1. HOANG MINH VU
112 Ferris Place, Ithaca, NY 14850, United States | +1 646 4172013| hmv23@cornell.edu
EDUCATION
Cornell University
Ph.D. in History Aug 2014 – June 2019
Vietnamese Foreign Policy and Cold War International History, 1975-95
Fully funded by Sage Fellowship and Teaching Assistantships
Advisors: Fredrik Logevall and Keith Weller Taylor
London School of Economics and Political Science
BSc. International Relations and History Oct 2011 – June 2014
First Class Honours
Stevenson Prize for graduating with highest marks in History
Distinction for dissertation: “Facing the Inevitable? Vietnam’s
Decision to Invade Cambodia, 1977-78”
Raffles Institution
Singapore-Cambridge GCE Advanced Levels Oct 2006 – Nov 2010
AAAAB with Distinction in H3 History Dissertation
Dissertation: Impact of the opium trade on the First Indochina War
Fully funded by A*STAR Scholarship
LANGUAGES
Vietnamese – Fluent, Native Language
English – Fluent
French – Professional Working Efficiency
Mandarin Chinese – Basic
WORK AND INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
London School of Economics and Political Science
Campus Tour Guide and Orientation Help Desk Oct 2012 – Oct 2013
Institute of Strategic Studies, Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Intern July 2013 – Sept 2013
Live translation, research, conference organisation
Embassy of Vietnam in the United Kingdom
Translator June 2013 – July 2013
Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore

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Research Intern under Scott Fritzen Dec 2009 – Feb 2010
Corruption in Vietnam
Fulbright Economics Teaching Program, Harvard Kennedy School
Research Intern under Benjamin Wilkinson Nov 2008 – Dec 2008
Land and higher education reforms in Vietnam
School of Computing, National University of Singapore
Research Intern under Aaron Tan Tuck Choy Feb 2008 – Nov 2008
“Searching Algorithms for 2D Bitmapped Images”
Distinction at the 2008 Youth Science Conference
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
LSE Students’ Union History Society
Vice President Oct 2013 – May 2014
Event organization
London School of Economics and Political Science
Student Mentor Oct 2012 – June 2014
Guidance for new students
LSE Students’ Union Tennis Club
Social Tennis Captain Sept 2012 – July 2013
2013 LSESU Award for Club Contribution
LSE Students’ Union Vietnam Society
IT Officer Nov 2011 – Oct 2012
Conference organization, tech support, fundraising, charity
PUBLICATIONS
The World and Vietnam Report (official MOFA publication) Fall 2013
Middle East Peace Process: A negotiation to end all negotiations?
Japan: When a destroyer is not a destroyer
LSESU Forum Society Journal Spring 2013
Younger brothers are watching: Why the EU project cannot fail
The London Globalist Spring 2012 (delayed)
On the South China Sea arms race
Fulbright Economics Teaching Program (research contribution) July 2010
Beyond the Apex: Toward a System Level Approach to Higher
Education Reform in Vietnam