He was a philosophy graduate of the Seminary of Saint Albert le Grand, and a professor of philosophy at Bui Chu Seminary (1943–46).
He afterwards went to Paris, France to study French civilization, sociology and philosophy at Institut Catholique de Paris, and Confucianism at the Institut des Hautes Etudes Chinoises.
Philosopher Kim Dinh died on 25 March 1997 at Carthage, Missouri, USA, aged 83.
He published more than 30 books on Vietnamese culture and philosophy from 1963 until his death.
The numerous works of Kim Dinh present a plethora of insights into the Vietnamese cultural heritage and can serve as a valuable basis for a Vietnamese‑American theology.