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BIOGRAPHY 

H.E. Dr. NGUYEN HONG THACH

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 

to Ukraine, concurrently accredited to the Republic of Moldova

1987 Graduated from Moscow Institute of International Relations, former Soviet Union

1990 -1995 Reporter, Editor

Journal of International Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

1997 Master, Australian National University

2000 PhD, University of New South Wales, Australia

2000-2002 Desk Officer

Department of Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2002-2005 Head of Editing Division, Deputy Editor-in-Chief

The World and Vietnam Report, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2005-2006 Deputy Director General, Deputy Head

Department of Diplomatic History Research, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2007-2010 Counselor

Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in the United States

2010-2011 Deputy Director General

Department of Southeast Asia-South Asia-South Pacific, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

2011-2014 Director General

Department of General Affairs and Research, Party’s Central Commission for 

External Relations 

2014-2018 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 

to the Islamic Republic of Iran, concurrently accredited to Syria and Iraq

2018-2020 Editor-in-Chief

Journal of External Relations, Party’s Central Commission for External Relations 

Since 12/2020 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 

to Ukraine, concurrently accredited to Moldova