VNU President Phung Xuan Nha was approved by the National Assembly to hold the position of Minister of Education and Training.

The new members of the Government were voted and approved by the National Assembly for appointment this morning, including Deputy Prime Ministers: Vuong Dinh Hue, Pham Binh Minh, Truong Hoa Binh, Trinh Dinh Dung, and Vu Duc Dam.

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Brief biography of Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha

Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan NhaBorn on June 3, 1963 in Phu Cu, Hung Yen. Joined the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1997. PhD in Economics, fluent in English. Awards: Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister; Third-class Labor Medal; Title of Excellent Teacher; Honorary Doctorate of Moscow Power Engineering University (Russia) and Kinki University (Japan).

Minister Phung Xuan Nha graduated from Hanoi University of Science with a degree in Political Economy in 1985; Graduated from the Postgraduate Program in Development Economics at Manchester University, UK in 1994; Defended his doctoral thesis in World Economics and International Economic Relations at the Institute of World Economics, National Center for Social Sciences and Humanities in 1999, now the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences; Postdoctoral research (Fulbright Program) at Georgetown University, USA (2001-2002); Appointed to the title of Associate Professor in 2005.

Minister of Education and Training Phung Xuan Nha has nearly 30 years of experience teaching at home and abroad in the subjects of international economics, foreign investment and transnational corporations. Up to now, he has guided 9 PhD students, of whom 6 have successfully defended their doctoral theses and 16 have master's degrees; successfully chaired 02 State-level scientific research projects, 03 Ministry-level projects, 03 key and special projects at VNU; published 34 scientific articles in prestigious journals at home and abroad; published 12 books, including 02 textbooks, 05 monographs, 05 reference books, of which 03 are by independent authors, 02 are published in English.

Minister Phung Xuan Nha is currently the Head of the State-level Key Science and Technology Program for the 2013-2018 period "Science and technology for sustainable development of the Northwest region".

Some past leadership and management positions of Minister Phung Xuan Nha:

– September 1995 to January 1997: Deputy Head of Administration - Foreign Affairs Department (in charge of foreign affairs), University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNU;

– February 1997 to December 2007: Deputy Director of the Asia Pacific Center, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, concurrently Director of the Development Economics Research Center of the Faculty of Economics from September 2003 and Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Economics from May 2005;

– May 2007 to September 2010: Party Secretary, first Principal of the University of Economics, VNU; The University of Economics was formerly the Faculty of Political Economy of Hanoi National University (established in 1974), the Faculty of Economics under the University of Social Sciences and Humanities - VNU (1995), the Faculty of Economics under VNU (1999).

– In September 2010, he was appointed by the Prime Minister to the position of Vice President of VNU;

– In February 2013, he was appointed by the Prime Minister to hold the position of Director of VNU;

– In November 2014, he was appointed by the Prime Minister to hold the position of Chairman of the Council of VNU (according to the Law on Higher Education passed by the 12th National Assembly on June 18, 2013).

– Member of Hanoi Party Committee, term XI (2010-2015);

– At the 11th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (January 2011), Comrade Phung Xuan Nha was elected as an alternate member of the Party Central Committee; At the 12th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (January 2016), Comrade Phung Xuan Nha was elected as a member of the Party Central Committee;

At the 11th session of the 13th National Assembly (April 9, 2016), the National Assembly approved VNU President Phung Xuan Nha to hold the position of Minister of Education and Training.