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Mr. Do Duc Duy approved by National Assembly as Minister of Agriculture and Environment

06:09 19/02/2025

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On February 18, 2025, at the 9th Extraordinary Session of the 15th National Assembly, Mr. Do Duc Duy was approved for appointment as the Minister of Agriculture and Environment for the 2021-2026 term.

With 95.4% of delegates voting in favor, the National Assembly passed a resolution approving the Prime Minister's proposal for the appointment of the Minister for the 2021-2026 term.

The National Assembly has passed a resolution approving the appointment of Mr. Do Duc Duy, Member of the Central Party Committee, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Head of the Delegation of the 15th National Assembly of Yen Bai Province, as the Minister of Agriculture and Environment for the 2021-2026 term.

Mr. Do Duc Duy, Member of the Party Central Committee, Head of the Yen Bai Provincial Delegation of the 15th National Assembly, newly appointed Minister of Agriculture and Environment. - Photo: Hoang Phong

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment was established on the basis of merging the two Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment. The Ministry of Agriculture and Environment has the position and function of a government agency performing the function of state management in the fields of agriculture; forestry; salt industry; fisheries; irrigation; disaster prevention and control; rural development; land; water resources, mineral resources; geology; environment; meteorology and hydrology; climate change; surveying and mapping; integrated management of resources and protection of marine and island environment, remote sensing and state management of public services in the fields under 1 the management of the ministry.

Leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment presented flowers to congratulate Minister of Agriculture and Environment Do Duc Duy

Minister of Agriculture and Environment Do Duc Duy was born in 1970, in Thuy Van Commune, Thai Thuy District, Thai Binh Province. He holds a Master degree of Construction; current Member of the 13th Central Party Committee; Deputy of the 15th National Assembly, Head of the Delegation of Yen Bai Province to the 15th National Assembly of Yen Bai Province.

Minister of Agriculture and Environment Do Duc Duy used to be a lecturer at the Faculty of Construction, Hanoi University of Architecture in February 1996.

In April 2002, Minister Do Duc Duy was seconded to the Department of Organization and Personnel, Ministry of Construction and successively held the positions of official and Deputy Director of the Department of Organization and Personnel.

After that, Mr. Do Duc Duy spent nearly 3 years as Chief of the Office of the Ministry of Construction before holding the position of Deputy Minister of Construction in August 2015. In February 2017, Mr. Do Duc Duy was transferred and assigned to hold the position of Deputy Secretary of the Yen Bai Provincial Party Committee, then was elected as Chairman of the People's Committee of Yen Bai Province. From September 2020 to August 26, 2024, Mr. Do Duc Duy served as Secretary of the Yen Bai Provincial Party Committee.

On August 26, 2024, at the 8th Extraordinary Session, with the majority of delegates in favor, the 15th National Assembly passed a Resolution approving the appointment of Mr. Do Duc Duy, Secretary of the Yen Bai Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Delegation of the 15th National Assembly of Yen Bai Province as Minister of Natural Resources and Environment for the 2021-2026 term. 

On the afternoon of February 18, 2025, at the 9th Extraordinary Session, with the majority of delegates in favor, the 15th National Assembly passed a Resolution approving the Prime Minister's proposal for the appointment of the Minister for the 2021-2026 term, Mr. Do Duc Duy, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Head of the Delegation of the 15th National Assembly of Yen Bai Province, as Minister of Agriculture and Environment for the 2021-2026 term.

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