- Date of birth: July 10, 1957

- Native land: Nghia Tru commune, Van Giang district, Hung Yen province

- Date of Party admission: August 22, 1981; date of official membership: August 22, 1982.  

- Education: Professor, Doctor

- Political theory: advanced

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

- Politburo member (12th tenure);

- Deputy to the National Assembly (14th tenure)    

Professional career

October 1974 – October 1979: Student at the People’s Security Academy

October 1979 – December 1988: Working at the Political Protection Department I, the Ministry of Public Security

December 1988 – 1993: Cadre; Deputy Chief of the Political Protection Department I; the Ministry of Public Security

1993-2006: Deputy Director of the Political Protection Department I, Director of the Political Protection Department  III, the Ministry of Public Security;

2006-2009: Deputy Director of the General Security Department, Permanent Deputy Director of the General Security Department in charge of the Political Protection Department I, the Ministry of Public Security; appointed as Major-general in 2007

2009 – August, 2010: Director of the General Security Department I, the Ministry of Public Security; appointed as Lieutenant-General in July, 2020

Agusut 2010 – January 2016: Lieutenant-General, Deputy Minister of Public Security; a member of the Party Central Committee (at the 11th Party Congress); appointed as Senior Lieutenant-General in September, 2014.

January 2016 – April 2016: Senior Lieutenant-General; Deputy Minister of Public Security; member of the Politburo

April 2016 – May 22, 2024: Member of the Politburo; General, Minister of Public Security./.