- Date of birth: November 10, 1962

- Native land: Ninh Lai commune, Son Duong district, Tuyen Quang province  

- Date of Party admission: September 13, 1986; date of official membership: September 13, 1987

- Education: agricultural engineering

- Political theory: Senior

- Alternate member of the 10th Party Central Committee

- Member of the Party Central Committee (11th and 12th tenures)

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

Professional career

October, 1986 – October, 1988: Staff, Deputy Manager of the General Administrative Office under the Bac Thai Agricultural University

November, 1988 – November, 1993: Technical assistant, Manager and Deputy Director of Tan Trao Tea Company

August, 1993 – November, 1994: Vice Chairman of the Son Duong District People’s Committee, Tuyen Quang province

December, 1994 – January, 1996: Deputy Manager of the Finance-Administration Department, Tuyen Quang province

February, 1996 – February, 1998: Deputy Manager of the Tuyen Quang Provincial Organization Board under the Tuyen Quang Provincial Party Committee

March, 1998 – July, 2001: Chairman of the Yen Son district People’s Council, Tuyen Quang province

August, 2001 – June, 2009: Vice Chairman, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Tuyen Quang Provincial People’s Committee

June, 2009 – July, 2011: Chairman of the Tuyen Quang Provincial People’s Committee

August, 2011 – February, 2015:  Secretary of the Yen Bai Party Committee

February, 2015 – April, 2016: Deputy Minister, Vice Chairman of  the Committee for Ethnic Affairs

April, 2016 – present: Minister-Chairman of the Committee for Ethnic Affairs./.