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Vietnam’s foreign ministry appoints new spokesperson

Le Thi Thu Hang has been appointed as head of the Press and Information Department of Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry, becoming the new spokesperson of this ministry.
Vietnam’s foreign ministry appoints new spokesperson ảnh 1Le Thi Thu Hang has become the new spokesperson of the foreign ministry (Photo: thanhnien.vn)

Hanoi (VNA) – Le Thi Thu Hang has been appointed ashead of the Press and Information Department of Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry,becoming the new spokesperson of this ministry.

She replaces Le Hai Binh, who is now DeputyDirector of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam.

At the ministry’s regular press conference onMarch 30, Binh said this was the last press conference he chaired as theministry’s spokesman. He also thanked journalists and press agencies forsupporting and cooperating with the Press and Information Department, as wellas with him.

Incoming spokesperson Hang said she hopes thepress will continue working with the Foreign Ministry in updating the world oninformation about Vietnam. She affirmed that she is open to the media’sopinions so as to serve the country as good as possible.

Hang had worked at the Press and InformationDepartment for nearly two decades before she became Minister Counsellor of theVietnamese Embassy in the UK from 2012 to 2015.

After finishing her tenure in the UK, Hang waschosen to be acting director and then director of the information and culturedepartment under the ministry’s State Commission for Overseas VietnameseAffairs.-VNA
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