Dr. Vu Le Thai Hoang is Director General of the Institute of Foreign Policy and Strategic Studies cum Dean of the Faculty of International Politics and Diplomacy at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam.
From 2014-2018, he was minister counselor and chief political officer at the Viet Nam Embassy to the United States. Before accepting his position at the Embassy in 2014, Hoang held several roles at the Viet Nam Ministry of Foreign Affairs; first as a desk officer, then as the Deputy Director General of the Policy Planning Department. Earlier in his career, Hoang worked as a reporter for the Viet Nam Investment Review. After his term in Washington D.C., Hoang spent 6 months (early 2018) working as Deputy Director General at the National Secretariat for ASEAN 2020 (ASEAN Department) and the following 4 years at the Department of American affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Hoang holds a doctorate in Asian Studies from the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. He received a Master of Science of Strategic Studies from the Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He completed his undergraduate studies in International Relations at the Diplomatic Academy of Viet Nam, where he was also a fellow. In 2003, Hoang participated in the US Department of State's International Visitor Program (now called the International Visitor Leadership Program). He was named an Eisenhower Fellow in 2014, and participated in the American Jewish Committee's seminar for US-based diplomats in Israel in 2016.
Hoang and his wife have two children.