- Native land: Phong Binh commune, Phong Dien district, Thua Thien Hue province  

- Date of Party admission: June 2, 1985; date of official membership: December 2, 1986     

- Education: PhD in Political Economy

- Political theory: Bachelor  

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

- Deputy to the National Assembly (12th, 13th, 14th tenure)  

Career Records

October, 1990 – March, 1993: staff of Thua Thien Hue provincial Party Committee's Office

April, 1993 – May, 1996: Vice Chief of Thua Thien Hue provincial Party Committee's Office

June, 1996 – October, 1998: a member of the Thua Thien Hue Provincial Party Committee,  Chief of Thua Thien Hue provincial Party Committee's Office

November, 1998 – February, 2003: a member of the Thua Thien Hue Provincial Party Committee, Director of the Thua Thien Hue Provincial Planning and Investment Department

March, 2003 – December, 2007: a member of the Thua Thien Hue Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the Thua Thien Hue Provincial People’s Committee

January, 2008 – April, 2010: Deputy Secretary of the Thua Thien Hue Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Thua Thien Hue Provincial People’s Committee

April, 2010 – September, 2010: Standing Deputy Secretary of the Thua Thien Hue Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Thua Thien Hue Provincial People’s Committee

September, 2010 – October, 2014: Secretary of the Thua Thien Hue Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Thua Thien Hue Provincial People’s Committee; a member of the Party Central Committee

November, 2014 – September, 2015: A member of the Party Central Committee,  Secretary of the Thua Thien Hue Provincial Party Committee

October, 2015 – April, 2016: A member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism

April, 2016 – present:  A member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism./.