RESUME
TA QUANG DONG
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381/41/16 Nguyen Khang St., Hanoi
Tel.: (84)4.7.846.951
Mobile: (84) 91 218 5065
E-mail: orient04@yahoo.com
ID Card No. 012 837 012
PERSONAL INFORMATION:
Date of birth: 21st December, 1973
Marital status: Married
Sex: Male
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Bachelor of Foreign Trade (1997- 2001): Hanoi Foreign Trade
University
Bachelor of English language (1990-1995): Hanoi University of
Foreign Studies (HUFS), (now the Hanoi University)
Advanced level Certificate of Chinese language: College of Foreign
Languages, Hanoi National University
WORK EXPERIENCE:
- Freelance interpreter and master of ceremonies: since 1997 (both simultaneous and consecutive) for international conferences, workshops, and business meetings in health, economics, law, environment, energy, education, culture, tourism, labour, etc for the UN, EU, WB, ADB, ILO,
FAO, JICA, JBIC, SNV, IUCN … the embassies of Sweden, Denmark,
Norway, the US, the UK, Australia, South Africa, … as well as ministries
(MOH, MARD, MOT, MOJ, MOF, MONRE, MOST, MOIT, MOPS ….),
NGOs and associations (ActionAid, VLA), programmes and projects (PAHI,
MUTRAP, STAR, PEPFAR …) and businesses including Microsoft, Visa,
Hewlett-Packard, Prudential, Siemens, HSBC, Ford, BHP Steel, CPA
Australia and Vietnam Airlines (please see attached pages for more examples)

- Officer:
Since Nov. 2008: International Cooperation Department,
State Securities Commission of Vietnam (SSC)
- Journalist, chief editor, interpreter:
2005 - Oct. 2008: Overseas Service, English section
Voice of Vietnam Radio
1998 - 2004: International Cooperation Department,
Voice of Vietnam Radio
- English teacher: 1995 - 1998
Hanoi University of Foreign Studies (HUFS)
Phuong Dong private University
Other experiences:
Co-trainer, Training on Journalism, the Swedish Institute for
Further Education of Journalists (FOJO), 2005
Member of Jury Board, Recruitment Examination of the
Vietnam General Confederation of Labour, 2010, 2011

SOME ACTIVITIES
I HAVE PROVIDED INTERPRETATION
AND/OR MASTER OF CEREMONIES SERVICES TO
Visit to Vietnam by H.E. Ban Ki-moon, the Secretary General of the
United Nations, Hanoi, 28-29 Oct., 2010
Visit to Vietnam by His Royal Highness [Crown] Prince Willem-
Alexander of the Netherlands.
Hanoi, 28 March – 1 Apr., 2011
The 10 th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam , Hanoi, with H.E. Party’s General Secretary Nong Duc Manh, 18-25 Apr., 2006
The 1 st National Congress of the Vietnamese Ethnic Minorities Groups, with top leaders of the country, Hanoi, 12 th May, 2010
The 13 th Conference of the Chief Justices of the Asia – Pacific, with H.E.
State President of Vietnam, Nguyen Minh Triet, the Supreme People’s
Court, Ho Chi Minh city, 9-15 Nov. 2009
Roundtable on the Global Financial Turmoil and its Impact on Asia-Pacific and Vietnam with H.E. Prime Minister of Vietnam, Nguyen Tan Dung, the Ministry of Finance , the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation
(HSBC) and the Prudential Group, Hong Kong, 20 Apr. 2009
The Group of Twenty (G20) Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank
Governors’ Meeting , Gyeongju, the Republic of Korea, 22-23 Oct., 2010
The 2 nd ASEAN Symposium on Access to Healthcare: the Ongoing
Healthcare Evolution in ASEAN, Hanoi 5 - 6 June, 2008, attended by
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien and ASEAN
Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan, Royal Philips Electronics and the
Business Week

Global Investment Forum on Vietnam, the Hong Kong Trade Development
Council (HKTDC) and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry
(VCCI), Hong Kong, 20 Apr. 2009
The 78 th Annual Meeting of the International Commission of Large Dams with H. E. Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai , Hanoi, 26 May,
2010
The Vietnam-Finland Business Forum, attended by Finnish President
Tarja Halonen and Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung, the
Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), Hanoi, 22 Feb. 2008
The 13 th ASEAN + 3 Finance Ministers’ Meeting, and the 1 st East Asia
Summit (EAS) Finance Ministers’ Meeting, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2
May, 2010
The 14 th ASEAN Finance Ministers’ Meeting , Nha Trang, 4-8 Apr., 2010
The Conference on Vietnam- the Investment Destination, the Ministry of
Finance and the Deutsche Bank , Frankfurt, 3 Dec. 2009
The Third International Roundtable on Managing for Development Results,
Hanoi, the Government of Vietnam, the World Bank, the ADB, the
AfDB, the OECD, the UNDP, 5-8 Feb. 2007
Visit to Vietnam by H. E. Tidjane Thiam, Chief Executive, Prudential plc.
(meetings with Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh, and leaders of the
MOF and the SBV…), Hanoi, 30 Oct - 2 Nov. 2011
Opening Ceremony of the New Office of Microsoft Vietnam , Hanoi, 5 Jan.
2012

