Socialist Republic of Vietnam

H.E  Mr. Le Cong Phung was born in on February 20, 1948 in Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam.

Oct 2008: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the United States of America.

2004 – 2007: Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister of Vietnamese Foreign Ministry.

2001 – 2004: Deputy Foreign Minister of Vietnamese Foreign Ministry.

2000 – 2004: Chairman of the Committee on Border Affairs and as Chairman of the National Commission for UNESCO.

1999 – 2000: Assistant to Foreign Minister.

1998 – 1999: Director General, Department of Asia I.

1993 -1997: Ambassador of S.R of Vietnam in Bangkok (Thailand).

1991 – 1992: Chief of Chancellery MOFA.

1989 – 1991: Deputy Director General, Department of General Political Policy.

1984 – 1987: Embassy of Vietnam in Jakarta (Indonesia). 

1978 -1980: Embassy of Vietnam in Beijing (China)

1974-1977: Embassy of Vietnam in London (England)

1971: Graduated from the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry's School of Diplomacy in Hanoi.

Foreign languagues: English and French.

Marital status: married with two sons.