- Date of birth: February 3, 1963

- Native land: Ngu Hung commune, Thanh Mien district, Hai Duong province  

- Date of Party admission: February 19, 1993; date of official membership: February 19, 1994  

- Education: Ph.D. in economics

- Alternate member of the 10th Party Central Committee

- Member of the 11th and 12th Party Central Committee

Professional career

October, 1988 – October, 1990: an engineer of the  Post Technical Trading and Service Company under the General Department of Post;

October, 1990 – February, 1992: a staff of the Department for Technical Development and Foreign Relations under the Viet Nam Post and Telecommunications Group

March, 1992 – April, 1993: a staff of the Office of the General Department of Post;

April, 1993 – October, 1994: Deputy Director of the Department on Science-Technology and International Cooperation under the General Department of Post;

October, 1994 – November, 1995: Deputy Director of the Department on International Relations, the Office of the Government;

November, 1995 – August, 1996: Acting Director, then Director of the ASEAN Department, the Office of the Government;

August, 1996 – March, 2003: Secretary, then  assistant to former Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet;

March, 2003 – August, 2005: Vice Chairman, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Bac Ninh Provincial People’s Committee;  

August, 2005 – November, 2007: Deputy Minister of Post-Telecommunication;

November, 2007 – May, 2008: Permanent Vice Chairman of the Quang Ninh Provincial People’s Committee;  

May, 2008 – August, 2010: Chairman of the Quang Ninh Provincial People’s Committee;

August, 2010 – August, 2011: Secretary of the Quang Ninh Provincial Party Committee;

August, 2011 – November, 2013: Minister-Chairman of the Office of the Government;  

November, 2013 – present: Deputy Prime Minister