Date of birth:
March 26, 1959
Native place:
Lien Minh Commune, Vu Ban District, Nam Dinh Province
Position:
- Member of the Political Bureau in the 12th, 13th tenures
- Member of the Party Central Committee in the 10th tenure (alternate member from April 2006 to January 2009, official member from January 2009), 11th, 12th and 13th tenures
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Minister of Foreign Affairs (from August 2011 to April 2021)
- Deputy to the National Assembly in 13th and 14th tenures