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A. Personal information

First Name: Nhan
Middle Name: Thanh
Last Name: NGUYEN
Nationality: Vietnamese
Engineer, Ph.D researcher
Postal Address: CNRS/CIRED laboratory, Campus du Jardin Tropical
45 bis, av. de la Belle Gabrielle, 94736 Nogent sur Marne CEDEX, FRANCE
Tel: +33 1 43 94 73 65 (O); +33 1 46 66 74 33 (H)
Cell phone: +33 6 17 71 26 18
Email: nhan@centre-cired.fr or nhanait@yahoo.com
Homepage: http://my.opera.com/thanhnhan.nguyen/

B. Academic Qualifications

- Bachelor of Engineering: Electronic & Electrical Engineering , HCM city University of Technology, Vietnam, graduated in 1997.

- Master of Engineering: Energy Economics and Planning, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand, graduated in 2002.

- Bachelor of Industry Management: HCM city University of Technology, 1999-2000 (*)
(*) I have completed two academic semesters (one year) for the Bachelor degree in Industry Management at Ho Chi Minh University of Technology, Vietnam. But I stopped this program for a post-graduate study in Thailand.

- Bachelor of Law: HCM city University of Law, 2005-2007 (**)
(**) I have completed five academic semesters (2.5 years) for the Bachelor degree in Law at Ho Chi Minh University of Law, Vietnam. But I stopped this program for a PhD study in France.

C. Language Proficiency

Mother Tongue: Vietnamese
Other language: English (fluent), French (basic and still learning)

D. Achievements

1. Scholarship of human resource development program from Electricity of Vietnam awarded for a Master degree in Energy Economics and Planning at Asian Institute of Technology, January 2001.

2. AIT fellowship for the project Energy, Environment and Climate (phase III) in Power & Transport Sectors in Selected Asian Countries (ARRPEEC III) funded by SIDA, October 2002- December 2003.

3. Research fellowship offered by the Institute of Energy of Vietnam for the ARRPEEC III funded by SIDA, 2004-2005.

4. CNRS research grant for a Ph.D program at CIRED/CNRS-EHESS, France since October 2007.

5. Full scholarship for attending the 5th International Academy Summer School “Energy and the Environment” held on 21 July-2 August in Greifswald, Germany.

6. Full scholarship for attending the 2008 Summer School “Carbon Capture and Storage” held on 24-30 August in Vancouver Island, Canada.

7. Invitation grant support for attending the 15th United Nations Climate Change Conference to be held on 7-18 December 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark as the best student paper award offered by the 5th International Academy.

8. One-year-research grant awarded for the year 2010 by the Chaire CTSC at l'Ecole des Mines de Paris (France) for the research paper that estimates the potential of Carbon Capture and Storage in Vietnam.

My work

E. Papers

E1. Working papers (downloadable papers available at http://thanhnhan.nguyen.free.fr/)

1. Nguyen Thanh Nhan, 2002.”Electricity Generation Expansion Planning Considering Uncertainty, Financial Decisions and CO2 Emission Mitigation Targets. A Case Study of Vietnam.” Master degree thesis.

2. Institute of Energy, 2004, Implications of Carbon & Energy Taxes as Instruments for GHG Reduction in the Power Sector in Vietnam. Research Project Report submitted to ARRPEEC III.

3. Institute of Energy, 2004, Identification and Ranking of Barriers to Adoption of Clean and Energy Efficient Technologies in the Power Sector in Vietnam. Research Project Report submitted to ARRPEEC III.

4. Institute of Energy, 2004.”Identification of Barriers and Policy and Measures (PAMs) for the Adoption of Clean and Energy Efficient Technologies.” Research Project Report submitted to ARRPEEC III.

5. Ram M. Shrestha, NGUYEN Thanh Nhan and Pham Khanh Toan, 2004. “The Role of Renewable Energy Technologies in the Power Sector under Environmental Emission Reduction Targets. A Case Study of Vietnam”. Research working paper at Energy Program, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.

