Apartment 606, Building B3, Thang Long International Village, Cau Giay, Hanoi

Tel: 84- 4-7569732

Cell Phone: 0912128000 Born February 20, 1974, in Bacninh, Vietnam.

Vietnamese Citizen.

 

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT:

Research Associate- Faculty of Economics and Management- Hannover University

 

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT:

January 2007 to October 2007- Researcher- Rural Economics Unit- Consulting Center for Agricultural Policy - Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development- Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Development

 

2006- Statistician, Social and Environment Statistics Department, General Statistical Office.

 

2002- 2005: Project Manager- VIE/01/022 project “Strengthening the capacity to implement, analyse and disseminate the Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey in an overall household survey strategy”, funded by UNDP and SIDA for General Statistics Office of Vietnam. Since 2002. Total budget for this project is 900 thousand USD

 

1997- 2002- Statistician, Social and Environment Statistics Department, General Statistical Office.

 

EDUCATION:

PhD candidate- Faculty of Economics Development- Hannover University

Master’s Degree. Suffolk University, Boston, USA, 2002, in Economic policy.

B.A. Hanoi National Economics University, Vietnam, 1996, in Economics and Statistics.

 

OTHER TRAINING:

1998- Two week training course on poverty measurements, Laos PDR, sponsored by SIAP.

 

1999- Two month training course on Social Statistics, Vietnam, sponsored by UNDP.

 

1999- Two week training course on qualitative research methods, Vietnam, sponsored by UNDP.

 

1999- Two week training course on poverty analysis using VLSS98, Vietnam, UNDP & SIAP.

 

1999- One month training course on Dissemination policy in Bureau of Australian Statistics.

 

2000- Two week training course on the Effects of the Asian Financial Crisis on Poverty in

Southeast Asia, Manila, World Bank.

 

2002- Two week training course on using Acr view for analysis of poverty in Vietnam, World Bank in Hanoi.

 

2003- Two week training course on survey management, UNDP Hanoi and Statistics of Philippine.

 

2004- Two week training course on quality control of large household surveys, UNDP Hanoi and Statistic Office of Australia.

2004- One week training course on sampling of large scale household surveys, UNDP Hanoi and Statistics of Sweden.

 

2004- Two month training course on applied econometrics with STATA to analyse household surveys, UNDP Hanoi and Georgetown University.

 

2005- Two week training course on using CSPRO for MICS III survey in Egypt, UNICEF Hanoi

 

2005- Two week training course on evaluation the impacts of project/ programs, UNDP Hanoi and Georgetown University.

 

SELECTED CONSULTING AND OTHER SHORT-TERM WORK:

 

September 2006- January 2007- Consultant for developing M & E for poverty reduction project of GTZ that includes reviewing the current existing administrative report system for monitoring and evaluation of National Target Program and Program 135.

 

June to August 2006- Team Leader of the Monitoring and Evaluation for Program 135- phase II

 

July 2006- Lecturer- Training course on Sampling methods for Household Survey for Participants from MARD

 

April 2006- Lecturer- Training course on Poverty Analysis using Vietnam Household Living Standard Survey 2004 for Participants from MOLISA, university of An Giang, University of Hue, University of Tay Nguyen and University of Ho Chi Minh.

 

January 2006 to March 2006- Consultant for PCLIP project of Ministry of Planning & Investment for designing Monitoring & Evaluation System and baseline survey for Poor Commune and Livehood Infrastructure Programme

 

November 2005 to December 2005- Consultant for Sharing project of Ministry of Planning and Investment for developing the Monitoring & Evaluation Manual

 

December 2005 to January 2006- Consultant for MOLISA to design the evaluation of impact of National Target Program for 2006- 2010

 

November 2005 to January 2006- Consultant for World Bank to update the poverty report

June- August 2005- Consultant for ADB to develop the logframe for socio- economic plan 2006- 2010.

