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Vũ Đức Đam (born 3 February 1963) is a Vietnamese politician who previously served as Minister of Government Office, and is currently one of four Deputy Prime Ministers of Vietnam since 2013. He governs Science and Technology, Information and Communication, Tourism and Sports. He is currently a Member of the Party Central Committee XII. He is also chairman of the National Committee for AIDS, and prevention of drug addiction, prostitution.
Vũ Đức Đam was born in Hải Dương Province and is considered to be one of the more promising members' of the Vietnamese Government, having a very good mastery of English and French and possessing exemplary communication skills; this is highly noticeable in his speeches and presentation appearances given at the National Assembly of Vietnam.
Professional career
October 1988 – October 1990: an engineer of the Post Technical Trading and Service Company under the General Department of Post;
October 1990 – February 1992: a staff of the Department for Technical Development and Foreign Relations under the Viet Nam Post and Telecommunications Group
March 1992 – April 1993: a staff of the Office of the General Department of Post;
April 1993 – October 1994: Deputy Director of the Department on Science-Technology and International Cooperation under the General Department of Post;
October 1994 – November 1995: Deputy Director of the Department on International Relations, the Office of the Government;
November 1995 – August 1996: Acting Director, then Director of the ASEAN Department, the Office of the Government;
August 1996 – March 2003: Secretary, then assistant to former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet;
March 2003 – August 2005: Vice Chairman, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Bac Ninh Provincial People’s Committee;
August 2005 – November 2007: Deputy Minister of Post-Telecommunication;
November 2007 – May 2008: Permanent Vice Chairman of the Quang Ninh Provincial People’s Committee;
5 May 2008 – 6 August 2010: Chairman of the Quang Ninh Provincial People’s Committee;
August 2010 – August 2011: Secretary of the Quang Ninh Provincial Party Committee;
August 2011 – November 2013: Minister of the Office of the Government;
13 November 2013 – present: Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Education
He graduated in 1988 from the Université Libre de Bruxelles with a PhD in Economics. He is fluent in English and French.