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Graduate from Agricultural Academy of Belorussia (1973-1982); Harvard University (1992-1995).
Director General of the Department of Policy, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam (1995-1998).
Vice Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam (1999-2002).
Deputy Secretary of An Giang Provincial Committee of CPV 2003
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Vietnam (2004-2016).
Permanent Deputy Chair of the Central Economic Commission (2016-2021).
Member of the Central Council for Theoretic Studies; Vice Chair of the BOT of Vietnam Agriculture University; Vice Chair of the BOT of IRRI.