Past projects

  • 2019: Botanical consultant expert of project "Building tree database for Tra Vinh province"

  • 2018/09-2019/01: Botanical consultant expert of project “Sustainable Forest Management and Biodiversity as a Measure to Decrease CO2 Emissions (KfW8)”. Supported by Fauna & Flora International - Vietnam programme.

  • 3/2018-5/2018: Botanical consultant expert project “Investigation and assessment on the flora diversity and vegetation in Cao Ma Po – Ta Van – Tung Vai forest, Quan Ba distric, Ha Giang province”. Supported by Fauna & Flora International - Vietnam programme.

  • 2018/1: Member of project “Distribution of some rare plant species in Vung Tau province”. Supported by Hanoi University of Science

  • 2017-2018: Member of project “Natural occurrence of Panax spp. and their current status in the biosphere reserves of Western Nghe An Province, Viet Nam (Phase 1: Phu Xai Lai Leng mountain). Supported by Nagao Natural Environment Foundation (NEF), Japan.

  • 2017/11-12: Member of project “Diversity of Tectariaceae and Cyatheaceae in Vietnam”. Supported by South China Botanical Garden.

  • 2017/5: Member of project “Typical ecosystems in West Nghe An”. Supported by Vietnam Natural Museum.

  • 2017/4: Plant group leader of project “Environment Impact Assessment of Nam Bum 1 Hydroelectric plant project, Lai Chau Province”. EHULA JC.

  • 2016-2017: Member of project “The conservation of threatened plant species in Bat Dai Son Nature Reserve and allies areas, Ha Giang Province, Vietnam”. Supported by VAST (VAST.HTQT.PHAP.01/16-17).

  • 2016: Botanical consultant expert of project “Development of a Holistic Approach to the Conservation of the Cat Ba Langur”. Supported by Fauna & Flora International.

  • 2015-2017: Botanical consultant expert of project “Assessments, conservation and development three threatened plant species Calocedrus macrolepis, Madhuca pasquieri and Cinnamomum inner in Xuan Lien Nature Reserve, Thuong Xuan District, Thanh Hoa Province”. Supported by Thanh Hoa Province People’s Committees.

  • 2015-2016: Member of project “Assessments conservation and used status of some threatened medicine plants in Na Hang Nature Reserve and allies areas, Tuyen Quang Province”. Supported by VAST (IEBR.DT02/15-16).

  • 2012-2013: Member of project “Flora of relict karstic formation of central Laos (Vientiane province, Vang Vieng and Kasi districts)”. Supported by U.S.A. National Geographic Society, (9141-12).

  • 2012-2013: Member of project "Exploration of primary woods along constructed highway Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh for their sustainable conservation (in limits of Ha Tinh and Nghe An provinces of central Vietnam)". Supported by U.S.A. National Geographic Society (9129-12).

  • 2012-2013: Member of project “Study of conifers in Laos”. Supported by The Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund. (grant12253498).

  • 2012-2013: Member of project “Using the modern molecular method combined with the updated traditional morphological method to elucidate the phylogenetic relationships of some groups of conifer species in Vietnam lacking clear-cut morphological differences”. Supported by National Foundation for Science and Technology Development (NAFOSTED).

  • 01/2012-12/2012: Project investigator of project “Conservation status of Cupressus tonkinensis Silba in Vietnam”. Supported by Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology.

  • 2011-2012: Member of project “Flora and vegetation of areas allied to Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park (Northern Vietnam)”. Supported by the Provincial Project Management Unit of the Nature Conservation and sustainable Natural resources Management in Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park region project from Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau – German Development Bank in frame of Vietnam – Germany Development Cooperation.German Development Bank

  • 2011: Member of project “Strengthening community conservation of priority sites within the Ba Be / Na Hang Limestone Forest Complex, northern Vietnam”. Supported by Critical Ecosystems Partnership Fund

  • 2011: Member of project “Surveying rare and threatened plants species in Ngoc Son – Ngo Luong Nature Reserve, Hoa Binh Province”. Supported by Spanish Agency for International Cooperation and Development, Foundation for Social Promotion of the Culture in Spain

  • 2010-2013: Member of project “Surveying and assessment diversity status of plants in Hoang Lien – Van Ban Nature Reserve, Lao Cai Province”. Supported by Lao Cai Province’s Science and Technology Department.

  • 2010-2013: Member of project “Study on diversity and bioactive of some species in Artocarpus Forst. & Forst. f.), Moraceae in Vietnam. Supported by NAFOSTED

  • 2010-2012: Member of project “Conservation five endangered conifer flagship species in Vietnam (Calocedrus rupestris, Cupressus sp., Glyptostobus pensilis, Taiwania cryptomerioides & Xanthocyparis vietnamensis)”. Supported by FFI Flagship Species Fund

  • 2010-2011: Member of project “Surveying and assessment for development three species Sterculia foetida L., Camellia sasanqua Thunb. and Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd. for oil in Northern Vietnam to provide for biofuel”. Supported by VAST.

  • -2010-2011: Member of project “Exploration of primary woods along constructed highway Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh for their sustainable conservation (in limits of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam and Kon Tum provinces of central Vietnam)”. Supported by U.S.A. National Geographic Society (8800-10).

