He is considered to be one of the more promising members' of the Vietnamese Government, having previously served as Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court of Vietnam from 2007 to 2016.

He was considered to be one of the first regimental commanders of the revolutionary armed forces in South Vietnam, having participated in the robbery of the Saigon government.

He was active in 1945 and in the beginning of the resistance war against the French in the East, which the South then called the Three Kingdoms.

His mother was Nguyễn Thị Nho (Nguyễn Thị Một) was a member of the Communist Party from 1935 to 1936 who had served as a member of the Can Giuoc District Commissioner, Standing Vice President of the Tay Ninh Provincial Party Committee.

In 1959, she was imprisoned and tortured by the South Vietnamese Secret Service, but she remained faithful and loyal to the Community Party.