Our People
Ms. Tran Kim Lien
CHAIRWOMAN & CEO
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors
Born: 1958
Professional Qualifications: Bachelor of Economics, Bachelor of Law
Foreign Language: English
Work History:
- 1980–1982: National Economics University, Hanoi – Lecturer
- 1982–1995: Dong Giao Farm, Ninh Binh – Assistant Director
- 1995–1996: Dong Giao Farm, Ninh Binh – Head of Business Department
- 1996–1997: Dong Giao Agro-Industrial Enterprise, Ninh Binh – Deputy Director
- 1997–1998: Dong Giao Export Food Company, Ninh Binh – Deputy Director
- 1998–2001: Material and Export-Import Company, Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Corporation – Deputy Director
- 2001–2004: Central Seed Joint Stock Company No.1 – Deputy Director
- 2004 – present: Central Seed Joint Stock Company – Chairwoman and General Director
- 01/2015 – present: National Science and Technology Innovation Fund – Member
- 25/04/2015 – 24/06/2020: Vice Chairwoman of the Board of Directors, Southern Seed Corporation
- 11/2019 – present: Vietnam Rice Company Limited – Chairwoman of the Members' Council
- 25/06/2020 – present: Southern Seed Corporation – Chairwoman of the Board of Directors
Mr. Hang Phi Quang
Vice CEO
Born: 1959
Professional Qualifications: Master's in Economics, Bachelor of International Economics; Bachelor of Business Law, University of Economics, HCMC
Foreign Language: English
- Born: 1959
- Professional Qualifications: Master's in Economics, Bachelor of International Economics; Bachelor of Business Law, University of Economics, HCMC
- Foreign Language: English
Work History:
1989 – 1993: Chief Accountant, Central Seed Company No.2
1993 – 2002: Held various positions: Chief Accountant, Deputy Director of Con Son Export-Import Company
07/2002 – 04/2007: Deputy General Director, Southern Seed Corporation
04/2007 – 04/2008: Chairman of the Board of Directors and Deputy General Director, Southern Seed Corporation
04/2008 – 04/2012: Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Director, Southern Seed Corporation
04/2012 – 04/2015: Chairman of the Board of Directors and General Director, Southern Seed Corporation
05/2015 – 12/2016: Member of the Board of Directors and General Director, Southern Seed Corporation
01/2017 – 05/2020: Member of the Board of Directors, Southern Seed Corporation – 25/06/2020 – present: Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Southern Seed Corporation
Mr. Nguyen Dinh Nam
Deputy General Director of Administration – Member of the Board of Directors
• Born: 1977
• Professional Qualifications: Master's in Finance / Bachelor of Accounting and Auditing / Bachelor of Business Law
• Foreign Language: English
• Born: 1977
• Professional Qualifications: Master's in Finance / Bachelor of Accounting and Auditing / Bachelor of Business Law
• Foreign Language: English
• Work History:
• 09/2000 – 02/2002: Dong Nam Company Limited – Accountant
• 03/2002 – 08/2003: Saigon Paper Corporation – General Accountant
• 08/2003 – 05/2005: Thien Long Group Corporation – General Accountant
• 06/2005 – 11/2008: Southern Seed Corporation – Planning and Investment Staff
• 12/2008 – 10/2010: Southern Seed Corporation – Deputy Head of Planning and Investment
• 10/2010 – 31/08/2017: Southern Seed Corporation – Director of Planning and Investment
• 27/04/2017 – 31/08/2017: Member of the Supervisory Board, Southern Seed Corporation
• 01/09/2017 – 31/07/2018: Southern Seed Corporation – Chief Accountant
• 01/08/2018 – 12/2020: Deputy General Director of Management – concurrently Director of Planning and Investment
• 01/01/9/2020 – 31/05/2020: Deputy General Director, Vietnam Rice Company Limited (Vina Rice)
• 01/06/2020 – 01/2024: General Director, Southern Seed Corporation
• 25/06/2020 – present: Member of the Board of Directors, Southern Seed Corporation
• 02/2024 – present: Deputy General Director, Southern Seed Corporation
Mr. Dang Van Vinh
General Director
• Born: 1973
• Professional Qualifications: Master of Business Administration - Lincoln University, Oakland, California, USA
• Foreign Language: English
Work History:
• 04/1998 – 08/2000: Southern Agricultural Science and Technology Institute – Training and Agricultural Technology Transfer Center – Agricultural Extension Officer
• 09/2000 – 07/2008: Southern Seed Corporation – Research and Development Department – Team Leader of Researchers
• 08/2008 – 07/2014: Bioseed Vietnam Limited – Production Director
• 08/2014 – 01/2024: Syngenta Vietnam Limited – Seed Production Director, Seed Production and Processing Director, Seed Industry Leadership
• 19/02/2024 – present: Southern Seed Corporation – General Director
Mr. Bui Quang Son
Member of BODs
- Born: 1971
- Professional Qualification: Agricultural Engineer, specializing in crop cultivation.
