Appointing Mr. Le Hoai Trung as Minister of Foreign Affairs

With a majority of votes in favor, the National Assembly voted to approve the Resolution approving the Prime Minister's proposal to appoint Mr. Le Hoai Trung as Minister of Foreign Affairs.

On the morning of October 25, the National Assembly held a separate meeting on personnel matters under the chairmanship of National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man . The delegates then voted by secret ballot on personnel matters and listened to the Vote Counting Committee announce the results of the vote counting on personnel matters.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung

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The National Assembly listened to Member of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Permanent Deputy Head of the National Assembly Office Le Quang Manh (assigned to perform the duties of Secretary General of the National Assembly) present draft resolutions of the National Assembly on personnel work.

With 427 delegates participating in the vote (equal to 90.08% of the total number of delegates); of which, 427 delegates approved (equal to 90.08% of the total number of delegates and equal to 100% of the total number of delegates present), the National Assembly passed a Resolution approving the Prime Minister's proposal to appoint Mr. Le Hoai Trung to the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Mr. Le Hoai Trung was born in 1961; hometown: Hue city; professional qualifications: PhD in law, master's in international law and diplomacy. He is a member of the Party Central Committee for 2 terms (12, 13); Secretary of the Party Central Committee for the 13th term; National Assembly delegate for the 15th term.

Mr. Le Hoai Trung is a professional diplomat with extensive experience in various fields of bilateral and multilateral foreign affairs, with a long working period at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs before being transferred to become Head of the Central External Relations Commission.

In February 2025, Mr. Le Hoai Trung was appointed to the position of Chief of the Office of the Party Central Committee. In August this year, he was assigned as acting Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The current leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs includes Minister Le Hoai Trung, and the Deputy Ministers include Mr. and Mrs. Nguyen Manh Cuong, Nguyen Minh Vu, Dang Hoang Giang, Le Anh Tuan, Ngo Le Van, Le Thi Thu Hang and Nguyen Minh Hang.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/bo-nhiem-ong-le-hoai-trung-lam-bo-truong-ngoai-giao-185251025112307433.htm