Hoang Trung, director of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development's plant protection department, has been appointed the ministry's deputy minister from June 2.
Trung, 54, holds a doctorate degree, and held positions of deputy head and head of many divisions and departments at the agriculture ministry.
The ministry currently has five deputy ministers: Phung Duc Tien, Tran Thanh Nam, Nguyen Hoang Hiep, Nguyen Quoc Tri and Hoang Trung. Its minister is Le Minh Hoan.