Nguyễn Thiện Nhân is a Vietnamese economist, engineer, professor and politician. He is currently a member of the National Assembly representing Ho Chi Minh City, where he served as its party secretary from 2017 until his retirement in 2020. A member of the 11th and 12th Politburo of the Communist Party, he previously served as Chairman of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front from 2013 to 2017 and as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education during Nguyễn Tấn Dũng's premiership. Prior to entering national politics, he worked as a systems engineer in the military before pivoting to academia and then serving in the municipal administration of Ho Chi Minh City, where he was its deputy mayor from 2001 to 2006. He received a BS and a PhD in Cybernetics from the Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg in East Germany, an MPA from the University of Oregon as a Fulbright Scholar, and had studied at Harvard University and the Military Medical Academy of Vietnam.

Vũ Đức Đam is a Vietnamese politician who served as one of the Deputy Prime Ministers of Vietnam from 2013 until his sacking in 2023. A long-time assistant to the economic reformer Võ Văn Kiệt, Đam previously served as Chairman of the People's Committee (Governor) of Quảng Ninh province and as Minister of the Government Office prior to being appointed deputy prime minister, where he was in charge of the Science and Technology, Information and Communication, Tourism and Sports portfolio. He was also the Chairman of the National Committee for AIDS and the Prevention of Drug Addiction and Prostitution.