Speaker > Biography
Professor Dr. Nguyen Thien Nhan
Deputy Prime Minister
Minister of Education and Training
The Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Government Employment
Since July 2007 | Deputy Prime Minister |
Since May 2007 | Member of Vietnam's 12th National Assembly |
Since July 2006 | Minister of the Ministry to Education and Training |
1997 – 2002 Member of Vietnam's 10th National Assembly & Member of the National |
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2001 – June 2006 Assembly's Committee on Science, Technology and Environment The First Vice Chairman of The People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City |
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1999 – 2001 Vice Chairman of People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City |
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1997 – 1999 | Director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Science, Technology and Environment |
1988 – 1990 | Attached for Education, Vietnamese Embassy to the German Democratic Republic |
1997 – 2006 | Member of The National Council for Science and Technology Policy (Advisory Board to Prime Minister of Vietnam) |
Teaching and Research Experience
2002 | Full professor in economics, Polytechnic University of Ho Chi Minh City |
1993 to date | The Polytechnic University of Ho Chi Minh City |
1996 | Vice Rector, Associate Professor in Economics |
1995 | Dean, Department of Industrial Management, Instructor in Economics, Investment Appraisal, and Business Strategy |
1995 – 1997 Fulbright Economic Teaching Program, University of Economics, Ho Chi Minh City, Co-Instructor in Macroeconomics, Investment Appraisal and Public Finance |
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1993 – 2005 | 29 Scientific Articles Published in Economic Journals Book “Microeconomics”, 1993 and 2002, Publisher National University of Ho Chi Minh City Book “The Financial-Economic Crisis in Asia 1997-1999”, 2002, Publisher National University of Ho Chi Minh City |
Education
2003 | Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA John F. Kennedy School of Government – Program on Science, Technology and Innovation Policy |
1998 | Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA Harvard Institute for International Development – Program on the Global Financial Crisis and Reforms |
1995 | Harvard University, Massachusetts, USA Harvard Institute for International Development Program on Investment Appraisal and Management University of Oregon, Oregon, USA (Fulbright Scholarship) - Master of Public Administration; Major: Public Finance |
1979 | Magderburg University of Technology, Germany – Doctor in Technological Cybernetics |
1976 | Magderburg University of Technology, Germany – Bachelor of Engineering in Technological Cybernetics |