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Prime Minister appoints acting Foreign Minister

VGP - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has appointed Le Hoai Trung, former Chairman of the Office of the Party Central Committee, as acting Foreign Minister.

Posts Thuy Dung

August 30, 2025 11:35 AM GMT+7
Prime Minister appoints acting Foreign Minister - Ảnh 1.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (right) hands over appointment decision to acting Foreign Minister at the Government Office in Ha Noi, August 30, 2025

 Le, aged 64, began his career at the Department of General Political Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in October 1982.

He was appointed Deputy Foreign Minister in December 2010.

In January 2016, he was elected to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam.

He was elected to the Secretariat in October 2023 and appointed Chairman of the Office of the Party Central Committee in February 2025./.