HOANG THI DZUNG

Gender:Female

Profession: Agricultural economist

Date of birth: 04/04/1957

Place of birth: Bac Giang province, Vietnam

Nationality: Vietnamese

Married with two children

Education, training:

1978. B.Sc. in English language, Hanoi Foreign languages College

1985. B.Sc. in Economy, Hanoi National Economic University

1987. Certificate; project evaluation and monitoring, New Delhi, India

1989. Certificate in Sociology, Karmax University, Hungary

1991-1992. MA in Agriculture and Rural development, Institute of Social Studies, the Hague, the Netherlands.

1993. Certificate, Rural Development, University of Reading, United Kingdom.

1997. Certificate, Women in Management, Leadership for the 21st Century, Washington D.C. USA.

Working experiences:

1978-1987: Program officer, Department of International Co-operation, Ministry of Agriculture, Hanoi, Vietnam

1978- early1979: participating to the dairy improvement project in Moc Chau District, Son la province, AIDAB grant project.

1979-1980: team member, UNFPA Evaluation mission, VIE/78/001, Primary health care and sanitation of the new economic zones, Mekong Delta

1980-1981: Team member, UNICEF identification mission for drinking water supply for the Mekong Delta.

1984-1989: participating to the implementation of the small agro-forestry project in Soc Son District, Hanoi.

1987-1995: Senior Program officer, Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture and Food industries

1992. Team member, New Zealand fact-finding mission to Vietnam in agroforestry sector.

1992-1993. Team member, Project identification mission for Oxfam Belgium in the provinces of Thanh Hoa, Nghe An and Ha Tinh

1994. Coordinator, training workshop o­n Gender awareness and policy development in sustainable agricultural and rural development/ MAFI-The Netherlands Embassy in Hanoi

1995 -2003: Senior Programme officer , Department of International Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural development.

1996. Team member, Identification mission, Post graduate studies in Agriculture funded by the Netherlands Government.

1995-1998. Coordinator, Provincial training program o­n gender awareness and policy development in agriculture and rural development which was conducted in 17 provinces representing to 7 different ecological regions of Vietnam Funded by the Royal Netherlands Government

1997-1998. Coordinator, Gender studies in agriculture/forestry extension in 7 provinces representing for 7 ecological regions of Vietnam funded by the Royal Netherlands Government.

1999-2000 Coordinator, Gender studies in Post Harvest Technology/food processing in 7 provinces representing for 7 ecological region of Vietnam funded by the Netherlands Government.

2000 to 2003 National Coordinator and program manager, Capacity Building Programme for agriculture and rural development (CARD) funded by AusAID.

2003. National project coordinator, Strengthening Capacity building for Agricultural and Rural Sector in Economic integration funded by AusAID

2003 up to now : Deputy-Director General, Department of International Cooperation Department, MARD

2004. National Coordinator, APEC gender study o­n gender and globalization in Agriculture under APEC Agriculture TWG

2005 up to now: gender focal point of APEC agriculture TWG

2005-2006. Team leader of the research team o­n gender issues in the forestry sector in Vietnam.