Summary of Comrade Tran Phuong's biography

Nguyên Phó Chủ tịch Hội đồng Bộ trưởng Trần Phương.

Former Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers Tran Phuong.

The following is a brief biography of comrade Tran Phuong:

Comrade Tran Phuong (birth name: Vu Van Dung), born on November 1, 1927; hometown: Xuan Duc commune, My Hao district, Hung Yen province (now Duong Hao ward, Hung Yen province); permanent residence at No. 28, Tang Bat Ho street, Hai Ba Trung ward, Hanoi city; participated in the September 1943 revolution; joined the Party in September 1945.

Work process

September 1943 - December 1944: He participated in the revolution, mobilizing students of Buoi school.

January 1945 - April 1945: He worked as a volunteer propaganda team member in Hanoi.

May 1945 - March 1949: He was a Viet Minh cadre, District Party Committee member, District Party Committee Secretary; Provincial Party Committee member, Deputy Secretary of Hung Yen Provincial Party Committee.

April 1949 - January 1951: He worked as Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of Inter-Zone 3, concurrently Director of the Information Department of Inter-Zone 3, Editor-in-Chief of the Inter-Zone 3 National Salvation Newspaper; Editor-in-Chief of the Inter-Zone 3 Party Committee's Internal Bulletin.

February 1951 - June 1953: He was a member of the Standing Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Hai Phong City Party Committee, and Vice Chairman of the Hai Phong Administrative Resistance Committee.

July 1953 - July 1954: He worked as Deputy Head of the Propaganda Department of the Left Bank Party Committee, concurrently Director of the Department of Propaganda and Arts, and Editor-in-Chief of the Left Bank National Salvation Newspaper.

July 1954 - August 1956: He studied at the Marxist-Leninist Institute in Beijing, China.

August 1956 - November 1957: He worked as Deputy Director of Voice of Vietnam Radio Station, participated in Hung Yen Provincial Party Committee, and worked on land reform.

November 1957 - March 1959: He was Head of the Economics Department, Member of the Board of Directors, Nguyen Ai Quoc Central School.

March 1959 - October 1976: He was Deputy Director and then Director of the Institute of Economics, Deputy Chairman of the Social Sciences Committee (now the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences).

October 1976: He became Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade (now the Ministry of Industry and Trade).

At the 4th National Congress of the Party (December 1976), he was elected as an alternate member of the Party Central Committee.

January 1980: He became Minister of Domestic Trade (now Ministry of Industry and Trade), Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission. He was awarded the scientific title of Professor of Economics.

January 1981: He was appointed Minister of Domestic Trade (now the Ministry of Industry and Trade).

At the 5th National Congress of the Party (March 1982), he was elected to the Party Central Committee and assigned as Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers (now Deputy Prime Minister).

February 1986: He resigned from the position of Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers and was transferred to the position of Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Commission, concurrently Director of the Institute for Long-term Planning and Production Force Allocation.

August 1, 1992: He was retired by the Party and State, enjoying the regime and policies according to regulations.

He is an alternate member of the 4th Party Central Committee, a member of the 5th Party Central Committee; former Vice Chairman of the Council of Ministers (now Deputy Prime Minister), Minister of Domestic Trade (now Ministry of Industry and Trade), Vice Chairman of the State Planning Committee - concurrently Director of the Institute for Long-term Planning and Production Force Allocation. Delegate of the 7th National Assembly.

Due to his many contributions and outstanding achievements to the revolutionary cause of the Party and the nation, he was awarded the Ho Chi Minh Order by the Party and State; the 80-year Party membership badge and many other noble domestic and international Orders, Medals and Awards.

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