Vũ Khoan Explained

Office:Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
Primeminister:Phan Văn Khải
Term Start:August 12, 2002
Term End:June 28, 2006
Office1:Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Term Start1:April, 2001
Term End1:April, 2006
Office2:Ministry of Industry and Trade
Term Start2:January 28, 2000
Term End2:August, 2002
Office3:Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Term Start3:1998
Term End3:2000
Birth Date:7 October 1937
Birth Place:Phú Xuyên, Hà Đông, Hanoi
Death Place:108 Hospital, Hanoi
Party:Communist Party of Vietnam
Spouse:Hồ Thể Lan (1938)
Predecessor:Nguyễn Mạnh Cầm
Predecessor2:Trương Đình Tuyển
Successor:Trương Vĩnh Trọng
Successor2:Trương Đình Tuyển
1Blankname1:General Secretary
1Namedata1:Nông Đức Mạnh

Vũ Khoan (October 7, 1937 – June 21, 2023)[1] was a Vietnamese politician and diplomat. He used to hold the position of Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam,Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Vietnam's external economy from August 2002 to the end of June 2006. He is considered by many to have made many positive contributions to the negotiation process of the Vietnam-US Trade Agreement and Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Born in the cadet

He was born on October 7, 1937, from Phú Xuyên, Hà Tây (now part of Hanoi).

When the French army opened fire to retake Indochina, he worked as a liaison for the Việt Minh government. In 1949, he was sent back to Việt Bắc, where he studied at the Vietnam Cavalry School. In 1951, he was selected by the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and went to study at "Nanning School of Education", then transferred to "Nanning-Guilin School of Education" (also known as Vietnamese Children's School). South in Guangxi, China).

Family

He was married to Mrs. Hồ Thể Lan, former Director of the Press Department, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the daughter of Professor Doctor Hồ Đắc Di. The two met from the same class of students who were sent to study in the Soviet Union in 1954. [2]

Death

According to information from the Central Committee for Health Care and Protection, after a period of illness, despite being cared for by the Party, State, a group of professors and doctors, and wholeheartedly cared for by the family, But due to old age and weak health, he died at 7:05 am on June 21, 2023, at 108 Hospital, (aged 85).[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan is dead. 2023-06-21. Dan Tri News. vi. 2023-06-21.
  2. Web site: Remembering the friendship between Vietnamese and Soviet teachers and students that day . 2011-02-17 . 2010-01-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100122015749/http://www6.vnmedia.vn/newsdetail.asp?NewsId=179296&Catid=71 . dead .
  3. Web site: Former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan is dead. 2023-06-21. Dan Tri News. vi. 2023-06-21.