About Ho Anh Thai

1960: Ho Anh Thai was born October 18th, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Member of Vietnam Writer’s Association.
He graduated from high school in 1977 and then studied at the College of Diplomacy, earning his bachelor's degree in 1983. He was drafted and served in the Army for three years until he entered the Foreign Ministry.
During his career as a diplomat, he studied in Australia and India and earned an advanced degree in oriental culture in New Delhi in 1991. Five of the stories in his book 'Red Mist' are set in India.
Qualification:
- M.A. in International Studies.
- Ph.D. in Oriental Culture.
Occupation:
- Diplomat, working in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hanoi.
- Senior editor, International Affairs Review, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 6 - Chu Van An, Hanoi.
- Novelist, Secretary General of the Hanoi Writers' Association, 19 - Hang Buom, Hanoi.
Experiences:
- Worked in Vietnamese Embassies in India from 1991 to 1994, in Iran from 1993 to 1994.
- Participant in Vietnam Update, seminar held by the Australian National University, Canberra, December 1996.
- Participant in World Conference on Culture, Stockholm, Sweden, March & April 1998.
- Participant in International Festival of Authors, Toronto, Canada, November 1998.
- Visiting lecturer, University of Washington, Seattle, USA, September to December 1998.
- Participant in Sydney Writers' Festival, Sydney, Australia, May 1999.
- Participant in the First Meet of the South East Asian Writers, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, October 2001.
Ho Anh Thai has written more than 20 books, published in France, UK and USA.