Career
He served as the fourth General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) 30 March 1938-1939 November 1940. He was arrested by the French and executed by French firing squad at the Giồng T-road junction (ngã ba Giồng) in Hóc Môn District along with Nguyễn Thị Minh Khai and Võ Văn Tần in August 1941.