Following is his brief biography:
- Date of birth: January 21, 1949
- Native land: My Hanh commune, Duc Hoa district, Long An province
- Date of Party admission: December 20, 1969
- Date of official admission to the Party: December 20, 1970
- Qualification: BA in law
- Political theory: High-level
- Deputy to the 9th, 10th, 11th and 13th National Assembly
Summary of career
- 1966 - 1968: Leader of the youth-student movement P.K.2, building secret bases among students
- 1969 - 1971: Party committee member, Youth Union Secretary, managing a secret armed group of Duc Hoa town (Long An province)
- 1971 - 1973: Arrested by the enemy and detained in the Bien Hoa Prison in Phu Quoc island district. Released in 1973 under the Paris Agreement.
- 1973 - April 1975: Cadre in charge of organisation work at the T73 Department under the Central Reunification Committee
- April 1975 - October 1978: Worked at the Gia Dinh Trade Union, deputy head of the Ho Chi Minh City New Economic Zone Development Department, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in Ho Chi Minh City’s plantations and new economic zones
- 1979 - August 1983: Member of the Party Committee of Binh Chanh district, Ho Chi Minh City, Director of the Pham Van Hai Farm, alternate member of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee.
- 1983 - 1986: Director of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Forestry, Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee member in charge of youth volunteer forces and the Ho Chi Minh City Land New Economic Zone Development Department
- 1986 - 1988: Member of the Standing Board of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, Secretary of Binh Chanh District Party Committee
- 1988-1990: Studied at the High-level Nguyen Ai Quoc Party School in Hanoi
- 1990 - 1991: Member of the Standing Board of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, Director of the municipal Department of Agriculture
- 1991 - 1992: Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee
- 1992 - 1996: Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, Vice Chairman and then Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee
- 1996 - January 2000: Politburo member, Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee
- January 2000 - 2006: Politburo member, Head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission
- 2006 - now: Politburo member, Permanent member of the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee
