TRAN Thi Anh-Dao

Born August 14, 1969 in Vientiane (LAOS)

French citizenship
Married, 2 children

Last Updated: 5 May 2013

Office addresses
- Foreign Trade University
Building A, Room 1208
91 Chua Lang, Dong Da, Hanoi (VIETNAM)
Phone: +84 (0)4 32 59 51 58 (ext. 167)
Email : thianh-dao.tran@univ-rouen.fr

- IRD Vietnam, Building 2G, Appt 202

Van Phuc Diplomatic Compound
298 Kim Ma, Ba Dinh, Hanoi (VIETNAM)
Phone: +84 (0)4 37 34 66 56
Email : thianh-dao.tran@ird.fr

Languages
French, English, Vietnamese

1. Work experience
- Research Institutions
Research Affiliate, Centre for Research in Economics Applied to Globalisation (CREAM,
University of Rouen, France)
Oct. 2011-: Seconded to DIAL IRD (French Institute of Research for Development) in Hanoi
(Vietnam)
2006-: Research Associate, Centre for Economics of Paris-North (CEPN, University of Paris 13,
France)
2002-05: Research Associate, Centre for Research in Transition and Development Economics
(ROSES, University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne, France)

- Employment record
Since Oct. 2011: Research Director, Institute of Research for Development (IRD)
Sept. 2006 Sept. 2011: Associate Professor of Economics, University of Rouen
Sept. 1997 Aug. 2006: Associate Professor of Economics, University of Paris 13
Dec. 1995 Dec. 1997: Assistant Professor, University of Paris 13

- Educational background
French Habilitation Diriger des Recherches (supervision of PhD thesis), University of Paris 13
PhD in Economics, University of Paris 13
Post-graduate in International Economics (French DEA), University of Paris 13
Master degree in Monetary and Financial Economics, University Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg 1)
Bachelor in Economics, University Louis Pasteur (Strasbourg 1)
Graduate in Vietnamese Literature and Civilization (French DEUG), University of Paris 7

2. Research activities
- Topics
- Globalization and development
- International integration and strategies of
industrialization

- Regional integration and South-South trade

- Comparative studies in East and Southeast Asia

- Joint scientific projects

Oct. 2011-: IRD Research Project on The impact of economic openness and trade
diversification on the development of informal sector in Vietnam
Foreign partner: Center for International Development (CID, Foreign Trade University, Vietnam)
2010-2012: CPU-IRD Partnership on Research and Training for Development. Coordinator
of the project : Spatial dynamics, risks and public health. An application to HIV/AIDS in
Vietnam
Foreign partner: Institute of Population and Social Studies (IPSS, National Economics University,
Vietnam)
2010-2012: Research project Globalization and distance. On the role of geography in the
dynamics of integration. Grands Rseaux de Recherche (GRR) from the IRSHS
2009-2010: Scientific leader of the research program (French BQR) Globalization, Spatial
dynamics, and Public Health. Application to the Vietnams case study
2006-2009: FSP Project Support to research on the stakes of Vietnams economic and
social transition (French Ministry of Foreign Affairs). French coordinator of the scientific
program Globalization and international integration: Impact on environment and sustainable
development in Vietnam
Foreign partner: Institute of World Economics and politics (IWEP, Vietnam)

- Consultancy and expertise

July 2012: Promoting Inclusive Growth in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, Mekong
Economic Research Network.
Academic advisor for the International Development Research Centre (IDRC, Canada) under the
research proposal Export diversification and formal/informal sectors relationship: An
investigation applied to Vietnam submitted by the Foreign Trade University (Hanoi, Vietnam)
2006-2007: EU-Vietnam Small Projects Facility in Economic Cooperation.
European expert for the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM, Ministry of Planning
and Investment-Vietnam) under the project Vietnams export to the EU : Market access and facilitation
2003-2006: Support to Vietnams integration into international trade, Fonds de Solidarit
Prioritaire (FSP Project) funded by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Economic expert for
ADETEF-Vietnam and the National Committee for International Economic Cooperation (NCIEC,
Vietnam) under the projects:
a) Impact of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement on Vietnam
b) Impact of integration of Vietnamese banking services into global finance
Dec. 2000 Jan. 2001: Euro-TAL ASEAN Support Project.
European expert in a training program for the Lao Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

- International activities and conference organization

Sept. 2009: Participation to the Tam Dao Summer School on Poverty Reduction Strategies:
Cross-country and Methodological Approaches.

