Nguyen Hong Quan
Biography
Dr. NGUYEN Hong Quan is currently an associate professor at the Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh city (VNU-HCM). He is leading a newly established Institute for Circular Economy Development (ICED) and also affiliated with socio-hydrology group at center of Water management and Climate Change (WACC), Institute for Environment and Resources (IER), VNU-HCM. He has a special interest in solving environmental related issues based on inter/trans-disciplinary study and by a strong partnership among academia-industry-government. He has been working in environmental hydrology (e.g. saline intrusion, flood/drought, water pollution) in Vietnam over the past 20 years and expanded his expertise in other disciplines e.g. climate change adaptation/mitigation, circular economy, socio-ecological system, innovation, entrepreneur university, sustainability science. Dr. Nguyen has been leading and participating in number of projects (international, national, ministerial, provincial levels) with total funding of about 1,500,000 US Dollars. He has published actively at various (inter-)national journals, conferences/workshops including (co-) authored about 100 ISI/Scopus indexed articles (70 % in Q1, Q2 and top-tier ones e.g. Nature, Sustainable development, Sustainable Cities and Society, Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Cleaner Production). He currently serves as member of Editorial board of Circular Economy and Sustainability (Springer) and Frontier – Sustainability, section Circular Economy. He is also a advisory Committee member of the Global Circularity Protocol, a new global initiative spearheaded by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), in collaboration with The One Planet network (OPN) hosted by the Nations Environment Programme United (UNEP).
He conducted his post-doc research at IHE – Delft, the Netherlands. He received his doctorate degree at the Institute for Hydraulics and Water Resources Research, Braunschweig University, Germany. In addition, he also completed the Master program on Public Policy at the Fulbright University Vietnam.
The fifth session aims to highlight and promote green economy practices in Vietnam by showcasing the benefits of resource-efficient and cleaner production in the transition to a circular economy. Additionally, the session's objectives will provide an opportunity to discuss and share experiences, tools, and programs on greening in the local region.
This session will focus on the transition to a circular economy (CE) in Vietnam, which the Vietnam government already supports. Here, participants will receive an overview of Circular Economy mapping in Vietnam and familiarise themselves with priority practices for waste management, the carbon credit market, and green consumption behavior. As part of the session, the discussion will also include the affecting of fund management companies in Vietnam towards a green transition economy via promoting eco-tourism and stimulating the greening of production through consumer awareness-raising
