His Excellency Le Cong Phung is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to the United States of America

Mr. Le Cong Phung is a career diplomat. He was appointed by President Nguyen Minh Triet as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the United States of America in October 2007. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Le Cong Phung was the First Deputy Foreign Minister, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ second ranking official, assisting Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister in the conduct of Vietnam’s foreign policy. He served as Deputy Foreign Minister between 2001 and 2004 and Assistant Foreign Minister from 1999 until 2000. From 2000 through 2004, he acted as Chairman of the Committee on Border Affairs and as Chairman of the National Commission for UNESCO.

During his 39-year career, Ambassador Le Cong Phung served in various foreign service posts in England (1974-1977), China (1978-1980), Indonesia (1984-1987) and as Ambassador to Thailand (1993-1997).

Ambassador Le Cong Phung was born in on February 20, 1948 in Thanh Hoa Province, Vietnam. He graduated from the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s School of Diplomacy in Hanoi in 1971. He speaks fluent English and French. He and his wife, Nguyen Thi Nhan, have two sons.