travel: oct 1957 member, government and party to … · guerrilla movement in pa to district ......

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TRAVEL:

Oct 1957

Feb 1958

1959

MISCELLANEOUS:

Member, government and party delegation to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the October Revolution, USSR

Accompanied President Ho Chi Minh on trip to India and Burma

Accompanied Ho Chi Minh on trip to Indonesia

In the 1920's Hung was a member of the Revolutionary Youth League, and he joined the Indochinese Communist Party in the 1930's.

In November 1975 Hung headed the South Vietnamese delegation to the Political Consultative Conference on National Reunification, held in Saigon.

Hung was reported to have married in 1952.

2~ December 1976

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TRAN QUANG HUY VIETNAM

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:

Feb 1922, Thanh Hoa Province

CURRENT POSITIONS AND DATES OF APPOINTMENT:

Minister in Charge of Cultural Affairs and Education, Apr 1971

Deputy, Sixth National Assembly, Apr 1976 Member, Communist Party Central Committee,

Dec 1976

PREVIOUS POSTS:

Feb 1960

May 1960-?

Sep 1960-Dec 1976

as of 1961

Jul 1962-Apr 1968

Apr 1968-Apr 1971

as of Nov 1969

Jul 1971

Apr 1971

as of Oct 1972

Vice Chairman, State Science Committee

Deputy, Second National Assembly

Alternate member, Lao Dong party Central Committee

Chief editor, Hoa Tap

Deputy chief, Propaganda and Training Department, Lao Dong Party Central Committee

Chairman, Cultural and Education Board, Premier's Office

Director, Press Bureau, Premier's Office

Member, Presidium, People's Movement Against Rigged Elections

Deputy, Fourth National Assembly

Deputy chief,. Science and Education Department, Lao Dong Party Central Committee

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PREVIOUS POSTS (cont.):

Nov 1975

as of Nov 1975

TRAVEL:

Oct 1960

Dec 1960

Aug 1965

Sep 1967

MISCELLANEOUS:

Delegate to Political Consultative Conference on National Reunification in Saigon

Deputy head, Saigon Business Liaison Committee

Member, delegation to celebration of 43d anniversary of the October Revolution, Moscow

Visit to Peking en route back to Vietnam

Member, delegation to Romania, East·Germany, USSR and France

Head, delegation to scientific conference commemorating the 100th anniversary of the publication of Das KapitaZ. East Germany

Tran Quang HUy is also known as Nguyen:Huy Khoi. Under that name he was listed as a delegate to the Hanoi Municipal People's Council in Jan 1972 and as deputy director of the Hanoi Service of Physical Education and Sports inJul 1974.

22 December 1976

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HOANG VAN KIEU VIETNAM


Minister of Forestry, Jul 1976 Member, Communist Party Central Committee,

Dec 1976

PREVIOUS POSTS:

as of Oct 1954

Jan 1960-1

Sep 1960-Dec 1976

Nov 1964-at least Apr 1972

as of Nov 1970

TRAVEL:

Jul-Aug 1971

Chairman, Administrative Committee, Lang Son Province

Deputy secretary, Lao Dong Party Committee, Viet Bac Autonomous Region

Alternate member, Lao Dong Party Central Committee

Secretary, Lao Dong Party Committee, Tay Bac Autonomous Region

Secretary, Tay Bac Military Zone

Head, economic delegation to China

22 December 1976

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NGO MINH LOAN VIETNAM


Minister of Food, Dec 1969 Member, Sixth National Assembly, Apr 1976 Member, Agricultural Department, Communist Party

Central Committee, Apr 1974-?

