Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Hien holds the position of Deputy Minister of National Defense.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed a decision to appoint Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Hien, Commander of the Air Defense - Air Force, to hold the position of Deputy Minister of National Defense.

Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Hien holds the position of Deputy Minister of National Defense - Photo: People's Army Newspaper

Specifically, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh decided to appoint Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Hien, member of the Party Central Committee and Commander of the Air Defense - Air Force, to hold the position of Deputy Minister of National Defense.

Previously, Tuoi Tre Online reported that the Prime Minister signed a decision to appoint Lieutenant General Nguyen Truong Thang, Commander of Military Region 7, to the position of Deputy Minister of National Defense.

Also on this occasion, the Prime Minister signed decisions to appoint officials of the Ministry of National Defense:

- Appoint Major General Le Xuan The, Deputy Commander of Military Region 7, to hold the position of Commander of Military Region 7.

- Appoint Major General Vu Hong Son, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Air Defense - Air Force, to hold the position of Commander of the Air Defense - Air Force.

- Appoint Colonel Tran Thanh Hai, deputy chief of staff of Military Region 5, to hold the position of deputy commander of Military Region 5.

The current leadership of the Ministry of National Defense includes: Minister, General Phan Van Giang.

The deputy ministers include General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff; Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien; Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh; Senior Lieutenant General Vu Hai San; Senior Lieutenant General Pham Hoai Nam; Senior Lieutenant General Vo Minh Luong; Lieutenant General Nguyen Hong Thai, Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Hien and Lieutenant General Nguyen Truong Thang.
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