On 7 December 1975, the Indonesians landed in Dili at the start of their invasion of East Timor, and schooling was suspended.

[1][2] In 1989, Vong was awarded a bachelor's degree in public administration from the Akademi Pemerintahan Dalam Negeri (APDN) in Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Between 2000 and 2002, he studied for a Master's degree in political science at the Gadjah Mada University in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

[1][2] Since 2002, Vong has worked in the School for Tourism and Hospitality at the Dili Institute of Technology [de] (DIT).

Between 2010 and 2014, he completed a doctorate in tourism at the Faculty of Economics, University of Algarve in Faro, Portugal.