Viettel Group’s chairman appointed to lead information ministry
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued Decision 900/QD-TTg on July 25 to give the authority of a Minister of Information and Communications to Major General Nguyen Manh Hung, member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s Central Committee and Chairman and General Director of the military-run Viettel Group.
Hanoi (VNA) –Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued Decision 900/QD-TTg on July 25 to givethe authority of a Minister of Information and Communications to Major General NguyenManh Hung, member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s Central Committeeand Chairman and General Director of the military-run Viettel Group.
Earlier, the Politburoissued a decision to appoint Nguyen Manh Hung as Secretary of the Party Committeeof the Ministry of Information and Communications for the 2016-2021 tenure.
Hung, born in 1962, wastrained as a telecommunications engineer in former Soviet Union (Russia now). Heearned a master’s degree in telecommunications in Australia and a master’sdegree in business management in the National Economics University.
He was promoted to majorgeneral in 2012. In 2016 at the 12th Party Congress, he was electedas a member of the CPV’s Central Committee.
Hung was appointedChairman cum General Director of the Viettel Group under a decision of thePrime Minister dated June 14, 2018.-VNA
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Major General Nguyen Manh Hung (Source: Viettel) 
