Pham Hong Tung was born in 1963 in Tu Ky, Hai Duong, Vietnam. 

- BA. in History from the University of Hanoi (today: Vietnam National University, Hanoi), 1985

- MA. in Southeast Asian Studies, Political Science and History from the University of Passau (Germany), 1997. Scholarship holder of the ӦSW (Bochum), 1992-1997.

- PhD in Southeast Asian Studies from Humboldt University at Berlin, 2002. Scholarship holder of the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung (FNS, 1999-2002).

Pham Hong Tung is a senior lecturer at Vietnam National University, Hanoi. He was appointed Associate Professor of History in 2006 and Full Professor of History in 2014. He was Visiting Professor at University of Freiburg in Breigaus (Germany) in 2007 and has offered lectures on Modern History of Vietnam for international exchanged students.

Pham Hong Tung has published 10 monographs and over 90 journal articles in Vietnamese, English and German. His studies are focused on history of Vietnamese nationalist movements in modern history, particularly the history of the August Revolution of 1945. Recently he also publishes several works on Vietnamese political culture and current changes in Vietnamese society.

Prof. Pham Hong Tung is now Director of the Institute of Vietnamese Studies and Development Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi. 

He is also Director of MA Program in Global Leadership of the Vietnam – Japan University, Hanoi.