Former Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong has passed away.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong has passed away in his hometown of Ben Tre, at the age of 79.
In the early morning of February 19th, former Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong passed away due to old age and ill health in his hometown of Ben Tre, at the age of 79.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Truong Vinh Trong was born on November 11, 1942, in Binh Hoa commune, Giong Trom district, Ben Tre province. The people of Ben Tre often called him by the name Hai Nghia.
From 1960, he began working clandestinely in the student movement against the Ngo Dinh Diem regime. In 1962, he left his family, joined the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, and worked in the Education Subcommittee of Ben Tre province.
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| On June 9, 2020, the Central Internal Affairs Commission held a ceremony to present the 50-year Party membership badge to former Politburo member, former Deputy Prime Minister, and former Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission, Truong Vinh Trong.Photo: VNA |
Later, he was elected a Provincial Party Committee member in charge of the Propaganda and Training sector of Ben Tre province. In 1968, he was appointed a member of the Propaganda and Training Committee of Ben Tre province.
In 1978, he was elected to the Ben Tre Provincial Party Committee, serving as Deputy Head of the Provincial Propaganda Department. In 1982, he was elected to the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and assigned to be the Secretary of the Giong Trom District Party Committee. During this time, he attended a training course for District Party Secretaries at the Moscow Higher Party School (Soviet Union).
At the 6th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1986), he was elected as an alternate member of the Central Executive Committee of the Party.
At the 7th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (1991), he was elected a member of the Central Committee and a member of the Central Inspection Committee. In February 1998, he was appointed Head of the Central Internal Political Security Department.
In July 2000, he was transferred to the Standing Committee of the Dong Thap Provincial Party Committee and was elected Secretary of the Dong Thap Provincial Party Committee.
At the 9th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam in early 2001, he was re-elected as a member of the Central Committee and elected to the Central Secretariat. In April 2001, he was assigned to the position of Head of the Central Internal Affairs Commission.
At the 10th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam in 2006, he was re-elected as a member of the Central Committee, and was elected to the Politburo and the Secretariat.
On June 28, 2006, the Vietnamese National Assembly approved his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister.
In August 2011, he was relieved of his duties as Deputy Prime Minister by the National Assembly and retired.
He was also a member of the Vietnamese National Assembly for the 8th, 11th, and 12th terms.
After retiring, he lived in his hometown in Giong Trom district, Ben Tre province.
