Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh

Đặng Thị Ngọc Thịnh (born 25 December 1959) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the Vice President of Vietnam, in office from 2016 to 2021. In this capacity she was the Acting President of Vietnam from the death of President Trần Đại Quang on 21 September 2018 until the election and swearing-in of his successor Nguyễn Phú Trọng on 23 October 2018. Thịnh was the first woman in Vietnamese history to become President or Acting President of Vietnam (in the sense of a constitutional head of state in her own right).

Quotes

 * Vietnam is a developing country, the Communist Party of Vietnam and the State of Vietnam have been providing their concerns and supports to the development of the cooperative economic sector and cooperatives. At present, Vietnam has got over 150,000 pre-cooperatives, 20,000 cooperatives and 50 cooperative federations with nearly 30 million people participating in almost careers of the economy such as agriculture, small industry and handicraft, construction, transportation, trade, bank credit, health, environment …. The cooperative economy and cooperatives have significantly contributed to the cause of the poverty alleviation, building new rural areas (new villages) and protecting the sustainable environment in Vietnam.
 * "Welcome speech at the 10th Asia-Pacific Cooperative Ministers’ Conference (2017)


 * The increased protectism causes the deep anxiousness. The achievements of the globalization process is not allocated equally among countries in the region, cooperatives and population community. The scientific and technological advances can increase the development distance between economies and cooperatives as well as the rich and poor gap between people classes in the region.
 * "Welcome speech at the 10th Asia-Pacific Cooperative Ministers’ Conference (2017)


 * Women worldwide should unite for peace, friendly co-operation and development.
 * "Vice President stresses women’s role in stable society" in Nhân Dân (12 June 2016)