Unemployment rate during each general secretary's tenure

Every general secretary since 1991, ranked by how the unemployment rate 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	Nguyễn Phú Trọng	19 Jan 2011 – 3 Aug 2024	+0.4 pp Q3 2010 → Q2 2024	0.0 pp/yr
2	Lê Khả Phiêu	26 Dec 1997 – 22 Apr 2001	−0.6 pp Q3 1997 → Q3 2000	−0.2 pp/yr
3	Nông Đức Mạnh	22 Apr 2001 – 19 Jan 2011 from Q3 2001	−1.6 pp Q3 2001 → Q3 2010	−0.2 pp/yr

Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last quarter 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. % of labour force, 15 and over · National Statistics Office's Labour Force Survey as the IMF compiles it (LS), persons aged 15 and over, quarterly from 2011 and yearly before · Vietnam data · as of Sep 2026.