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                Birth place  | 
              Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City), Vietnam | 
            
             
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                Nationality  | 
              Vietnamese | 
            
             
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                Language   | 
              Japanese, English, French | 
            
             
                 I. STUDY HISTORY:  | 
            
             
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              1966:  | 
               Architect School, Saigon University. | 
            
             
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              1967: | 
              Visited Japan as Japanese Government's Scholarship 
                Student | 
            
             
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              1968 April: | 
              Studied Japanese course at Tokyo University of 
                Foreign Languages | 
            
             
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              1973 March: | 
              Graduated from Management Science, Hitotsubashi 
                University with Undergraduate Degree.
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              1975 March: | 
              Graduated from Management Science, Hitotsubashi 
                University with Master Degree.
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              1978: | 
              Completed Doctor Program of Social Economic Planning 
                Department at Tsukuba University.
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                  II. WORKING 
                  HISTORY  | 
            
             
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              1978 -1993: | 
              Researcher on Regional Economic Development in 
                Asia UNCRD 
                (United Nations Centre For Regional Development) in Nagoya, Japan
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               1989 – present: | 
              Established Tri Dung Business 
                School - the first private school for training business pratices 
                in Vietnam. | 
            
             
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               1993 March: | 
              President, NICD Co., Ltd. | 
            
             
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               1994– present: | 
              Chairman, Minh Tran Co.,Ltd 
                
                  
                  - Production-Research-Human resource delopment
 
                  - Support & Consultancy for SME development
 
                  - Promotion of economic investment and cultural exchange activities 
                    between Japan – Vietnam.
 
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               1999 – 2003: | 
              Founder Chairman, Overseas Vietnamese Business 
                Association in Ho Chi Minh City  | 
            
             
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               2003– present: | 
              Vice Chairman, Japan - Vietnam Partnership Club 
                ( JAVIP Club) | 
            
             
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               2005– present: | 
              Vice Chairman, Oversea Vietnamese Club for Science 
                and Technology (OVS Club)  | 
            
             
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               2006: | 
              Award of "Pride of VietNam "  | 
            
             
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               2007– present: | 
              Hyogo Prefecture’s Goodwill Ambassador in 
                VietNam | 
            
             
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               2009– present: | 
              Chairman, Saigon Hi-Tech Park Scientific Council 
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              2014 - 2019: | 
              Member of Vietnam Fatherland Front - Ho Chi Minh 
                City  |