In April 2023, JDS Vietnam returned fellow, H.E. Mr. Pham Quang Hieu, was inaugurated as Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Japan and in the Republic of Marshall Islands. After returning from Japan, he served as Assistant to the Minister, Director general of the Personnel and Organization Department and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam before assuming his current position.