-Venue: Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences (VASS, Hanoi, Vietnam)

May 2009: International Conference on Vietnam in the Age of Globalization : Challenges
and opportunities .
-Venue: Faculty of Law, Economics and Management (University of Rouen)
Jan. 2008: Co-organizer with DIAL-IRD of a Round table on The impact of Vietnams WTO
accession on growth and employment.
- Venue: VASS (Hanoi, Vietnam)
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 July 2007: Organizer of a Summer School on Sustainable development in Vietnam along its
international integration.
- Venue: National Economics University (Hanoi, Vietnam)
July 2007: Organizer of a Round table on International integration, trade liberalization and
sustainable development under the FSP Project Support to research on the stakes of
Vietnams economic ad social transition.
- Venue: Institute of World Economics and politics (IWEP-VASS, Vietnam)
Aug. 2005: Organizer of a Summer School on Vietnam and Laos along their dynamics of
international and regional integration.
- Venue: National Economics University (Hanoi, Vietnam), National University of Laos
(Vientiane, Laos)
Aug. 2005: Co-organizer with the ADETEF-Vietnam of a conference on Comparative

Strategies of regional integration: Trade and financial challenges for Vietnam

- Venue: National Committee for International Economic Cooperation (NCIEC, Vietnam)

- Supervision of PhD thesis

1. DIAW D. (PhD defended in Nov. 2010): Emerging economies of Asia and South-South trade: A case
study of Senegal.
Current position: Associate Professor, University of Rennes 2.
2. NGUYEN D.L. (PhD defended in Oct. 2010): Trade liberalization and sustainable development in the
Second-tier NICs of East Asia: Some lessons for Vietnam.
Current position: Research Fellow, Institute of World Economics and Politics, IWEP (VASS,
Hanoi).
3. PHAM T.H.H. (PhD defended in Nov. 2010): Challenges and opportunities of Vietnams WTO
accession: An investigation of the relationship between trade and finance.
Current position: Associate Professor, University of Nantes.
4. HA T.T.D: Development of sustainable tourism: A case study of cultural heritage tourism in the Mekong Delta
(Vietnam). Co-supervised with E. Remy (Professor of Management, University of Rouen) under the
Vietnamese Overseas Scholarship Program (Project 322)

- Other academic positions

Member of the Vietnam Center of Research in Economics, Management and Environment (VCREME),
Director of the Globalization and Development research axis
Member of the Asia network/Eurasiane (the Europe-Asia Network of Research and Expertise)
Member of the Chinese Economics Association United Kingdom (CEA-UK)
Member of the Board of the Doctoral Programme in Economics and Business, Department of
Economics, University Gabriele DAnnunzio (Chieti, Italy)
Member of the Board of the excellence scholarship program from the French Embassy in Hanoi
(Vietnam)
Head of the program committee of the international conferences Vietnam in the Age of
Globalization : Challenges and opportunities (14-15 May 2009, Rouen) and Comparative
Strategies of regional integration: Trade and financial challenges for Vietnam (22-23
August 2005, Hanoi)
Member of the scientific committee of the international conference FDI and the new
economic shape of Asia (13-14 February 2003, Hanoi)
Member and reviewer in PhD Committees: LUONG Thai Bao (University of Paris 13,
Supervisors: C. Le Van and J. Mazier), VU Sy Cuong (University of Paris 1, Supervisor: G.
Duchne), JIRAKIATTIKUL Sopin (University of Montpellier 1, Supervisor: S. Michel), DO Thi
Quynh Trang (University of Paris 12, Supervisor: G. Duchne), NGUYEN Binh Duong
(University of Paris 13, Supervisor: J. Mazier), NGUYEN Van Ha (University of Orlans,
Supervisor: X. Galigue), LE Ho Phong Linh (University of Paris 1, Supervisors: P. Gubry and
T.H. Nguyen).

