Nguyễn Văn Man

Nguyễn Văn Man (12 January 1966 – 13 October 2020) was major general of the People's Army of Vietnam and politician.[1] He held the position of Deputy Commander of 4th Military Region of Vietnam People's Army, National Assembly deputy term 14 2016-2021 term of the National Assembly delegation of Quảng Bình Province, member of National Defense and Security Committee and security of the 14th National Assembly.[2] He was previously the Chief of the Military Command of Quang Binh Province.

Nguyễn Văn Man
Born(1966-01-12)January 12, 1966
Đồng Hới, Quảng Bình Province, Vietnam
DiedOctober 13, 2020(2020-10-13) (aged 54)
Service/branch People's Army of Vietnam
RankMajor general

Career

Man was a member of the Standing Committee of Quang Binh. On 21 November 2015, the Standing Committee of Quang Binh Provincial Party Committee assigned Man to hold the position of Commander of the Military Command of Quang Binh province. Man served on this position for 5 years.[3] On 20 May 2019, the Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc appointed Colonel Man as Deputy Commander of the Military Region 4, People's Army of Vietnam, and promoted him to Major General.[4][5] On October 10, 2020, Man attended a ceremony commemorate the 7th anniversary of the 4th Military Region of the Vietnam People's Army. At the meeting, Man's superiors contacted him and ordered him to Thua Thien-Hue, a place that was flooded by Tropical Storm Linfa. This would be his last mission.[5]

Man was also a politician who participated in National Assemblies. On 7 November 2016, discussing the bill on the use of weapons, explosives and supporting tools, he argued that the federal government should divert more money from the Ministry of Public Security to the Ministry of Defense.[6] On the morning of 24 May 2018, at the Discussion on the Denunciation Law project at the 5th session of the 14th National Assembly, he stated that protection for whistleblowers were necessary, since many face threats in Vietnam.[7]

Final mission and death

On October 10, Man and his troops arrived in Thua Thien Hue Province, a province in central Vietnam affected by flooding and mudslides. Man handed food and supplies to locals. The next day, the major general received news of a landslide burying 10 workers of the Rao Trang 3 hydropower plant, and he organized a team of 21 soldiers to rescue the trapped workers.[5] On the night of 12 to 13 October 2020, when leading the rescue team to the power plant, Major General Man and 13 members of his rescue team were buried in another landslide.[8] On October 15, 2020, his body was found by rescuers.[9][5]

References

  1. News, VietNamNet. "Danh sách 10 ứng cử viên Đại biểu Quốc hội tại Quảng Bình". VietNamNet (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2020-10-18. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. "Thông tin đại biểu Quốc hội các khóa".
  3. Theo báo Quảng Bình (24 November 2015). "Phân công lãnh đạo chủ chốt tỉnh Quảng Bình". Báo Chính phủ. 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  4. Đặng Hà. "Bí thư Tỉnh ủy chúc mừng Đại tá Nguyễn Văn Man được bổ nhiệm giữ chức Phó Tư lệnh Quân khu 4". Quảng Bình Portal. 2019-06-19. Archived from the original on 2019-08-02. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  5. Duc Hung, Hoang Phuong, Vo Thanh (October 17, 2020). "Major General Man: shocked peers, people mourn sterling soldier". VNExpress International. Retrieved 2020-10-18.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. Viết Hà (2016-01-08). "Còn nhiều ý kiến khác nhau về quy định nghiên cứu chế tạo, sản xuất vũ khí (There are many different opinions about the regulations on research, manufacture and manufacture of weapons)" (in Vietnamese). Báo Biên phòng (Border Guard). Archived from the original on 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2017-06-02.
  7. Bảo Hà (2018-05-24). "Controversy about citizens' right to denounce over the phone" (in Vietnamese). VnExpress newspaper. Retrieved 2018-05-24.
  8. "Tìm thấy thi thể Thiếu tướng Nguyễn Văn Man, Phó Tư lệnh Quân khu 4". Báo điện tử Tiền Phong. 2020-10-15. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  9. Hoàng Thùy và cộng sự (2020-10-13). "Phó tư lệnh Quân khu 4 cùng 12 người gặp nạn khi đi cứu hộ". Báo điện tử VnExpress. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
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