Journal article with Nguyen Quy Hanh and Vo Dinh Anh Tuan. Journal of Research and Development 3-4 (2014):  137-142 (with ) [2014].

From the systems thinking perspective, this research discusses the link and integration between climate change and development. On this background, it analyses policies and practices of climate change response in Thua Thien Hue, one of the most severely affected province by climate change in Central Vietnam. The research concludes that climate change response in Thua Thien Hue is prominently influenced by the concepts of modernisation theories and characterised with hard component technology, donor-driven and state-led design, and multi-sector involvement yet loose connection and coordination among programs and projects. More importantly, many climate change research and response actions beyond the provincial adaptation plan, which have become increasingly active, multi-dimensional and effective, are not well connected and strengthened. In order to integrate climate change and sustainable development, our findings suggest that climate change response endeavors put further emphasis on trans-disciplinarity, networking for intensified knowledge sharing and impact synergy, and promotion of participation and knowledge of local communities. In other words, knowledge integration should be nourished and promoted.

Journal article with Nguyen Quy Hanh, Journal of Development and Studies 6(132), 2016.

The last few years have witnessed the fourth wave of immigration of Vietnamese to Thailand:  migration of workers from Central Vietnam.  Stronger cooperation on labor matters between the two countries would not only open the gate for Vietnamese to work abroad, but could also address the current trend of illegal labour migration and protect the rights of migrant workers.  This research attempts to integrate migration and labor migrants abroad within a development context.  Through this conceptual framework and through an analysis of Vietnamese migrant workers in Thailand, this paper makes recommendations for policy planning and research directions for the future.

Book chapter with Nguyen Quy Hanh and Lam Thi Thu Suu (2016)

Construction of hydropower plants derives from the common human desire to use technology to control and prevent water flowing to the sea, and to develop energy for human development.  Hydropower development projects must above all acknowledge the rights of the communities affected by hydropower and promote their sustainable development. Hydropower resettlement can not be simplified into compensation and physical relocation, but must include the sunken part of the iceberg – issues of sustainable livelihood, culture, and society, linked by a chain of natural and social relations.  The research provides a comprehensive model of resettlement, which shows that hydropower development can only be truly sustainable when the focus is on the sunken part of the iceberg.