He was born in Quang Ngai province, and moved to Hanoi after leaving school in 1955. He studied geology, and was employed as a cartographer. He joined the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1959, and became a functionary of the party in the 1970s. In 1987 he became Deputy Prime Minister. He became a member of the politburo in 1996, and was elected President in 1997.
On May 7, 2004, President Tran Duc Luong, rejected Nam Cam's appeal of execution.
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Luong was elected to the National Assembly at its seventh legislature and became deputy chairman and then chairman of the National Assembly Science and Technology Commission.
Luong became member of the Party Central Committee and was elected to its Political Bureau at the eight National Party Congress in June 1996 and the nineth National Party Congress in April 2001.
Tran, a former general in the Vietnam People's Army, also served as head of the Culture, Literature, and Art Department of the Party Central Committee and as deputy chairman of the National Assembly.
On arrival in Ho Chi Minh City, Tran took the manuscript to a copier where he printed 15 copies to distribute to his family and friends, according to a U.S.-based journalist familiar with the case.
Tran is under tight surveillance at the hospital, and a sign on his door states that only family members may visit, the U.S.-based journalist told CPJ.
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