PREVIOUS POSTS:

May 1959-Apr 1967

Apr 1967-Nov 1969

Apr 1971

Apr 1971-Jun 1975

Jun 1975-Jun 1976

Sep 1960-Dec 1976

TRAVEL:

Dec 1960-Apr 1961

Jun 1962

Jul 1967

Vice Minister of Light Industry

Ambassador to China


Member, with the rank of Minister, Central Agricultural Commission

Minister Vice Chairman, Central Agricultural Commission


Deputy head, economic delegation to China, USSR and Hungary

Head, state delegation, Poznan International Trade Fair, Warsaw

Deputy head, economic delegation to China

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TRAVEL (cont.):

Jun-Jul 1971

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He'ad, Mini s try <of Foodg,lIll.lIl\lfQlit,ion to Hungary,Pola.nd, Bulga.ria and ehina,

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TRAN LUONG


1913, Quang Ngai Province


VIETNAM

Chairman, State Inspection Commission, Jul 1976

Deputy, Sixth National Assembly, Apr 1976

Member, Communist Party Central Committee, Sep 1960

PREVIOUS POSTS:

as of 1955

Jan 1964-Jul 1976

pre-Jan 1964-at least 1969

as of 1966

Jun 1969-Jul 1976

as of Jun 1973

Sep 1975-?

Feb 1976

Member, Central Committee for Agrarian Reform

Vice president, presidium, Central Committee, National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NFLSV)

Chief, Military Committee, Lao Dong Party Central Committee

Secretary general, People's Revolutionary Party

Minister of Defense, Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam (PRG)

Acting chief of protocol, PRG Foreign Ministry

Vice chairman, Council for National Reconciliation and Accord

Member, Electoral Commission of South Vietnam

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TRAVEL:

Dec 1974

MISCELLANEOUS:

Deputy head, NFLSV and PRG delegation to Cambodia

From before 1929 to at least 1930, Trung was a member of the "Nghe Tinh Soviet" movemen. He is said to have been imprisoned by the French on several occasions. As of 1945, he had organized and led a guerrilla movement in Pa To District (Quang Ngai Province).

After he went to South Vietnam in 1961, Tran Luong was known as Tran Nam Trung. He is married and has six children.

22 December 1976

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DO MUOI


1917, Hanoi


VIETNAM

Vice Premier, Dec 1969 Minister of Building,

Jun 1973 Deputy, Sixth National

Assembly, Apr 1976 Alternate Member, L

Communist Party J Politburo, Dec 1976

PREVIOUS POSTS:

1946-?

1950-?

May 1955-Dec 1956

1956

Dec 1956-Apr 1958

Apr 1958-Feb 1961

Nov 1967-Apr 1971

Apr 1971-Jun 1973

Secretary, party committee, Nam Dinh Province

Deputy secretary, party committee; vice chairman, Resistance and Administration Committee; and political commissar, Interzone III

Chairman, Haiphong Military and Administrative Committee

Member, Lao Dong Party Central Committee

Vice Minister of Commerce

Minister of Home Trade

Chairman, Economy Board, Premier's Office

Chairman, State Capital Construction Commission

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as of Dec 1974

MISCELLANEOUS:

Chairman, Vietnam Subcommittee· for Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation between Vietnam and Cuba

Muoi became a member of the Indochinese Communist Party in 1931. From February 1961 to November 1967 he was inactive due to poor health.

22 December 1976

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PHAN MY VIETNAM


Minister-Director of Cabinet, Office of the premier, Apr 1973

PREVIOUS POSTS:

as of 1953

as of 1957

pre-1957-at least 1959

Aug 1960-at least Aug 1972

Secretary General to the presidency

Bureau chief, Office of the Premier

Vice Minister, Office of the Premier

Vice Minister of Water Conservancy

22 December 1976

LE THANH NGHI VIETNAM


1911, Hai Hung Province


Vice Premier, 1960 Chairman, State Planning Commission, 1974 Member, National Defense Council, Jul 1975 Deputy, Sixth National Assembly, Apr 1976 Member, Presidium, Sixth National Assembly, Jun 1976 Member, Communist Party Politburo, 1956

PREVIOUS POSTS:

1939-?

1945-?

1946-1948

1949-?

1951-?

