[1][2] She is the fifth daughter of former Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Quinim Pholsena.

Together with her siblings, she studied at Beijing Bayi School between 1963 and 1969,[3] where she was a schoolmate of Xi Jinping.

In 2003 she obtained a master's degree in Public Management from the National University of Singapore under the Lee Kuan Yew Fellowship.

[7] She has served as Minister of Industry and Commerce,[8] Vice Minister of Industry and Commerce and Director General of Foreign Trade Department at the same ministry.

[7] In March 2021 she was appointed as a top aide of Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith.