Truc Nguyen

Research Manager, Center for Vietnamese and Southeast Asian Studies - University of Social Sciences and Humanities Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Responsible for developing and submitting competitive proposals to funding agencies, including national grants and cross-border research programs, and co-leads studies on urban displacement and livelihood transitions, with the aim of identifying mechanisms which enable low-income groups to better access the City's resources and opportunities. As a planning officer in Ho Chi Minh City, was in charge of coordinating the District's infrastructure development involving consultation with homeowners and devising and implementing a number of projects dedicated to green spaces and neighborhood revitalization.

Holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture, University of Architecture Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Bachelor's in Business Management, University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; and Master of Science in Sustainable Urban Management, Heriot-Watt University, United Kingdom.

At MIT, aims to deepen understanding of U.S. tenant-based housing programs - both underlying theories and know-how techniques - in order to construct policy interventions that will effectively tackle the affordable crisis prevailing in Vietnamese megacities.

Funded by the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs under the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program.