This cadre was born in 1917 in the district of Kim Bang in Ha Nam. She started participating in anti-imperialist activities in 1936 and joined the Viet Minh in 1941. She was head of the “Cong tac doi” (a service affiliated with the Central Committee) in Phuc Yen, and was later a member of the “Cong tac doi” department in military zone II (Chien khu II). She later held important positions in the Party apparatus in several provinces and regions, including a “safe zone” (An toan khu).