- Other academic activities

Invited speaker at the 13th Asia Europe Business Forum (AEBF, 3-5 November 2012,
Vientiane, Laos) in conjunction with the 9th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM Summit)
Invited speaker at the 8th international conference held at the Inha University, Recent trends in
international trade, FDI and logistics (20-21 October 2011, Incheon,South Korea)
Invited speaker at the Forum of the Cities "Europe and the emerging countries" (24-26
March 2011, Fuenlabrada, Spain)
Invited speaker at the National Economics University (Hanoi, Vietnam), Hanoi University of
Business and Management (Vietnam), Open University of Ho Chi Minh-City (Vietnam)
Referee reports for the Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, Comparative Economic Studies,
Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, Revue de la Regulation, Revue Economique, Revue
Franaise dEconomie, Economie and Statistiques, Revue Tiers-Monde, Revue dEtudes Comparatives Est-Ouest.

3. Publication record
- Work in progress
- FDI inflows and trade imbalance (with Dinh T.T.B.)
- Foreign market access, firm heterogeneity and export diversification (with Rieber A. and Diaw D.)
- Sources of long-run growth in the Chinese economy: an analysis through the multilateral
balance-of-payments constraint (with Bagnai A. and Rieber A.)

- Conference papers submitted for publication

- International integration and export diversification in Vietnam: A comparative analysis (with
Nguyen B.D.). Vietnam on the road to integration and sustainable development, 4th
International Conference on Vietnamese Studies, VASS (26-28 November 2012, Hanoi, Vietnam)
- Economic growth and balance of payments constraint in Vietnam (with Bagnai A. and Rieber
A.). Economic restructuring in the context of public debt and economic recession:
Sharing experience between Europe and Vietnam, International Workshop, VASS (25-26
April 2012, Hanoi, Vietnam)
- Sub-Saharan Africas growth and South-South trade: A generalised Balance-of-payments
constraint analysis (with Bagnai A. and Rieber A.). Thirlwalls Law and Balance-of-Payments
Constrained Growth, University of Coimbra (24-25 June 2011, Coimbra, Portugal). Under
revision for Cambridge Journal of Economics.

