The Prime Minister has appointed Associate Professor Dr. Nguyen Kim Son as Director of Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

A brief biography of Comrade Nguyen Kim Son:

Born in 1966 in Tan Trao commune, Kien Thuy district, Hai Phong city. Joined the Communist Party of Vietnam in 2000. Received a Bachelor's degree in Literature in 1990 from Hanoi University (now the University of Social Sciences and Humanities - Vietnam National University, Hanoi); PhD in Vietnamese Literature in 1996; postdoctoral research on Confucian thought in Vietnam at Harvard University, USA (2007-2008). Appointed Associate Professor in 2005.

Currently, Director Nguyen Kim Son is a member of the World Confucian Canon Editorial Board; a member of the Editorial Board of the Taiwan Journal of East Asian Studies (Taiwan); and a member of the Executive Board of the World Association for Confucian Studies.

Some of the leadership and management positions I have held:

- From April 1991 to February 1999: Faculty member of the Department of Literature;

- From March 1999 to March 2002: Lecturer at the Faculty of Literature; Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi;

- From April 2002 to March 2003: Deputy Director of the Center for Chinese Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi;

- From April 2003 to April 2006: Head of Training Department and Deputy Director of the Center for Chinese Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi;

- May 2006 to May 2007: Head of Training Department and Director of the Center for Chinese Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi;

- November 2009 to May 2010: Vice Rector, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, concurrently Director of the Center for Chinese Studies;

- January 2012 to February 2016: Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Deputy Director of Vietnam National University, Hanoi;

- From February 2016 to present: Standing Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Standing Deputy Director of Vietnam National University, Hanoi.

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