Curriculum Vitae

Name: NGUYEN TRUONG SON

Year of Birth: 1974

Working Experiences

February 1997

Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; assigned to the Asia 1 Department

October 1998 – June 1999

July 1999

Participated in the Japanese Language Training Program for Young Diplomats organized by the Japan Foundation (Osaka, Japan)

Officer, Asia 1 Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

March 2005

Master’s degree in economics, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University (Japan)

December 2005 – June 2009

Staff Member, Embassy of Viet Nam in Japan

July 2009

Officer, Northeast Asia Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

April 2012

Deputy Director-General, Northeast Asia Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

July 2015 – January 2019

Minister-Counsellor, later Minister, Embassy of Viet Nam in Japan

January 2019

Deputy Director-General, Northeast Asia Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

March 2021

Deputy Chief of Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

February 2022

Acting Editor-in-Chief (later Editor-in-Chief) of The World and Viet Nam Newspaper

April 2026 - to date

Consul General, Consulate General of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam in Osaka