Scientific Curriculum Vitae

PERSONAL DATA Name:               Hoang Vinh Hung Date of birth:    April 22, 1972 Nationality:        Vietnamese Email:                hvhung.hau@gmail.com

Membership in Professional Organizations:  

Member of Vietnam Urban Planning and Development Association 

Member of Vietnam Architects Association

Member of Executive Board of Vietnam Construction Environment Association

Honors and Scholarships:

1. Fulbright Visiting Scholar Award for conducting research on Policy for climate change mitigation and adaptation for Asian cities in University of California at Berkeley, September 2009 – May 2010.
2. Japanese Government Scholarship (MONBUSHO) for studying in PhD program at Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies (GSGES), Kyoto University, 2003-2007.
3. Third Prize of the National Contest of Excellent Graduation Thesis – Co-organizer: Ministry of Education and Training, Vietnam Construction Association and Youth Union, 1996.
4. The Grand Prize for Architectural Creation - Architect Association of Vietnam, 1995.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Degree and Field	Institution	Year
PhD. Thesis: Integration of Disaster Risk Management and Urban Planning for Resilient Communities	Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University	Apr. 2004- Mar. 2007
Certificate Livable Cities in Pacific Asia: Research Method for Policy Analysis	University of Hawaii.	May.2006-  Jun. 2006
Certificate Institutional Strengthening for Urban Management and Improvement, Course of Social Housing.	Cooperation between University of Amsterdam and Institute of Sociology	Sep. 1999- Dec. 1999
M.Sc. Urban Planning	Hanoi Architectural University (HAU)	Jan. 1996- Jan. 1998
B.Arch. Architecture	HAU	Sep. 1990-  Jun. 1995

EMPLOYMENT RECORDS

Position	Employer	Year
Director General	Vietnam Institute for Urban and Rural Planning	May.2024- ongoing
Editor in Chief	Construction Planning Journal	Apr.2023- ongoing
Vice Director General	Vietnam Institute for Urban and Rural Planning	Jan.2022- Apr.2024
Member of University’s Board	Hochiminh city University of Architecture	Oct.2017- Dec.2021
Associate Professor	Faculty of Urban Management, HAU	Dec.2014- ongoing
Head of Division	Urban Development Management, Urban Development Agency.	Jun.2013- Jan. 2022
Vice Dean	Faculty of Urban Management, HAU	Oct.2010- May.2013
Deputy Director	Dept. of Science, Technology and International Co-operation, HAU	Jun. 2010- Oct.2010
Deputy Director and Director	Dept. of International Relations, HAU	May. 2007- Aug. 2009
Lecturer	Faculty of Architecture, HAU	Oct.1998- Mar. 2003
Assistant Lecturer	Faculty of Architecture, HAU	Oct.1996- Sep.1998

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

1. Urban and regional planning

a) Project leader:

- Developmental plan of Yen Bai province for the period 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050;

- Developmental plan of Quang Nam province for the period 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050;

- Regional plan of the Central Highlands for the period 2021 - 2030, vision to 2050;

- Urban regeneration for the CBD of Da Nang city.

b) Participate in direction and quality management:

- Thua Thien Hue urban master plan for the period 2023 - 2045, vision to 2065;

- Thac Ba National Tourist Area master plan for the period 2023 - 2040

2. Legal and policy documents (Member of the Editorial Team or Drafting Board)

- Draft Law on Urban Development Management (submitted to the National Assembly Standing Committee)

- Decree amending Decree No. 42/2009/ND-CP of the Government on Urban Classification.

- Circular of the Ministry of Construction (No. 12/2014/TT-BXD, No. 12/2016/TT-BXD, No. 10/2016/TT-BXD, No. 13/2016/TT-BXD and No. 16/2016/TT-BXD) on Regional Planning, Urban Planning, Urban Development Programs.

- Vietnam National Urban Development Report for the Global Conference on Housing and Urban Affairs - Habitat III - 2016

- OECD Report of Urban Policy in Vietnam - 2017

- Vietnam Green Growth Urban Development Plan until 2030 (approved by the Prime Minister)

- Report on Assessment of the Urbanization Process in Vietnam for the period 2011-2020 (to serve for drafting the National Development Strategy 2021 -2030).

