On the afternoon of May 22, after announcing the results of the approval of the dismissal of Mr. Tran Hong Ha from the position of Minister of Natural Resources and Environment (Mr. Ha was approved by the National Assembly as Deputy Prime Minister last January), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh submitted to the National Assembly for approval the appointment of a replacement for this position.

Accordingly, Mr. Dang Quoc Khanh, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of Ha Giang Provincial Party Committee, was approved by the Prime Minister to be appointed by the National Assembly as Minister of Natural Resources and Environment for the 2021-2026 term.

The National Assembly then proceeded with the approval process to appoint Mr. Dang Quoc Khanh as Minister of Natural Resources and Environment.

New Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Quoc Khanh

The approval of the appointment to this position is carried out by secret ballot. After the delegates have finished voting, the Counting Committee will work and announce the results of the vote counting.

Next, the National Assembly discussed and voted to approve the Resolution approving the appointment of Mr. Dang Quoc Khanh as Minister of Natural Resources and Environment.

With the majority of delegates in favor, the National Assembly voted to pass a Resolution approving the appointment of Mr. Dang Quoc Khanh, member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Ha Giang Provincial Party Committee, as Minister of Natural Resources and Environment for the 2021-2026 term.

New Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Dang Quoc Khanh

Mr. Dang Quoc Khanh is 47 years old (born in 1976), from Ha Tinh. He is a PhD in Urban and Construction Management, Civil and Industrial Engineering; with a high level of political theory.

Mr. Khanh is a member of the Party Central Committee for two terms (XII - alternate, XIII); National Assembly delegate for the XIV and XV terms.

Growing up as a specialist in the Appraisal Department, he worked for many years at the Department of Construction of Ha Tinh province.

After that, Mr. Khanh successively held important leadership positions in Ha Tinh province such as: Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee; Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee; Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee.

When he took office as Chairman of the People's Committee of Ha Tinh province in 2016, Mr. Khanh was only 40 years old and was the youngest provincial Chairman in the country at that time.

In July 2019, the Politburo assigned Mr. Dang Quoc Khanh to hold the position of Secretary of the Ha Giang Provincial Party Committee until now./.

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