Hanoi, April 8 -- Nguyen Duy Ngoc will replace his predecessor Le Minh Hung who was elected by the National Assembly as new Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam on April 7.

Born in 1964 in Hung Yen Province, Nguyen Duy Ngoc holds a Master's degree in Law. He is a member of the CPV Central Committee for both the 13th and 14th tenures, a Politburo member for the same terms, and a deputy to the 16th National Assembly.

He has spent much of his career in the public security sector, where he held several key posts, including deputy director of Ha Noi Police, Deputy Head of the General Department of Police, Director of the Police Department for Corruption, Economic and Smuggling Crimes Investigation, and Deputy Minister of Publ...