Nhân Dân

Nhân Dân (Vietnamese: The People) is the official newspaper of the Communist Party of Vietnam. According to the newspaper, it is “the voice of the Party, the State and the people of Vietnam.”

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Ideology Concepts Collective leadership Marxism–Leninism Ho Chi Minh Thought Organizations Central Propaganda Department Central Theoretical Council Nhân Dân
Constitution History 1946 1959 1980 1992 2013
Communist Party National Congress (12th) Central Committee (12th) General Secretary: Nguyễn Phú Trọng Politburo (12th) Secretariat Executive Secretary: Trần Quốc Vượng (from 05/03/2018) Others Central Military Commission Secretary: Nguyễn Phú Trọng Central Inspection Commission Chairman: Trần Cẩm Tú Central Office Director: Nguyễn Văn Nên Central Organizing Commission Head: Phạm Minh Chính
Legislative National Assembly (14th) Standing Committee Chairwoman: Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân Provincial People's Councils
Presidency President (list) Nguyễn Phú Trọng (from 23/10/2018) Vice President Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh
Executive Prime Minister (list): Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Deputy Prime Ministers: Vương Đình Huệ Trương Hòa Bình Phạm Bình Minh Vũ Đức Đam Trịnh Đình Dũng Ministries Governor of the State Bank Committee on Ethnic Minority Affairs
Fatherland Front Central Committee Chairman: Trần Thanh Mẫn Gen. Secretary: Hầu A Lềnh Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee First Secretary Lê Quốc Phong Vietnam General Confederation of Labour Viet Nam Farmer's Union Vietnam Women’s Union
Military Central Military Commission Secretary: Nguyễn Phú Trọng Commander-in-Chief Nguyễn Phú Trọng People's Army People's Public Security People's Security People's Police Council for National Defense and Security Chairman: President Vice-chairman: Prime Minister
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It has a daily circulation of 180,000 copies. Its weekend edition, Nhân Dân cuối tuần, has a circulation of 110,000 copies, and its monthly magazine has a circulation of 130,000 copies. It has an online edition that was started on June 21, 1998.

The newspaper was first published on March 11, 1951. Its predecessor was Sự Thật ("Truth") newspaper, which was set up in the 1940s.[1] Many important figures in the Vietnamese Communist Party worked at Nhân Dân. Trường Chinh and Tố Hữu were editors in chief of the newspaper. Painter Phan Kế An was a regular contributor during the First Indochina War in particular, after he was asked to join the newspaper by Trường Chinh.[1]

Current Editor in Chief of Nhân Dân is Thuận Hữu.