Team of experts

Nguyen Quang Dong, Director of Institute for Policy Studies and Media Development (IPS), is an expert on governance and public policy. His recent research and consultancy focus on digital governance and regulatory policies. Under his leadership, IPS, in collaboration with its managing organization—the Vietnam Digital Communications Association—has provided policy advice to the National Assembly, the Ministry of Information and Communications, and other government agencies. This work supports the development of digital transformation strategies and plans, as well as drafting and amending legal regulations related to the digital economy and digital governance.

Dong holds a master degree in Governance and Public Policy, awarded by The University of Queensland, Australia.

Nguyen Duc Lam is an expert in Law and Governance with years of experience in legal system reform, legislative institutions and judicial reform from a comparative perspective. He has written dozens of journal articles, workshop papers, and short comments for newspapers on comparative and Vietnamese law, particularly constitutional and administrative law, as well as those of the governance, democracy, local government, and public administration.

He has previously worked at the Professional Training Department, the Center for Training of Elected Deputies, and the Journal of Legislative Studies, Office of the National Assembly of Vietnam. He is also a consultant to many international organizations and NGOs, such as the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Fund Population Agency (UNFPA), and Oxfam, etc. He received a BA in Philosophy from Kiev National University, Ukraine and a Master of Laws from the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Nguyen Lan Phuong has experience in researching digital technology policy, focusing on two main topics: (1) legal policies governing cross-border digital services, and (2) Vietnam’s internet governance policies. She is the founder and coordinator of the youth education program 'Vietnam Youth's Policy Initiative' in the 2022-2023 period.

Before working at IPS, Nguyen Lan Phuong was an intern at the Department for Cassation Review and Examination of Labor, Family and Juvenile Judgments, Supreme People's Court of Vietnam and was requisitioned to work at the Research Services Department, Library of the National Assembly, Office of the National Assembly of Vietnam to serve the 9th meeting of the National Assembly session XIV. She received her Bachelor of Laws (high-quality training program) from Hanoi Law University, Vietnam.