Võ Hồng Đức - VNP | Chương Trình Việt Nam - Hà Lan

Duc Hong Vo is a Professor of Applied Economics and Finance. He has been working at the Australian Energy Regulator in Melbourne from 2017. He had been working at the Economic Regulation Authority, Perth, Australia from 2008 to 2016 as the Head, responsible for Research and Modelling Branch. Duc has been appointed as an advisor for the Financial Markets and Services Research Centre at Edith Cowan University, Australia. He is currently the Head and Executive Director of the Business, Economics & Resources Research Center, Ho Chi Minh City Open University. Prof. Vo is the Chairman of the “Live for A Reason: Supporting Disadvantaged Kids to Schools” Foundation and the Chief Executive Officer for the AMV’s Expert Advisory and Consulting Firm in Australia.

Duc has more than 20 years of teaching experience in Australia and Vietnam for various universities such as the University of Western Australia; Curtin University; Edith Cowan University; University of Queensland; HCMC Open University; Economic University HCMC; HCMC Banking University; Western Sydney University; Quebec University as well as the Vietnam-the Netherlands Economic Program. Units taught include Merger & Acquisition; Funds Management; Valuation & Value Creation; Financial Analysis and Modelling; Project Appraisal; International Finance; Managerial Finance; Advanced Corporate Finance; Financial Risk Management; Portfolio Management; Derivatives: Markets and Products; Microeconomics; Macroeconomics; Mathematical Economics and Quantitative Methods for Business and Economics.

In terms of research, Duc and his team has attracted more than VND 6 billion (equivalent to approximately AU$350,000) over the last 6 years. He has published more than 100 papers in both international and national academic journals. Findings from his research have been published in over 60 articles in high quality international journals, which are indexed by Web of Science’s ISI and/or Elsevier’s Scopus such as The Journal of Economic Surveys; Applied Economics; Entropy; Journal of Intellectual Capital; North American Journal of Economics and Finance;; Sustainability; Energies; Economic Systems; The Journal of Asian Economics; Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy; Applied Economics Letters; Annals of Financial Economics; Journal of Risk and Financial Management; Emerging Markets Finance and Trade; Economic Papers and many others. Duc has presented, including as the keynote speaker, at conferences in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, Spain, China and Vietnam.

Duc’s current research interest covers a range of topics from corporate finance, international finance and public finance, including cost of capital; market and credit risks; fiscal federalism; energy; financial integration and inequality. He has also acted as a reviewer for various international journals including top field journal, Journal of Econometrics as well as Vietnamese journals.

Dr Duc Vo was awarded a Doctor of Philosophy in Economics in 2008 by the University of Western Australia (UWA). Duc’s PhD study was sponsored by the Australian Government’s prestigious scholarship (the International Postgraduate Research Scholarship) and the UWA’s Postgraduate Awards. Duc was also a recipient of the UQ-VNU scholarship to complete his Master studies at the University of Queensland (UQ), Australia.

Research interests: International Finance, Corporate and Investment Finance, Corporate Governance, Fiscal Decentralisation and Economic Growth