Pham Gia Khiem

In this Vietnamese name, the family name is Pham. According to Vietnamese custom, this person should properly be referred to by the given name Khiem.

Phạm Gia Khiêm (born 6 August 1944) is a Vietnamese politician, the deputy prime minister (since October 1997) and Minister of Foreign Affairs (since 28 June 2006).

He was Minister of Science, Technology and Environment from November 1996 to September 1997.

Khiêm was born in the Tu Liem district, Hanoi. He was a lecturer at Bac Thai College of Electrical Engineering from 1968 to 1970, and completed a Ph.D. in Metallurgy in Czechoslovakia in 1975. He is fluent in English, Russian and Czech.

He made an official visit to the United States in March 2007, meeting with expatriate Vietnamese and visiting the Consulate General of Vietnam in San Francisco.[1] During the visit he stated he would look into the case of imprisoned journalist Nguyen Vu Binh after a request from U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice;[2] Binh was later granted amnesty on 8 June 2007.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Vietnam Deputy Prime Minister visits the US". Thanh Nien Daily. http://www.thanhniennews.com/politics/?catid=1&newsid=25948. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
  2. ^ Kessler, Glenn (March 17, 2007). "Vietnam to Consider Freeing Journalist After Inquiry by Rice". Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/16/AR2007031601685.html. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 
  3. ^ "Internet dissident Nguyen Vu Binh released". Amnesty International. 12 June 2007. http://www.amnesty.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=17376. Retrieved 2008-08-22. 

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