- Date of birth: October 14, 1959 

- Native land: Hong Ha commune, Dan Phuong district, Ha Noi 

- Date of Party admission: August 6, 1986; date of official membership: August 6, 1987 

- Education: PhD in agriculture

- Political theory: bachelor

- Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (11th, 12th tenures);

- Deputy to the National Assembly (14th tenure)   

Professional Career

January, 1983 – March, 1985: staff at Agricultural Office at Dan Phuong district, Ha Tay province;

April, 1985 – June, 1988: Deputy Director of the Plant Protection Company at Dan Phuong district, Ha Tay province;

July, 1988 – March, 1991: Deputy Director of the Plant Service-Technology Company at Dan Phuong district, Ha Tay province

April, 1991 – March, 1994: Manager of Agricultural Office, Dan Phuong district, Ha Tay province

April, 1994 – June, 1995: Director of the Ha Tay Provincial Agricultural Encouragement Centre

July, 1995 – July, 1996: Manager of the Technical Office under the Ha Tay Provincial Agro-Forestry Department

August, 1996 – August, 1997:  Director of the Ha Tay Provincial Agricultural Encouragement Centre  

September, 1997 – November, 2002: Deputy Director of the Ha Tay Provincial Agro-Forestry Department;

November, 2002 – July, 2004: My Duc district Party Committee Secretary, Ha Tay province

August, 2004 – June, 2006: Deputy Chairman of the Ha Tay Provincial People’s Committee

June, 2006 – July, 2008: Chairman of the Ha Tay Provincial People’s Committee

August, 2008 – May, 2010: Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment 

May, 2010 – January, 2011: Bac Can Provincial Party Committee Secretary  

January, 2011 – January, 2013: member of the Party Central Committee, Bac Can Provincial Party Committee Secretary   

January, 2013 – December, 2015: member of the Party Central Committee; Vice Head of the Party Central Committee's Economic Commission

December, 2015 – July, 2016: Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

July, 2016 – present: Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development./.