6. Ram M. Shrestha and NGUYEN Thanh Nhan, 2003. “The Integration of Distribution Power Generation (DPG) and Externality Costs into the Long Term Power Development Planning Model.” Modeling development for ARRPEEC II & ARRPEEC III.

7. Nguyen Thanh Nhan, 2004.”The Integration of CO2 Emission Credits in Long Term Power Development Planning Model.” (Modeling development for ARRPEEC III).

8. Nguyen Thanh Nhan, 2004. “A Quantitative & Comparative Analysis of the Effects of Carbon Tax and CO2 Emission Credit on the Long Term Power Development Planning. A Case Study of Vietnam.” Research fellowship report to ARRPEEC III.

9. Ram M. Shrestha and NGUYEN Thanh Nhan, 2003. “The User Manual of the Integrated Resources Planning Model.” Energy Program, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.

10. Nguyen Thanh Nhan, 2005. “Strategies for Promotion of Energy Efficient and Cleaner Technologies in the Power Sector.” Country Report, presented in the National Conference held on 29 July 2005 in Ha Noi, Vietnam.

11. Nhan T. Nguyen and Minh Ha-Duong, 2009. “The Clean Development Mechanism in Vietnam: potential and limitations.”

12. Nhan T. Nguyen and Minh Ha-Duong, 2009. ”The potential for mitigation of CO2 emissions in Vietnam’s power sector.” The manuscript was submitted to The Energy Journal.

E2. Conference papers

1. Nguyen Thanh Nhan and Minh Ha-Duong, 2008. “Economic Potential of Renewable energy in Vietnam’s power sector.” Oral communication to the 31st IAEE International Conference, June 18-20, 2008 in Istanbul, Turkey and to the 16th EAERE Annual Conference, 25-28 June 2008 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

2. Nguyen Thanh Nhan and Minh Ha-Duong, 2008. “CO2 emission mitigation potential in Vietnam’s power sector.” presented in the International Energy Workshop, 30 June – 3 July 2008 in Paris, France. Invited chapter in the Proceedings of the 5th International Summer Academy “Energy and the Environment” in Greifswald, Germany; presented in the Asian IAEE Conference, 5 – 7 November 2008 in Perth, Australia, and the International Conference on "Sustainable Development : Demographic, Energy and Inter-generational Aspects, 28 – 29 November 2008 in Strasbourg, France.

3. Nhan T. Nguyen, Minh Ha-Duong, Thanh C. Tran, Ram M. Shrestha, Franck Nadaud, 2009. “Barriers to the adoption of cleaner and energy efficient technologies in Vietnam”. Paper accepted to present at the 2009 International Energy Workshop, 17-19 June in Venice, Italy, and accepted to present at the 10th IAEE European Conference, 7-10 Sep 2009 in Vienna, Austria, and accepted to present at the fourth GMSARN International Conference 2009 “Energy Security and Climate Change: Problems & Issues in GMS" to be held from 25-27 November 2009 at Ha Long Bay, Vietnam.

4. Nhan T. Nguyen, Minh Ha-Duong, Michael Rodi, Michael Mehling, Thanh C. Tran, Ram M. Shrestha, 2009. “Environmental taxes and policies in Vietnam: Carbon vs. energy tax and electricity sector development”. Paper accepted to present at the Annual Global Conference on Environmental Taxation, 23-25 September, 2009 in Lisboa, Portugal.

5. Nhan T. Nguyen and Minh Ha-Duong, 2009. “The Clean Development Mechanism in Vietnam: potential and limitations.” Paper accepted to present at the fourth GMSARN International Conference 2009 “Energy Security and Climate Change: Problems & Issues in GMS" to be held from 25-27 November 2009 at Ha Long Bay, Vietnam.

E3. Articles in peer-reviewed journals

1. Nhan T. Nguyen and Minh Ha-Duong (2009). “Economic Potential of Renewable energy in Vietnam’s power sector.” Energy Policy 37, 1601-1613.

2. Nhan T. Nguyen and Minh Ha-Duong, 2008. “CO2 emission mitigation potential in Vietnam’s power sector.” The best student paper award of the 5th International Academy, to be published through Lexxion Verlag, Berlin.