Minh Tam Bui is, currently, an Assistant Professor of economics at Srinakharinwirot University in Bangkok. She holds a PhD in Economics from Thammasat University, Thailand. Prior to her PhD, she worked as an economist with various ministries and donor-funded development projects in Vietnam, including the World Bank, DFID, ADB, ILO, UNDP. Dr. Bui was invited to the Department of Economics, University of Utah (USA) in 2014 and the School of Political Science and Economics, Meiji University (Japan) in 2018 as a visiting scholar. Dr.