Principal Country Economist, VRM
, ADB
Profile / Bio:
Cuong has worked with ADB in the last 16 years. He worked in the area of regional economic integration and subregional cooperation. Before joining, ADB, he was the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Unit in Viet Nam’s Foreign Ministry and was involved in Viet Nam’s negotiations to join the WTO as well as the US-Viet Nam bilateral trade agreement. He also led the Program Coordination Unit of the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia. He has a degree in applied economics and international political economy.