Nguyen Duy Ngoc, head of the Central Organization Commission, presented the decision to Binh on the afternoon of 25/7 at the Can Tho Party Committee office. Binh replaces Le Quang Tung, who was recently assigned as secretary of the An Giang Provincial Party Committee.

According to the Politburo's decision, Binh is stepping down as deputy head of the Central Organization Commission. He has been assigned and appointed to the Executive Committee and Standing Committee, and will serve as secretary of the Can Tho Party Committee for the 2025-2030 term. He is also nominated to be elected head of the city's National Assembly delegation and appointed to the Party Committee of Military Region 9.

The current Standing Committee of the Can Tho Party Committee comprises Secretary Do Thanh Binh and five deputy secretaries: Dong Van Thanh, permanent deputy secretary and chairman of the city's People's Council; Truong Canh Tuyen, chairman of the city's People's Committee; Nguyen Tuan Anh; Tran Van Huyen; and Ho Thi Cam Dao, chairwoman of the city's Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee.

Nguyen Duy Ngoc, head of the Central Organization Commission, presents the decision to Do Thanh Binh.

_Photo: An Binh_

At the decision handover ceremony, Nguyen Duy Ngoc, head of the Central Organization Commission, praised Binh's extensive training and growth from grassroots levels. He noted Binh's experience in various local and central government positions, highlighting his leadership, management, party-building, and internal unity promotion skills.

According to Ngoc, the Politburo agreed to reassign Binh as secretary of the City Party Committee due to the city's specific needs and current situation. He urged the Executive Committee, Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, and all levels and sectors to support the new secretary in fulfilling his duties.

Do Thanh Binh, a native of Ca Mau, holds a master's degree in economics. He previously held several positions in Kien Giang, including head of the Provincial Party Committee's Organization Commission, vice chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, and provincial Party Committee secretary.

On 17/1/2025, he was assigned as secretary of the Can Tho Party Committee for the 2020-2025 term. After Can Tho merged with Soc Trang and Hau Giang from 1/7/2025, he continued as secretary of the new Can Tho Party Committee.

In late 9/2025, the Politburo appointed him permanent deputy minister of home affairs, concurrently serving as deputy head of the Central Organization Commission. One month later, the National Assembly approved his appointment as minister of home affairs.

He held this position until 21/7, when the Prime Minister accepted and appointed Nguyen Tien Hai, secretary of the An Giang Provincial Party Committee, as acting minister of home affairs.

This marks Binh's third assignment as secretary of the Can Tho Party Committee in about one and a half years, including two previous terms before and after the city's merger, and this current return.

Following its merger with Hau Giang and Soc Trang, Can Tho now covers an area of over 6,360 km2, with a population exceeding 4.19 million people, comprising 103 communes and wards. It is one of seven centrally-run cities.

The city aims to become a national growth hub by 2030, serving as a center for trade, logistics, marine economy, processing industry, digital technology, high-tech agriculture, specialized education and healthcare, and innovation. By 2045, Can Tho strives to be among Asia's moderately developed cities.