Võ Hồng Phúc (born October 19, 1945 in

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town, Nghệ An Province, Vietnam) is a retired Senior Vietnamese communist politician who was the Minister of Planning and Investment in

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from 2002 to 2011. He graduated in 1968 from the

Hanoi University of Technology ) Hanoi University of Technology (HUT) (-2010) , colors = Red, green, white, yellow , website www.hust.edu.vn Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST; vi, Đại học Bách khoa Hà Nội, fornerly known in English as ''Hanoi Univer ...

. After graduation, he had been an employee of the Department of Industry of the SPC, rising in 1992 to become vice-chairman. A member of the central committee of the

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, he was the Minister of Planning and Investment from 2002 to 2011. In October 2003, Võ Hồng Phúc visited Washington, D.C. In 2012,

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recognized Võ Hồng Phúc's work by awarding him the Grand Cordon class of the

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Living people 1945 births Members of the 8th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Members of the 9th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Members of the 10th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam People from Nghệ An province {{Vietnam-politician-stub