Dr. Vann Monyneath is currently the Under-Secretary of State for the Ministry of Environment in Cambodia and is in charge of International Cooperation and Development Partners.

Prior to his new appointment, Dr. Monyneath was the Director General of the Ministry of Environment between 2021-2023 and the Secretary General of the National Council for Sustainable Development (NCSD) between 2020-2021. During his mandate, he led the development, integration, and monitoring the implementation of many policies and strategies related to environment protection, natural resources management, biodiversity conservation and sustainable development in Cambodia. He has been with the Ministry of Environment for nearly 30 years. He has also represented Cambodia in numerous global meetings in the United Nations Environment Assembly and other regional meetings. Moreover, he has served as the Chairman-Cambodia Senior Officials on the Environment to ASEAN since 2008, leading numerous discussions and meetings on a variety of topics including sustainable cities, climate change, biodiversity conservation, multilateral environmental agreements, water resource management, environmental education, coastal and marine environment and transboundary haze pollution.

Dr. Monyneath obtained his doctoral degree in Environmental Management from Preston University in the United States; a Master of Science in General Maritime Administration and Environment Protection from World Maritime University in Swede; and a Bachelor Degree in Fisheries Engineering from Royal University of Agriculture in Cambodia.