Nguyen Si Binh was born in South Vietnam. He is a Vietnamese American and serves as the Chairman of the People's Action Party of Vietnam.
Nguyen Si Binh attended the University of Maryland, College Park and graduated with a degree in Nuclear Engineering in 1981.
He worked for Bechtel Corporation, then in 1988 settled in Atlanta, Georgia, and joined a real estate developing firm as a Regional Manager.
On April 25, 1991, he and 16 members of this party were arrested in Vietnam, while trying to form a secondary political party. The government of Vietnam charged him with trying to overthrow the government.