• Nguyen Tan Dung re-nominated as PM
• Deputy PM Hung elected NA Chairman

In his speech after taking office, newly-elected Truong Tan Sang expressed his thanks for the NA’s confidence, saying his new position is a great honour and a noble mission assigned by the Party, State and people.

Despite facing many difficulties and challenges during the 12^th term, Vietnam gained tremendous achievements under the Party leadership that helped the country shed its status as an under-developed nation, improve living standards, reinforce national unity, maintain socio-political stability, and ensure independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity, thereby raising its international status.

Mr Sang emphasized that former State President Nguyen Minh Triet made positive contributions to the nation’s achievements.

Earlier, NA Chairman Nguyen Sinh Hung, on behalf of the NA Standing Committee, reported the results of delegations’ discussions on the personnel plan for electing State President.

All the delegations and other deputies agreed upon the 13^th NA Standing Committee’s personnel plan for the position of State President.

Mr Sang also read the list of candidates for Vice State President, Prime Minister, Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court, and Head of the Supreme People’s Procuracy that the NA will elect later.

Following is his brief biography:

-Date of birth: January 21, 1949

-Native land: My Hanh commune, Duc Hoa district, Long An province

-Date of Party admission: December 20, 1969

-Date of official admission to the Party: December 20, 1970

-Qualification: BA in law

-Political theory: High-level

-Deputy to the 9th, 10th, 11th and 13th National Assembly

Summary of career

- 1966 - 1968: Leader of the youth-student movement P.K.2, building secret bases among students

- 1969 - 1971: Party committee member, Youth Union Secretary, managing a secret armed group of Duc Hoa town (Long An province)

- 1971 - 1973: Arrested by the enemy and detained in the Bien Hoa Prison in Phu Quoc island district. Released in 1973 under the Paris Treaty

- 1973 - April 1975: Cadre in charge of organisation work at the T73 Department under the Central Reunification Committee

- April 1975 - October 1978: Worked at the Gia Dinh Trade Union, deputy head of the Ho Chi Minh City New Economic Zone Development Department, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in HCM City’s plantations and new economic zones.

- 1979 - August 1983: Member of the Party Committee of Binh Chanh district, Ho Chi Minh City, Director of the Pham Van Hai Farm, alternate member of the HCM City Party Committee.

- 1983 - 1986: Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Forestry, HCM City Party Committee member in charge of youth volunteer forces and the HCM City Land New Economic Zone Development Department

-         1986 - 1988: Member of the Standing Board of the HCM City Party Committee, Secretary of Binh Chanh District Party Committee

-        1988-1990: Studied at the High-level Nguyen Ai Quoc Party School in Hanoi

-        1990 - 1991: Member of the Standing Board of the HCM City Party Committee, Director of the municipal Department of Agriculture

-        1991 - 1992: Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee

-       1992 - 1996: Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee, Vice Chairman and then Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee

-        1996 - January 2000: Politburo member, Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee

-         January 2000 - 2006: Politburo member, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission

-         2006 - now: Politburo member, Standing member of the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee