
Biograhpy
Dr. Truong Dang Thuy is currently the Academic Advisor, at Vietnam- The Netherlands Program for M.A. in Development Economics, Head of Economics Department at Faculty of Economics, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City. He is also the Senior Researcher/Research Coordinator/ Deputy Director at EfD Vietnam (Environment for Development Initiative).
Dr. Truong Dang Thuy received his PhD in Agricultural and Resource Economics from the University of Alberta, Canada in 2013. His research focused on the economics of environmental impact assessment, choice behaviour, risk and hazard management. His publications include documents published in Resource and Energy Economics, Land Use Policy, Ecological Economics, and ASEAN Economic Bulletin.
Specifically, Dr. Truong Dang Thuy has a research paper published in the journal Environmental and Resource Economics (ERE), one of the most prestigious journals in the field of economic research on natural resources and environment. This study investigates the location selection behavior of Canadian hunters in response to information from game animals suffering from CWD (Chronic Wasting Disease) using Revealed and stated preferences data.
Dr. Truong Dang Thuy is in charge of Econometrics course at VNP, which is a subfield in economics that seeks to measure and statistically estimate the relationship between economic variables. In addition, he is also very enthusiastic in providing academic support to students for completing their dissertations in the role of an Academic Advisor.
- Tham, P. N., Thuy, T. D., Nam, P. K., & Papyrakis, E. (2025). Policy uncertainty, public perception, and the preferences for rooftop solar power systems: A choice experiment study in Vietnam. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 208, 115067.
- del Barrio Alvarez, D., Wang, N., Sugiyama, M., Numata, M., Thuy, T. D., & Aziz, A. A. (2025). Are all renewable energy sources the same? A comparative analysis of public perceptions and preferences for renewable energy types in Southeast Asian cities. Sustainability Science, 20(2), 333–344.
- del Barrio Alvarez, D., Sugiyama, M., Thuy, T. D., & Venkatachalam, A. (2025). Editorial for the special feature: Citizens’ attitudes and preferences for climate change policies and technologies in Southeast and East Asia. Sustainability Science, 20(2), 327–331.
- Pham, N. M. T. D. T. (2025). Balancing affordability and sustainability: Evidence on public perceptions of reasonable electricity bills in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Energy Policy, 198.
- Hawker, L., Neal, J., Savage, J., Kirkpatrick, T., Lord, R., Zylberberg, Y., et al. (2024). Assessing LISFLOOD-FP with the next-generation digital elevation model FABDEM using household survey and remote sensing data in the Central Highlands of Vietnam. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 24(2), 539–566.
- Huynh, T. T., & Truong, D. T. (2024). Disparity in housing affordability: Evidence from a developing city. Cogent Economics & Finance, 12(1).
- Thuy, T. D., Nam, P. K., & Man, P. N. (2024). Heterogeneity in shadow prices of water pollutants: A study of the seafood processing industry in Vietnam. Journal of Cleaner Production, 434, 140290.
- Thuy, T. D. (2024). Public banks and public water in Vietnam: Promises and pitfalls. In Public banks and public water in the Global South (pp. 123–142).
- Nam, P. K., Man, P. N., & Thuy, T. D. (2023). Heterogeneity in shadow prices of water pollutants: A study of the seafood processing industry in Vietnam. EfD Discussion Paper.
- Yu, Y., Yamaguchi, K., Thuy, T. D., & Kittner, N. (2022). Will the public in emerging economies support renewable energy? Evidence from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 169, 112942.
- Do, H. L., & Thuy, T. D. (2022). Productivity response and production risk: A study of mangrove forest effects in aquaculture in the Mekong River Delta. Ecological Economics, 194, 107326.
- del Barrio Alvarez, D., Wang, N., Sugiyama, M., Numata, M., Thuy, T. D., & Ya, A. Z. (2022). A comparative analysis of public preferences towards renewables across Southeast Asian countries. In Proceedings of the 43rd IAEE Conference.
- Thuy, T. D., Tuan, V. Q., & Nam, P. K. (2021). Does the devolution of forest management help conserve mangrove in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam? Land Use Policy, 106, 105440.
- Nguyen, H. T., & Pham, A. T. H. (2021). The effectiveness of macroprudential policy on credit growth at bank-level data in Vietnam. Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business, 8(8), 325–334.
- Thuy, T. D., Nam, P. K., & Whittington, D. (2020). Households’ perceptions of “reasonable” water bills in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Water Economics and Policy, 6(3), 2050006.
- Anh, N. N. Q., Binh, P. T., & Thuy, T. D. (2019). Willingness to pay for agricultural flood insurance in the Mekong River Delta. Environmental Hazards, 18(3), 212–227.
- Nabangchang-Srisawalak, O., Jianjun, J., Indab, A. L., Thuy, T. D., & Harder, D. (2016). Mobilizing resources for marine turtle conservation in Asia: A cross-country perspective. In Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Valuation.
- Thuy, T. D. (2016). The effect of corruption on economic growth in Southeast Asia countries. University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City.
- Thuy, T. D. (2016). Determinants of worker’s productivity in Vietnamese sewing industry. University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City.
- Thuy, T. D. (2015). Mangrove and production risk in aquaculture in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam. University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City.
- Thuy, T. D. (2015). Health insurance and public health care utilization in Vietnam. University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City.
- Jianjun, J., Chong, J., Thuy, T. D., & Lun, L. (2013). Public preferences for cultivated land protection in Wenling City, China: A choice experiment study. Land Use Policy, 30(1), 337–343.
- Jin, J., Indab, A., Nabangchang, O., Thuy, T. D., Harder, D., & Subade, R. F. (2010). Valuing marine turtle conservation: A cross-country study in Asian cities. Ecological Economics, 69(10), 2020–2026.
- Jianjun, J., Subade, R., Nabangchang, O., Thuy, T. D., & Indab, A. L. (2009). Willingness to pay for marine turtle conservation in Asia: A cross-country perspective. EEPSEA Policy Brief.
- Nabangchang, O., Jianjun, J., Indab, A., Thuy, T. D., Harder, D., & Subade, R. F. (2008). Mobilizing resources for marine turtle conservation in Asia: A cross-country perspective. ASEAN Economic Bulletin, 60–69.
- Tuan, T. H., Thuy, T. D., Jianjun, J., Indab, A. L., & Nabangchang, O. (2008). Testing benefit transfer of WTP for marine turtle conservation in Asia. EEPSEA Research Report.
- Thuy, T. D. (2007). Willingness to pay for conservation of the Vietnamese Rhino. EEPSEA.
- Cheesman, J., Son, T. V. H., Thuy, T. D., Vu, V. D. H., & Bennett, J. (2007). Managing groundwater access in the Central Highlands, Vietnam.
- Thuy, T. D. (2006). Willingness to pay for conservation of Vietnamese rhinoceros.