- Date of birth: June 6, 1962

- Native land: Nhan My commune, Ly Nhan district, Ha Nam province

- Date of Party admission: December 31, 1984; date of official membership: June 30, 1986  

- Education: MBA in Public Administration

- Political theory: Bachelor

- Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam (10th, 11th, 12th tenures)

- Deputy to the National Assembly (14th tenure)   

Professional career

1980 – 1982: Staff of Ly Nhan District Union, Ha Nam Ninh province

1982 – 1989: Member of the Ly Nhan District Union’s Party Standing Committee, Deputy Secretary of Ly Nhan District Union’s Party Standing Committee; Deputy Chairman of the Ly Nhan District’s Committee for Youth and Adolescents.

1989 – 1990: Deputy Manager of the Ha Nam Ninh Provincial Children Affairs Department

1990 – 1992: Manager of the Ha Nam Ninh Provincial Committee on Organization – Inspection; Permanent Deputy Secretary of the Ha Nam Ninh Provincial Union’s Party Standing Committee

April, 1992 – May, 1996: Secretary of the Ha Nam Provincial Union's Party Standing Committee;

May, 1996 – November, 1996: Manager of the Ha Nam Provincial Party Committee on Public Relations; Manager of the Ha Nam Provincial Committee on Culture-Social Affairs

November, 1996 – November, 1997: Chairman of the Central Council of the Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneers Organization

November, 1997 – December, 2002: Secretary of Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union

January, 2003 – March, 2005: Permanent Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union

April, 2005 – January, 2007: Chairman of the National Committee on Youth  

February, 2007 – August, 2007: Secretary of the Civil Affairs Committee of the Party abroad

August, 2007 – May, 2010: Permanent Vice Head of the Steering Committee for the North-West Region

May, 2010 – August, 2011: Permanent Vice Secretary, Secretary, Chairman of the Yen Bai Provincial People’s Council  

August, 2011 – April, 2016: Secretary of the Party Organization of Central Agencies  

April, 2016 – present: Minister of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs./.