June 21, 2023 | 23:00 (GMT+7)
Former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan passes away
Former Secretary of the Party Central Committee and former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan passed away after a period of illness at 7:05 a.m. on June 21 at Military Central Hospital 108 in Hanoi, according to the Central Committee on Health Care for Senior Governmental Officials.
The memorial and burial services for the former official will be announced later.
Former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan was born on October 7, 1937 in Phu Xuyen district, Hanoi.
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Former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan passes away on June 21.
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He was a member of the Party Central Committee in the 7th, 8th, and 9th tenures, Secretary of the Party Central Committee in the 9th term, deputy of the National Assembly in the 11th tenure, and Deputy Prime Minister from August 2002 to June 2006.
During his political career, he also held various positions, including Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (1990), Minister of Trade (2000), Deputy Prime Minister in charge of foreign economic relations and Chairman of the National Committee on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation – APEC (2002).
He retired in 2007.
Former Deputy PM Vu Khoan was honored with many noble titles by the Vietnamese Party, State and Government, including the first-class Independence Order, first-class Labor Order, and 60-years Party membership badge.
He was also awarded the Soviet Union’s Order of Friendship of Peoples, Laos’ first-class Freedom Order, and Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun.
Source: VNA