At the ceremony, Senior Lieutenant General Be Xuan Truong, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Association presented Decision No. 225/QD-MTTW-BTT of the Standing Committee of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front on the appointment of Colonel and journalist Do Phu Tho - Deputy Editor-in-Chief in charge of the Vietnam Veterans Newspaper to hold the position of Editor-in-Chief of the Vietnam Veterans Newspaper from September 1-5, 2025. The term of appointment is 5 years.
Colonel, journalist, Do Phu Tho was born in 1965 in Hai Phong. Professional qualifications: Master of Journalism, Bachelor of Economics, Senior Political Theory. He grew up as a soldier and served in the fight to protect the northern border of the Fatherland on the Ha Giang and Hoang Lien Son fronts. He graduated from the National Economics University, the Academy of Politics, the Academy of Journalism and Communication, the Academy of National Defense...
Before being appointed as Editor-in-Chief of the Vietnam Veterans Newspaper, Colonel Do Phu Tho had many years of working at the People's Army Newspaper, Army Corps 12 and Military Region 1, and held the positions of: Head of the Economic - Social - Internal Affairs Editorial Department of the People's Army Newspaper; Deputy Editor-in-Chief - Secretary of the Party Committee of the People's Army Newspaper; Deputy Political Director of Military Region 1; Expert of the Central Military Commission's Steering Committee 35, Deputy Editor-in-Chief in charge of the Vietnam Veterans Newspaper.
Colonel and journalist Do Phu Tho has received many awards for journalism at the national, military and ministries and branches levels. Including two wins of the A Prize in the National Press Award; A Prize in the 70th National Assembly Press Award; A Prize in the National Party's ideological foundation defense political theory contest.
Colonel and journalist Do Phu Tho is also a close collaborator of Lao Dong newspaper with articles on Party building, fighting against erroneous and hostile viewpoints.
