On April 8, persevering with the First Session, with 481/481 National Assembly deputies collaborating in the vote in favor, the sixteenth National Assembly voted to approve the Resolution approving the Prime Minister’s proposal on the appointment of Ministers and different members of the Government for the 2026-2031 time period.
In which, Mr. Vu Hai Quan – Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Minister of Science and Technology for the time period 2021-2026 – was permitted by the National Assembly to be appointed Minister of Science and Technology for the time period 2026-2031.
New Minister of Science and Technology Vu Hai Quan, born August 1, 1974; hometown Gia Phong commune, Ninh Binh province. Political idea degree: Advanced. Professional {qualifications}: Associate Professor, Doctor of Information Technology; Master of Information Technology; University majoring in Information Technology.
Position:
– Member of the Party Central Committee: XIII, XIV phrases.
– Minister of Science and Technology for the time period 2026-2031.
– Standing Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Standing Deputy Minister of Science and Technology (from September 2025).
– Members who’re concurrent National Assembly deputies of the National Assembly’s Culture and Social Affairs Committee (from February 2025).
– National Assembly Deputy: XV, XVI phrases.
SUMMARY OF THE WORKING PROCESS
From October 1996 – October 2001: Lecturer at the Faculty of Information Technology, University of Science (KHTN), Vietnam National University (VNU) Ho Chi Minh City.
From November 2001 – December 2006: Doctoral Fellow, Trento University, Italy; Post-Doctoral Research, Leuven University, Kingdom of Belgium (from February 2005).
Year 2007: Director of ITEC International Training Center, Head of AILab Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (from September 2009), University of Science.
From December 2012 – October 2017: Vice Rector of the University of Science, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City.
From October 2017 – May 2020: Secretary of the Party Committee for the 2020-2025 time period (from August 2020), Deputy Director of Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, then Standing Deputy Director of Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (from October 2018). Director of the Institute of International Training, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (concurrently from January 2018). Secretary of the Party Committee of Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City Office (from May 2018). Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (from May 2020). Head of Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AILab), University of Science and Technology, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City.
July 2020: Vice Chairman of the Advisory Council of the Program “Research and development of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in Ho Chi Minh City in the period 2020-2030”.
From August 2020 – January 2021: Standing Deputy Director of Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City; Secretary of the Party Committee of Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City. Head of Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AILab), University of Science, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City.
From January 2021 – September 2025: Member of the thirteenth Party Central Committee; Delegate to the fifteenth National Assembly (June 2021), Member of the National Assembly’s Committee for Culture and Education (to February 2025). Member of the City Party Committee Executive Committee (from June 2022); Secretary of the Party Committee of Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City; Director of Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City; Chairman of the Council of Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (from April 2022). Provisional Rector of the University of Health Sciences, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (from July 2024 – May 2025). Head of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (AILab), University of Science, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City.
February 2021: Member of the Steering Committee for constructing high-interaction artistic city areas in the East of Ho Chi Minh City.
February 2025: Member is a concurrent National Assembly deputy of the Culture and Social Affairs Committee of the fifteenth National Assembly.
September 3, 2025: Member of the thirteenth Party Central Committee; Standing Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Standing Deputy Minister of Science and Technology (based on Decision No. 1887/QD-TTg of the Prime Minister).
January 22, 2026: At the 14th National Party Congress, elected as a member of the 14th Party Central Committee.
March 2026: National Assembly Deputies of the sixteenth time period.
April 8, 2026: At the First Session, the sixteenth National Assembly permitted the appointment of comrade to carry the position of Minister of Science and Technology for the time period 2026-2031.