Friday’s morning September 21 at 10:00 a.m, Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang died of sickness.
President Tran Dai Quang died in Hanoi after sometime struggling with a serious disease, says an official source from the central government.
Nguyen Quoc Trieu, head of the healthcare division of central officials said the president passed away at 108 Military Central Hospital in the capital of Vietnam.
According to a report on VNExpress, Tran Dai Quang originates from Quang Thien Commune, Kim Son District, Ninh Binh Province in northern Vietnam. He was a professor with a Ph.D in Law, and held the positions of Director General of Department of Security Advisory, Director General of Directorate of Security and Deputy Minister of Public Security.
In 2011, he was appointed Minister of Public Security. In the same year, he was promoted from lieutenant general to colonel general, and to general a year later. He was member of the Party Central Committee, a member of the Politburo, the Party’s decision-making body, and a delegate of the National Assembly.
He served as Vietnam’s president since April 2016.