Background
Cong, Vo Chi was born on August 7, 1913 in Tam Ky district, Quangnam Danang Province, Vietnam.
Cong, Vo Chi was born on August 7, 1913 in Tam Ky district, Quangnam Danang Province, Vietnam.
Active, Communist Youth Movement, 1930-1934; joined, Indochinese Communist Party, 1935; secretary local party cell, Indochinese Communist Party, 1936; secretary district party committee, Indochinese Communist Party, 1939; secretary, Provisional Party Committee, Quangnam Danang Province, 1940; head uprising commission to seize power, Quang Nam-Da Nang, 1945; then commissar regiment 93 deputy head personnel committee 5th military zone, 1946; adviser Party Representation Board and member regional party committee, Northeast Kampuchea, 1951; party secretary, Quang Nam-Da Nang Province, 1952; member land reform committee, Viet Bac, 1954; deputy party secretary and secretary 5th zone party committee, 1955; deputy secretary, Party Center Committee, 1961; party representative National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam, 1962; also vice president of the Presidium, Front Center Committee deputy secretary and party secretary 5th zone and commissar 5th military zone, 1964; deputy head representation committee, Party Center Committee, 1975; deputy, 6th National Assembly, 1976; also vice-chairman Council of Ministers and Minister of Agriculture, 1978; deputy 7th National Assembly and vice-chairman Council of Ministers, 1981; member, Party Center Committee, 1982; also member political bureau and secretariat, 1982; vice-chairman, Council of Ministers, 1986; chairman, State Council, since 1987. Chairman National Defense Council.