Presentation of Credentials, 13 July 2021

The following foreign Heads of Mission presented their credentials to President Halimah Yacob in separate ceremonies at the Istana today:

a. The Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

His Excellency Mai Phuoc Dung

b. The Ambassador of the Republic of Korea

His Excellency Choi Hoon

Their bio summaries are attached.

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MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SINGAPORE 

13 JULY 2021

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MAI PHUOC DUNG
AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE
SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM

H.E. Mai Phuoc Dung is a career diplomat. Prior to his appointment as Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the Republic of Singapore, he served as the Director-General, Directorate of State Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam.

H.E. Mai Phuoc Dung majored in International Relations. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1990. He served as the Third Secretary at the Embassy of Vietnam in Italy from 1998 to 2002, and as Vietnam’s Consul-General in Sydney, Australia from 2011 to 2014. He is married with a son and a daughter.

[Photo Credit: Ministry of Communications and Information]

[Photo Credit: Ministry of Communications and Information]

[Photo Credit: Ministry of Communications and Information]

[Photo Credit: Ministry of Communications and Information]

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CHOI HOON

AMBASSADOR TO SINGAPORE

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

Ambassador Choi Hoon was the Standing Commissioner and Deputy Chairman for International Cooperation at the Republic of Korea (ROK) Financial Services Commission (FSC) from 2019 to 2021.

Ambassador Choi has held various positions in the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MOEF) including Director for Financial Hub Cooperation and Securities System Division since he started his career in 1991. He was posted to FSC in 2008, and worked as Director-General of the Banking and Insurance Bureau, Financial Industry Bureau and Financial Policy Bureau from 2016 to 2019. He also served as Director-General of the Greater Tumen Initiative Secretariat of the United Nations Development Programme China from 2011 to 2015, and Senior Assistant Secretary for Economic and Financial Affairs at the Office of the President from 2015 to 2016.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from the Sungkyunkwan University, ROK, and a Master Degree in International Banking and Finance from the University of Birmingham, UK. In 2017, he completed his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, China. 

He is married with one daughter and one son.

[Photo Credit: Ministry of Communications and Information]

[Photo Credit: Ministry of Communications and Information]

[Photo Credit: Ministry of Communications and Information]

[Photo Credit: Ministry of Communications and Information]

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