BIOGRAPHY

Date of Birth: Feb 9 th 1950

Foreign languages : French, English, Russian

Education: - MA, Diplomatic Academy, the former Soviet Union (1985)

Fellow, Public Administration, Maxwell School, Syracuse, NY, USA (2000)

Marital status : Married with three children (one daughter, two sons)

• Feb 1 st 2008: Appointed as Consul General of Viet Nam in San Francisco, CA, USA
• 2001-2008 : Director General of the Department of External Relations of Ho Chi Minh City, Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
• 1994-2001 : Deputy Director General of the Department of External Relations of HCM City, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1990-1994 : Director, Institute of Cultural Exchange with France, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1988-1990 : Head of International Cooperation, Department of External relations of HCM City, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1986- 1988: Deputy Head of Protocol, Department of External Relations HCM City, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
• 1978-1983 : Official, Department of External Relation HCM City, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1977-1978: Official, Department of Western Asia- Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• 1974- 1977; Attache, Ambassy of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Viet Nam
• 1973-1974: Official, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Viet Nam