About us
TMU Research Group on Harmful Product Industries (TRG-HPI)
TMU Research Group on Harmful Products Industries is a group of multidisciplinary researchers working on providing academic and practical evidence for the development of government policies on preventing and controlling the impacts of products and industries that are harmful to the human society and the environment.
Our focused products currently are tobacco, alcoholic and sugar-sweetened beverages, with research evidence on the economics of consumption, marketing, industry tactics for the purpose of developing and monitoring policies on taxations, marketing and controlling the commercial determinants of health.
The research group combines expertise from economics, business & finance, marketing & branding to IT experts and data scientists. The group also has priority on real-life research and maintaining connections with government agencies.
IT - Economics research working group profile
Thuongmai University
Thuongmai University (TMU) in Vietnam, established in 1960, is the one of leading institutions in business and economics education. TMU has been working both improving teaching quality as well as research quality. For teaching, TMU is continuingly expanding and adapting its training programs according to job markets and is putting more efforts on internationalization by developing joint-degree programs with universities in the world. For research, TMU has been providing research services for the government at central and provincial levels. For the past five years, TMU has been boosting up its research activities by forming specialized research working groups, providing more incentives for research projects and publications. In 2018, TMU has also issued its research priorities for the period from 2018 to 2025 as strategic guidelines for staff.
The IT-Economics Research Working Group
The IT-Economics Research Working Group initially was formed in 2015 and carried out
various recognized research activities. The group is led by Mr. Dao The Son (with
background in applied economics) and Mr. Cu Nguyen Giap
(with background in applied computer science) with an objective of forming a
multi-discipline research group working.
Acknowledging the team’s contribution to TMU research achievement, in 2017 it was
officially established as one of the first TMU’s 13 specialized research working groups
to further strengthen the university’s research activities
and international publications.
Objectives
We position our group as a multi-discipline research group to work not only on the
academic side but also on practical issues to provide research services for
government policy and business practices.
The group has researchers with diversified expertise in economics, business,
international trade, mathematics and computer science. Our ultimate goals are to
identify, address and find solutions for practical issues in various
thematic areas of economics and business. In doing so, the group intends to apply a
combination of different relevant research methodologies with a focus on applying
advanced data science techniques.
The team has extensive experiences and interest in
- The economics of tobacco control policies, with focus on the economics of tobacco consumption, tobacco taxation, illicit trade, cigarette retail network, etc.
- The economics of alcohol consumption and taxation.
- Marketing surveillance and restrictions.
- The application of sharing economy in agriculture export supply chain.
- The application of machine learning in firm performance management.
- The application of machine learning in higher education student performance prediction management.
- Nowcasting.
- Narrative economics and political analysis.
Other research topics that we are also exploring includes
- Using data science for macroeconomic forecasting.
- Aging and population development.
- Sustainable banking, green banking.
Current Project
Our Research Gate’s profile
The research team
Mr. Dao The Son
MA in International and Development Economics
Mr. Cu Nguyen Giap
MSc in Computer Science
Dr. Le Mai Trang
PhD in Economic Management
Mr. Nguyen Tho Thong
PhD in Information System
Ms. Dinh Thi Ha
MSc in Computer Science
Ms. Do Thi Thu Hien
MSc in Information Management
Ms. Tran Kim Anh
PhD in international economics management
Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong
PhD in Marketing
Ms. Le Trang Nhung
MSc in Development Economics
Ms. Hoàng Thanh Giang
MSc in Economic Law
Mr. Hoong Anh Tuan
PhD in Economic Law
Ms. Nguyen Thi Hien
MMSc in Mathematics
Ms. Le Nhu Dieu Huong
MSc in Marketing
Ms. Le Thi Huyen Dieu
BSC in Information Management
Collaborators
Ms. Nguyen Thi Nhung
Ms. Ngo Thi Hoai
Ms. To Thi Mai Quy
Ms. Nguyen Mai Anh
Mr. Doan Ngoc Toan
Mr. Nguyen Duc Minh
