Bachelor's in Electronics Technology, Hanoi University of Technology; MA in Economics and Foreign Trade, Foreign Trade Academy, Moscow; MA in General Management, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, US. With Ministry of Trade: 1980-87, with Vietnam National Machinery Import-Export Corporation; 1987-90, Official; 1991-98: Chief Executive Officer, Vietnam Import-Export Service Investment Company; 1998-2003, Chief Executive Officer, Intimex Import-Export Corporation; 2003-04, Director-General, Europe-America Department; 2004-07, Director-General, Trade Policy Department for Americas - Ministry of Trade; since 2007, Vice-Minister, Ministry of Trade and Industry.