DAV

2023

Lê Ngọc Mai

Affiliation: Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

Contact: Lengocmaivbd@dav.edu.vn /Lemaingoc243@gmail.com

Ngoc Mai is currently a Research Assistant at the East Sea (South China Sea) Institute, the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations.

Her research focuses on the South China Sea, Vietnam’s foreign policy, and US-China strategic competition.

Đỗ Thị Thu Hiền

Affiliation: Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

Contact: Email: hiendothithu-vbd@dav.edu.vn  – Viber/Whatsapp: +84 363 708 302

Thu Hien is currently a Research Assistant at the East Sea Institute, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. She earned a Bachelor Degree of International Relations the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. Her research focuses on the South China Sea and mainland ASEAN politics.

2022

Tran Chi Trung

Affiliation: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

Contact: tranchitrungmofa@gmail.com / trung_tran@hks16.harvard.edu

Tran Chi Trung was born 1985 in Hanoi. He is currently Assistant Director General of the Policy Planning Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam and PhD Candidate at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

He holds a Master of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government under the Fulbright scholarship (2016) and a Bachelor of Business Administration at the Free University of Berlin, Germany (2009). He was a Visiting Fellow on the Vietnam War and international affairs at the Ash Center, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, MA, USA (2017).

His research interests include Vietnamese foreign policies, history and identity of Vietnamese diplomacy, American politics and foreign affairs, forecasting frameworks in foreign policies, and adaptive leadership.

He serves as the moderator for the Young Leaders program 2021.

Nguyen Phuong Hoai

Affiliation: Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

Contact: phuonghoai.nguyen@dav.edu.vn /hoainguyenvnyp@gmail.com

Nguyen Phuong Hoai is currently a Research Assistant at the East Sea Institute for Maritime Studies, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. She earned a Bachelor Degree of English with a specialization in International Relations at the Diplomatic

Academy of Vietnam in 2019. Her research focuses on the South China Sea, Vietnam’s foreign policy, ASEAN.

Dinh Thi Thu

Affiliation: Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

Contact: dinhthithu@dav.edu.vn

Dinh Thi Thu is a Senior Researcher at the East Sea Institute, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam. Her major research interests are South China Sea, China, foreign policy. She earned a Master of International Relations in Nankai University (China). She has also published numerous articles in International Studies (Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam), Journal of Chinese Studies (Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences).

Pham Tan Loc

Affiliation: Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

Contact: ptloc0910@gmail.com

Pham Tan Loc is a junior student at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, majoring in International Law and International Economics. He currently serves as an intern at the East Sea Institute for Maritime Studies, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam as well as Vice President of DAV Student Research Club