Dr. Huynh The Du is a senior lecturer at the Fulbright Economics Teaching Program. His teaching and research interests are urban economics, infrastructure development, and finance and banking. He worked at the Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam from 1996-2005. He frequently participates in policy dialogue in Vietnam. His research papers have appeared in journals such as Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management and Habitat International. Dr. Du studied in civil engineering, business management, applied economics and public policy, economic development, and public administration at the bachelor and master levels. He received a Doctor of Design Degree (DDes) from Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2013 with the dissertation titled "The Transformation in Ho Chi Minh City: Issues in Managing Growth”. He was the Pollman Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Graduate School of Design from 2013-2014.