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Speaker

Mr. Tran Huu Phuc Tien

Vietnam Association of City Planning & Development

About the Speaker

Mr. Tran Huu Phuc Tien is an Urban history researcher, executive member of Vietnam Association of City Planning & Development .

After getting Bachelor degree in History studies at Ho Chi Minh City University of Arts and Humanities, he spend nearly 20 years in journalism in Vietnam. During 1993-1994, he got fellowship from Reuters Foundation to study at Oxford University. Since 2000 until now, his new career is an education consultant and also writer about urban history and heritage.

His urban history books included “Saigon – not yesterday”, “ Saigon then and now “ and “The French-Indochinese architecture, pearls of Hanoi”.

Presentation highlights

  • Why and how Trees and Water became two unique ID of Saigon – Ho Chi Minh city ?
  • How to save and develop Trees and Water for old town and new town of Saigon – Ho Chi Minh city