Ambassador Le Cong Phung (2008 - 2011)

 

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.