Vietnam Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung Biography Positons and Working History

Nguyen Chi Dung was appointed as the Minister of Planning and Investment in Vietnam in April, 2016.

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Nguyen Chi Dung's Biography

Nguyen Chi Dung was born on August 5, 1960 as a native citizen of Loc Ha district, Ha Tinh province.

He completed the PhD of Economics. Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung joined the Communist Party of Vietnam on September 30, 1987 and became an official member on September 30, 1988.

Vietnam Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung - Photo: VNA

Awards granted to Nguyen Chi Dung

During his career, Nguyen Chi Dung has received a First-Class Independence Medal, among others.

Vietnam Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung - Photo: baodautu

Positions & Working History

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam: 11th and 12th tenures. He served as Deputy to the National Assembly of the 14th tenure, cited VGP.

October, 1977 – June, 1983: served for the High Command of Engineers, studied at the University of Transport.

October, 1983 – December, 1984: Deputy commander of the 11th company, battalion 95, brigade 279 under the High Command of Engineers.

December, 1984 – December, 1985: Technical assistant of the Technical Office, brigade 279 under the High Command of Engineers.

December, 1985 – October, 1989: Staff of the First Department of the Ministry of Transport.

October, 1989 – July, 1993: Staff of the Centre on FDI Project Assessment; the State Committee on Cooperation and Investment (the Ministry of Planning and Investment at present).

July, 1993 – October, 1995: Deputy Manager of the FDI Project Management Department, the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

July, 2003 – July, 2005: Deputy Director of the SMEs Development Department (the Business Development Department at present), under the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

July, 2005 – August, 2008: Director of the Trade and Service Department under the Ministry of Planning and Investment

August, 2008 – April, 2009: Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment.

April, 2009 – May, 2009: Deputy Secretary of the Ninh Thuan Provincial Party Committee

May, 2009 – September, 2010: Deputy Secretary of the Ninh Thuan Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Ninh Thuan Provincial People’s Committee.

September, 2010 – June, 2011: Secretary of the Ninh Thuan Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Ninh Thuan Provincial People’s Committee.

July, 2011 – January, 2014: Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Ninh Thuan Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Ninh Thuan Provincial People’s Committee.

January, 2014 – April, 2016: Deputy Minister of Planning and Investment

April, 2016 – present: Minister of Planning and Investment.

Vietnam's Minister of Planning and Investment's Tasks

- Leading, directing, managing and running the entire domain of activities of the Ministry of Planning and Investment; undertaking assignments falling under the authority and responsibility of the Ministry and the Minister prescribed in the Law on Government Organization, Government’s Working Regulations, and related legal documents; acting as the contact person in the business relation with the Politburo and the Secretariat of the CPV Central Committee, the Government and the National Assembly; signing documents to be submitted to the Prime Minister.

- Directly providing guidance on the following activities: composition of legal documents and socio-economic development strategies; synthesisation of mid-term and annual socio-economic development plans; statistics; economic management mechanism and policies; planning synthesisation; conscription plans; national defense and security; personnel organization; administrative reform; emulation and reward.

- Being Head of the Anti-corruption Steering Committee of the Ministry; Head of the Ministry’s Steering Committee of Administrative Reform; Chairman of the Ministry’s Emulation – Reward Council; Chairman of several inter-governmental cooperation sub-committees assigned by the Prime Minister.

Ministry of Planning and Investment

The Ministry of Planning and Investment is a government agency which performs the functions of state management over planning, development investment, and statistics, including the provision of general advice on strategies, master plans, plans for national socio-economic development and public investment; on mechanism and policies for economic management; on domestic investment, foreign investment into Vietnam and Vietnam’s investment abroad; economic zones; on official development assistance (ODA) source, preferential loans and foreign non-governmental aids; on bidding; on development of enterprises, collective economy and cooperative sector; on statistics; performs the state management over public services in sectors, fields under its state management as prescribed by laws, cited MPI.