- Date of birth: July 10, 1957, Ethnicity: Kinh
- Native place: Nghia Tru commune, Van Giang district, Hung Yen province
- Place of residence: No. 64 Phan Dinh Phung, Quan Thanh ward, Ba Dinh district, Hanoi
- Date of Party admission: August 22, 1981
- Academic title, degree: Professor, Doctor in Laws
- Member of the Party Central Committee in the 11th, 12th and 13th tenures
- Member of the Party Central Committee's Political Bureau in the 12th and 13th tenures
- Deputy to the National Assembly in the 14th and 15th tenures.
- Deputy Minister of Public Security: 2010 – 2016
- Minister of Public Security: 2016 – 2024
- Promoted to the rank of General of the People’s Public Security in January 2019
- President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 2024
- On August 3, 2024: Elected by the Party Central Committee as the General Secretary of the 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam./.