Ambassador’s Biography

BIOGRAPHY

HE Mr TRAN NGOC AN​

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary

of the Socialist Rebpulic of Viet Nam to the United Kingdom and Ireland

D.0.B.: 19 November 1963

Place of Birth: Ha Noi, Vietnam

Since November 2017: Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary of Vietnam to United Kingdom and Ireland

2015-2017: Ambassador-Director General of the Department of Multilateral Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA), ASEM Senior Official of Vietnam

2013-2014: Ambassador-Director General for EU Affairs, MOFA

2011-2012: Ambassador-Director General, Director of the Diplomatic Fund for Economic Activities, MOFA

2006-2010: Ambassador Extraordinary & Plenipotentiary of Vietnam to the Republic of Finland and the Republic of Estonia.

2005:            Chargé’d Affaires a.i., Embassy of Vietnam in the Republic of Finland

2001 – 2004: Deputy Director General, ASEAN Department, MOFA

1998 – 2000: Assistant Director General, ASEAN Department, MOFA

1997:            MA in Political Economy and International Relations, Kent University in the United Kingdom

1993 – 1996: Attaché of the Embassy of Vietnam in the Republic of Korea

1990 – 1991: Studied Japanese language in Japan

1988 – 1990: Officer of the International Organization Department, MOFA

1981 – 1986: BA at the International Relations Institute, Ha Noi

1986 – 1987: Studied Russian language at the University of Polytechnics of Kiev

Marital status: Married with two daughters