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FOREIGN MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS FOUR PRIORITIES FOR NEXT FIVE YEARS
Newly-elected Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son highlights four priorities for the next five years.
Biography of Minister of Foreign Affairs:
Date of birth: October 16, 1962
Native land: Tay Mo Ward, Nam Tu Liem District, Ha Noi
Date of Party admission: June 11, 1986
Education background: International relations
Member of the Party Central Committee, 12th, 13th tenures
Deputy to the National Assembly, 14th tenure
Working history
September 1987 – June 1993: Staff at the Institute for International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
June 1993 – March 1996: Head of European – American Studies Department, Chief of Chancery, Institute for International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
March 1996 – February 2000: Deputy Director, Secretary of Party Committee of the Institute for International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
March 2000 – July 2003: Minister Counselor, Embassy of Viet Nam in Singapore
August 2003 – September 2008: Deputy Director-General and then Director-General, Foreign Policy Planning Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
September 2008 – November 2009: Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs cum Director-General of Foreign Policy Planning Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Head of the Negotiation Delegation on the EU-Viet Nam Partnership and Cooperation Agreement (from September 2008-June 2021)
November 2009 – January 2016: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
January 2016 – January 2021: Member of the 12th Party Central Committee, Deputy to the 14th National Assembly, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
January 2021: Elected as member of the 13th Party Central Committee at the 13th National Party Congress
From April 8, 2021: Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Source: VGP
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