Inflation (CPI) during each general secretary's tenure

Every general secretary since 1991, ranked by how the inflation (CPI) 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	+13.2 pp Mar 2001 → Dec 2010	+1.4 pp/yr
2	Tô Lâm	3 Aug 2024 – now	+0.7 pp Jul 2024 → Sep 2026	+0.3 pp/yr
3	Lê Khả Phiêu	26 Dec 1997 – 22 Apr 2001	−5.2 pp Nov 1997 → Mar 2001	−1.5 pp/yr
4	Nguyễn Phú Trọng	19 Jan 2011 – 3 Aug 2024	−7.4 pp Dec 2010 → Jul 2024	−0.5 pp/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last month complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that period 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. % change on a year earlier · National Statistics Office consumer price index via the IMF (CPI, all items, spliced across the office's base years by the IMF), national · Vietnam data · as of Sep 2026.