 

May 2005 to August 2005- Consultant for World Bank to implement the research on Non- farm activities of the household using Vietnam Living Standard Survey 2004 and 2002

 

April 2005- Implement the training course on sampling for household surveys and design the sample for the survey to evaluate the impacts of the drama in VTV3 on HIV

 

December 2004 to July 2005- Consultant for ADB to conduct a research to evaluate the micro finance in Nepal using Nepal Living Standard Survey 1995/96 and 2003/ 04.

 

August 2004- Implement the training course for officials of Gia Lai and Dac Nong on development the M & E system of socio- economic development program 2006- 2010.

 

April 2004 to December 2004- Consultant for Making Markets Work Better for the Poor- ADB project.

 

December 2002 to November 2003, Technical Coordinator (part-time) for Mekong Delta Poverty Analysis- Ausaid project.

 

June 2004 to August 2004- Consultant for MOLISA to update new poverty line.

 

May 2004 to June 2004- Consultant for Evaluation the impacts of HERP program on poverty reduction- MOLISA.

 

June 2003 to August 2003, Consultant for UNDP’s poverty team (part- time).

 

November 2002- Lecturer, Course on poverty analysis for staff of GSO and MOLISA at provincial level.

 

August 2002- Lecturer, Course on using STATA for analyzing data of social and economic surveys.

 

August 2001 to May 2002- Research Assistant for Beacon Hill Institute at Suffolk University, Boston, MA, USA.

 

April 2001 to June 2001- Consultant for Ministry of Health, the Pilot test of National Health Survey 2002.

 

October 2000- Teaching Assistant, Course for Vietnamese policy- makers on poverty analysis using Vietnam Living Standard Survey (VLSS), organized by World Bank.

 

July 1999- Lecturer, Course on using Stata for analyzing data of VLSS.

 

May 1999- Consultant, calculating poverty line and some poverty indicators for World Bank, published in Vietnam Attacking Poverty.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

VIE/01/022 project: Revise the project document and making the workplans and budgets (annual and quarterly).

Assist the National Project Director (NPD) to assume operational management of the project in accordance with the project document and UNDP policies and procedures.

Prepare terms of reference for consultants (national and international) and for the various project activities.

Prepare background notes and synthesis reports, based on the conclusions and recommendations of international and national consultants, for submission to UNDP and GSO.

Organize the regular review meeting and final review/ evaluation mission, in coordination with UNDP.

Administer the mobilization of the project inputs under the responsibilities of GSO.

With respect to national consultants or institutions deliver the inputs in accordance with their contract.

Manage the project budget related to local inputs and expenses.

Report regularly and keep the NPD and UNDP PO up to date on the project progress and problems.

Ensure the design and implementation of the project outputs and activities consistent and serve the broader objectives of the UNDP Poverty Alleviation Program.

 

Mekong Delta Poverty Analysis project:

Design the sample and questionnaire for collecting the data from Mekong Delta Provinces.

Training and capacity development of province field teams, province poverty monitoring personnel.

Design the qualitative and qualitative indicators for evaluation poverty situation of these provinces.

Control the quality of output reports from the local teams.

Represent a range of methodologies for poverty evaluation in the inception workshop.

Training the team leaders and capacity strengthening for provincial officials.

Support and monitor the research teams.

Prepare milestones and other reports.

Assist the international coordinator to establish the Poverty Partnership Poverty Reference Group.

 

Other working experience

Together with other consultants to develop the logframe and indicators for PCLIP project and design the baseline survey (questionnaire, sample) for this project.

 

Designed M&E and evaluation methods for Sharing Project for Ministry of Planning & Investment.

 

Participated in the questionnaire design for the Viet Nam Household Living Standard Survey 2006.

 

Develop and train the provincial officials in Vietnam to develop the monitoring and evaluation system for the goals of 2006- 2010 plan.

 

Develop the new method to update the list of poor households in Vietnam for 2005-2010 period.

