Thanh Vu joined the US-ASEAN Business Council as its first Vietnam Representative in late 2007 when the Council opened its Hanoi office. In this capacity, he advises the world’s leading multinational companies on business strategies in Vietnam and helps them engage directly with leaders of the government of Vietnam and its ruling party.

Prior to this, Thanh had worked in various capacities in Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs including Information and Outreach Manager for APEC 2006 Vietnam, as a member of the National APEC Organizing Committee, and Research Fellow and Teaching Staff at the Institute for International Relations in Hanoi.

Thanh has 15 years of experience as a business and political consultant in Vietnam, covering a wide range of issue areas including business, politics, the media, NGOs and social development. Thanh holds a master’s degree from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs of Syracuse University where he studied international relations and public policies on a Fulbright scholarship in 2003 – 2005. Thanh lives in Hanoi with his wife and son.