Prime Minister appoints General Director of Vietnam News Agency
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has just signed Decision No. 1469/QD-TTg dated September 10, 2021 appointing Ms. Vu Viet Trang - Deputy General Director of Vietnam News Agency, to hold the position of General Director of Vietnam News Agency (VNA).
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New General Director of VNA Vu Viet Trang. |
Ms. Vu Viet Trang was born on October 16, 1969, in Chuyen My commune, Phu Xuyen district, Hanoi city; advanced political theory degree; joined the Party on February 16, 2000. She graduated from Hanoi University, majoring in English, in 1993.
Ms. Vu Thi Trang started her journalism career as Editor, Foreign Affairs News Department -VNAsince 1993. Ms. Trang has held the following positions: Head of Electronic Information Department of the Editorial Board of Foreign News; Assistant Head and Head of English News Editorial Department, Editorial Board of Foreign News; Deputy Head of Editorial Secretary; Head of Editorial Secretary and Foreign Relations;...
On November 17, 2017, Ms. Vu Viet Trang was appointed by the Prime Minister to the position of Deputy General Director of VNA. She is a member of the Party Committee Standing Committee, Head of the Propaganda Department of the VNA Party Committee; Chairwoman of the VNA Journalists Association (from June 2020 to present).