Vice Chair, Board of Trustees, International Rice Research Institute Profile / Bio Profile / Bio 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. Materials