Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Sustainable Urban Development

Ha Thuc Vien is Vice President of the Vietnamese-German University, was also Acting President (2016-2018), and cum Director of the VGU's Project Management Unit (VMU, a designated unit to manage the VGU New Campus Construction Project  under the USD 200 million World Bank loaned project). He graduated Ph.D. in Resource Economics at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany. Before joining VGU in 2012, Dr. Vien was Head of the Natural Resources and Tourism Department and also Founder and Director of Center for International Education of Ho Chi Minh City University of Agriculture and Forestry. His earlier career includes Senior Lecturer in Resource and Land Economics, Resource Management, Land Use, and Project Management. He has published a number of books, book chapters, and articles in his specialized fields. He has strongly been interested in institutions, economic institutions, and sustainable development. He has been applying a new institutional economics approach in his research on economic reforms, land reforms and development, and management and utilization of land and resources. Recently, he has been also interested in climate change, institutions, and livelihoods. His expertise has been also developed intensively in the field of Higher Education and ODA.

 

Ngoc Hieu Nguyen is Senior Lecturer of urban governance and also Academic Coordinator of the Master Study Program "Sustainable Urban Development"(SUD), Vietnamese-German University (VGU). He graduated Ph.D. in development planning at UCL and worked for over 20 years doing research and teaching, consulting in urban development and planning. His recent research concentrates on the institutional arrangement in urban development, planning tools, and solutions to integrate development management, smart growth, building consensus, and strategy to collaborate to reduce congestion and flooding in Ho Chi