(VOVWORLD) - Former Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan died at 7:05 am on June 21 at Military Hospital 108 in Hanoi after a period of illness, according to the Central Committee on Health Care for Senior Governmental Officials.
 Former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan (Photo: VOV) |
Vu Khoan was born on October 7, 1937, in Hanoi’s Phu Xuyen district.
He was a member of the Party Central Committee in the 7th, 8th, and 9th tenures, Secretary of the Party Central Committee in the 9th tenure, deputy of the National Assembly in the 11th tenure, and Deputy Prime Minister from August 2002 to June 2006.
During his long political career, he also served as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (1990), Minister of Trade (2000), an Deputy Prime Minister in charge of foreign economic relations and Chairman of the National Committee on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (2002).
He retired in 2007.
Vu Khoan was honored with many titles by the Vietnamese Party, State and Government, including the first-class Independence Order, the first-class Labour Order, and the 60-Year Party Membership Badge.
He was also awarded the Soviet Union’s Order of Peoples’ Friendship, Laos’ first-class Freedom Order, and Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun.
The memorial services and burial ceremony for Mr. Khoan will be announced later.