Nguyen Thien Nhan relieved of Deputy PM position

As of November 12 Nguyen Thien Nhan no longer works as Deputy Prime Minister and now focuses on his current position of President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee.

As of November 12 Nhan no longer works as Deputy Prime Minister and now focuses on his current position of President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee.

The VFF Central Committee elected Nhan president of the committee at its consultative conference in Hanoi on September 5.

Born in Tra Vinh province in 1953, Prof. and Dr. Nguyen Thien Nhan studied economics at Magdeburg University in Germany, community administration at Oregon University in the US. He was also trained in investment project appraisal at Harvard University, the US.

He held key Party and administration positions in HCM City and was elected member of the 10^th and 11^th Party Central Committees.

He was elected Minister of Education and Training of Vietnam between 2006 and 2010.    

He was elected Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam in 2007 and a member of the Party’s Political Bureau in May 2013. 

*** In a report presented at the current National Assembly on November 12, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung proposed electing two more Deputy Prime Ministers to the cabinet.

He nominated Minister and Government Office Head Vu Duc Dam and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh to the posts.

The National Assembly will consider the proposal and make a decision on November 13.