Loan Nguyen is a highly motivated young leader with 7 years of experience in social change communication and strategic partnership development. She has raised nearly $1 million for programs on women's and children's rights in Vietnam. Her experience includes fundraising, communications, cross-cultural collaboration, and program management. She holds a Master's degree from the University of Melbourne and seeks a position allowing her to connect with people and support vulnerable individuals through applying her skills and knowledge.

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Loan Nguyen
24, 29th floor, T8, Times City, 458 Minh Khai, Hanoi
Mob: 01 678 51 3938
Email: loannt0308@gmail.com
Personal Profile
A highly motivated, energetic and responsible young leader with seven years of experience in
social change communication and strategic partnership development. Excellent fund-raising and
communicating skills and a proven ability to motivate people, lead groups and manage projects
to the highest standard. During the last seven years, has overcome enormous challenges in
finding donors to lead the Fund-raising Team at Center for Studies and Applied Sciences in
Gender – Family – Women and Adolescent (CSAGA Vietnam) to raise nearly one million US
dollars to implement programs on women’s rights and children’s rights, and created a strong
network of 200 national and international organisations to act to promote the rights of
vulnerable people in Vietnam. Was invited by the Governor of the Washington State to give a
speech about women and democracy at the Governor’s Mansion in 2012, talked with President
Bill Clinton about Gender Equality at the Global Conference of Women’s Shelters, Washington
D.C. 2012.
With extensive experience at work, I am seeking a position in a prestigious organisation that
allows me to connect with people, support vulnerable individuals, do good for community and
apply well my knowledge and skills, including communication, cross-cultural collaboration, and
program management skills, to gain tremendous achievements.
Education
06/2014 – 12/2015 Master of Development Studies
The University of Melbourne, Australia
Australia Awards Scholarship
06/2004 – 06/2008 Bachelor of Arts (English and Anglo-American Language and
Culture)
Vietnam National University, Hanoi
College of Foreign Languages

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Employment
2014 – 2015 Part-time staff, The Australia Awards Office, Australia
2009 – 2014
2008 - 2009
Communications and Fund-raising officer, Center for Studies and
Applied Sciences in Gender – Family – Women and Adolescent
(CSAGA), Vietnam
Communications officer, Vietnamese Women’s Union
Work Experience
Fund-raising Highlighted work
2014 Fund-raiser, raised $20,000 from the Global Fund for Women to
operate the counselling hotline for survivors of domestic violence
2013
2013
2013
Fund-raiser, raised $200,000 from Oxfam Novib (the Netherlands)
to build and develop the Entertainment-Education Centre in
Vietnam, which is to produce media programmes to raise
community’s awareness about domestic violence prevention
Fund-raiser, raised $20,000 from the Global Fund for Women, the
US Embassy and different donors to celebrate the Viet Pride to
promote the rights of LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and
Transgender) in Vietnam
Fund-raiser, won $10,000 in the Vietnam Innovation Day to
implement the project “Livelihood Support for Survivors of
Domestic Violence”
2010 – 2013 Fund-raiser, raised $200,000 from UN Women, Embassies and
businesses to launch the National Campaign on the Elimination of all
Forms of Discrimination against Women, November 21st to create a
social movement to prevent domestic violence
2011 Fund-raiser, raised $100,000 from the Swedish Embassy to
implement the project “Involving Boys and Men to Prevent Domestic
Violence”, in which boys and men are trained with knowledge and
skills to take actions to stop violence against women
2011 Fund-raiser, raised $200,000 from the Atlantic Philanthropies
Foundation to implement the project “Litigation Support to
Survivors of Domestic Violence” to give legal aid support to survivors
of domestic violence
2009 - 2013 Fund-raiser, raised $30,000 from the International Organization for
Migration (IOM) and Embassies to implement the art project (Art
Exhibitions and Drama Performances) to support survivors, help
them break the silence of domestic violence

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Communication Highlighted work
2010 – 2013
2009 – 2014
Training
2009 – 2014
2011
Program officer, organising the National Campaign on the
Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women, November
21st
Program manager/officer, producing a large number of
communication products to raise Vietnamese people’s awareness
about sustainable development, including:
- Seven art exhibitions about domestic violence prevention
and human trafficking prevention
- Three television series and three radio series about gender
equality
- Three books about the rights of vulnerable people
- Five movie screenings about human trafficking prevention
- Three drama performances about domestic violence
prevention
- Hundreds of leaflets, print documents about domestic
violence prevention, the rights of the child, gender equality
Train many social activists, police, community officers, legal
aid officers, journalists and students about domestic violence
prevention, gender equality, the rights of the child
Train Vietnamese celebrities in the national campaign
“Chung Mot Nha” (Under the Same Roof) to prevent violence
against women
Award
2014 The Australia Awards Scholarship, Australian Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade