Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Vice Chairman Tran Van Bay chaired the personnel decision ceremony on the afternoon of October 5.
At the ceremony, city officials announced Pham Binh An's admission to the civil service and appointment as deputy chief of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Office. He had been deputy head of the Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies.
Pham Binh An, born in 1965 and from the former Nam Dinh province, holds a master's degree in law and an advanced political theory qualification. He worked for many years at the Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies, where he was director of its Centre for International Integration Support and later deputy head of the institute.
The Department of Home Affairs also announced the transfer of Vu Chi Kien, deputy head of the Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies, to the city Party Committee. Nguyen Thi Nhat Hang, deputy director of the Department of Education and Training, was sent to the city Party Committee for personnel work. Nguyen Thi Phuong Ngoc, deputy director of the Department of Justice, was transferred to the city Party Committee Office for personnel work.
Vice Chairman Tran Van Bay also handed over the decision of the city People's Committee chairman relieving Professor Pham Hoang Quan of his position as rector of Saigon University at his own request.
At the ceremony, Tran Van Bay praised Pham Hoang Quan's 38 years of work and contribution to the city's education sector. He said he hoped Pham Hoang Quan would continue to apply his experience and expertise, contribute to the university and mentor younger teachers.
Addressing the officials who were transferred, received into the civil service or appointed, Tran Van Bay said transfers, rotations and appointments are a normal part of professional service. He said each new working environment brings new knowledge, skills and experience that can support an official's continued contribution to the city.
The vice chairman urged the officials to settle into their new duties, quickly take up their responsibilities and use their expertise and strengths to contribute to the city.
Sources: Dân Trí
