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Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Ministry, Deputy Minister Nguyen Hoang Long

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Hoang Long was born in 1976 in Hanoi. 

He is married with four children.

EDUCATION

- July 1998: Bachelor Degree in Economics of Public Administrations and International Organizations - Bocconi University (Milan, Italy).

- July 2005: PhD Degree in Economics of Public Administrations and Public Enterprises - Rome University 2 "Tor Vergata" (Rome, Italy).

- March 2016: Executive education on “Global Leadership and Public Policy for the 21st Century – Harvard Kennedy School (Cambridge, MA, USA).

- July 2017: Executive education on Global Leadership - Said Bussiness School, Oxford University (UK).

- November 2017: Executive education on Global Leadership – Lee Kuan Yew Public Policy School (National University of Singapore, Singapore).

- August 2018: Executive education on Global Leadership – Princeton University (New Jersey, USA)

- Foreign languages: English (fluent), Italian (fluent) and French (basic).

DIPLOMATIC CAREER

- February 1999: Join the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

- June 1999: Third Secretary at the Viet Nam Embassy in Rome (Italy).

- November 2005: Diplomat seconded to the National Commission for the organization of the Summit of Asia - Pacific Economic Forum 2006 (APEC) in Viet Nam.

- December 2008: Deputy Director - General, Directorate-General for Europe, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

- June 2012: Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam to the Republic of Italy cum Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, Republic of Cyprus, Republic of San Marino; Permanent Representative to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD), the World Food Program (WFP).   

- April 2016: Director-General, Department-General of Foreign Affairs for Provinces, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

- June 2021: Ambassador of the S.R. of Viet Nam to UK cum Ambassador to Ireland. 

- June 2024 – July 2026: Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry. 

- Since August 2026: Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

National Award:

- 12/2015: Third Grade Order of Labor of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam. 
- 12/2021: Awarded the First Grade “Ambassador” Ranking of Viet Nam.
- Several Awards of the Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam.

International Award:

- 3/2014: "Young Global Leader 2014" awarded by the World Economic Forum (WEF).
- 6/2015: Order of Merit "Grand Officer" of the Republic of Italy (Knight Grand Officer).