VietNamNet Bridge – Of the 182 official National Assembly candidates who are officials at central-level agencies, there are Party Secretary General Nguyen Phu Trong, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and 12 ministers.

 
In the list of candidates from Party and State agencies, besides Party Secretary General and National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Phu Trong are Truong Tan Sang - permanent member of the Central Party Committee’s Secretariat, To Huy Rua – Chief of the Central Party Organization Committee, Ngo Van Du – Chairman of the Central Party Inspection Committee, Dinh The Huynh – Chief of the Central Party Education and Information Committee and Vice State President Nguyen Thi Doan.

 

Three National Assembly Vice Chairs will also run for the upcoming National Assembly election, including Uong Chu Luu, Huynh Ngoc Son and Tong Thi Phong.

 

Five members of the current National Assembly Standing Committee are also on the list: Le Thi Thu Ba, Chair of the National Assembly’s Justice Committee; Ksor Phuoc, Chair of the National Assembly’s Committee for Ethnic Groups; Phung Quoc Hien, Chair of the National Assembly’s Committee for Finance and Budget; Truong Thi Mai – Chair of the National Assembly’s Committee for Social Issues; Dao Trong Thi – Chair of National Assembly’s Committee for Culture and Education for Youth and Children.

 

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and three Deputy Prime Ministers – Nguyen Sinh Hung, Hoang Trung Hai and Nguyen Thien Nha – are also final candidates.

 

The 12 candidates who are ministers include: Minister of Public Security Le Hong Anh, Minister of Defence Phung Quang Thanh, Chair of the Government Office Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Hoang Tuan Anh, Minister of Justice Ha Hung Cuong, Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang, Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam Nguyen Van Giau, Minister of Education and Training Pham Vu Luan, Minister of Finance Vu Van Ninh, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat, Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and Chair of the Committee for Ethnic Groups Giang Seo Phu.

 

The list also has the name of eight Deputy Ministers, including: Deputy Ministers of Public Security Tran Dai Quang and Dang Van Hieu, Deputy Ministers of Defence Do Ba Ty and Le Huu Duc, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Thai Binh, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh, Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment Bui Quang Vinh and Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien.

 

From April 14-17, the provincial-level third consultation meetings were organized to finalize the list of candidates for the National Assembly election of provinces and cities. HCM City has 43 candidates and Hanoi has 40.

 

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