Dominic Thuan Vinh Nguyen, son of Long Vinh Nguyen and Hue Thi Pham, graduated from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, on May 21, 2009, with a Master of Arts degree in International Relations and International Economics, with a concentration in Southeast Asia Studies. He has also received the prestigious Boren Fellowship and will be spending a year in Vietnam to conduct research.