Prime Minister appoints Deputy Minister of Information and Communications
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Decision No. 1429/QD-TTg appointing Mr. Bui Hoang Phuong, Director of the Department of Organization and Personnel, Ministry of Information and Communications, to hold the position of Deputy Minister of Information and Communications.

On November 20, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh signed Decision No. 1429/QD-TTg appointing Mr. Bui Hoang Phuong, Director of the Department of Organization and Personnel, Ministry of Information and Communications, to hold the position of Deputy Minister of Information and Communications.
This Decision takes effect from the date of signing (November 20, 2023).
Mr. Bui Hoang Phuong, born in 1983, has held many leadership positions in units within the Ministry of Information and Communications.
Mr. Phuong has held the position of Chief of Office of the Ministry since August 2020. In January 2022, the Minister of Information and Communications transferred and appointed Mr. Phuong to the position of Chief Inspector of the Ministry.
In October 2022, Mr. Phuong was appointed to the position of Head of the Department of Organization and Personnel.
Previously, the Ministry of Information and Communications had the youngest deputy minister in the country at the time of his appointment, Deputy Minister Nguyen Huy Dung, also born in 1983.
Mr. Nguyen Huy Dung was appointed to the position of Deputy Minister in 2020, at the age of 37./.