(VNA)
 - Born on April 14, 1944.
 - Native land: Dong Hoi Commune, Dong Anh District, Ha Noi.
 - Admitted to the Communist Party of Viet Nam (CPV) on December 19, 1967. Became full member of the CPV on December 19, 1968.
 - Education: Literature-Linguistics graduate; Professor, PhD (Politics).
High-level political theory
 - Current positions: Politburo member of the CPV Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of Ha Noi, Chairman of the Party Central Committee's Theoretical Council.
Summary of professional career

1963-1967: Studied at the Literature-Linguistics Faculty of the University of Ha Noi.
December 1967-August 1973: Editor of the Communist Review.
September 1973 - April 1976: Post-graduate at the Political Economy Faculty of the high-level Nguyen Ai Quoc Party School (now the Ho Chi Minh National Political Academy).
May 1976 - August 1981: Editor of the Communist Review, Deputy Secretary of the Party cell.
September 1981 - July 1983: Associate PhD student in historical science (Party building major) at the Academy of Social Sciences of the Soviet Union.
August 1983 - August 1987: Deputy head of the Party Building Department, the Communist Review.
September 1987 - February 1989: Head of the Party Building Department, the Communist Review.
July 1985 - December 1991: Deputy Secretary and then Secretary of the Party Committee of the Communist Review.
March 1989 - April 1990: Member of the Editorial Board of the Communist Review.
May 1990 - July 1991: Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Communist Review.
August 1991 - August 1996: Editor-in-Chief of the Communist Review.
Between January 1994 and now: Member of the CPVCC (7th, 8th, 9th and 10th tenures).
August 1996 - February 1998: Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Ha Noi and Head of the Ha Noi municipal Party Committee's Delegation in charge of University.
Between December 1997 and now: Member of the Political Bureau of the CPVCC (8th, 9th and 10th tenures).
February 1998 - January 2000: In charge of the Party Central Committee's Ideological-Cultural and Scientific-Educational Affairs.
March 1998 - November 2001: Vice Chairman of the CPVCC's Theoretical Council.
August 1999 - April 2001: Permanent member of the Party Politburo.
Between January 2000 and now: Secretary of the Party Committee of Ha Noi (12th, 13th and 14th tenures).
Between November 2001 and now: Chairman of the CPVCC's Theoretical Council, in charge of the Party's theoretical work.
Between May 2002 and now: Deputy to the National Assembly, 11th legislature./.