Võ Hồng Phúc

Võ Hồng Phúc (born October 19, 1945 in Vinh town, Nghệ An Province, Vietnam) was the Minister of Planning and Investment in Vietnam from 2002-2011.
He graduated in 1968 from the Hanoi University of Technology. After graduation, he had been an employee of the Department of Industry of the SPC, rising in 1992 to become vice-chairman. A member of the central committee of the Vietnamese Communist Party, he was the Minister of Planning and Investment since 2002. In October 2003, Võ Hồng Phúc visited Washington, D.C.
In 2012, Japan recognized Võ Hồng Phúc's work by awarding him the Grand Cordon class of the Order of the Rising Sun.