- Publications
Articles in refereed journals
[1] Performance lexportation et commerce Sud-Sud : une analyse sectorielle applique
lAfrique Sub-Saharienne (avec Rieber A. et Diaw D.), Revue Economique, forthcoming.
[2] International demand spillovers in South-South exports: Application to Sub-Saharan Africa
and the Developing Asia (with Rieber A. and Diaw D.), Journal of Economic Integration, 27(3),
2012, p. 410-436.
[3] Sub-regional integration initiatives in East Asia and their implication for Vietnam (with
Nguyen B.D.), Journal of Social and Policy Sciences, 1(1), Dec. 2010, p. 37-64.
[4] Vietnams export performance in the face of Chinas competitive challenge, Comparative
Economic Studies, 52(2), Sept. 2010, p. 405-427.
[5] The effects of unilateral environmental regulations in a world with capital mobility and trading
costs (with Rieber A.), Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics, 16(3), 2009, p. 317-338.
[6] Intgration rgionale et dveloppement conomique : Le cas du Sngal dans lUEMOA
(with Diaw D.), Revue Tiers-Monde, 199(3), July-Sept. 2009, p. 627-646.
[7] Dumping environnemental et dlocalisation des activits industrielles : le Sud face la
mondialisation (with Rieber A.), Revue dEconomie du Dveloppement, 2, June 2008, p. 5-35.
[8] Transition et ouverture conomique au Vietnam: une diffrenciation sectorielle (with Cao
X.D.), International Economics/Economie Internationale, 104, 4th Quarter 2005, p. 27-43.
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[9] Gestion du secteur ptrolier et dveloppement institutionnel. Le cas du Vietnam (with Cao
X.D.), Revue dEtudes Comparatives Est-Ouest, 34(4), 2004, p. 77-95.
[10]
Catching-up process and location of industrial activity in East Asia. A model (with
Rieber A.), Journal of Economics and Development, vol. 14, June 2004, p. 22-27.
[11] Intgration rgionale Sud-Sud et rpartition intra-zone des activits (with Rieber A.), Revue
Economique, 55(1), Jan. 2004, p. 41-64.
[12] Technology diffusion, North-South spillovers and industrial location (with Rieber A.),
Journal of Economic Development, 27(1), June 2002, p. 25-39.
[13] Stratgies de politique commerciale pour une sortie de la trappe de sous-dveloppement
(with Rieber A.), Revue Economique, 53(2), March 2002, p. 223-243.
[14] Stratgie de promotion des exportations et ajustement macro-conomique : quelles marges
de manoeuvre ? , International Economics/Economie Internationale, n86, 2nd Quarter 2001, p. 3-25.
[15] Diffusion technologique internationale et politiques de dveloppement (with Rieber A.),
Rgion et Dveloppement, n13, 2001, p. 47-64.
[16] Libralisation commerciale et industrialisation en Asie du Sud-Est : implications pour le
Vietnam , Revue Tiers-Monde, tome XL, 158, April-June 1999, p. 397-420.
[17] Stabilization and growth in transition economies: the case of Vietnam , Economic Systems,
22(3), 1998, p. 310-316.
[18] Regional decentralization and transition. A comparison between China andVietnam , Mondes
en Dveloppement, Tome 25, 99, 1998, p. 27-39.
Other publications
[19] Limpact de la transition sur les prix et lemploi (with Le Van C., Mazier J. and SandZantman A.), Ouverture Economique, n2, 1998.
[20] Stratgie d'industrialisation et politique commerciale en Asie du Sud-Est (in Vietnamese),
Thoi Dai, n2, 1998.
Chapters in edited books
[21] Foreign Direct Investment in Vietnam: An Overview (with Dinh T.T.B.). In D.A. Dyker
(ed.), The Eurasian and Pacific Rim economies, Imperial College Press, forthcoming.
[22] Performances lexportation de lAfrique Sub-Saharienne et de lAsie en Dveloppement
(with Rieber A. and Diaw D.). In Grardin H., Bourguain A. et Brot J. (eds.), Crises et
soutenabilit du dveloppement , Editions Karthala, forthcoming.
[23] Les dynamiques du commerce Sud-Sud: une analyse applique lAfrique Sub-Saharienne
(with Rieber A. and Diaw D.). In Mathieu L. et Nubukpo K. (eds), Dynamiques de croissance au sein
de la zone UEMOA, Economica, forthcoming.
[24] Generalized BoP constrained growth and South-South trade in Sub-Saharan Africa (with
Bagnai A. and Rieber A.), in Soukiazis E. and Cerqueira P.A. (eds.), Models of Balance of Payments
Constrained Growth. History, Theory and Empirical Evidence, Palgrave MacMillan, 2012, p. 113-143.
[25] Regional Integration and South-South Trade Expansion: The Case of Senegal in WAEMU
(with Diaw D.), in P. Goulart, M. Murshed and L. Serino (eds.), South-South Globalization.
Challenges and Opportunities for Development, Routledge, 2011, p. 321-342.
[26] Globalization, North-South industrial location and environmental competition (with Rieber
A.), in Z. Wu (ed.), Financial Sector Reform and the International Integration of China, Routledge, April
2009, p. 243-262.
[27] Vietnams export to the EU: an overview and assessment using CMS-based approach, in G.
Tondl (ed.), The EU and Emerging Markets, Publication Series of ECSA-Austria (European
Community Studies Association), Springer, 2009, p. 235-263.
[28] Dumping environnemental et dlocalisation des activits industrielles: le Sud face la
mondialisation (with Rieber A.), in Bedrani S. and Grolleau G. (eds), Actes des Premires journes
scientifiques de lconomie de lenvironnement : les stratgies des acteurs, INA and CREAD, Alger, 2007,
Tome I, p. 27-60.
[29] Insertion internationale et intgration rgionale : le Vietnam doit-il craindre la concurrence
chinoise ? (with Nguyen B.D.), in F. Hay and Y. Shi (eds.), La Chine : forces et faiblesses d'une
conomie en expansion, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2006, p. 297-323.

