Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam

Secretariat
Leadership
Status	Highest implementation body of the party
General Secretary	Nguyễn Phú Trọng
Executive Secretary	Võ Văn Thưởng
Elected by	Central Committee
Responsible to	Central Committee
Seats	9 (see )

The Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Ban Bí thư Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam), replaced by the Politburo Standing Committee of the Central Committee in the period 1996 to 2001, is the highest implementation body of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) between Central Committee meetings. According to Party rules, the Secretariat implements the decisions of the Politburo and the Central Committee.

The members of the Politburo are elected (and given a ranking) by the Central Committee in the immediate aftermath of a National Party Congress. The , the 12th, was elected by the Central Committee in the aftermath of the and consists of 9 members. The first-ranked member is Nguyễn Phú Trọng, the General Secretary of the Central Committee.