Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Research projects
Publications
Volunteer Experience
References
Timeline
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Pham Van Hau

New Zealand

Overview

3
3
years of professional experience

Work History

Project Manager

Vietnam Rural Industries Research And Development Institute (VIRI)
08.2019 - 08.2022

1. ‘Enhancing national capacity to prevent and reduce child labour in Vietnam’ funded by the International Labor Organization (ILO) ( working part-time while studying)

• Supported the project manager in implementing projects and planned weekly meetings for the project manager.

• Translated documents from English to Vietnamese and served as an interpreter in some meetings.

• Transferred survey results to an Excel spreadsheet for analysis.

• Facilitated 20 training sessions for households.

2. 'Advancing responsible business practice for environmental protection in Vietnam’ funded by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

• Assisted 75 enterprises in evaluating their business practices.

• Built content for 15 training courses in conjunction with experts.

• Organized 50 field trips with experts to local enterprises.

3. ‘USAID Green Annamites Project’, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

• Trained 2,000 indigenous people in Thua Thien Hue province on marketing and sales.

• Organized 35 product promotion events in Hanoi, Thua Thien Hue, and Da Nang.

• Organized five online trading initiatives via Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic.

• Enhanced the roles of 1,000 women in the community and their families through income-generating activities.

• Successfully exported products of six cooperatives through Amazon and Etsy, securing USD $10,000 for these cooperatives.

4. ‘Promotion of supply and demand of eco-fair agri-food products in Vietnam’ funded by the European Union in Vietnam (EU)

• Built two mechanisms to enhance consumer awareness of sustainable consumption.

• Built content for ten training courses about sustainable consumption with experts.

• Spokesperson for the ‘Communication and Being’ project.

Education

PhD in Marketing -

University of Otago
Dunedin, New Zealand
11.2025

Bachelor of Economics (First Honors Degree) -

National Economics University (NEU)
Hanoi, Vietnam
01.2020

Skills

  • Skills: Public Speaking, Project Management, Teamwork and Collaboration
  • Proficient in SPSS, Stata, and AMOS
  • Vietnamese and English Fluency

Research projects

  • PhD thesis projects – Ongoing till October 2025 – ‘Social Marketing to behaviour change with regard to single-use plastic (SUP) reduction’, funded by Otago Doctoral Scholarship
  • Finished in October 2023 – ‘Technologies for sustainability, climate-related and marketing reporting’, funded by the University of Otago
  • Finished in May 2024 – ‘Chatbot on student self-regulated learning experience in Vietnam’
  • Finished in March 2024 – ‘Becoming a dementia-friendly New Zealand: Uncovering factors for community support’, funded by the University of Otago

Publications

Journals

  • Nguyen, H., Pham, H., Vu, N., & Hoang, H. (2020). Factors Influencing Students' Intention to Use E-learning System: A Case Study Conducted in Vietnam. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 15(18), 165–182.
  • - Pham, H., & Nguyen, H. (2020). The effect of motivation and hygiene factors on employees' work motivation in textile and apparel enterprises. Management Science Letters, 10(12), 2837–2844.
  • Vu, N. H., Pham, H. V., & Nguyen, H. T. H. (2021). Exploring service quality, customer satisfaction, and customer loyalty in Vietnam's telecommunications industry. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 8(1), 1–10.


Conferences

  • Pham, H., Thyne, M., Robertson, K., & Hamlin, R. (2023). Consumers' purchase behaviour with regard to single-use packaging: A system change approach informing public policy. Proceedings of the Graduate Research Student Symposium. (pp. 14). Retrieved from https://www.otago.ac.nz/graduate-research.
  • Pham, V. H., Maree, T., Kirsten, R., & Robert, H. (2023). Social Marketing affects behaviour changes with regards to single-use plastic packaging. Doctoral Colloquium: ANZMAC 2023, ANZMAC.
  • Pham, V.H. (2023), ‘Single-use packaging ban 'not enough', Otago Press, University of Otago.

Volunteer Experience

  • Session Chair, 2023, Graduate Research Student Symposium, University of Otago
  • Session Chair, 2023, The Australia and New Zealand Marketing Academy (ANZMAC) Conference
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Journal of Consumer Behaviour, Journal of Consumer Research, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
  • Ad hoc reviewer, Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand (AFAANZ) Conference, Australia and New Zealand Marketing Academy (ANZMAC) Conference
  • Doctoral Student Representatives for Otago Business School, University of Otago.

References

References will be provided upon request.

Timeline

Project Manager

Vietnam Rural Industries Research And Development Institute (VIRI)
08.2019 - 08.2022

PhD in Marketing -

University of Otago

Bachelor of Economics (First Honors Degree) -

National Economics University (NEU)
Pham Van Hau