Công was educated in patriotic spirit and influenced by many land magnates such as Hoàng Diệu, Trần Quý Cáp, Phan Châu Trinh, and Huỳnh Thúc Kháng.

He joined the Communist Party of Vietnam led by Hồ Chí Minh in 1935,[3] and fought with the Vietnamese resistance against the Vichy French and Japanese empire during World War II.

Võ Chí Công himself had to stay in the southernmost provinces of Central Vietnam, then proceeded to Đà Lạt to build a base.

In June 1942, Secretary of the Quảng Nam Party Committee Trương Hoàn was arrested, sentenced to 20 years in prison by the colonial government, sent to Buôn Ma Thuột.

After his presidential term ended in 1992, Công became an advisor to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, until this advisory position was abolished in 1997.

[6] The Communist Party of Vietnam granted him a televised state funeral in recognition of his long political career.