Asian Angle | Who is Vietnam’s new Prime Minister Le Minh Hung?
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“On Tuesday, Vietnam’s National Assembly elected a new prime minister.”
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— VinFast Auto Ltd. is a Vietnamese multinational automotive company founded by Vingroup, one of the largest private conglomerates in Vietnam that was founded by Phạm Nhật Vượng.
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— The 2018 Vietnam protests, June 10 Events, or Protests against the Special Zone Act and the Cybersecurity Law (Vietnamese: Biểu tình phản đối Luật đặc khu kinh tế và Luật An ninh mạng), were a series …
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— Vietnam News Agency (VNA, Vietnamese: Thông tấn xã Việt Nam) is the official state-run news agency of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. It operates more than 30 foreign bureaux worldwide and maintain…
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“Le Minh Hung, born in 1970, is the country’s youngest prime minister since 1955.”
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— Lê Duẩn (Vietnamese: [lē zʷə̂n]; 7 April 1907 – 10 July 1986) was a Vietnamese communist politician. He rose in the party hierarchy in the late 1950s and became General Secretary of the Central Commit…
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— Lê Minh Hưng (Vietnamese pronunciation: [le˧˧ mïŋ˧˧ hɨŋ˧˧]; born 11 December 1970) is a Vietnamese economist and politician, who has served as the 9th Prime Minister of Vietnam since 2026. A member of…
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— Lê Văn Hưng (March 27, 1933 – April 30, 1975) was an infantry general of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Hưng was perhaps best known as the "Hero of An Lộc" in 1972 when he commanded the 5th Divi…
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“Le Minh Hung is a technocrat with economic training in Japan.”
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— Civil conflicts in Vietnam were a series of events characterized by political violence and civil war which took place soon after the end of World War II. It lasted from the August Revolution in 1945 u…
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— Lê Minh Hưng (Vietnamese pronunciation: [le˧˧ mïŋ˧˧ hɨŋ˧˧]; born 11 December 1970) is a Vietnamese economist and politician, who has served as the 9th Prime Minister of Vietnam since 2026. A member of…
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— Lê Thiết Hùng (13 August 1908 – 26 January 1986), born Lê Văn Nghiệm, was a Major General in the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) active during the First Indochina War and an intelligence agent. He was…
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“He rose to become the youngest-ever governor of the State Bank of Vietnam.”
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“As central bank governor from 2016 to late 2020, he helped stabilise Vietnam’s macroeconomic foundations.”
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“The Van Thinh Phat fraud case, one of the largest financial scandals in Vietnamese history, germinated on his watch.”
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“Since leaving the central bank, Hung has led the Communist Party’s Central Office and the Central Organisation Commission.”
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“Nguyen Tan Dung served as prime minister from 2006–2011, during which an aggressive growth push led to an asset bubble, banking crisis, and 23% inflation in 2008.”
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“In 2025, Vietnam's credit-to-gross domestic product ratio exceeded 145%.”
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