Tiếng ViệtMs. Nguyen Ngoc Ly
Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Ly
Founder, Chairman of Management Board cum Senior Technical Advisor
Ms. Nguyen Ngoc Ly is the founder and developer of Center for Environment and Community Research (CECR) in 2009.
She holds a diploma in Food Chemistry from the Technical University of Prague, Czech Republic, a Master’s degree in Environmental Management and Technology, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand and a Master’s Degree in Information and Library Science (University of Maryland) as well as a Master Degree in Public Administration (Harvard University), USA.
She has extensive practical experience, working as an executive at the Ministry of Internal Trade, a lecturer at Hanoi University of Science and Technology, an Environmental expert at the World Bank, Washington DC and Head of the Department of Sustainable Development at UNDP Viet Nam from 1998 to 2008.
With more than 30 years working in water pollution control, solid waste management, climate change and natural resource management in Vietnam, Ms. Ly has made numerous meaningful contributions, especially in in the areas of policy advocacy, system governance, gender equality promotion and stakeholder participation increasing in environmental solutions. In 2010, the book reporting background information on Hanoi lakes was completed by her and her colleagues. The book is considered a manual for agencies and organizations in the protection of Hanoi Lakes. In 2018, she and her colleagues completed the report Situation analysis in terms of water pollution and the need to develop the Law on Water Pollution Control in Vietnam.