 

Update new poverty line for Vietnam for 2005-2010 period.

 

Mobilized funds for the Viet Nam Household Living Standard Survey 2004.

 

Interpreter for the Vietnamese officials in the study tour on cooperation in India 2003.

 

Participated in the questionnaire design, training the interviewers, and sampling design for the Viet Nam Household Living Standard Survey 2004.

 

Calculated poverty line and poverty indices for Viet Nam Household Living Standard Survey 2002.

 

Designed the workplan, budget and questionnaire and organized the teams for Vietnam credit survey.

 

Calculated poverty and other social indices for UNDP’s poverty team using Vietnam Living Standard Survey 2002.

 

Calculated poverty indicators for World Bank poverty assessment report using Vietnam Living Standard Survey 2002.

 

Participated in designing, supervising, cleaning, and processing some social and economic surveys in Vietnam such as Vietnam Living Standard Survey 1997-98, the Multi-Purpose Household Survey 1999 and Health Survey 2002.

 

Translator for the training course on Poverty analysis using VLSS in 2000.

 

Compiled some statistic abstracts such as Vietnam Social Trend during Renovation period, Vietnam Environment Statistics, Vietnam Living Standard Survey 1997-98.

 

Participate in calculating some inequality and poverty indices using VLSS and MPHS.

Assist in designing technical and budget proposal for “the effects of Globalization on Vietnamese Households 2000” project.

 

Design the technical and budget proposals for the National Health Survey 2002, and designed the workplan for the Pilot Test of this Survey.

 

Participate in designing the Term of reference for National Consultants for the Pilot test of the Health Survey.

 

PUBLICATIONS:

Chapter 3 Sectoral Changes and Poverty, with Sarah Bales and Ho Si Cuc, in Living standards during an economic boom, the case of Vietnam, Dominique Haughton, Jonathan Haughton and Nguyen Phong, editors, 2001.

 

Chapter 14 Correlates of Living Standards: A Graphical and Statistical Analysis, with Joel Deichmann, Dominique Haughton, and Nguyen Phong, in Living standards during an economic boom, the case of Vietnam, Dominique Haughton, Jonathan Haughton and Nguyen Phong, editors, 2001.

 

Define an unique poverty line for Vietnam, with Ho Si Cuc, Ngo Doan Gac and Cao Nhu Nguyet, Statistic Institute of General Statistic Office 2000.

 

Gender difference on occupational choice in Vietnam- December 2002

 

Why Euro currency appreciated in recent months- October 2002, Weekly Newspaper, Voice of Vietnam.

 

Catfish fighting- is it fair for Vietnamese farmers- October 2002, Weekly Newspaper, Voice of Vietnam.

 

Inequality in living standard and poverty forecast based on Vietnam living standard surveys 2004.

 

A new poverty line for Vietnam 2004.

 

Impacts of Micro finance in Nepal on the household well-fare and poverty 2005- 2006, ADB with Danniel Westbrook.

 

Trend and Regional Variations in Household Consumption Patterns in Vietnam: Analysis of Vietnam Household Survey data, ADB, with Saba Waseem.

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

2004- Introduce the VHLSS 2004 in many workshops with donors, NGOs and international organizations and national institutes.

 

2000 – 2002- Present the research on poverty issues in Vietnam in many workshops for policy markers and students.

 

1999- Present the VLSS 98 results and poverty measurement methods in many workshops for users, policy makers.

 

WORK IN PROGRESS:

 

Implement the research on income diversity and poor in Vietnam using three Vietnam household living standard surveys.

 

Together with Do Quy Toan to implement the research: Superstition: Theory and Evidence in Vietnam

 

MISCELLANEOUS:

Languages: English (fluent), and Chinese (a little).

Computers: Excellent in using STATA, E-views, SPSS, WordPerfect,

Word, Excel, Windows, Power point, CS.pro etc.