- Language: English
- Born: 1971
- Professional Qualification: Agricultural Engineer, specializing in crop cultivation.
- Language: English
Work Experience:
- 06/1999 – 12/1999: An Giang Plant Protection Company (now Lộc Trời Group) – RD staff for plant protection chemicals.
- 2000 – 2002: An Giang Plant Protection Company (now Lộc Trời Group) – Market technical staff for plant protection chemicals & crop seeds at HCMC branch.
- 2003 – 2005: An Giang Plant Protection Company (now Lộc Trời Group) – Deputy Head of Market Technical Department for plant protection chemicals and in charge of seed business at HCMC branch.
- 2006 – 2007: An Giang Plant Protection Company (now Lộc Trời Group) – Research & Production Center for crop seeds; Marketing Manager at Research Center.
- 2008 – 2010: An Giang Plant Protection Company (now Lộc Trời Group) – Research & Production Center for crop seeds; Business Manager cum Marketing Manager at Research Center.
- 2011 – 2014: An Giang Plant Protection Company (now Lộc Trời Group) – Research & Production Center for crop seeds; Deputy Director in charge of business and marketing at Research Center cum Business Manager.
- 2015: An Giang Plant Protection Company (now Lộc Trời Group) – Research & Production Center for crop seeds; Deputy Director of the Research and Production Center cum Regional Director for the North (in charge of agrochemical – seed & plant protection chemicals sectors).
- 01/2016 – 10/2016: An Giang Plant Protection Company (now Lộc Trời Group) – Research & Production Center for crop seeds; Deputy Director in charge of business & marketing in the seed sector.
- 10/2016 – 12/2016: Southern Seed Corporation – Deputy General Director in charge of Business – Marketing.
- 01/2017 – 04/2018: Southern Seed Corporation – General Director.
- 10/2019 – present: Southern Seed Corporation – Member of the Board of Directors.
- 12/2019 – present: Vietnam Rice Company Limited – Member of the Board of Members cum General Director.
Mr. Nguyen Dinh Nam
Member of the Board of Directors − Deputy General Director
• Born: 1977
• Professional Qualifications: Master's in Finance / Bachelor of Accounting and Auditing / Bachelor of Business Law
• Foreign Language: English
• Born: 1977
• Professional Qualifications: Master's in Finance / Bachelor of Accounting and Auditing / Bachelor of Business Law
• Foreign Language: English
• Work History:
• 09/2000 – 02/2002: Dong Nam Company Limited – Accountant
• 03/2002 – 08/2003: Saigon Paper Corporation – General Accountant
• 08/2003 – 05/2005: Thien Long Group Corporation – General Accountant
• 06/2005 – 11/2008: Southern Seed Corporation – Planning and Investment Staff
• 12/2008 – 10/2010: Southern Seed Corporation – Deputy Head of Planning and Investment
• 10/2010 – 31/08/2017: Southern Seed Corporation – Director of Planning and Investment
• 27/04/2017 – 31/08/2017: Member of the Supervisory Board, Southern Seed Corporation
• 01/09/2017 – 31/07/2018: Southern Seed Corporation – Chief Accountant
• 01/08/2018 – 12/2020: Deputy General Director of Management – concurrently Director of Planning and Investment
• 01/01/9/2020 – 31/05/2020: Deputy General Director, Vietnam Rice Company Limited (Vina Rice)
• 01/06/2020 – 01/2024: General Director, Southern Seed Corporation
• 25/06/2020 – present: Member of the Board of Directors, Southern Seed Corporation
• 02/2024 – present: Deputy General Director, Southern Seed Corporation
Mr. Nguyen Quoc Phong
Member of the Board of Directors − Deputy General Director
• Born: 1981
• Professional Qualifications: Engineer in Agricultural and Forestry Economics
• Foreign Language: English
Work History:
- 05/2004 – 01/2009: Southern Seed Corporation – Sales Staff – Sales Department
- 02/2009 – 09/2010: Southern Seed Corporation – Central Coastal Region Head – Sales Department
