9 June 2023
Professor Thanh-Long Giang – Keynote speaker for VEAM 2023
We are honored to announce Professor Thanh-Long Giang as one of our keynote speakers for the 14th Vietnam Economist Annual Meeting (VEAM 2023).
About Professor Thanh-Long Giang
THANH-LONG GIANG is currently a full-time Professor of Economics at the National Economics University. He is also a Senior Researcher at Institute of Social and Medical Studies (ISMS); an Affiliate Research Fellow of Oxford Institute of Population Ageing at the University of Oxford (UK); and an Affiliate Senior Researcher at Menzies Institute of Medical Research at the University of Tasmania (Australia).
Prof. Long’s research interests include the labor economics and social insurance. His research outcomes have been published widely, including Asian Economic Journal; Asia Pacific Economic Literature; Development and Change; International Social Science Journal; and Social Science and Medicine.
His policy discussions have been broadcasted widely on various TV channels in Vietnam as well as newspapers and social media.
Prof. Long was a member of the drafting team for the Vietnam’s Social Protection Strategy 2011-2020; a key member of taskforce and research group for reforming social assistance system in Vietnam 2017-2021 and social insurance reforms in 2017-2025 with a vision to 2050, both were under Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA).
He earned a MA degree in public policy from Hitotsubashi University, Japan; a PhD degree in public policy from National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan.