Vietnam names new army chief of general staff
Friday, June 04, 2021, 10:37 GMT+7
State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Thursday appointed Colonel General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Deputy Minister of National Defense, as Chief of the General Staff of the People's Army of Vietnam.
State President Phuc handed the appointment decision to Col. Gen. Cuong at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi.
The Vietnamese head of state is the de jure commander-in-chief of the Vietnam People's Armed Forces and chairman of the Council for Defense and Security.
In January this year, Cuong, 55, was promoted to the colonel general rank and was elected as a member of the 13th Party Central Committee for the 2021-26 term.
In December 2019, he was named deputy defense chief after being chosen as Deputy Chief of the General Staff in November 2018.
In 2016, he was commander of the 4th Military Region, which is charged with defending north-central Vietnam, and a member of the 12th Party Central Committee for 2016-21.
In November 2014, he was appointed commander of the 4th Military Region for the first time.
Cuong has worked for many years at the 1st Corps, one of Vietnam’s four regular army corps.
His predecessor is Phan Van Giang, who was voted in as defense minister in April 2021.
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