Former Minister of Health Nguyen Quoc Trieu passed away on the afternoon of January 24.

Information from the Ministry of Health said that former Minister of Health Nguyen Quoc Trieu passed away at 5:00 p.m. this afternoon, January 24, in Hanoi.

Mr. Nguyen Quoc Trieu was born in 1951, from Bac Ninh province, and left Hanoi Medical University while he was a medical student to join the fight in the Quang Tri battlefield.

He later returned to school, became a medical doctor and held the positions of director of the Hanoi Department of Health , vice chairman and then chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee, minister of health from 2007 to 2012 and head of the Central Committee for Protection and Health Care of Officials until 2019.

According to a source from Tuoi Tre Online , before his death, former Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu was treated at Bach Mai Hospital from mid-2024 in a rather serious condition, but his condition later improved and before this Lunar New Year, he attended a meeting with former leaders of the Ministry at the Ministry of Health.

In 2022, Mr. Nguyen Quoc Trieu was awarded the 50-year Party membership badge. In 2019, when he was about to leave his position as head of the Central Committee for the Protection and Care of Officials' Health, he was awarded the First Class Independence Medal.

During his tenure, Minister Nguyen Quoc Trieu played a major role in developing local health facilities. He served as Minister of Health during the pandemic of A/H1N1 flu (2009) and the outbreak of acute diarrhea in many places (2007)... and successfully completed the task of leading the health sector in fighting the epidemic.

The funeral of the former minister will be held according to high-level funeral rites. The ceremony will begin at 7am on January 26 at the National Funeral Home, No. 5 Tran Thanh Tong, Hai Ba Trung District, Hanoi.

Nguyên bộ trưởng Bộ Y tế Nguyễn Quốc Triệu qua đời - Ảnh 1.

Minister of Health Nguyen Quoc Trieu: One problem, many ministries manage together

TTO - This afternoon, Minister of Health Nguyen Quoc Trieu had to sweat in the short 65 minutes allotted to him but still could not satisfy the questions of the delegates on difficult issues such as food hygiene and safety and medical waste. However, the minister's answers were considered the most lively in the entire question-and-answer session.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/nguyen-bo-truong-bo-y-te-nguyen-quoc-trieu-qua-doi-chieu-24-1-20250124185303975.htm