Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hands over a decision appointing Vu Viet Trang as General Director of the Vietnam News Agency. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham MinhChinh on September 14 handed over a decision appointing Vu Viet Trang asGeneral Director of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA).
The ceremony was also attended by Deputy PM Vu DucDam, Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung andrepresentatives from relevant ministries and agencies and the VNA’s departments.
On behalf of the Government, PM Chinh congratulatedTrang on her appointment, saying she is the first female leader of theState-run news agency.
The appointment reflects not only Trang’s efforts inher career but also the VNA’s personnel reform, the PM said, expressing hishope that she will continue to outstandingly complete her assigned tasks.
On this occasion, PM Chinh asked relevant ministries andagencies to coordinate with the VNA and its General Director in the commonwork, helping the VNA carry forward its role as the strategic news agency ofthe Party and the State.
Vu Viet Trang, bornOctober 16, 1969, graduated from the Vietnam National University - Hanoi,majoring in English, in 1993.
She started working at the VNA in 1993 as a sub-editorat the News for Foreign Service Department.
In 2004, she was promoted to head of the English Deskat the News for Foreign Service Department and Assistant to the Department’sDirector.
In 2005, Trang was appointed Deputy Director of theEditorial Secretariat and External Relations Department of the VNA.
She became Director of the Editorial Secretariat andExternal Relations Department in 2011.
On November 17, 2017, Trang was appointed DeputyGeneral Director of the VNA by the Prime Minister.
During her career, she has been awarded the PrimeMinister’s Certificates of Merit several times, for contributions to thecoverage of the APEC Leaders’ Meeting and related meetings in 2006 and thecommunication drive on the 12th National Party Congress in 2016, foroutstanding work performance in 2018, and for her role in the communicationdrive on the Vietnam ASEAN Year 2020.
She was admitted to the Party in 2000, and has been amember of the VNA’s Party Committee since 2014 and a member of the standingboard of the VNA’s Party Committee since 2015./.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 10 signed Decision 1469/QD-TTg appointing Vu Viet Trang as General Director of the State-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA).
As multimedia and multi-platform journalism is becoming popular all over the world, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has been making concrete moves to succeed as a multimedia agency that provides various forms of news services, ranging from printed newspapers, radio, television, online newspapers, multimedia services, and books.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh handed over a decision appointing Vu Viet Trang, Deputy General Director, as General Director of the State-run Vietnam News Agency in Hanoi on September 14.
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hands over a decision appointing Vu Viet Trang as General Director of the Vietnam News Agency. (Photo: VNA) 
