Politburo member Dinh Tien Dung assigned as Secretary of Hanoi Party Committee
Politburo member and Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung has been assigned by the Political Bureau as
Vuong Dinh Hue, a member of the Politburo member and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, has been elected as Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) and the National Election Council (NEC).
Hue, born in 1957, was appointed Secretary of the municipal Party Committee in the 2015-2020 tenure by the Political Bureau on February 7. Before that, he had served as Deputy Prime Minister from April 2016 to February 2020.
BIOGRAPHY OF MR. VUONG DINH HUE
Date of birth: March 15, 1957
- Native place: Nghi Xuan commune, Nghi Loc district, Nghe An province
- Date of Party admission: March 9, 1984; date of official membership: September 9, 1985
- Education: Professor, Doctor of Economics
- Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (10th, 11th, 12th tenures);
- Member of the Politburo of the 12th CPV Central Committee
- Deputy to the 13th and 14th National Assembly
Professional career
September, 1979 – 1985
lecturer of the University of Finance and Accountancy;
1985 – 1986
trainee of the European Faculty at the Ha Noi Foreign Language University;
1986 – 1990
trainee of the Bratislava Economic University, the Slovak Republic
1991 – 1992
lecturer of the Accounting Faculty; the University of Finance and Accountancy;
October, 1992 – April, 1994
Deputy Dean of the Accounting Faculty, Acting Dean of the Accounting Faculty of the University of Finance and Accountancy;
May, 1994 – February, 1999
Dean of the Accounting Faculty of the University of Finance and Accountancy;
March, 1999 – June, 2001
Assistant Principal on training of the University of Finance and Accountancy;
July, 2001 – June, 2006
Vice Chief State Auditor;
July, 2006 – August, 2011
Chief State Auditor;
August, 2011 – December, 2012
Minister of Finance;
December, 2012 – January, 2016
Head of the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission;
January, 2016 – April, 2016
Member of the Politburo, Head of the Member of the Politburo, Head of the the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission;
April, 2016 – February 2020
Member of the Politburo, Deputy Prime Minister, Head of the Steering Committee for the Southwest Region and Deputy to the 14th NA, from July, 2016.
February, 2020 to March, 2021
Politburo member of the 13th Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Hanoi Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Hanoi Capital High Command, Head of Hanoi’s 14th NA delegation.
March 31, 2021
Elected as Chairman of the NA of Vietnam at the 11th session of the 14th legislature.
Addressing the legislature, Hue thanked the NA for electing him as Chairman of the NA and pledged absolute loyalty to the Fatherland, the people and the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, reported by VOV.
He also committed to doing his utmost to fulfil the tasks assigned by the Party, State and people.
“As the Chairman of the National Assembly, I promise to try my best, together with the NA Standing Committee, NA agencies, NA Standing Committee agencies, and NA deputies, to inherit and promote the good tradition and great achievements of the NA in the past tenures, continue reforming methods, enhance the quality and efficiency of the NA’s operations for the supreme target of serving the nation’s interests and for the people’s happiness,” Hue stressed.
As the Chairman of the NEC, Hue pledged that he will work with the council’s members to seriously perform the council’s functions, missions and power as stipulated by law, and successfully organise the elections to elect competent deputies who are able to represent the people’s will, aspirations and right to mastery in the legislative body and the People’s Councils at all levels in the next term.
He also thanked former NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and other predecessors for their important contributions to the legislature’s operation and the enhancement of the Vietnamese NA’s position on the international arena.