Dr. Le Van Phan presently serves as Associate Professor and Lecturer for the Department of Microbiology and Infectious Disease within the College of Veterinary Medicine of Vietnam National University of Agriculture (VNUA), Hanoi, Vietnam. He is also appointed Vice Head of the Key Laboratory for Veterinary Biotechnology, VNUA.

He received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from VNUA and his Master of Science from Chungbuk National University, South Korea. After receiving his Doctor of Philosophy from Chung-Ang University, South Korea, Dr. Phan continued his postdoctoral studies at the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, South Korea, for three years focusing on essential animal diseases, like Foot and Mouth Diseases and Newcastle diseases. Dr. Phan has authored/co-authored nearly 80 ISI/Scopus papers and one patent in the USA. In February 2019, Dr. Phan and his team confirmed that African Swine Fever (ASF) virus was the causative agent of a disease outbreak at a pig farm in Hung Yen Province. This was the first known ASF outbreak in Vietnam, and the results were published in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases in July 2019. His current research interests continue his good work, focusing on animal pathogens; molecular and genetic characterization to create new vaccines and improve diagnostic methods.