  • -2010-2011: Member of project “Assessment of current natural status of critically endangered species - Paphiopedilum canhii for its conservation”. Supported by Chicago Zoological Society. Chicago Board of Trade Endangered Species Fund.

  • -2010-2011: Member of project “Assessment of distribution and natural status of Paphiopedilum canhii”. Supported by Rufford Small Grant for Nature Conservation (RSG).

  • -2010-2011: Member of project “Assessment of orchid endemism in NW Vietnam with special attention to Paphiopedilum canhii”, American Orchid Society.

  • -2009-2010: Member of project “Orchids of Vietnam, work on monograph manuscript”. Supported by Swiss Orchid Conservation fund of Zurich Foundation for Orchid Conservation of Swiss Orchid Society.

  • 2009: Member of project “Analysis of land use changes and forest cover in Son La and Hoa Binh using Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System”. Supported by GTZ organization, Forest Rehabilitation and Sustainable Forest Management

  • -2008-2009: Member of project “Exploration of primary woods along constructed highway Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh for their sustainable conservation (in limits of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam and Kon Tum provinces of central Vietnam)”. Supported by U.S.A. National Geographic Society (8418-08).

  • -2008-2009: Member of project “Exploration of orchid flora in Laos and allied areas of Vietnam”. Supported by American Orchid Society.

  • 2007-2009: Member of project “Conservation five flag threatened conifers species in Vietnamt: Calocedrus rupestris, Cupressus sp., Glyptostobus pensilis, Taiwania cryptomerioides and Xanthocyparis vietnamensis”. Supported by FFI Flagship Species Fund

  • 2007-2008: Member of project “Investigation and evaluation of biodiversity and ecosystem of Copia Nature Reserve for conservation purpose”. Supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam.

  • 2007-2009: Member of project “Essential oil plants in Northeast of Vietnam”. Supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam.

  • -2006-2007: Member of project “Exploration of highland flora and vegetation in Lai Chau & Son La Provinces, north-western Vietnam”. Supported by U.S.A. National Geographic Society (#8074-06).

  • 2005-2010: Member of project “Study on taxonomy of threadtened conifers in Vietnam”, Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam.

  • -2005-2006: Member of project “Orchids of Vietnam, work on monograph manuscript”. Supported by Swiss Orchid Conservation fund of Zurich Foundation for Orchid Conservation of Swiss Orchid Society.

  • -2005: Member of project “Lowland flora and vegetation. Preliminary survey”. Supported by WWF Indochina Programme. Green Corridor Project in Thua Thien – Hue Province, VN085301.

  • -2005: Member of project “Preliminary survey of Orchids (Orchidaceae) in Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park”. Supported by Fund Fauna & Flora International (Vietnam Program) & Counterpart International.

  • -2004: Member of project “Preliminary survey of orchids and gymnosperms in Trung Khanh district, Cao Bang province northern Vietnam”. Supported by Fund Fauna & Flora International (Vietnam Program).

  • 2003-2005: Member of project “Diverstity Flora of Rao An, Ha Tinh province”. Supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam

  • 2003-2007: Member of project “Study on status, progation and conservation of Xanthoxyparis vietnamensis in Bat Dai Son Nature Reserve, Quan Ba, Ha Giang, Vietnam”. Supported by Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam

  • 2004: Member of project “Discovery of Begoniaceae diversity in Ha Giang Province, Vietnam”. Supported by Herbarium of Academia Sinica, Taipei (HAST).

  • 2004: Member of project “Discovery of Menispermaceae and Moss diversity in Hoang Lien Son and Bac Kan province, Vietnam”. Supported by New York Botanical Garden

  • 2003-2005: Member of project “Exploration of rocky limestone flora and vegetation in Bac Kan province, northern Vietnam”. Supported by U.S.A. National Geographic Society (# 7577-04).

  • 2003-2005: Member of project “Discovery of endemic orchid flora in remote limestone areas of Northern Vietnam”. Supported by American Orchid Society.

  • -2003-2008: Member of project “International Cooperative Biodiversity Groups (ICBG)”. Grant No. 1-UO1-TW01015-01, through funds from the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, and the Foreign Agriculture Research Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, U.S.A..

  • 2003-2009: “Vietnam Botanical Conservation Program”. Supported by Henry Luce Foundation, “Preliminary updated checklist of orchids (Orchidaceae) of Nui Chua National Park”, 2004; “Preliminary updated checklist of orchids (Orchidaceae) of Bu Gia Map National Park”, 2005; “Preliminary Survey of the Flora and Vegetation of Bi Doup – Nui Ba National Park”, 2005; “Preliminary Survey of the Flora and Vegetation of Da Krong Nature Reserve and allied areas”, 2006; “Flora and vegetation of Pu Nat national park and allied areas”, March 2007; “Flora and vegetation of Thuong Lo Municipality and allied areas (Thua Thien – Hue Province)”, April 2007; “Survey of the flora at Yok Don national park”, March 2008; “Survey of the flora at Lo Go – Xa Mat national park”, December 2008. Henry Luce Foundation.

  • 2003: Member of project “Plant diversity in Ha Long Bay world heritage site, Vietnam” (cooperation between the IEBR and Singapore Botanic Gardens, Singapore). Fund Fauna & Flora International (Vietnam Program)