NGUYEN Hung Son is Vice President of the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam in charge of research. He oversees the two research institutes of the academy, i.e. the Institute for Strategic studies and the East Sea (South China Sea) Institute.

NGUYEN Hung Son’s research focus on major powers relations, regional security issues, including maritime security and Vietnam’s foreign policy. As a diplomat, Nguyen Hung Son served at the Vietnam Embassy in Ottawa, Canada (2015-2018) and the Vietnam Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden (2004-2006). He also served at the ASEAN department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He was a member of the Vietnam High Level Task Force delegation negotiating the ASEAN Charter in 2006-2007.

NGUYEN Hung Son got his B.A. degree from the National Economic University of Vietnam, an M.Sc. degree on International Economics from Birmingham University of the United Kingdom, and a Ph.d. degree on International Relations at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam.

His recent publications include: “ASEAN’s Position on the South China Sea issue and the Future Prospect of a Code of Conduct” in Cambodia’s Chairmanship of ASEAN: Challenging Perceptions, Concretizing Consolidations, The Asia Foundation (12/2021) and “The South China Sea: realities and responses in South East Asia”, Asia Society (12/2021). He also frequently writes op-eds on global geo-politics and Vietnam’s foreign policy on local media.