Trần Đại Quang

Trần Đại Quang (12 October 1956 – 21 September 2018) was a Vietnamese politician who was the eighth President of Vietnam, in office from 2 April 2016 until his death in 2018.

Quotes

 * I promise to make every effort to well fulfill the tasks assigned by the Party, State and people.
 * "Newly-elected President Tran Dai Quang gives oath speech" in Vietnam Net (2 April 2016)


 * Along with globalization and regionalization, the trends of linkage and integration, and the impacts of the revolution in science and technology, our region in recent years has yielded a cornucopia of long-term ideas, initiatives, and strategies for cooperation that are both inter-regional and global in scope.
 * Speech at the Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (Part 1) (6 March 2018)


 * President Obama and I also discussed the future direction of bilateral ties and measures to further deepen bilateral cooperation. We underscored the importance of confidence-building and priority for development cooperation in trade and investment, science and technology, human resource development, and addressing climate change.
 * Remarks by President Obama and President Quang of Vietnam in Joint Press Conference (23 May 2016)


 * Our country is thousands of kilometers long with many areas needing investments. We expect many investors, not only large investors, but also small investors with high technology, to expand investments in those areas.
 * "Vietnam president seeks Japanese investment in infrastructure, agriculture" in Kyodo News (12 April 2017)


 * Reinforcing Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic partnership of cooperation is in line with long-term and principal benefits of the two countries and two peoples, and beneficial to maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world.
 * "Interview: Vietnamese president looks forward to Belt and Road forum in China" in Xinhua (11 May 2017)


 * Preventing and fighting corruption and waste is an important, urgent and long-term task of extreme difficulty and complexity. To enhance the efficiency of the work, timely detection, investigation and handling of offences plays a decisive role.
 * "Re-elected President Tran Dai Quang gives media interview" in Nhân Dân (26 July 2016)