EXPERTISE

International Business Economics

Global Development

EDUCATION

B.A, Foreign Trade University (FTU), Vietnam

M.A in Global Development, University of East Anglia (UEA)

Profile

Phuong Thu joined MDRI as a Research Assistant after completing her MA in Global Development with Distinction at the University of East Anglia, UK. Her dissertation, which examined the joint effects of education and health on wage outcomes in Viet Nam using the Viet Nam Household Living Standards Survey (VHLSS), also received a Distinction. Prior to MDRI, she gained development sector experience through roles at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and as a Research & Advisory Volunteer for the ILO-KORP Youth Initiative for Decent Work and Green Jobs.

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