NGUYEN VIET THANH

No. 27, 210/41/11 Doi Can, Hanoi, Vietnam;

Mobile: +84 (0)914 572758; thanhmpa@gmail.com.

1. Education
2008-2012, Ph.D., University of Southern Denmark, Denmark, dissertation: Ecosystem-Based Fishery
Management: an economic approach (supervisor: Prof. Niels Vestergaard);
2004-2006, M.Sc., University of Tromso, Norway, dissertation: Bio-economic analysis of the Shrimp
Trawl Fishery in the Tonkin Gulf, Vietnam (supervisor: Prof. Arne Eide);
1991 – 1996, B.Sc, Nha Trang University, Nha Trang, Vietnam.

2. Work experience
2.1. Work
12/2016 to now Associate Researcher of Vietnam Center of Research in Economics,
Management and Environment, (VCREME)
2/2015 to now Associate Dean, Faculty of Development Economics, University of Economics and
Business (UEB), Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), Vietnam;
8/2014 to now Head of Natural resource and Environmental Economics Department, Faculty of
Development Economics, University of Economics and Business (UEB), Vietnam
National University, Hanoi (VNU), Vietnam;
3/2012 - now Lecturer, Faculty of Development Economics, University of Economics and
Business (UEB), Vietnam National University, Hanoi (VNU), Vietnam;
9/2011-12/2011, Research Assistant, Department of Environmental and Business Economics,
University of Southern Denmark;
9/2008-9/2011, PhD Research Fellow, FAME and Department of Environmental and Business
Economics, University of Southern Denmark;
2006 to 2008, Technical Officer, Sustainable Livelihoods in and around Marine Protected
Areas (LMPA) Component - a project in Vietnam Denmark Development
Cooperation in the Environment (DCE) program supported by DANIDA:
2001 to 2004, Specialist, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Fisheries, Hanoi,
Vietnam;
1999 to 2001, Specialist, National Directorate of Fisheries Resource Exploitation and
Protection, Ministry of Fisheries, Hanoi, Vietnam.

2.2. Teaching experience

2012 up to now Lecturer, VNU University of Economics and Business; Course: Micoroeconomics,
Environmental Economics, Environmental Management, Sustainable Development
2010-2011, Instructor and Teaching Assistant, University of Southern Denmark; Course:
Introduction to Environmental Economics, Advanced Environmental and Resource
Economics and Management.

3. Research interests:
Sustainable Dvelopment, Green Growth, Economic Valuation, Bio-economic Modeling, Ecosystem Approach,
Climate Change and Fisheries Management;

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4. Publications

4.1 Peer-reviewed articles in English:

Nguyen, T. A., D. A. Vu, P. VU, T. N. Nguyen, T. M. Pham, H. T. T. Nguyen, H. Le, T. V. Nguyen, L.

K. Hoang, T. D. Vu, T. S. Nguyen, T. T. LUONG, N. P. TRINH, and L. HENS (2016): "Human
Ecological Effects of Tropical Storms in the Coastal Area of Ky Anh (Ha Tinh, Vietnam),"
Environment, Development and Sustainability, 1-23.
Thanh, N. V., L. Ravn-Jonsen and N. Vestergaard (2016). "Marginal Damage Cost of Nutrient
Enrichment: The Case of the Baltic Sea." Environmental and Resource Economics 64(1)109-129
Thanh, N. V. (2013). Bio-economic model of Eastern Baltic cod under the influence of nutrient
enrichment. Natural Resource Modeling 26(2) 259-288
Thanh, N. V. (2012). Ecosystem-based fishery management: a review of concepts and ecological
economic models. BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 13(2)1-14.
Thanh, N. V. (2011). "Sustainable management of shrimp trawl fisheries in Tonkin Gulf, Vietnam."
Applied Economics Journal 18(2) 1-17.

4.2. Peer-reviewed articles in Vietnamese:

Thanh, N. N., N. V. Thành, N. T. V. Hà and N. Q. Việt (2014). "A review of economics valuation of
marine ecosystems." Vietnam Economic Management Review 6/2014.
Thanh, N. N., N. V. Thành, D. V. Toán and N. T. Hùng (2014). "Premilinary estimation results of
Impact of climate change on marine fisheries in Vietnam by using production function." Journal
of Mrine Science & Technology 14(1): 3/2014.
Thành, N. V., N. T. V. Hà and N. N. Thanh (2014). "A review of economic valuation of marine
ecosystems in Vietnam." Journal of Science on Natural resources and Environment 16(198).
Thành, N. V., C. L. Quyen and V. Q. Huy (2014). "An evaluation of sustainable development of
manire capture fisheries in Vietnam " Science & Technology Journal of Agriculture & Rural
Development (Environmental protection in Agriculture & Rural Development, December 2014):
117-122.

