Tran Luu Quang, 58, head of the central committee's policy and strategy commission, has been appointed by the politburo as the new party chief of Ho Chi Minh City, replacing Nguyen Van Nen.
Ho Chi Minh City party secretary Nguyen Van Nen has been appointed by the politburo as the standing member of the documents subcommittee for the 14th national congress of the communist party of Vietnam.