3. Research projects

a) Team leader

- Pilot research on building a database system connecting urban planning and urban development towards smart urban development in Vietnam (MOC)

- Proposal of methods to classify and manage city development (MOC)

- Process for community participation in urban development projects (MOC)

b) Independent consultant

- Integrated Land Use and Transportation Planning for Hanoi (World Bank)

- Studies on Urban Planning and Management for Vietnam (JICA)

- Integration of disaster risk mitigation into Socio-economic development plan in Northern Mountains provinces (World Bank)

- Policy Study for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management (UNDP)

- Harmonizing Poverty Reduction and Environmental Goals in Policy and Planning for Sustainable Development (UNDP, DFID)

PUBLICATIONS   

1. Hoang Vinh Hung (2017). “Sustainable Cities and Communities in Vietnam - Potential and Challenges” in Environmental Sustainability in Asia: Progress, Challenges and Opportunities in the Implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals.  United Nations Environment Programme, Korea Environment Institute
2. S.V. R.K. Prabhakar, A. A.Bakar, C. Claudio and H.V.Hung (2013). Scaling up risk financing in Asia and the Pacific region: Bottom up lessons from insurance in Malaysia, Philippines and Vietnam. Asia Pacific Adaptation Network, Bangkok, Thailand.
3. Nirmal Kishnani, C.K.Tang, Hoang Vinh Hung, Tran Ngoc Chan, Nguyen Van Muon, Le Bich Thuan, Vu An Khanh, Ngo Tham, Tran Thanh Son, Hoang Minh Duc, Nguyen Minh Ngoc (2012). Green Building Design – Training Guide, Construction Publishing House.
4. C.K.Tang, Hoang Vinh Hung, Tran Ngoc Chan, Nguyen Van Muon, Hoang Minh Duc (2012). Technical Guidelines for Energy Efficient Building, Construction Publishing House.
5. Hoang Vinh Hung (2010). “Housing and Climate Change: Adaptation Strategies in Vietnam” in Asfaw Kumssa and Belinda Yuen (eds.) Climate Change and Sustainable Urban Development in Africa and Asia. Springer Publication, pp.167-192.
6. Hoang Vinh Hung, Rajib Shaw, Masami Kobayashi. (2010) Flood Risk Management for the Riverside Urban Areas of Hanoi: The Need for Synergy in Urban Development and Risk Management Policies, Disaster Prevention and Management Vol 19, No.1, pp. 103-118.
7. Hoang Hung, Masami Kobayashi, Rajib Shaw (2009). “Urban Flood Risk Management in Hanoi”, in Rajib Shaw, Hari Srinivas and Anshu Sharma (eds.)  Urban Risk Reduction: An Asian Perspective, Springer Publication, pp. 207-231.
8. Hoang Vinh Hung, Rajib Shaw, Masami Kobayashi (2007). Flood Risk Management for the RUA of Hanoi: Importance of Community Perception of Catastrophic Flood Risk in Disaster Risk Planning, Disaster Prevention and Management Vol 16, No.2, pp.245-258.
9. Hirohide Kobayashi, Hoang Vinh Hung, Masami Kobayashi. (2003) Toward sustainable architecture- Housing research in flood-typhoon prone areas in the Central Region of Vietnam. Proceeding of comprehensive seminar on Construction and creation of sustainable society based on the zero- emission concept, December 2003, Kyoto, Japan (JSPS-VCC core university program ‘Environment science’)
10. A number of articles on urban planning and development, green building, climate change mitigation and adaptation, published in Tap chi Xay dung (Construction Review), Tap chi Quy hoach xay dung (Construction Planning Journal), Tap chi Xay dung va Do thi (Construction and Urban Review), Tap chi Kien truc Viet Nam (Vietnam Architecture Journal), Tap chi khoa hoc Kien truc xay dung (Scientific Journal of Construction and Architecture).

THEMATIC FIELD OF EXPERTISE

Urban and regional planning, Urban development policy, Disaster risk management, Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Green building.