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 – 2023: Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
January, 2023: Deputy Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.