Vũ Khoan

Vũ Khoan (October 7, 1937 – June 21, 2023)[1] was a Vietnamese politician and diplomat. He used to hold the position of Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam,Deputy Prime Minister in charge of Vietnam's external economy from August 2002 to the end of June 2006. He is considered by many to have made many positive contributions to the negotiation process of the Vietnam-US Trade Agreement and Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO).

Vũ Khoan
Khoan in 2005
Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
In office
August 12, 2002  June 28, 2006
Prime MinisterPhan Văn Khải
Preceded byNguyễn Mạnh Cầm
Succeeded byTrương Vĩnh Trọng
Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam
In office
April, 2001  April, 2006
General SecretaryNông Đức Mạnh
Ministry of Industry and Trade
In office
January 28, 2000  August, 2002
Preceded byTrương Đình Tuyển
Succeeded byTrương Đình Tuyển
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In office
1998–2000
Personal details
Born(1937-10-07)7 October 1937
Phú Xuyên, Hà Đông, Hanoi
Died21 June 2023(2023-06-21) (aged 85)
108 Hospital, Hanoi
Political partyCommunist Party of Vietnam
SpouseHồ Thể Lan (1938)

Born in the cadet

He was born on October 7, 1937, from Phú Xuyên, Hà Tây (now part of Hanoi).

When the French army opened fire to retake Indochina, he worked as a liaison for the Việt Minh government. In 1949, he was sent back to Việt Bắc, where he studied at the Vietnam Cavalry School. In 1951, he was selected by the Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and went to study at "Nanning School of Education", then transferred to "Nanning-Guilin School of Education" (also known as Vietnamese Children's School). South in Guangxi, China).

Family

He was married to Mrs. Hồ Thể Lan, former Director of the Press Department, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the daughter of Professor Doctor Hồ Đắc Di. The two met from the same class of students who were sent to study in the Soviet Union in 1954. [2]

Death

According to information from the Central Committee for Health Care and Protection, after a period of illness, despite being cared for by the Party, State, a group of professors and doctors, and wholeheartedly cared for by the family, But due to old age and weak health, he passed away at 7:05 am on June 21, 2023 at 108 Hospital, (aged 85).[3]

References

  1. "Former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan is dead". Dan Tri News (in Vietnamese). 2023-06-21. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
  2. "Remembering the friendship between Vietnamese and Soviet teachers and students that day". Archived from the original on 2010-01-22. Retrieved 2011-02-17.
  3. "Former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan is dead". Dan Tri News (in Vietnamese). 2023-06-21. Retrieved 2023-06-21.


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