VietNamNet Bridge – Mr. Vo Van Thuong, a member of the Party Central Committee, former First Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Youth Union and Party Secretary of Quang Ngai Province, received on Monday the Politburo’s blessing to hold the position of Deputy Party Secretary of HCM City to 2015. Mr. Thuong replaces Mr. Nguyen Van Dua, who has retired.

HCM City Party Secretary Le Thanh Hai (right) and Deputy Party Secretary Vo Van Thuong.

Thuong, 44, a native of the northern province of Hai Duong, grew up in the southern province of Vinh Long.

He studied philosophy at Ho Chi Minh City National University and became the Deputy Secretary of the school’s Youth Union in 1992. Seven years later, he received his Master of Philosophy degree.

In 1995, he was elected Vice President and Secretary General of the HCM City Students’ Association. Five years later, he ascended to the association’s presidency and then was elected chairman of the Vietnam Students’ Association.

In 2002, he was elected Deputy Secretary and Chairman of the HCM City Youth Union. A year later, he was elected Secretary.

At the National Party Congress in 2006, Thuong was elected an alternate member of the Party Central Committee. In January 2011, he was elected a member of the 11th Party Central Committee.

Before being elected as Deputy Party Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City, Thuong served as the First Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Youth Union, a deputy in the 12th National Assembly and Party Secretary of the central province of Quang Ngai, from August 2011.

Ta Lam