Working session between the American Institute of Global Engagement and the National Academy of Politics and Administration on Religious
Freedom, Hanoi 1 Dec. 2010
The 6 th Symposia of the International Council of Traditional Music
( ICTM), the ICTM and the Institute of Musicology, Hanoi, 23-27 July
2010
Visit to Vietnam by Dr. Kerri-Ann Jones, US Assistant Secretary of
State (meeting with leaders of the MOST, VAST , MONRE …), Hanoi 5
March 2010
The Workshop on Negotiating Skills at the UN Framework Convention on
Climate Change Conference of the Parties 15 (UNFCCC COP 15) in
Denmark, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the
UNDP, Tam Dao, 23-25 Sept. 2009,
The International Conference on Climate Change and Urban Flooding, the
Vietnam National University HCMC, the Embassies of the Netherlands and France, Ho Chi Minh city, 24-25 June, 2009
The 14 th Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL XIV) General
Conference, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and the
ASEAN CONSAL , Hanoi, 22 - 23 Apr. 2009
The 22 nd Joint Meeting between the World Tourism Organisation
(UNWTO) Commission for East Asia Pacific and the UNWTO Commission for South Asia, Hanoi, 10 May 2010

Discussion on the Vietnam Strategy of the Royal Kingdom of Norway, the
Norwegian Embassy, Hanoi, May 14 th 2009
The Vietnam Innovation Day, the World Bank, Hanoi, 12 May 2009
Economic Integration in the Asia Pacific Region in the Circumstances of the
Global Financial and Economic Crisis, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the German Embassy and the Hans Seidel Foundation, Hanoi, 28 Apr.
2009
Visit to the Vietnam National University by the Executive Vice President of HP's Personal Systems Group, Todd Bradley, Hanoi, 23 Jan. 2010
Launch of the Practical Money Skills campaign in Vietnam and Southeast
Asia, Visa International, Hanoi, 15 March 2012
Visit to Vietnam to Seek Business Opportunities of Leading Dutch
Companies in Wastewater Treatment, the Royal Embassy of the
Netherlands , Hanoi and Vinh Phuc, 4-5 May 2009
Friendship Concert to Mark the 40 th Anniversary of the Norway-Vietnam
Diplomatic Relations, the Norwegian Embassy, Hanoi, 25 Nov. 2011
Training for Government spokespersons, the Ministry of Information and
Communication and the British Embassy, Ha Long, 10-12 Nov. 2010
Press Complaints Workshop, the Ministry of Information and
Communication and the British Embassy, Ha Long, 26-27 Feb. 2011
International Conference on Substance Use Disorder and HIV in
Vietnam, Hanoi, 16-18 March 2012
Workshop on HIV/AIDS and STIs in MSM, CSW, the University of
Columbia, Hanoi, 23 May 2012

Workshop on Sharing Experiences in Reducing Alcohol-related Harm, the International Centre for Alcohol Policies, Hanoi, 18-19 March 2009
Workshop on the Outline of the National Strategy against Avian and
Human Influenza, the Partnership on Avian and Human Influenza (PAHI),
Hanoi, 24 March 2009
Health System Research and Health Economics, Case Studies for Renal
Failure Treatment, Hanoi, 10-12 May 2012
Workshop on the Pilot programme on Solar Water Heaters, the Ministry of
Industry and Trade and the World Bank , Hanoi, 10 Apr. 2009
Workshop on the Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Approach in
Human Rights Research, the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences and the
Danish Embassy , Hanoi, 27-28 March 2009
Meeting between the New President and CEO of Siemens Ltd. Vietnam and the Press, 20 March , 2009
Workshop on the Codification of Legal Normative Documents, the National
Assembly and the European Union (EU) , Hanoi, 17 March 2009
Workshop on the Sanitary and Phytosanitary Action Plan, the Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural Development and the Japan Agency for
International Cooperation Agency (JICA) , Hanoi, March 11, 2009
Workshop on Bid-rigging Prevention, the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Swiss Embassy , Da Lat, 17-19 Feb. 2009