Dr. HOANG DUC NGHIA is one of the main founders of Vietnam Sustainable Development Incorporation (VSDI). He currently hold the position of  President cum Director of VSDI.

With more than 24 years experience working in the field of water infrastructure, water resources, environment, urban development and planning, and renew-energy and climate changer, Dr. Hoang possess the necessary expertise and skills to excel in this role. As the Director of the company, he has been responsible for developing business planning and strategy, creating a sustainable international and national business network, and managing the company’s operations, which has resulted in the successful bidding of many large-scale projects in Vietnam and Asean region.

Under his leadership, Vietnam Sustainable Development has successfully developed a wide range of the international donor-funded projects in Vietnam and Asean countries funded by the most international reputation organizations such as the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, DANIDA, JICA, etc. For instance, during his career he has overseen numerous high-profile projects (large scale and multi-discipline projects), ranging from several ten million $ to several hundred million $ in sectors of water supply/wastewater, environment. climate change, urban development/planning and renew-energy. His technical and management experience cover in entire project life cycle (e.g., project preparation, contract negotiation, technical feasibility and prefeasibility studies, detail design, project implementation and management, project construction, and project monitoring and evaluation).

Especially, under his leadership, his company – VSDI, has developed an excellent business network both national and international level (more than 2500 association experts) as well as established a great pool of top qualified experts covering in the wide sectors. His innovative business idea involves leveraging Vietnamese and regional experts’ engineering design work and survey data processing capabilities to provide cost-effective solutions to companies seeking to reduce costs and time spent on these activities.

His working experience covering in a wide geographical location such as Vietnam, Asean countries
such as Laos D.P.R and Myanmar, China, and Europe

Dr. Hoang Duc Nghia is also a senior water and environment expert. After graduating from the Ha Noi University of Mining and Geology in 1999, he completed his Diploma equivalent program in Geoscience and Environment at Joint Educational Training Center, Hanoi-Greifswald University” and then got his PhD on water sector at the University of Greifswald/Germany in 2008.