BIOGRAPHY
H.E. Mr. NGUYEN Trung Kien
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
to the Republic of Austria
Permanent Representative of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam
to the United Nations and other International Organizations in Vienna
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Full name NGUYEN Trung Kien
Date of birth 10 October 1970
Hometown Hoang Van Thu Commune, Hoang Mai District, Ha Noi
Foreign languages English
Education and Work Experience
1993 - 1994 Staff, Institute of Legal Science, Ministry of Justice
1994 - 1997 Desk Officer, PETEC, Ministry of Commerce
1997 - 2004 Desk Officer, Department of Southeast Asia,
South Asia and South Pacific, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2004 - 2008 Second Secretary, the First Secretary, Embassy of Viet Nam in Thailand
2008 - 2009 Desk Officer, Department of West Asia and Africa
(now Department of the Middle East and Africa), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2009 - 2013 Counsellor, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of Viet Nam in South Africa
2013 - 2017 Desk Officer, then Deputy Director General, Department of West Asia and Africa
(now Department of the Middle East and Africa), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2017 - 2018 Deputy Director General (in charge of the Department),
Department of the Middle East and Africa), Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2018 - 2019 Acting Director General, Department of the Middle East and Africa,
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
March 2019 - May 2021 Director General, Department of the Middle East and Africa, Ministry of Foreign Affairs