4.3. Conference Proceedings/Presentations:

Thanh, N. V. and B. V. Tung (2014). Efficiency analysis of offshore fishing fleet in the South-
eastern Sea (Vietnam) using DEA. The Seventeenth International Conference of the
International Institute of Fisheries Economics & Trade (IIFET): Towards Ecosystem Based
Management of Fisheries: What Role can Economics Play, Brisbane,Queensland, Australia.
Thanh, N. V., Đ. T. Tuyet, N. T. Hoa, N. T. Huyen, L. T. Tuyen and N. N. Thanh (2014). Livelihood
vulnerability asessment to climate change at community level using household survey: a
case study of a coastal community in Rang Dong town, Nghia Hung district, Nam Dinh provice,
Vietnam. The Seventeenth International Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries
Economics & Trade (IIFET): Towards Ecosystem Based Management of Fisheries: What Role
can Economics Play, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Thanh, N. V. and Thanh N. N. (2013). Climate change implications for fisheries in Vietnam. the
Seventh Biennial North American Association of Fisheries Economists (NAAFE) Forum, St.
Petersburg, Florida, USA.
Thanh, N. V. and N. Vestergaard (2010). Toward an ecological economic model of fisheries: a case
study of nutrient enrichment. 2010 World Conference on Natural Resource Modeling: Integrating
biology, economics and mathematics for sustainable use of natural resources, Helsinki, Finland.
Thanh, N. V. and N. Vestergaard (2009). An Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries and Nutrient
Enrichment. the Fifth Biennial North American Association of Fisheries Economists (NAAFE)
Forum, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.

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Thanh, N. V. (2008). Regulations for the shrimp trawl fishery in the Tonkin Gulf, Vietnam. The
FOURTH GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON OCEAN, COAST AND ISLANDS, Pre-conference
workshop: Vietnams Marine Protected Areas Network: Lessons Learned, Challenges,
Management Issues and Opportunities, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Thanh, N. V. and A. Eide (2006). A bioeconomic analysis of the artisanal shrimp trawl fishery in the
Tonkin Gulf, Vietnam. the Thirteenth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of
Fisheries Economics and Trade (IIFET): Rebuilding Fisheries in an Uncertain Environment,
Portsmouth, UK.

5. Research projects
2017 - 2019 Economic and environmental efficiencies: an application to the provincial level
in Vietnam (Nafosted)
2017 - 2019 Economic eficiency of using natural resources towards green growth in Vietnam
(VNU)
2016 - 2019 Valuing mangrove forest in Xuan Thuy National Park (MONRE)
2015 - 2016 Intergrated Coastal Planning for coastal provinces in Vietnam (WB)
2013 - 2014 Strategies for trawl fisheries bycatch management - REBYC-II CTI (FAO)
2013 Efficiency analysis of offshore fishing fleet in the South Eastern Sea (Vietnam)
using DEA (MARD);
2012 - 2014 Valuing effects of climate change on fisheries and aquaculture in the North of
Vietnam (MONRE);
2012 Vietnamese tuna fisheries profile (WPCFC);
2010-2011 Knowledge-based Sustainable Management for Europe's Seas (EU);
2007 Promoting MSC Certificate Program in Vietnam (WWF Vietnam).

6. Awards/Grants/fellowships
2012 JIFRS Yamamoto Prize for outstanding work in the development of strategies
for responsible fishery management, IIFET 2012 Dar es Salaam
2009, Study Grant for Fall Quarter at UC Davis, USA;
2004, NORAD fellowship for the Master program (2 years).

7. Personal detail
Date of Birth: 05th August 1974;
Nationality: Vietnamese;
Gender: Male;
Marital status: Married, 2 children (age: 15 and 13);
Interest: Volleyball, football;

8. References

1) Professor Nguyen Ngoc Thanh, Rector of Hanoi University of Natural Resource &
Environment, phone: +8443.7645799, email: nnthanh@hunre.edu.vn;

2) Professor Niels Vestergaard, University of Southern Denmark, phone: +45 6550 4181, email:
nv@sam.sdu.dk.

3) Professor Arne Eide,Tromso University, phone: +47 77 64 55 83, email: arne.eide@uit.no;