4 Deputy Ministers retire from February 1

Deputy Foreign Minister Le Luong Minh is ASEAN Secretary General.

Specifically, the officials whose retirement was decided by the Prime Minister from today, February 1, 2018 include: Mr. Le Luong Minh - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, seconded to work as Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); Mr. Nguyen Thanh Son - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the Russian Federation; Mr. Nguyen Linh Ngoc - Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment; Mr. Dinh Que Hai - Deputy Minister, Vice Chairman of the Ethnic Committee; Mr. Nguyen Minh Thao - Deputy General Director of Vietnam Social Security.

With this change in personnel, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs currently has 6 Deputy Ministers (Bui Thanh Son, Le Hoai Trung, Ha Kim Ngoc, Vu Hong Nam, Dang Dinh Quy, Nguyen Quoc Dung), the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has 3 Deputy Ministers (Nguyen Thi Phuong Hoa, Vo Tuan Nhan, Tran Quy Kien), the Ethnic Committee has 3 Deputy Ministers - Vice Chairmen of the Committee (Nong Quoc Tuan, Phan Van Hung, Le Son Hai).