A brief biography of Comrade Tran Phuong

VTV.vn - Due to old age and poor health, Comrade Tran Phuong - former Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers - passed away at 6:02 AM on October 18, 2025.

Former Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers Tran Phuong.

The following is a brief biography of Comrade Tran Phuong:

Comrade Tran Phuong (birth name: Vu Van Dung), born on November 1, 1927; birthplace: Xuan Duc commune, My Hao district, Hung Yen province (now Duong Hao ward, Hung Yen province); permanent residence at house number 28, Tang Bat Ho street, Hai Ba Trung ward, Hanoi city; joined the revolution in September 1943; joined the Party in September 1945.

Work experience

September 1943 - December 1944: He participated in the revolution, mobilizing students at Buoi School.

January 1945 - April 1945: He served as a member of the Hanoi Volunteer Propaganda Team.

May 1945 - March 1949: He served as a Viet Minh cadre, District Party Committee member, District Party Secretary; Provincial Party Committee member, Deputy Secretary of Hung Yen Provincial Party Committee.

April 1949 - January 1951: He served as Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of Military Region 3, concurrently Director of the Information Department of Military Region 3, Editor-in-Chief of the Cuu Quoc Newspaper of Military Region 3; and Head of the Editorial Board of the Party Committee's Internal Newsletter of Military Region 3.

February 1951 - June 1953: He served as a Standing Committee member and Deputy Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee, concurrently holding the position of Vice Chairman of the Hai Phong Resistance Administrative Committee.

July 1953 - July 1954: He served as Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of the Left Bank Regional Party Committee, concurrently Director of the Department of Arts and Culture, and Editor-in-Chief of the Left Bank National Salvation Newspaper.

July 1954 - August 1956: He studied at the Marxist-Leninist Academy in Beijing, China.

August 1956 - November 1957: He served as Deputy Director of the Voice of Vietnam Radio Station, participated in the Hung Yen Provincial Party Committee, and worked on rectifying errors in land reform.

November 1957 - March 1959: He served as Head of the Economics Department and Member of the Board of Directors at the Central Nguyen Ai Quoc School.

March 1959 - October 1976: He served as Deputy Director and then Director of the Institute of Economics, and Deputy Chairman of the Committee for Social Sciences (now the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences).

October 1976: He became Deputy Minister of Internal Trade (now the Ministry of Industry and Trade).

At the Fourth National Congress of the Party (December 1976), he was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Party.

January 1980: He served as Minister of Internal Trade (now the Ministry of Industry and Trade) and Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Committee. He was awarded the academic title of Professor of Economics.

January 1981: He was appointed Minister of Internal Trade (now the Ministry of Industry and Trade).

At the Fifth National Congress of the Party (March 1982), he was elected to the Central Committee of the Party and assigned to the position of Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers (now Deputy Prime Minister).

February 1986: Comrade ceased to hold the position of Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers and was transferred to the position of Vice Chairman of the State Planning Committee, concurrently serving as Director of the Institute for Long-Term Planning and Production Force Allocation.

August 1, 1992: Comrade was granted retirement by the Party and the State, receiving benefits and policies as prescribed.

He was an alternate member of the 4th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and a member of the 5th Central Committee; former: Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers (now Deputy Prime Minister), Minister of Internal Trade (now the Ministry of Industry and Trade), Vice Chairman of the State Planning Committee - concurrently Director of the Institute for Long-Term Planning and Distribution of Production Forces. Member of the 7th National Assembly.

Due to his many outstanding contributions and achievements to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation, he was awarded the Ho Chi Minh Order; the 80-Year Party Membership Badge and many other prestigious orders, medals, and awards both domestically and internationally.

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