Trần Đức Lương (Vietnamese pronunciation: [t͡ɕən˨˩ ʔɗɨk̚˧˦ lɨəŋ˧˧]; born 5 May 1937) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the sixth President of Vietnam.!
English: Brasília - President Lula greets the president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Tran Duc Luong, who is on an official visit to Brazil, at Palácio.
Trần Đức Lương
Vietnamese politician
In this Vietnamese name, the surname is Trần, but is often simplified to Tran in English-language text. In accordance with Vietnamese custom, this person should be referred to by the given name, Lương.
Trần Đức Lương (Vietnamese pronunciation:[t͡ɕən˨˩ʔɗɨk̚˧˦lɨəŋ˧˧]; born 5 May 1937) is a Vietnamese politician who served as the sixth President of Vietnam from 1997 to 2006.[1]
Early life
Trần Đức Lương was born in Đức Phổ District in Quảng Ngãi Province, and relocated to Hanoi after graduating from high school in 1954.
He studied geology at Hanoi University of Mining and Geology, and was employed as a cartographer.
Career
He joined the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1959, and became a functionary of the party in the 1970s. In 1987, he became Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam.
Member of the Politburo since June 1996, Trần Đức Lương was elected state president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam on September 24,