- 10/2010 – 03/2013: Southern Seed Corporation – Deputy Head of Sales Department
- 04/2013 – 09/2015: Southern Seed Corporation – Acting Sales Director
- 10/2015 – 02/2018 : Southern Seed Corporation – Sales Director
- From 03/2018 – 07/2020: Southern Seed Corporation – Deputy General Director in charge of Sales concurrently Sales Director
- 01/07/2020 – 07/2022 : Deputy General Director concurrently Director of the Business and Development Center for Vegetable and Flower Seeds (CTVS)
- 08/2022 – present : Deputy General Director concurrently Marketing Director
- 04/2023 – present : Member of the Board of Directors, Southern Seed Corporation
Mrs. Nguyen Thi Phong
Deputy General Director of Production
- Born: 1972
- Professional Qualifications: Engineer in Agronomy
- Foreign Language: English
Work History:
04/1997 – 06/2002: Southern Seed Company – Testing Staff
07/2003 – 09/2010: Southern Seed Corporation – Testing Staff
10/2010 – 01/2013: Southern Seed Corporation – Assistant to the Head of Testing Department
02/2013 – 04/2017: Southern Seed Corporation – Deputy Director of Quality Management
05/2017 – 09/2020: Southern Seed Corporation – Director of Quality Management
10/2020 – 05/2021: Southern Seed Corporation – Assistant to the General Director
06/2021 – 06/2022: Southern Seed Corporation – Assistant to the General Director's Board – concurrently Director of Production
07/2022 – 02/2023: Southern Seed Corporation – Assistant to the General Director – concurrently Director of Production
From 10/03/2021 – present: Southern Seed Corporation – Deputy General Director in charge of Production
Mr. Le Minh Chanh
Deputy General Director of Production
Year of Birth: 1972
Professional Qualification: Agricultural Engineer
Foreign Language: English
Year of Birth: 1972
Professional Qualification: Agricultural Engineer
Foreign Language: English
Work Experience:
- 1997 – 2003: Southern Seed Corporation – Research Staff
- 2003 – 2007: Southern Seed Corporation – Research Staff
- 2007 – 2008: Southern Seed Corporation – Deputy Head of R&D Department
- 2008 – 2009: Southern Seed Corporation – Deputy Director of Research Center
- 2009 – 2016: Southern Seed Corporation – Director of Research Center
- 01/2017 – 10/2020: Southern Seed Corporation – Deputy General Director in charge of Production
- 01/06/2021 – Present: Southern Seed Corporation – Deputy General Director in charge of Production
Mr. Phan The Ty
Head of the Supervisory Board
• Born: 1972
• Professional Qualifications: Bachelor of Economics, major in Accounting
• Foreign Language: English
Work History:
- 11/1993 – 02/1998: Wishes Vietnam Limited – Internal Auditor
- 04/1998 – 02/2009: Central Seed Company No.1, Central Seed Joint Stock Company – Accounting Department Staff, from 2006 to 2008 a member of NSC Supervisory Board
- 03/2009 – 02/2010: Quang Nam Agro-Forestry Seed Joint Stock Company – Supervisory Board Member – Deputy Head of Accounting Department
- 03/2010 – 02/2011: Central Seed Joint Stock Company – Acting Head of Accounting Department
- 03/2011 – 01/2012: Central Seed Joint Stock Company – Head of Accounting Department
- 02/2012 – present: Central Seed Joint Stock Company – Chief Accountant
- 25/04/2015 – present: Head of the Supervisory Board, Southern Seed Corporation
Ms Van Thi Ngoc Anh
Member of the Supervisory Board
• Born: 1975
• Professional Qualifications: Bachelor of Finance
• Foreign Language: English
• Work History: – 2000 – 2008: Housing and Urban Development Corporation – Accountant
• 2008 – 2013: HUD Vietnam Joint Stock Company – Chief Accountant
• 2013 – 2018: Hitachi Technologies Vietnam – Chief Accountant
• 2018 – 2020: Bamboo Airways – Head of General Accounting, Head of Accounting
• 10/2020 – present: PAN Group Joint Stock Company – Chief Accountant
• 23/04/2021 – present: Southern Seed Corporation – Member of the Supervisory Board