Vương Đình Huệ

In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Vương. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Huệ.

Vương Đình Huệ (born 15 March 1956) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam from 2021 to 2024.

Vương Đình Huệ
Huệ in 2023
Chairman of the National Assembly of Vietnam
In office 31 March 2021 – 2 May 2024
Vice Chairman	Trần Thanh Mẫn
Preceded by	Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân
Succeeded by	Trần Thanh Mẫn
Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam
In office 9 August 2016 – 11 June 2020
Prime Minister	Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
Preceded by	Nguyễn Sinh Hùng
Succeeded by	Lê Minh Khái
Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee
In office 7 February 2020 – 2 April 2021
Preceded by	Hoàng Trung Hải
Succeeded by	Đinh Tiến Dũng
Minister of Finance
In office 3 August 2011 – 23 May 2013
Prime Minister	Nguyễn Tấn Dũng
Preceded by	Vũ Văn Ninh
Succeeded by	Đinh Tiến Dũng
Personal details
Born	(1956-03-15) 15 March 1956 Nghi Xuân, Nghệ An Province, North Vietnam
Political party	Communist Party of Vietnam
Spouse	Nguyễn Vân Chi
Alma mater	Academy of Finance University of Economics in Bratislava

He was previously Minister of Finance and head of the PCC Economic Commission (Ban Kinh tế Trung ương), a central committee consulting agency for economic policies and strategies. He is also a member of the 10th, 11th and 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam. In addition, he served as Deputy Prime Minister from 2016 to 2020, and Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee from 2020 to 2021.

Education and career

From September 1979 to 1985, Huệ was a lecturer at the University of Finance and Accountancy. He began his studies for a master's degree at the Faculty of European Studies of the Ha Noi University of Foreign Languages the same year, ending his studies in 1986. Between 1986 and 1990, he was a Ph.D. candidate at University of Economics in Bratislava in Czechoslovakia.

He then moved on to work as a lecturer at the Faculty of Accounting, Hanoi University of Finance and Accountacy from 1991 to 1992, after which he served as Deputy Dean of Faculty of Accounting, Hanoi University of Finance and Accountancy from October 1992 to April 1994. He became Dean of Faculty of Accounting, staying in the position from May 1994 to February 1999. He then became Assistant Principal on training, a position he kept from March 1999 until June 2001.

From July 2001 to June 2006, Huệ served as Vice Chief State Auditor, and from July 2006 to August 2011, he served as Chief State Auditor. He became Minister of Finance in August 2011, and served in the position until February 2013.

From December 2012 to January 2016, Huệ served as Head of the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission. After this, he became a member of the Politburo, and was Head of the Member of the Politburo, Head of the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission between January and April 2016. He continued to serve as a member of the Politburo, and went on to serve as Deputy Prime Minister, Head of the Steering Committee for the Southwest Region between April 2016 and February 7, 2020.

Huệ took office as Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee on February 7, 2020.

On April 26, 2024 the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam decided that Huệ was to be relieved of his position of chairman of the 15th National Assembly. Reports from the Central Inspection Committee and other authorities stated that Hue has violated Party regulations, and his violations have affected the reputation of the Party, the State and himself. The National Assembly formally relieved him in May 2.