This cadre was born in 1929 in Hanoi. He was active in youth associations (both thieu nhi and thanh nien) in Hanoi and Tuyen Quang. He worked for administrative resistance committees (Uy ban khang chien hanh chinh) in Hanoi and later in Tuyen Quang. In 1950 he followed a Central Committee class on popular mobilization (lop Dan van Trung uong). From 1950 to 1954 he worked for the Political Bureau of the General Department of Logistics, and in 1954 participated in the land reform in both Hung Yen and Son Tay.