- Date of birth: April 19, 1963  

- Native land: Kim Loc commune, Can Loc district, Ha Nam province

- Date of Party admission: July, 24, 1990; date of official membership: July 24, 1991  

- Education: Ph.D

- Political theory: advanced

- Alternate member of the 11th Party Central Committee  

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

- Deputy to the National Assembly (14th tenure)   

Career Records

September, 1996 – November, 1998: worked at the Environment Department under the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Environment

December, 1998 – April, 2002: Deputy Manager, Manager of the Policy and  Laws Office under the  Environment Department (the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Environment)

May, 2002 – December, 2003: Deputy Director of the Environment Department (the Ministry of Science, Technology, and Environment)

January, 2004 – September, 2005: Acting Director, then Director of the Environmental Protection Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

October, 2005 – June, 2008:  Director of the Environmental Protection Department, Deputy General Director of Environment Department under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment

July, 2008 – December, 2008: Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment

January, 2009 – June, 2010: Deputy Secretary of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Provincial People’s Committee

July, 2010 – April, 2016: Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment

April, 2016 – present: Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment./.