1953-1954

1955-1960

Apr 1960

1960-1968

Member, Haiphong Interprovincial Party Committee

Member, Bac Ky Party Committee, in charge of coastal area

Standing member and secretary, Bac Ky Party Committee; chairman, Resistance and Administration Committee, Interzone III

Head, Secretariat Party Central Committee


Secretary, Hanoi Party Committee; political commissar, Hanoi Military Command

Minister of Industry


Chairman, Industrial Board, Premier's Office

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Apr 1964 Deputy, Third National Assembly

Feb-at least Nov 1967

Apr 1971

as of Nov 1973

TRAVEL:

Jun-Jul 1961

Apr 1964

Jun-Jul 1965

Nov 1965-Jan 1966

Auq-Sep 1966

Jul-Aug 1967

Oct 1967

May-Jul 1968

Aug 1969

Minister of Heavy Industry


Acting Premier

Member, state delegation to USSR

Member, delegation to Independence Day celebration, East Germany

Head, economic delegation to USSR, poland, East Germany, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, North Korea and China

Head., economic delegation'. to China, North Korea, USSR, Hungary, East Germany, Romania, Poland and Belgium

He<;ld, economic delegation to China, North .. Korea, USSR, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania

Head, economic delegation to China, USSR, Eastern Europe and. NOrth Korea

Head, delegation to National Day celebration, China

Head, economic delegation to China, USSR., Eastern Europe and NO\t',th " ~ Korea

Head,· economic delegation to C)!li~a

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TRAVEL (cont. ) :

Sep 1969 Member, delegation to .celebration of 20th anniversary of people's Republic of China

Oct-Nov 1969

Jan-Feb 1971

May-Jun 1971

Nov 1972

Jan 1973

Jun 1973

Jul 1973

Nov 1973

Jul-Aug 1974

Aug-Oct 1975

Oct 1975

Nov 1975

Feb 1976

Jun 1976

Head, economic delegation to China, North Korea, USSR and Eastern EUL'ope

Head, economic delegation to China, USSR and Eastern Europe

Head, economic and party delegation to USSR, Mongolia and China

Head, economic delegation to China and USSR

Head, state delegation to Eastern Europe

Member, delegation to China and North Korea

Head, delegation to USSR

Visited "liberated zone" in Laos

Visited USSR and Eastern Europe

Head, delegation to China and USSR

Head, economic delegation to Hungary, East Germany and Czechoslovakia

Head, delegation to Poland and Romania

Attended 25th Congress Communist Party of the Union, Moscow

of the Soviet ,

Attended 17th Congress of the Communist Party of Mo'ngolia, Ulan Bator

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MISCELLANEOUS:

In 1929 Nghi became a member of the Vietnam Young Revolutionary Comrades Association; in 1930 he became a member of the Indochinese Communist Party.

In 1930 Nghi was arrested by the French colonial authorities and sentenced to life imprisonment. He was released in 1936. In 1940 he was again arrested, sentenced to 5 years' imprisonment and sent to Son La. Nghi is married.

22 December 1976

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TRAN DAI NGHIA


1915, South Vietnam


VIETNAM

Chairman, State Science and Technology Commission, Nov 1965

Deputy Chief, General Directorate of Rear Services, People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) , pre-1967

Member, Communist Party, pre-1969

PREVIOUS POSTS:

1946-?

1950-1954

as of 1953

1954-1960

Dec 1958-at least 1960

Sep 1959

Apr 1960

Aug 1960-Jan 1963

Jan 1964-Apr 1971

Director, Arms Supply Department, PAVN

Vice Minister of Economic Affairs

Member, Central Executive Committee, Vietnam Federation of Trade Unions (VFTU)

Vice Minister of Industry

Member, National Scientific Research Board

Member, Central Committee for the celebrations of the lOth anniversary of the People's Republic of China (PRC)


Vice Minister of Heavy Industry

Deputy director, State Capital Reconstruction Committee

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PREVIOUS POSTS

Jul 1964-?

Apr 1971

Jul 1973-?

TRAVEL:

May 1953

1955

Aug 1965

Jun 1967

Sep 1967

MISCELLANEOUS:

(cont.):

Chairman, State Basic Construction Commission' .


