Background and career
Võ Thị Ánh Xuân (Vietnamese: [vɔ˦ˀ˥ tʰi˧˨ʔ ʔajŋ̟˧˦ swən˧˧]; born 8 January 1970) is a Vietnamese politician and former educator who serves as the 17th vice president of Vietnam since 2021. She served as the acting president of Vietnam twice, in 2023 and 2024.
Xuân was elected to the vice presidency on 6 April 2021 after winning 93.13% of the votes in the National Assembly. Prior to her election, she served as the Party Secretary of An Giang province and chaired the province's deputies delegation to the National Assembly. A member of the Party Central Committee, Xuân is the second female (acting) president after Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh, who also served as the acting president in 2018. She was the youngest vice president of Vietnam since 1945.
At the 14th Party Congress, Xuân was re-elected to the Central Committee and subsequently elected to the Central Secretariat.

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