Vietnam: VOV-Vietnam gets new President

 Monday 13 Jun 2011

Vietnam's state broadcaster Voice of Vietnam (VOV) announced today that Nguyen Dang Tien had been appointed by the Vietnamese Prime Minister to be its new President.

Mr Nguyen took up his new post on 1 June. He replaces Prof Dr Vu Van Hien, who has been assigned another post.

Prior to joining VOV, Mr Nguyen, 56, was the Deputy Editor-in-Chief ofCommunist Review and Deputy Chair of a committee under the Vietnamese National Assembly's Standing Committee. Mr Nguyen's educational background and working experience are in the management of science and technology, economics, agriculture and politics.

VOV broadcasts nationally and internationally. Apart from its five regional bureaux, VOV has seven overseas bureau in Bangkok, Paris, Moscow, Beijing, Cairo, Tokyo and Washington DC.

SOURCE: VOV-Vietnam gets new President http://bit.ly/jdFKId

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