[30] Catching-up process, South-South integration and location of industrial activity (with
Rieber A.), in J. Bradley, G. Pandrakos and I. Traistaru (eds.), Integration, growth and cohesion in an
enlarged European Union, Springer, 2005, p. 131-150.
[31] Intra-Asian trade and its role in amplification of the economic crisis, in V. Houben and M.
Grossheim (eds.), Vietnam, regional integration and the Asian financial crisis, Department of Southeast
Asian Studies, Passau University, 2001, p. 131-161.
[32] A dual medium run macromodel for a development and transition economy : an application
to the Vietnams case (avec A. Sand-Zantman, J.L. Brillet, C. Le Van et J. Mazier), in W. Welfe
and P. Wdowinski (eds.), Modelling economies in transition, Proceedings of the Fourth International
Conference of the Association of Modelling and Forecast Economies in Transition (AMFET),
Lodz, 2000, p. 102-131.
[33] Aspects rels de la crise en Asie de lEst , in Le Van C. and J. Mazier (eds.), La crise asiatique
et lconomie Vietnamienne, L'Harmattan, Paris, 1999, p. 59-94.
[34] Stabilization and growth in transition economies: the case of Vietnam, in W. Andreff, L.
Csaba and M. Dimitrov ( eds.), Economies in transition and the variety of capitalisms : features, changes,
convergence, European Association for Comparative Economic Studies, Gorex Press, Sofia, 1999,
p. 173-192.
[35] Transition et quilibre pargne-investissement. Une comparaison Chine-Vietnam , in Le
Van C. and J. Mazier (eds.), L'economie Vietnamienne en transition. Les facteurs de la russite,
L'Harmattan, Paris, 1998, p. 75-107.
[36] L'conomie Vietnamienne de 1976 1994 (with Le Van C. and Tran H.H.), in Le Van C.
and J. Mazier (eds.), op. cit., p. 19-54.
[37] Transition et ouverture sur lextrieur: les enseignements de quelques modles (with Le
Van C., J. Mazier and A. Sand-Zantman), in AUPELF-UREF, Dveloppement et transition vers
lconomie de march, Editions de lAgence Universitaire de la Francophonie, Montral, 1998, p.
207-232.
Proceedings of International Conferences
[38] Export performance and South-South trade: A sector-level analysis applied to Sub-Saharan
Africa (with Diaw D. and Rieber A.). DIAL Development Conference Shocks in
Developing Countries (30 June and 1 July 2011, Paris).
[39] Panel causal relationship between FDI and exports. Evidence from sectoral analysis of
Vietnam (avec Pham T.H.H.). Korea and the World Economy VIII, Association of the
Korean Economic Studies (9-10 juillet 2009, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong).
[40] WTO Accession and Benefits from Foreign Direct Investment: The case of Vietnam (avec
Brillet J.L.). Le Vietnam dans la mondialisation : Dfis et opportunits (14-15 mai 2009,
Universit de Rouen) dans le cadre du projet FSP Appui la recherche sur les enjeux de la
transition conomique et sociale du Vietnam financ par le Ministre des Affaires Etrangres.
[41] Trade liberalization, land reallocation and household welfare : A dynamic CGE model
applied to Vietnam (avec Briand A., Decaluw B. et Nguyen D.L.). Le Vietnam dans la
mondialisation : Dfis et opportunits , Op.Cit.
[42] Comparaison des politiques de stabilisation au Vietnam et dans les pays de lEst . Journes
Scientifiques du Rseau Analyse Economique et Dveloppement, AUPELF-UREF,
Dveloppement et transition vers lconomie de march (5-6 December 1996, Hanoi,
Vietnam).

