Portrait of the new Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Manh Hung

New Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Manh Hung. Photo Quochoi.vn

At the 9th extraordinary session on the morning of February 18, the National Assembly passed a Resolution on the organizational structure of the Government for the 15th National Assembly term and a Resolution on the number of Government members for the 15th National Assembly term.

On the same afternoon, the National Assembly voted to pass a Resolution approving the Prime Minister's proposal on the appointment of Ministers for the 2021-2026 term. Among the 4 Ministers for the 2021-2026 term approved for appointment is the Minister of Science and Technology .

Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung - Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Information and Communications was appointed Minister of Science and Technology.

Accordingly, the Ministry of Science and Technology was established on the basis of merging the old Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Information and Communications, basically inheriting the functions and tasks assigned to these two ministries; transferring the functions, tasks, and organization of the press and publishing management apparatus from the Ministry of Information and Communications to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Summary of work process:

7.1979 - 7.1986: Soldier, later student at Ulyanov Information School (former Soviet Union).

August 1986 - April 1997: Lieutenant, Senior Lieutenant, Captain then Major. Technical Assistant of Information Technology Institute, then Information Equipment Electronics Company, Information and Communications Corps.

5.1997 - 3.2005: Major, Lieutenant Colonel, then Senior Colonel, Deputy Head of Department, then Head of Investment Department, then Deputy Director of Military Telecommunications Electronics Company, Communications Corps; Party Committee member of the Company since May 1998.

April 2005 - January 2014: Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel, Member of the Party Committee Standing Committee, Deputy General Director of Military Telecommunications Corporation, later Military Telecommunications Group, Ministry of National Defense; promoted to Major General in 2012.

2.2014 - 5.2018: Major General, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, General Director of the Military Industry - Telecommunications Group. At the 12th National Congress of the Party, elected to the Party Central Committee. Member of the Central Military Commission for the 2015-2020 term.

June 2018 - July 2018: Member of the Party Central Committee, Member of the Central Military Commission, Major General, Chairman and General Director of the Military Industry - Telecommunications Group.

From August 2018 to present: Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee, Acting Minister, then Minister of Information and Communications, concurrently Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department. At the 13th National Congress of the Party, he was re-elected to the Party Central Committee.

January 24, 2025: The Politburo appointed him to join the Government Party Executive Committee for the 2020-2025 term.