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.