Chairman, Committee for • Vietnamese-Czechoslovakian Scientific and Technical Cooperation

Member, VFTU delegation to PRC May Day celebration

Visited USSR to study plan for manufacturing and using recoilless guns

Member, state delegation to RomaniaiEast Germany and the USSR

Head, delegation of the State Science and Technology Commission, Czechoslovakia

Member, conference to discuss scientific and technical cooperation, USSR

Nghia is sometimes known as Pham Quang Le. HiEl.early milit;ary career WaS spent designing weapons. In 1.947 he developed . ,antitank bazooka shells. During 1947-49 he designed 60mm and 81mm mortars and 57mm recoilless guns. , . ~, :. ..

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MISCELLANEOUS (cont.):

Nghia was a ·founding member of the Vietnam-Soviet Friendship Association in 1950, and in January 1967 he was made a member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union.

In January 1966 Nghia was appointed a member of the presidium of the "Vietnamese intellectuals conference against US aggression and for national salvation," held in Hanoi.

Nghia is married and has at least one son.

22 December 1976

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HUYNH TAN PHAT VIETNAM


1912, My Tho Province


Vice Premier, Jul 1976 Deputy, sixth National

Assembly, Apr 1976

PREVIOUS POSTS:

1944-1945

Aug 1945-?


1949-1950

1950-?

as of 1950-1954

1958-at least 1966

1962-at least 1967

as of 1962

Editor in chief, Thanh Nien (Youth) magazine

Deputy director, Information and Press Service, Nam Bo (South Vietnam) People's Commission

Member, Nam Bo Resistance and Administration Committee

Director, Nam Bo Information Service

Vice chairman, Executive Committee, South Vietnamese Student League

Member, Resistance and Administration Committee, Saigon-Cholon Special Zone

Secretary general, Democratic Party of South Vietnam

President, Saigon-Gia Dinh Committee, National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NFLSV)

Member, Executive Committee, NFLSV

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1964-Jun.1976

1964-Jun 1976

Jun 1969-Jun 1976

TRAVEL:

1965

Jun-Jul 1969

MISCELLANEOUS:

Secretary general, NFLSV Central Committee

Vice chairman, Presidium, Central Committee, NFLSV

President, Provisional tionary Government of of South Vietnam (PRG)

Revolu-the Republic

Head, South Vietnamese delegation to the First Indochinese People's Conference, Phnom Penh

Head, official PRG delegation to Cambodia

Huynh Tan Phat is a graduate of the Architecture Department of Hanoi University. He was a founding member of the Democratic Party of South Vietnam in 1944, and a member of the Association of Nam Bo Students as of 1947. In 1947 Phat was arrested by the French and jailed for 2 years for nationalist activities. He is married to Bui Thi Nga. His wife was listed as president of the Saigon-Gia Dinh Liberation; Women's Union in 1975.

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TRAN SAM VIETNAM


Minister of Supply, Jul 1976 Deputy Chief, General Staff, People's Army of Vietnam

(PAVN), Mar 1963 Member, Central Military Committee, Communist Party,

1961

PREVIOUS POSTS:

Aug 1960-?

1963-at least 1964

Apr 1964

pre-1962-Jun 1976

TRAVEL:

Oct 1967

Aug 1969

Oct 1969

Oct 1970

Vice Minister of Construction

Chief, General Directorate of Rear Services, PAVN

Deputy, Third National Assembly

Vice Minister of National Defense

Member, Lao Dong Party and Hanoi Administrative Committee delegation to celebration of the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution, USSR


Member, friendship delegation to the German Democratic Republic, USSR and China

Visited USSR en route to the military exercises "Brotherhood in Arms" of the armies of the Warsaw Pact member sta,tes

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TRAVEL (cont.):

Jun 1971

Nov 1972

Jun 197.3

Oct 1974

MISCELLANEOUS:

Head, military delegation, China


Member, party and state delegation to China and Hungary

Member, economic delegation, China

Tran Sam .is a l.ieutenant general in the PAVN.

