Dr. Huynh The Du

Huynh The Du
Public Policy Lecturer

Dr. Huynh The Du is a senior lecturer at FSPPM. His teaching and research interests are urban economics, infrastructure development, and finance and banking. He worked at the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam from 1996-2005. He frequently participates in policy dialogue in Vietnam. His research papers have appeared in prestige international journals. Dr. Du studied in civil engineering, business management, applied economics and public policy, economic development, and public administration at the bachelor and master levels. He received a Master in Public Administration from Harvard Kennedy School of Government in 2010 and a Doctor of Design Degree (DDes) from Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2013. His doctoral dissertation title is "The Transformation in Ho Chi Minh City: Issues in Managing Growth".

Courses Taught

  • Microeconomics for Public Policy
  • Public Sector Economics 
  • Regional and Local Development

Research

Current Research

  • Making Mega-Cities in Asia: Tales of Five CitiesRoles of New Town Development in Building Urban Infrastructure in Asian Cities.
  • Du Huynh and Jose Gomez-Ibanez (2017), Vietnam Chapter, The Urban Transport Crisis in Emerging Economies, edited by Dorina Pojani and Dominic Stead, Springer.
  • Du Huynh et al (2016), Urbanization and Improved Economic Performance, Chapter 4 in Vietnam 2035: Toward Prosperity, Creativity, Equity, and Democracy, World Bank and Ministry of Planning and Investment.
  • Du Huynh and Richard Peiser (2015), From Spontaneous to Planned Urban Development and Quality of Life: the Case of Ho Chi Minh City, Applied Research Quality Life, Volume 10, pp.1-21, Published online: 08 December 2015, doi:10.1007/s11482-015-9442-7.
  • Du Huynh (2015), Phu My Hung New Urban Development in Ho Chi Minh City: Only a partial success of a broader landscape, International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment, Volume 4, June 2015, pp. 125-135.
  • Du Huynh (2015), The Misuse of Urban Planning in Ho Chi Minh City, Habitat International, Volume 48, August 2015, pp. 11–19.
  • Du Huynh (2014), The Effects of Clustering on Office Rents: Empirical Evidence from the Rental Office Market in Ho Chi Minh City, Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 5-26.
  • Sanghoon Jung, Du Huynh, Peter G. Rowe (2013), The pattern of foreign property investment in Vietnam: The apartment market in Ho Chi Minh City, Habitat International 39, pp. 105-113.
  • Du Huynh (2013), The Treatise on the Market Economy with Socialist Orientation in Vietnam, Thoi Dai Moi Journal, Issue 3, pp. 1-80.
  • Du Huynh (2012), The Transformation of Ho Chi Minh City: Issues in Managing Growth, Doctor of Design Dissertation at Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Publications

  • Making Mega-Cities in Asia: Tales of Five CitiesRoles of New Town Development in Building Urban Infrastructure in Asian Cities.
  • Du Huynh and Jose Gomez-Ibanez (2017), Vietnam Chapter, The Urban Transport Crisis in Emerging Economies, edited by Dorina Pojani and Dominic Stead, Springer.
  • Du Huynh et al (2016), Urbanization and Improved Economic Performance, Chapter 4 in Vietnam 2035: Toward Prosperity, Creativity, Equity, and Democracy, World Bank and Ministry of Planning and Investment.
  • Du Huynh and Richard Peiser (2015), From Spontaneous to Planned Urban Development and Quality of Life: the Case of Ho Chi Minh City, Applied Research Quality Life, Volume 10, pp.1-21, Published online: 08 December 2015, doi:10.1007/s11482-015-9442-7.
  • Du Huynh (2015), Phu My Hung New Urban Development in Ho Chi Minh City: Only a partial success of a broader landscape, International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment, Volume 4, June 2015, pp. 125-135.
  • Du Huynh (2015), The Misuse of Urban Planning in Ho Chi Minh City, Habitat International, Volume 48, August 2015, pp. 11–19.
  • Du Huynh (2014), The Effects of Clustering on Office Rents: Empirical Evidence from the Rental Office Market in Ho Chi Minh City, Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management, Volume 9, Issue 1, pp. 5-26.
  • Sanghoon Jung, Du Huynh, Peter G. Rowe (2013), The pattern of foreign property investment in Vietnam: The apartment market in Ho Chi Minh City, Habitat International 39, pp. 105-113.
  • Du Huynh (2013), The Treatise on the Market Economy with Socialist Orientation in Vietnam, Thoi Dai Moi Journal, Issue 3, pp. 1-80.
  • Du Huynh (2012), The Transformation of Ho Chi Minh City: Issues in Managing Growth, Doctor of Design Dissertation at Harvard Graduate School of Design.

Academic Conferences & Workshops

  • Quality of Life Conference in Seoul National University in August 2016.

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