Photos Over the Years
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Receiving Associate Professor of Economics title at NEU, 26 Dec. 2012 Receiving Certificate for an Associate Professorship, 24 Dec. 2012 at Van Mieu Presentation as a visiting scholar at School of Social Sciences, SMU, Singapore, Nov. 2012
Presentation on aging and social protection
Int'l Conf. on Aging, Kuala Lumpur, July 2012
Keynote speech on aging and care
HAI Reg. Conf. (Yangon, Burma), May 2012
VNAS (Vietnam National Aging Survey) Official Dissemination (Hanoi), May 2012
'Social Protection Needs for the Poor and Vulnerable Elderly in Indonesia'
Jakarta 3 April 2012
'National Transfer Account Conference'
Belo Horizonte (Brazil), Nov. 2011
VTV1 on Policy Dialogue on Population and Development, 23 Nov. 2011
HAI Course on Social Transfer Programs
Chiangmai 26 October 2011
PECC Workshop on Social Resilience in Asia
Tokyo 12 July 2011
VTV9 on Aging and Policy Responses,
HCMC 27 May 2011
VTV1 'Hội nhập' (Integration) Program,
18 May 2011 at 22h30
Presentation at Vietnam National Committee of Ageing (VNCA) Meeting, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung, Hanoi 17 May 2011 UNFPA Media Session on Aging and Policy Responses,
Hanoi 12 May 2011
Fredskorpset Grant for Exchange Programs Meeting,
Manila, 18-21 Mar. 2011
Exchange Worshop at the Department of Social Welfare and Development of the Philippines, Manila, 17 Mar. 2011 Regional Worshop on Social Pensions in Asia
Manila, 24-25 Feb. 2011
Presentations at Development Strategy Institute (DSI) of MPI on demographic bonus and aging in Vietnam. VTV4 on economic growth prospect in 2011. Video Concluding Seminar for the ADB Research Project on Asian Pension Reform Directions, Seoul, Nov.2010
Lecturing at HelpAge International course,
Chiangmai, Thailand, Oct.2010
VTV1 on aging and pension policies, Hanoi, Oct. 2010. Video The 12th Meeting of the East Asian Economic Association (EAEA) in Seoul, 2-3 Oct. 2010
BBC Vietnamese on Pension Reforms, Hanoi, Sep. 2010 The 6th National Meeting of the Vietnam Public Health Association (VPHA), Nha Trang, 9-10 Sep.2010 VTV3 Program on the Int't Day for the Old-aged,
Sep 2010
World Demographic & Aging Forum (WDA),
St. Gallen, Switzerland, 25-28 Aug. 2010
Training course on 'National Trasfer Account - NTA' at East-West Center, Univ. of Hawai'i, 9-19 June 2010 VDF Annual Conference 2010
'Avoiding Middle-Income Trap for Vietnam', 18 March 2010
Second Meeting on Social Protection in East Asia,
an ERIA Project 2009-2010, Feb. 2010
Int'l Conference on Contemporary Public Policy Issues in Asia, Hitotsubashi Uni., Tokyo, Feb. 2010 GDN Grant Competition 2010, Prague,
Jan. 2010
WB-ILSSA Project Meeting for Social Insurance and Wage Policy in Hai Duong City, Dec. 2009 First Meeting on Social Protection in East Asia,
an ERIA Project 2009-2010, December 2009
OECD-World Bank Pension Expert Fourth Meeting
Seoul, Nov. 2009
VTV2 - Demographic Bonus in Vietnam,
October 17, 2009
MoF's Policy Advisory Group (PAG) Meeting on Social Protection Challenges & Reforms, Sep.2009 'Quality of Growth', New Delhi,
Sep. 2009
Hitotsubashi Univ. as a Visiting Fellow of Fukino Project,
June 2009
ISEAS Seminar of Ageing and Gender, Singapore,
Feb. 2009
The 11th Meeting of the East Asian Economic Association (EAEA) in Manila, Nov. 2008
VDF-CDEPP Symposium on Social Security in Vietnam,
Sep.2008 at NEU
GRIPS Graduation Ceremony,
September 2008
Conference of the International Association for Research on Income and Wealth (IARIW), Portoroz, Slovenia, August 2008
VDF-Tokyo Fourth Conference at GRIPS, Tokyo PhD dissertation defence at GRIPS on 13Aug2008 Nagoya, Japan,  July 2008
Seoul, Korea for
OECD-World Bank Pension Expert 3rd Meeting, June 2008
Oxford Institute of Ageing (OIA) Course, April 2008 Japan Science Society's Award for Commendation via Sasakawa Research Grant, April 2008
DEA Symposium 2008 at Seikei University,
Tokyo, Feb. 2008
Workshop on 'Costing a Social Pension Scheme in Vietnam' at ILSSA, MoLISA, Feb. 2008 2008 New Year at Tokyo Daibutsu,  Tokyo
2008 New Year at Tokyo Dome,  Tokyo 2008 First Day at Imperial Palace, Tokyo 2008 New Year Eve at Meiji Shrine, Tokyo
Japan Economic Policy Association (JEPA) 2007
at Hosei University, Tokyo
Nov. 2007
Red leaves at Takaosan, Tokyo,
Nov. 2007
Seoul, Korea for
OECD-World Bank Pension Expert Second Meeting
Nov. 2007
At IISAS, Austria as a Visiting Fellow,
under Sasakawa Research Grant, November 2007
Food Festival at Odaiba, Tokyo,
October 2007
VDF-Tokyo Third Conference at GRIPS, Tokyo
August 2007
APPP Second Virtual Alumni Meeting, Tokyo,
June 07
Receiving Sasakawa Research Grant 2007,
April 2007
Men's soccer - Japan vs. Vietnam,
April 2007
Hongkong for Global Conference
on Pension Fund Investments, March 2007
'Hanami' at Rikugoen, Tokyo,
March 2007
Workshop to introduce my first co-edited book on technical efficiency and productivity, NEU, March 2007
Tokyo Tower, 2006 Christmas VJSE2006, Kobe, Japan, November 2006 Ueno Dobutsu Koen, Tokyo, June 2006
Yokohama, Japan, May 2006 'Hanami' at Yasukuni Shrine, Tokyo, April 2006 'Hanami' at Ueno Park, Tokyo, March 2006
2006 New Year Eve at Meiji Shrine, Tokyo, Dec. 2005 APPP Vietnam Reunion, March 2004 Oxford Institute of Ageing (OIA),
the University of Oxford as a Visiting Research Fellow
April-July 2005
Thailand for TDRI Conference, November 2004 Kyoto, Vietnam-Japan Scientific Exchange (VJSE) 2004, November 2004 Tour Eiffel (Eiffel Tower), Paris, June 2004
Brugge, Belgium, June 2004 Hannover, Germany, May 2004 The Institute of Social Studies (ISS)
the Nethelands, April-July 2004