22 December 1976

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HA KE TAN


Mong Phu Village, North Vietnam


VIETNAM

Minister in Charge of Da River Project, Jun 1973


Member, Communist Party Central Committee, Dec 1976

PREVIOUS POSTS:

1945-1949

as of Oct 1955

pre-Feb 1957-at least Sep 1962

as of Feb 1957

as of Nov 1957

as of Nov 1957

as of 1960

May 1960

May 1960

Aug 1960

Sep 1960-Dec 1976

Held high posts in viet Minh

Member, Hanoi Military and Administration Committee

Member, Hanoi Municipal Administrative Committee

Member, Hanoi Lao Dong Party Committee

Member, Hanoi people's Council

Commander, Capital Defense Division

Member, State Science Commission


Member, Standing Bureau, Red River Harnessing and Exploitation Project

Vice Minister of Water Conservancy and Power


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Jul 1963-Jun 1973

Apr 1964

pre-Jul 1966-at least Sep 1973

Apr 1971

TRAVEL:

1961

May 1961

1964

Jun-Jul 1971

MISCELLANEOUS:

Minister of water Conservancy


Chief, Central Flood and Typhoon Control Commission, Lao Dong Party Central Committee


ijead, water conservancy delegation to China

Head, civil engineering delegation to China

Head, water conservancy delegation to China

Head, water conservancy del.egation to ijungary

In 1942 Tan was arrested and imprisoned by the French at Son La. Tan served in the People's Army of vietnam from before 1951 to at least 1957.

22 December 1976

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DANG THI VIETNAM


Minister, Office of the premier, Jul 1976 Deputy, Sixth National Assembly, Apr 1976 Member, Communist Party Central Committee, Dec 1976

PREVIOUS POSTS:

as of 1959

pre-1962-1965

as of 1965·

as of Mar 1970

as of 1971

Apr 1971

as of 1972

Dec 1969-Apr 1973

Jul 1973-Jun 1975

Apr 1974-at least Jun 1975

TRAVEL:

Mar 1968

Deputy director, Central Statistics Bureau

Chairman, Scientific and Technical Cooperation Commission

Vice Chairman, State Planning Commission

Chairman, National Scientific Research Board

Chairman, Vietnam-Soviet Joint Commission for Scientific and Technical Cooperation


Director, Vietnam Chamber of Commerce

Minister-Director of Cabinet, Office of the Premier

Minister, Office of the Premier

Chairman, National Reunification Commission

Head, scientific and technical cooperation delegation to Cuba

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TRAVEL (cont.):

Jun 1969

Mar 1970

Sep-Oct 1970

Oct 1970

Mar-Apr 1972

Nov 1973

Head, scientific and technical cooperation delegation to Poland, Czechoslovakia and North Korea

Head, scientific and technical cooperation delegation to China

Head, scientific and technical cooperation delegation to USSR, Romania and Cuba

Head, delegation to funeral of President Jamal 'Abd al-Nasir United Arab Republic

Head, commerce delegation to Japan

Visited "liberated area" of Laos

22 December 1976

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DAO THIEN THI VIETNAM


Minister of Finance, Jun 1975 Deputy, Sixth National Assembly, Apr 1976

PREVIOUS POSTS:

as of Aug 1974 Acting Minister of Finance

22 December 1976

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DINH DUC THIEN VIETNAM


Minister in Charge of Oil and Natural Gas, Jul 1976 Member, Communist Party Central Committee, Dec 1976

PREVIOUS POSTS:

as of 1957

Apr 1957-at least Jun 1959

Jun 1959-?

Aug 1960-at least Oct 1964

Sep 1960-Dec 1976

1966-at least Jun 1975

Oct 1970-Apr 1974

Apr 1975

Jun 1975-Jul 1976

as of Jun 1975

TRAVEL:

1964

Deputy director, General Directorate of Rear Services, People's Army of Vietnam

Vice Minister of Industry

Director, Thai Nguyen Iron and Steel Complex

Vice Minister of Heavy Industry


Director, General Directorate of Rear Services

Minister of Machinery and Metallurgy

Deputy commander in charge of logistics, Saigon Liberation Campaign

Minister; Vice Chairman, State Planning Commission

Secretary, Lao Dong Party Committee, General Directorate of Rear Services

Head, Heavy Industry Ministry delegation to China

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TRAVEL (cont.):

Ju1-0ct 1967

Jul 1968

1970

Dec 1970

MISCELLANEOUS:

Deputy head, economic delegation to China, North Korea, USSR, Romania, Bulgaria and Cuba


Head, delegation to study industrial and scientific developments in Czechoslovakia

Head of similar delegation to China

Thien holds the military rank of lieutenant general.

