Dao Ngoc Chien received Diploma of Engineer from School of Electronics and Telecommunication (SET), Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) of Viet Nam, in 1997; Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering degree in 2002 and 2005, respectively from the Department of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Gifu University of Japan. From 2005 to 2011, he served as Senior Lecturer at SET, HUST and has been appointed to Associate Professor since Nov. 2010.

From 2011 to now, he has been Deputy Director-General of the Department of High Technologies of Viet Nam Ministry of Science and Technology, also Adjunct Professor of SET, HUST. His State managing areas include ICT, Space Technology, e-Government and Smart City.