Nguyen Van An Elected Vietnam National Assembly ChairmanMr Nguyen Van An, a Politburo member of the Communist Party of Vietnam was elected National Assembly chairman on Wednesday morning.Mr Nguyen Van An, currently director of the Party¡¯s Central Commission for personnel, is to replace the incumbent, Mr Nong Duc Manh, who was elected General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam at the Ninth Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam in April. Mr Nguyen Van An was born on October 1, 1937 in My Tan, in the suburban of Nam Dinh town, Nam Dinh province. He was elected to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam at the Sixth Congress and elected to the Politburo at the Eighth Congress. He was re-elected to the Politburo of the Party and Secretariat at the Ninth Congress in April. |
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