22 December 1976

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HOANG QUOC THINH


VIETNAM

Minister of Home Trade, Nov 1967


PREVIOUS POSTS:

Oct 1950-?

May 1958-Nov 1966

May 1960

Nov 1966-Nov 1967

Apr 1971

TRAVEL:

Jul 1969

Jun 1971

Jun 1973

Secretary general, Leaders Committee, Vietnam United National Front

Vice Minister of Home Trade


Acting Minister of Home Trade


Head, trade delegation to East Germany and Hungary

Head, trade delegation to Poland

Head, commercial study group to China

22 December 1976

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Va c-~ ~ c" "-J VO TOAN VIETNAM


1913, Quang Nam Province

CURRENT POSITIONS AND DATES OF APPONTMENT:

Vice Premier, Jul 1976 Minister of Maritime

Products, Jul 1976 Deputy, Sixth National

Assembly, Apr 1976 Member, Communist Party

Politburo, Dec 1976

PREVIOUS POSTS:

Feb 1962-?

Apr 1962-?

Jan 1964

pre-Nov 1964-at least Nov 1975

as of May 1965

as of May 1975

as of May 1975

Nov 1975

Vice chairman, Central Committee, National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NFLSV)

Chairman, People's Revolutionary Party

Chairman, High Plateau Autonomy Movement

Vice president, NFLSV Presidium

Vice chairman, NFLSV, representing the People's Revolutionary Party

Secretary and political officer, Zone 5, Lao Dong Party Committee


Delegate to Political Consultative Conference on National Reunification, Ho Chi Minh City

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TRAVEL:

Dec 1975

MISCELLANEOUS:

Head, South Vietnamese delegation to Cuban Communist Party meeting

Toan joined the revolutionary movement in 1926. As of 1945, he was a member of the Indochinese Communist Party. He fought against the French during 1930-35 and was arrested and sent to jail in 1942. Toan WaS active in the anti-French resistance from 1945 to 1954, He is also known as Vo Chi Congo

22 December 1976

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NGUYEN DUY TRINH VIETNAM


1910, Nghe An Province


Vice Premier, Jul 1960 Minister of Foreign Affairs, Apr 1965 Member, Presidium, Sixth National Assembly, Jun 1976 Deputy, Sixth National Assembly, Apr 1976 Member, Communist Party Politburo, 1957 Member, Communist Party Central Committee Secretariat,

Dec 1976 Member, National Defense Council, Jul 1976

PREVIOUS POSTS:

pre 1950-at least 1954

1951-?

1954-Apr 1958

1955-1960

1957-1958

1958-1965

Apr 1958-1960

as of Mar 1960

Apr 1960

President-Commissioner, Joint Resistance and Administration Committee, South-Central Vietnam


Vice Minister in the Premier's Office

Secretary, Lao Dong Party Central Committee

Director of Internal Affairs at Premier's Office

Chairman, State Planning Commission

Minister at Premier's Office

Member, Subcommittee to Study Enforcement qf New Constitution


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Jul 1960

Jul 1960-Jun 1971

as of 1961

1963-1965

Apr 1964

Apr 1971

TRAVEL:

Sep 1962

Jun 1965

Aug 1965

Dec 1965

Nov 1966

May 1967

Sep 1968

Mar 1971

Member, National Assembly Law Drafting committee

Member, National Defense Council

Editor in chief, Lao Dong

Chairman, National Scientific Research Committee


Deputy, Fourth National Al;lsembly

aead,economic delegation to China and USSR

Visited Mali, Guinea, United Arab Republic and Algeria

Head, delegation to celebration of 20th ,anniversary of Indonesian independence; visited Burma en route

Deputy head, delegation to Tricontinental People's Solidarity Conference, Cuba

Head, delegation to Ninth Congress of Bulgarian Communist Party; .. v,isited Romania en route

Member, delegation to seventh' Congress of East German Communist; l?a+;ty" Berlin; visited USSR en rO)lte' , . .

