Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue was re-elected as Chairman of the 15th National Assembly.

The solemn oath-taking ceremony took place at the National Assembly House on the afternoon of July 20 and was broadcast live on radio and television for voters and people nationwide to follow. At the last session of the 14th tenure, Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue took the oath when he was elected to the position of National Assembly Chairman.

“Under the sacred red flag with yellow star of the Fatherland, before the National Assembly and voters nationwide, I - Chairman of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam swear: Absolute loyalty to the Fatherland, to the People, to the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; strive to fulfill well the tasks assigned by the Party, State and People” - Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue took the oath.

Chairman of the 15th National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue took the oath of office.

In his inaugural speech, Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue respectfully thanked the National Assembly deputies for their trust in electing him to the position of Chairman of the 15th National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; emphasizing that this was both an honor and a heavy responsibility for him personally.

As Chairman of the National Assembly, he vowed to devote all his efforts, together with the National Assembly, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, the agencies of the National Assembly and the National Assembly deputies, to inherit and promote the fine tradition of 75 years of the Vietnamese National Assembly, continue to innovate methods, improve the quality and effectiveness of the National Assembly's operations for the ultimate goal of serving the interests of the nation and people, for the happiness of the people; promote democracy, solidarity, rule of law, integrity, openness, transparency, increase professionalism, and continuously improve the quality and effectiveness of the National Assembly's operations in terms of legislation, supreme supervision and decision-making on important issues of the country.

On the basis of thoroughly grasping and promptly institutionalizing the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, constantly improving the quality of legislative work and discipline, legislative process discipline, building a synchronous, unified, stable, feasible legal system, ensuring the constitutionality and legality of the legal system and conformity with international treaties to which Vietnam is a member in order to create a complete legal corridor to create sustainable national development, taking people and businesses as the center.

Continue to build and perfect the socialist rule-of-law state of the people, by the people, and for the people; innovate the organization and operation of the state apparatus towards streamlining, effective and efficient operations; promote decentralization and delegation of powers reasonably and effectively, along with strengthening inspection, supervision and strict control of power; promote socialist democracy and the people's mastery; ensure human rights and civil rights; promote judicial reform; prevent and combat corruption and negativity, practice thrift, combat waste, and strengthen social order and discipline; comprehensively and synchronously perfect the country's development institutions, especially the socialist-oriented market economy institution, creating a favorable, healthy and equal investment and business environment for all economic sectors; consolidate national defense and security, firmly protect independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity; enhance international integration.

Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue also emphasized the need to continue to innovate and promote supervision work, considering this a key and central step to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the National Assembly's operations. Along with that, it is necessary to continue to improve and organize well the vote of confidence and vote of no confidence, while studying to continue to improve the mechanism of supervision and vote of no confidence for those elected or approved by the National Assembly and People's Councils according to the orientation of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress.

The new National Assembly Chairman also affirmed the need to continuously innovate working methods and improve the quality of decisions on important national issues regarding the organization of the State apparatus and high-level personnel; on goals, targets, policies, and basic tasks of socio-economic development, investment policies for national target programs, and important national projects.

“Personally, I will, together with the National Assembly Standing Committee, the National Assembly agencies and the National Assembly deputies, vow to uphold the spirit of responsibility, make efforts, strive constantly, be open-minded, listen seriously, promote democracy; coordinate closely and effectively with the President, the Government, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, and relevant agencies; consolidate the trust and support of the people, voters nationwide, our compatriots abroad, intellectuals, international friends, and the companionship of media and press agencies. With that great combined strength, I believe that the 15th National Assembly of Vietnam will successfully fulfill the tasks assigned by the Party and the People,” said Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue.

Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue, born in 1957, hometown: Nghi Xuan commune, Nghi Loc district, Nghe An province. Academic title and degree: Professor, Doctor of Economics. Member of the Party Central Committee, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th terms; Member of the Politburo, 12th, 13th terms; Delegate of the National Assembly, 13th, 14th terms.

After graduating from university, Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue worked for 22 years at Hanoi University of Finance and Accounting (now Academy of Finance) in various positions, from lecturer, Head of Accounting Department, Vice Principal in charge of training. During this period, he spent 4 years (1986 - 1990) as a PhD student at the University of Economics in Bratislava, Slovakia.

In July 2001, Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue was appointed Deputy State Auditor General; 5 years later, he became State Auditor General.

He was Minister of Finance from August 2011, and in December 2012 was assigned by the Politburo to be Head of the Central Economic Commission (concurrently Minister of Finance until May 2013).

Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue held the position of Deputy Prime Minister from April 2016 until the National Assembly approved his dismissal on June 11, 2020 after the Politburo decided to assign him to resign from the position of Member of the Government Party Committee to be appointed to join the Executive Committee, Standing Committee and hold the position of Secretary of the Hanoi City Party Committee (February 2020).

At the Hanoi Party Congress, Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue was re-elected as Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee for the 17th term, 2020-2025, with an absolute majority of votes.

At the 11th session of the 14th National Assembly, Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue was elected to hold the position of Chairman of the 14th National Assembly.