4. Conferences, seminars and workshops (since 2007)

- in France
Vietnam in the Age of Globalization : Challenges and opportunities, First international

conference of the Globalization and Development Research Network (Rouen, 14-15 May 2009)
Crises et soutenabilit du dveloppement , XXVI Journes de l'Association Tiers-Monde,
BETA-University of Strasbourg, (Strasbourg , 2-4 June 2010)
Shocks in Developing Countries, DIAL Development Conference, University of ParisDauphine (Paris, 30 June-1 July 2011)
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- International
"Integrating China into the World Economy", 18th Annual Conference of the Chinese

Economics Association, CEA-UK (Nottingham, United Kingdom, 16-17 April 2007)

The EU and Emerging markets: Trade and Investment Relations with Latin America,
East Asia and Transition Countries, European Community Studies Association (Vienna,
Austria, 8-9 June 2007)
Sustaining growth? Economic transition and natural resource management in East and
Southeast Asia, International Seminar, Asia-Link RECREATE Project (Hochiminh-City,
Vietnam, 21-22 June 2007)
Business, environment, international competitiveness and sustainable development of
the Asia-Pacific economies, Monash University (Malaysia, 3-4 December 2007)
China's Three Decades of Economic Reform (1978-2008), 19th Annual Conference of the
Chinese Economics Association, CEA-UK (Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1-2 April 2008)
Globalization, Trade and Economic Growth, DEST International Workshop, University
Gabriele D'Annunzio (Pescara, Italy, 11 April 2008)
"Current Trends in Developments Studies", 6th Development Dialogue, Institute of Social
Studies (The Hague, Netherlands, 5-6 June 2008)
Small Open Economies in a Globalized World, 2nd International Conference, Wilfrid
Laurier University (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, 12-15 June 2008)
The 2009 APJAE Symposium on Trade, Environment and Resources (City University of
Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 18-20 May 2009)
Korea and the World Economy, VIII, The Association of Korea Economic Studies (Hong
Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong, 9-10 July 2009)
Vietnam and East Asian countries facing the world crisis, Foreign Trade University (15
December 2009, Hanoi, Vietnam)
Global economic crisis: issues, lessons and roads to recovery, National Economics
University (16-17 December 2009, Hanoi, Vietnam)
International Workshop on Thirlwalls Law and Balance-of-Payments Constrained
Growth (24-25 June 2011, University of Coimbra, Portugal)
Growth Dynamics within the West African Economic and Monetary Union,
International Conference UEMOA-WAEMU (Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, 12-13 July 2011)
Recent trends in international trade, FDI and logistics, 8th International Conference, Inha
University (Incheon, Republic of Korea, 20-21 October 2011)
Economic restructuring in the context of public debt and economic recession: Sharing
experience between Europe and Vietnam, VASS (25-26 April 2012, Hanoi, Vietnam)
Vietnam on the road to integration and sustainable development, 4th International
Conference on Vietnamese Studies, VASS (26-28 November 2012, Hanoi, Vietnam)

5. Teaching experience
Courses taught in France
- International trade and competitiveness, L2, Licence Economic and Social Administration.
- International economic relations, L2, Licence Economic and Social Administration.
- Macroeconomics, L2, Licence Economics and Management.
- Microeconomics, L3, Licence Economics and Management.
- Globalization and governance, L3, Licence Economics and Management.
- Development economics, L3, Licence Economics and Management.
- Economics of emerging countries, M2, Master Applied Economics.
- Invited speaker at the College of Engineering in Agriculture (ESITPA-Rouen)
- Sept 2006 Jul 2008: Economics of Asia, M1, Special field Trade with emerging countries,
Professional Master International Affairs (University of Le Havre).
- Sept 2003 Jul 2006: Economics and institutions of emerging countries: the East Asia, M2,
Professional Master Economic Expertise and Management of International Projects (University of Paris 12).
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 Courses taught abroad

- Since Dec. 2011: The EU and its trade relations with regional blocs in Asia, Professional Master
Economic Relations Euro-Asia, University of Rennes 2 (FTU, Hanoi-Vietnam)
- 2011-2012 : Macroeconomics, VCREME Pre-Master Program, Water Resources University
(Hanoi-Vietnam)
- Jan. 2008 : Lecture in the Ple Universitaire Franais (PUF), National University of Hanoi (Vietnam)