Head, delegation to No+t.h Kqll~"r"

Member; del.egation to 2'4th CO.ll'lgress of Soviet Communis,t l?'IMt't:;y" ,M!!>:8l¢Ow; visited China en rOJ11tl&

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TRAVEL (cont.):

May 1971

Jul 1971

Nov 1971

pec 1971

Jan 1973

Mar 1973

Apr 1976

MISCELLANEOUS:

Head, delegation to 10th Congress of Bulgarian Communist Party, Sofia; visited China en route

Head, state and party delegation to China and Mongolia

Member, state and party delegation to China

Head, delegation to Sixth Congress of Polish Communist Party, Warsaw; visited China en route

Head, delegation to sign ceasefire agreement, Paris

Head, delegation to USSR and China

Friendship visit to Burma and Sweden

Trinh became a member of the Indochinese Communist Party in 1930. He was imprisoned by the French from 1928 to 1930 and again from 1932 to 1945. He is married and reportedly has five children. He speaks French and understands English.

22 December 1976

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NGUYEN DINH TU VIETNAM


Minister of Higher and Vocational Education, .Jul 1976 Deputy, Sixth National Assembly, Apr 1976 Alternate Member, Communist Party Central Committee,

Dec 1976

PREVIOUS POSTS:

as of Apr 1976

MISCELLANEOUS:

Vice Minister of Higher and Vocational Education

According to the Vietnam news media, Tu holds a master of science degree in physics.

22 December 1976

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VU TUAN VIETNAM


Minister of. Light Industry, Jun 1975 Deputy, Sixth National Assembly, Apr 1976 Member, Communist Party Central Committee, Dec 1976

PREVIOUS POSTS: i

as of Nov 1964

pre-Jun 1965-at least Jun 1967

pre-Feb 1970-at least Aug 1971

TRAVEL:

Sep-Nov 1964

Mar 1970

Editor in chief, 'Boa Tap

Chief of cabinet, Lao Dong Party Central Committee

Vice Minister of Light Industry

Head, Boa Tap delegation to China

Head, state delegation to East Germany

22 December 1976

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PHAN TRONG TUE VIETNAM


1917, Son Tay Province


Minister of Communications and Transportation, Jul 1976


Member, Communist Party Central Committee, Sep 1960

Chairman, Vietnam-Cambodia Friendship Association, Jan 1975

Major general, People's Army of vietnam (PAVN), 1958

PREVIOUS POSTS:

Mar 1954-?

as of 1955

May 1960

Nov 1961-Apr 1974

Apr 1964

as of Jan 1968

as of Jan 1968

May 1968-?

Member, Executive Committee, Nam Bo (South Vietnam) United,Vietnamese Front

Head, PAVN delegation to the Joint Armistice Commission


Minister of Communications and Transportation


Commissar, Lao Dong Party Central Committee

Secretary, Lao Dong Party Committee on Communications and Transportation

Member, Presidium, Third National Assembly

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Apr ,1974-Jun 1976

TRAVEL:

1962

as of 1962

Jun 1963

as of 1963

as'of 1963

May 1965

Oct 1969

Sep 1974

MISCELLANEOUS:

Vice Premier, in charge of the Industry, Communications and Transportation Bloc

Head, delegation to railway conference, Mongolia

Participant, military conference in Tchepone, Laos

Visited China to discuss railways

Head, delegation to Laos to establish Vientiane-Hanoi air route

Participant, ministerial-level communications conference, Poland

Head, communications and transportation delegation to China

Head, goodwill delegation to East Germany

Head, delegation to 30th anniversary of Bulgarian National Day; stopped in China en route

During 1935-44 Tue was deported from Vietnam. He later returned and joined the Indochinese Communist l?arty. He was sentenced to 10 years' hard labor in 1944 for plotting to overthrow the government and imprisoned 'on' Oem Son island. In August 1945 he was released by the Viet Minh and returned to the South. In May 1949 Tue;becamea , member of the United Vietnamese Front and the Vi~t\na,mese Workers Movement.

