.

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#	General secretary	In office	Total	Per year
1	Nông Đức Mạnh	22 Apr 2001 – 19 Jan 2011	+4.6 pp 2000 → 2010	+0.5 pp/yr
2	Lê Khả Phiêu	26 Dec 1997 – 22 Apr 2001	−1.5 pp 1997 → 2000	−0.5 pp/yr
3	Nguyễn Phú Trọng	19 Jan 2011 – 3 Aug 2024	−4.0 pp 2010 → 2024	−0.3 pp/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of the population aged 15 and over · National Statistics Office's Labour Force Survey as the ILO compiles it (World Bank, SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.NE.ZS, national estimates), persons aged 15 and over, yearly from 1996 · Vietnam data · as of Sep 2026.