Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son
Date of birth: October 16, 1962
Native land: Tay Mo ward, Nam Tu Liem district, Ha Noi
Date of Party admission: June 11, 1986
Education background: Bachelor of Diplomacy, Master of International Relations
Member of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee (12th, 13th tenures)
Deputy to the National Assembly (14th, 15th tenures)
Career Records
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February 1985 – April 1987:
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Joining the diplomatic sector in February 1985, the army from February 1985 to April 1987.
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May 1987 – August 1991:
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Admitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in May 1987, working at the Institute for International Relations from September 1987 to August 1991.
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September 1991 – June 1993:
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Obtaining Master degree in international relations in the U.S.
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June 1993 – March 1996:
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Staff, Head of Europe-America Department, Chief of Office of the Institute for International Relations.
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March 1996 – February 2000:
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Deputy Director of the Institute for International Relations.
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March 2000 – July 2003:
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Minister Counselor at the Embassy of Viet Nam to the Republic of Singapore.
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August 2003 – August 2007:
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Deputy Director off the Department off Foreign Policy Planning.
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August 2007 – September 2008:
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Director General of the Department of Foreign Policy Planning.
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September 2008 – November 2009:
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Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director General of the Department of Foreign Policy Planning.
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November 2009 – January 2016:
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Deputy Foreign Minister.
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January 2016 – April 2021:
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Member of the 12th Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee
Deputy to the National Assembly from July 2016; First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs from July 2016.
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April 2021- August 2024
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Member of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam.
Deputy to the National Assembly from June 2021.
Minister of Foreign Affairs
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From August 26, 2024 present:
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Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister.
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Management areas:
a) To oversee and direct the following areas:
- Foreign affairs and diplomacy
- Official development assistance and concessional loans
- Foreign non-governmental aid, foreign non-governmental organizations
- International integration; negotiations and implementation of bilateral and multilateral commitments
- Foreign direct investment, outbound investment
- Viet Nam's relations with regional and international organizations
- Border affairs, East Sea-island affairs
- Overseas Vietnamese affairs
- Human rights affairs
- Industry, trade, exports and imports; oil and gas reserve and supply; logistics service.
- Energy and energy savings
- Science and technology
- To approve investment policies for investment projects in assigned management areas
b) cum Minister of Foreign Affairs
c) To oversee and direct the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Viet Nam Academy for Science and Technology
d) Chairman of Viet Nam-China Steering Committee for Bilateral Cooperation; in charge of Viet Nam-Laos Inter-governmental Committee; Head of State Steering Committee for Land Border Demarcation and Marker Planting; Head of Steering Committee for Human Rights; Head of the State Steering Committee for key national programs, works, projects in energy sector; Chairman of Councils for appraisal of sectoral planning schemes in assigned management areas./.