TRINH THI CHUNG

Macroeconomics, Fiscal Policy, Applied Econometrics (Time Series, Structural Estimation)

Education and career:

MA. PhD in Policy Analysis (Macroeconomics), National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan, MEXT scholar, 2024-Present. Passed the Qualifying Exams.

MA. International Development (Major: Economics Development Policy and Management), GSID, Nagoya University, Japan, ADB-JSP scholar, 2020-2022. 

Bcs. Economics, School of International Business Economics, Foreign Trade University, Vietnam, 2012-2016. 

Research Analyst, International Monetary Fund (Asia and the Pacific), Japan, Apr. 2025 - Present.

University Lecturer, Department of Business Administration, FPT University, Vietnam, Apr. 2022 - Present.

Supply Chain Management Officer, Toyota Tsusho Vietnam, 2017 - 2019.

Sales Part-Leader, Fashion Team, Lotte Department Store, Vietnam, 2016-2017.
Public Affairs Section Intern, U.S Embassy Hanoi, Vietnam, 2015.

On-going research: 

Current Thesis: Transient fiscal volatility shocks: Decoding the macroeconomic impacts via financial frictions and firm heterogeneity, in Policy Analysis Program, at GRIPS, Supervisors: Prof. Roberto Leon Gonzalez and Prof. Anton Richard Braun. 

Research Collaboration: Towards further integration of Asia and the Pacific into global trade: from a services trade perspective, IMF working paper, with Anne Oeking, Haruki Seitani, and Anoulat Sinthavy

Supporting: Post-COVID exchange rate development in Asia-Pacific, IMF working paper, by Anne Oeking, Haruki Seitani 

Supporting: Aging Impact on Financial Systems in Asia, Asia 2050 conference, by Anne Oeking

Courses and teaching assistant:

Teaching Assistant, Fall and Winter Semester 2025. Macroeconomics Program Thesis and Policy Paper Writing, designed for the IMF scholars, GRIPS. Under the supervision of Prof. FUJIMOTO Junichi

Teaching (2022-2024), Business Administration Department, FPT University: (Supply Chain Management) SCM201, SCM301, (International Economics) ECON201, (International Business Introduction) IBI101.

Presentation at international conferences:

Aug 2022. Presenter at the 61st Congress of European Regional Science Association (ERSA2022), Pecs, Hungary.

"Determinants of Foreign Direct Investment Distribution in Vietnam: An Inclusion of Spatial Econometrics Element." 

Nov 2021. Presenter at the 20th International Conference of the Japan Economic Policy Association (JEPA2021), University of Tokyo, Japan. "The determinants of foreign direct investment distribution and how foreign direct investment impacts regional income convergence in Vietnam."

Dec 2014. Presenter at The Annual Accounting and Auditing Conference, organized by Nagoya University & Foreign Trade University, ACCA Vietnam. "Triple Bottom Line reporting in annual reports: A case study of publicly listed companies on the Stock Exchange of Vietnam".

Courses and programs participation:

(Tentative) 

Virtual IMF-training for economists:

Oct 9, 2025. Matlab - IRIS Fundamentals. 

Oct 10, 2025. Matlab Intermediate, Dynare Introduction. 

Nov 5 - 7, 12-14, 2025. Training Workshop in Macro-econometrics (AFTW-2025), The Econometric Society.

Dec 8 - 12, 2025. BASEforHANK Winter School, DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung), Germany.

(Completed)

Sept 26. 2025. Online Participation: 

The 14th CompNet Annual Conference: "Productivity, Convergence, and Competitiveness in Europe: A Focus on Small Open Economies", organized by Competitive Research Network, Halle Institution for Economics Research, and CERP.

Sept 24-25.2025. Onsite Participation:

"The 14th IMF-Japan High-Level Tax Conference for Asian Countries", Tokyo, Japan.

Sept 23, 2025. Stata Level 6. Time Series Analysis using Stata.

May, 2025. On-site participation: 

Workshop of Firm Dynamism in Japan: An International Perspective, organized by KAKENHI grant 25K05112 and Gakushuin University, Tokyo, Japan.

April 2025. Bayesian Econometrics Module 4, virtual IMF-training for economists, by Instructor: Ramamurthy Srikanth.

January 8-10, 2025. The 22nd IMF Macroeconomist Training Program, organized by the IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (OAP) and the JICA Office, Tokyo.

2020-2021. Global Leader Career Course (GLCC), issued by the Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University.

December 2020. Data Analytics Consulting Virtual Internship, KPMG Australia.

September 2020. Trading for Development in the Age of Global Value Chains - WDR 2020, World Bank Group.

Honor and awards:

The Best Lecturer Award, Summer 2024. FPT University, Vietnam.

The 1st Place for Cluster Award for Public Management, Thesis of the Year Award 2023, Asian Development Bank – Japan Scholarship Program, endorsed by the Government of Japan. Thesis Supervisors: Prof. Masakazu Someya and Prof. Shigeru Thomas Otsubo.

Champion the "Dynamic Student 11.0"​ competition with the theme "Supply Chain - Distribution Networks Management", organized by Foreign Trade University, FedEx Vietnam, Dec 2014.

The 1st Prize in the Annual Accounting and Auditing Conference, organized by Nagoya University of Commerce and Business (Japan), Faculty of Business Administration of Foreign Trade University, ACCA Vietnam, Nov 2014.

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