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Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Hieu
Senior Lecturer in Social Science in Urban Development Academic Coordinator of SUD

Intellectual background

Development Planning (PhD), Urban and Human Settlement Planning (MSc), Urban Engineer and Bachelor of Law

Research interests/Field expertise

  • Urban governance & smart city
  • Integrated planning & implementable strategy
  • Green infrastructure & resilient growth
  • Consensus building & collaborative approach
  • Land value capture & implementing instruments for TOD

Taught Courses

  • Vietnamese Law on Property and Planning
  • Spatial Planning Instruments
  • Development Planning Governance
  • Multi-Disciplinary Module
  • Legal aspects of Water Technology and Management

Grants

  • VGU PSSG grants 2015
  • MOET project on integrated development management towards smart growth in Hochiminh city (2016-2017)
  • Hochiminh city Department of Planning and Architecture – Hochiminh city Service Infrastructure Development (2020-2021)
  • Hochiminh city rural district infrastructure development orientation (2022-2023)

Awards

  • Second Prize (no first prize awarded) for the PI position to compete the Concept for Hochiminh city Revised Master Plan to 2040 vision 2060 (2022)
  • First Prize (key member of the team) to win the Da Lat Congestion Combat Contest (2021).
  • Bronze awards by the Urban Planning and Development Association in 2023 for the Book (co-editor) on TDR – international experiance and possible applications in Vietnam
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