Hanoi (VNA)– Tran Thanh Man, Party Central Committee member and Vice Presidentof the Vietnam FatherlandFront (VFF) Central Committee, has been appointed the new President of the VFF.
The decision was announced at a consultation session in the framework of the8th VFF Central Committee’s 7th conference in Hanoi on June 22.
Man will replace Nguyen Thien Nhan, who was appointedthe new Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City’s Party Committee.
TranThanh Man was born in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on August 12,1962. He has been a member of the Party Central Committee in the 10th, 11th and thecurrent 12th tenures, and a NA deputy in the 13th and thecurrent 14th terms.
The conference also approved a decision to let Nguyen Thien Nhan give up thechairmanship of the VFF Central Committee, and the membership of the presidiumand the 13th VFF Central Committee.
Addressing the meeting, Head of theParty Central Committee’s Organisation Commission Pham Minh Chinh expressed hisbelief that in their new positions, Nguyen Thien Nhan and Tran Thanh Man will wellperform their missions, and make all-out efforts to serve the people and the nation,especially in promoting the great national unity bloc.
The new President of the VFFCentral Committee affirmed that he will do his utmost to uphold the role of theVFF in the coming time.
On the occasion, Man called on people from all walks of life in and outside thecountry to continue responding to patriotic emulation movements, thus promoting the strength of the great national unity in nationalconstruction and defence.-VNA