22 Oecembe'Jr 1976'

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NGHIEM XUAN YEM VIETNAM


1912, Ha Dong Province


Minister in Charge of Agricultural Science and Technology, Jul 1976

Secretary general, Vietnam Democratic Party, Jul 1958

PREVIOUS POSTS:

1947-?

1947-1953

Jun 1950-?

1953-Apr 1960

Mar 1954-?

1954-at least 1960

Dec 1958-at least 1965

Apr 1960-Jan 1963

Member, Resistance and Administration Committee of the First Region of North Vietnam

Under Secretary of Agriculture

Member, Preparatory Committee, Vietnam-USSR Friendship Association

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry

Chief, National Liaison Committee, Central Committee of Agrarian Reform

Member, Standing Commitee, Vietnam Democratic Party National Congress

Member, National Scientific Research Board

Minister of Agriculture (change in title due to split of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry into two separate Ministries)

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PREVIOUS POSTS (cent.):


Jul1960-?

Member, Presidium, Central Cemmittee, Vietnam Fatherland Frent

Member, Presidium, Secend Natienal Assembly

as ef Oct 1962 Secretary general, Vietnam Committee fer Defense ef Werld Peace

Jan 1963-at least. 1974 Minister ef State Farms

Apr 1964-? Deputy, Third Natienal Assembly

as ef 1966-1968 Vice chairman, Cemmittee fer Struggle Against Americans' and their Puppets' Persecutien ef Intellectuals in the Seuth

Apr 1971-? Deputy, Feurth Natienal Assembly

Apr 1971-at least 1974 Minister and Vice Chairman, Central Agricultural Cemmissien

Dec 1974-? Vice chairman, Vietnam Subcemmittee, Vietnam-Cuba Asseciatien

Apr 1976-? Deputy, Sixth Natienal Assembly

Jul 1976-? Member, Censtitutien Drafting Cemmittee

TRAVEL:

Jun-Jul 1955

1956

Oct 1959

May 1965

Me.mber ,ge¥ernment delegatien to. China

Visit to., East Germany

Member, party and ge¥ernment delegatien to. Natien;acl' Day celebratien, China

Member, friendship delegatien to. the USSR and China

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Sep 1970

Jul 1971

May 1972

Dec 1972

Dec 1972

Dec 1974

MISCELLANEOUS:

Head, agricultural delegation to Hungary

Head, state and party delegation to Mongolia

Head, state and party delegation to Mongolia

Member, state delegation to China

Member, delegation to celebration of 50th anniversary of founding of the Soviet Union, Moscow

Head, economic delegation to Havana

Nghiem Xuan Yem isa graduate of Hanoi University in agricultural engineering. He was a member of the Vietnam Democratic Party as of 1944.

22 December 1976

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Hoang ANH 1 Le Quang BA 5 Nguyen Thanh BINH 7 Nguyen Thi BINH 9 Vu Van CAN 17 Nguyen CHAN 19 Nguyen Tho CHAN 21 Dang Viet CHAU 23 Duong Quoe CHINH 27 Nguyen CON 29 Pham Van DONG 31 Vo Thue DONG 33 To DUY 35 Vo Nguyen GIAP 37 Nguyen Van HIEU 41 Tran Quoe HOAN 47 Pham HUNG 49 Tran Quang HUY 53 Hoang Van KIEU 55 Ngo Minh LOAN 57 Tran LUONG 59 Do MUOI 61 Ph an MY 63 Le Thanh NGHI 65 Tran Dai NGHIA 69 Huynh Tan PHAT 73 Tran SAM • 75 Ha Ke TAN 77 Dang THI 79 Dao Thien THI 81 Dinh Due THIEN 83 Hoang Quoe THINH 85 Vo TOAN • 87

, Nguyen Duy TRINH 89 Nguyen Dinh TU 93 Vu TUAN 95 Phan Trong TUE 97 Nghiem Xuan YEM 99

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