Mr. Nguyen Van Duoc was appointed Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.

This afternoon (February 20), the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council held a regular meeting to conduct personnel work and review and approve the submissions of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.

At the meeting, the delegates of the HCMC People's Council present voted to elect Mr. Nguyen Van Duoc - Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee to hold the position of Chairman of the HCMC People's Committee, replacing Mr. Phan Van Mai who had accepted a new assignment. The voting result was 83/84 votes in favor, reaching 98.8%.

Previously, on the afternoon of February 19, the Politburo decided to transfer, assign, and appoint Mr. Nguyen Van Duoc to stop participating in the Executive Committee, Standing Committee of Long An Provincial Party Committee, stop holding the position of Secretary of Long An Provincial Party Committee, participate in the Executive Committee of the Party Committee, Standing Committee and hold the position of Deputy Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee for the 2020-2025 term.

At the same time, the Standing Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee appointed Mr. Nguyen Van Duoc to join the Party Executive Committee and hold the position of Secretary of the Party Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee.

Speaking after being elected as Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee, Mr. Nguyen Van Duoc said he was very honored and proud, but also considered this a heavy responsibility to always strive to fulfill the assigned tasks.

He promised to inherit the experience, promote the achievements, and solidarity of the previous generation, of his predecessors who have worked hard to build, to constantly train and learn, contributing to the successful implementation of socio-economic tasks. The immediate goal is to complete and achieve the highest results of the goals and targets according to the resolution of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Congress for the 2020-2025 term.

The new Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee also pledged to wholeheartedly devote himself to serving the people and the development of Ho Chi Minh City. He also hopes to receive regular attention and direction from the Central Government, the City Party Secretary, the City Party Committee, socio-political organizations and especially the solidarity of the members of the City People's Committee.

Mr. Nguyen Van Duoc was born in 1968 in Long An province. He has a Master's degree in Geology and a Master's degree in Political Theory.