Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue was introduced to be elected as Chairman of the National Assembly.

This afternoon (March 30), after the National Assembly dismissed Ms. Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan from the position of National Assembly Chairwoman, the National Assembly Standing Committee presented a list of nominees for the National Assembly to elect a new National Assembly Chairwoman and Chairwoman of the National Election Council.

The person introduced is Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue - Politburo member, Secretary of the City Party Committee, Secretary of the Capital Command, Head of the 14th National Assembly Delegation of Hanoi City.

Delegates will discuss in groups before conducting secret ballots to elect the National Assembly Chairman and the National Election Council Chairman tomorrow morning.

According to regulations, the new National Assembly Chairman must swear allegiance to the Fatherland, the People and the Constitution after being elected by the National Assembly.

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

After 4 years in the Government, assigned by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc to "put aside" the economic and financial sector, Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue, together with the Government Standing Committee and the Government, has left many important marks to make the macro economy more stable, contributing to promoting strong economic growth and spreading economic achievements as well as new thinking to rural areas.

While holding the position of Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue was assessed to have solid political qualities, professional knowledge suitable for the leadership requirements to carry out the political tasks of the City, a firm grasp of Party building and state management work at the Central level, prestige, the ability to gather and unite internally, extensive work experience, and understanding of the socio-economic situation of the country and the City.

The time when Mr. Vuong Dinh Hue returned to Hanoi was a time when many large, important, urgent and difficult tasks were very busy: preventing and fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, taking care of people's lives, maintaining social stability, developing the economy and culture, completing the annual and 5-year plans; having to direct party congresses at all levels and prepare in all aspects for the 17th Congress of the City Party Committee...

Although the time is not long, but the Secretary of the City Party CommitteeVuong Dinh HueIt is assessed that many things have been done effectively, creating changes in reality: Hanoi completed and exceeded all targets set by the 16th Congress of the City Party Committee; a number of long-standing violations in construction order, traffic infrastructure, social management... were directed to be resolved; Party Congresses at all levels and the City Party Congress were successful; major work programs of the City Party Committee were urgently implemented right after the Congress; the Covid-19 pandemic was contained.../.