The 13th Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), formally the 13th Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Ban Bàthð Ban Chấp hành Trung ðáng ÃÂảng Cá»Âng sản Viá»Ât Nam Khoá XIII), was partly elected by the 1st Session of the 13th Politburo and partly elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the 13th Central Committee in the immediate aftermath of the 13th National Congress. Nguyá» n Phú Trá»Âng was re-elected for his third term as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, a position he has held since 2011.