Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 10 signed Decision 1469/QD-TTg appointing Vu Viet Trang as General Director of the State-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA).
Vu Viet Trang has been appointed General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 10signed Decision 1469/QD-TTg appointing Vu Viet Trang as General Director of theState-run Vietnam News Agency (VNA).
The decision took effect the same day.
Vu Viet Trang, the new GeneralDirector of VNA, born on October 16, 1969, graduated from the Vietnam NationalUniversity - Hanoi, majoring in English, in 1993.
She started working at the VNA in 1993 as asub-editor at the News for Foreign Service Department.
In 2004, she was promotedto head of the English Desk at the News for Foreign Service Department andAssistant to the Department’s Director.
In 2005, Trang wasappointed Deputy Director of the Editorial Secretariat and External Relations Department of the VNA.
She became Director of the Editorial Secretariat and External Relations Department in 2011.
On November 17, 2017, Trang was appointed DeputyGeneral Director of VNA by the Prime Minister.
During her career, she hasbeen awarded the Prime Minister’s Certificates of Merit several times, forcontributions to the coverage of the APEC Leaders’ Meeting and related meetingsin 2006 and the communication drive on the 12th National Party Congressin 2016, for outstanding work performance in 2018, and for her role in thecommunication drive on the Vietnam ASEAN Year 2020.
She was admitted to theParty in 2000, and has been a member of the VNA’s Party Committee since 2014and a member of the standing board of the VNA’s Party Committee since 2015./.
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Vu Viet Trang has been appointed General Director of the Vietnam News Agency (Photo: VNA) 
